SolarWinds at KubeCon 2025: Full-Stack Observability, Agentic AI & Hybrid Cloud Monitoring

In this exclusive VMblog interview ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 in Atlanta, Peter DiStefano, Director of Product Marketing at SolarWinds, reveals how the company has evolved beyond its legacy roots to deliver a comprehensive observability and service management platform designed for today's complex hybrid and cloud-native environments.

Key Topics Covered:
Full-Stack Observability Platform
DiStefano demonstrates SolarWinds' integrated approach to observability, combining digital experience monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), database monitoring, network monitoring, and infrastructure visibility in a single platform. The solution supports both cloud-native containerized applications and traditional on-premises infrastructure.

AI-Driven Operations
Learn about SolarWinds' aggressive AI roadmap, including:

Machine learning-powered anomaly detection and root cause analysis
Generative AI capabilities like Query Assist for database optimization
Agentic AI (launching Q1 2026) that can autonomously diagnose and fix issues
MCP framework for seamless vendor integrations

Hybrid Cloud Flexibility
SolarWinds offers unique deployment flexibility with "flex SKU" pricing that allows customers to toggle between on-premises and SaaS offerings without reimplementation, supporting organizations at any stage of their cloud journey.

Operational Resilience
The platform combines observability with service management and incident response (including the recently acquired SquadCast) to deliver what SolarWinds calls "operational resilience" - the ability to plan for, react to, and continuously improve from system failures.

Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Support
Deep dive into SolarWinds' capabilities for monitoring Kubernetes clusters, pods, containerized microservices across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with full OpenTelemetry integration and open-source support.

Visit SolarWinds at KubeCon:

Booth: 630, Hall B3
Special Demo: November 12th at 1:15 PM - Sneak peek of Agentic AI capabilities
Meet solution architects Bradley Cisson and Kevin Meeie for live demos

Learn More:
SolarWinds.com/observability
SolarWinds.com

Whether you're managing hybrid environments, transitioning to the cloud, or operating fully cloud-native infrastructure, this interview provides valuable insights into how modern observability platforms can reduce tool sprawl, eliminate alert fatigue, and enable proactive system management.

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