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A Tale of Two Log Types – Gonzo in Action

In this blog, we’re going to take a look at how Gonzo can be leveraged to troubleshoot and get to the bottom of what’s happening for a real scenario in the OTel demo application, for logs that might be coming from multiple sources.
September 3, 2025
By Jon Reeve
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ControlTheory at the Open Observability Summit: Taming Metric Cardinality with OpenTelemetry

ControlTheory co-founders Jon Reeve (Walter) and Eric Anderson (The Dude) presented at Open Observability Summit + OTel Community Day on June 26 in ...

August 5, 2025
By Jon Reeve
The Why of Observability

Observability Next: Tackling The Why

To seriously consider what is Observability Next, we need to start with the most fundamental question we should be asking our teams: Why are we collecting all this...

May 30, 2025
By Bob Quillin
An OTel Collector Observability Control Framework

OTel Collector Framework: Measure, Analyze, Insight, Control

The OpenTelemetry Collector is one of the most powerful, flexible tools in modern observability — and it’s often treated as a glorified forwarder. That’s a missed...

May 9, 2025
By Jon Reeve

Analyst Video: Continuously Optimizing Telemetry Data for Business Value

Torsten Volk, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, talks observability and controllability with ControlTheory co-founders…

April 24, 2025
By Bob Quillin

ControlTheory Origin Story

"...ControlTheory began with a simple thought: what if we added feedback loops across the observability supply chain? From that basic idea, the impossible becomes ...

April 1, 2025
By Bob Quillin
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ControlTheory: Goodbye Stealth, Hello Controllability

"...The ControlTheory vision focuses on Controllability, to help organizations regain control of their observability through cost control, operational control, and...

April 1, 2025
By Bob Quillin