Greg Leffler

Greg heads the Observability Practitioner team at Splunk, and is on a mission to spread the good word of Observability to the world. Greg's career has taken him from the NOC to SRE to SRE management, with side stops in security and editorial functions. In addition to Observability, Greg's professional interests include hiring, training, SRE culture, and operating effective remote teams. Greg holds a Master's Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Old Dominion University.

Observability 3 Min Read

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America: Know Before You Go

Splunker Greg Leffler shares essential advice to prepare for KubeCon and CloudNativeCon North America 2024.

Observability 2 Min Read

Setting up and Understanding OpenTelemetry Collector Pipelines Through Visualization

Splunker Greg Leffler walks us through OTelBin, a free and open-source tool created by the OpenTelemetry community.

Observability 2 Min Read

Dos and Don’ts of Observability: Lessons Learned from RedMonk

Learn about the Dos and Don'ts of Observability in this post recapping a LinkedIn Live webinar with Splunk and RedMonk.

Observability 4 Min Read

Key Metrics for DevOps Teams: DORA and MTTx

Operations teams rely on metrics to determine if their services are operating correctly. Learn about metrics used by successful DevOps teams, including DORA and mean time metrics.

Observability 2 Min Read

Observability for DevOps Users: Lessons Learned from RedMonk

Learn what you need to know about observability as a DevOps practitioner in this recap of a LinkedIn Live session with RedMonk's KellyAnn Fitzpatrick.

Observability 3 Min Read

Why You Need Synthetic Monitoring

Synthetic monitoring lets you simulate user transactions, so you can find out about problems before your customer's angry social media post goes viral.