Slight Reliability

Operational Intelligence with Adam Kinniburgh (Episode 112)

Slight Reliability

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Send us Fan Mail What is operational intelligence and how is it different from observability or BI? This week I'm joined by SquaredUp's VP of Innovation Adam Kinniburgh to answer that question and many more including... ❓ What is operational intelligence? 🙈 Relating observability back to customer, business, or revenue 😎 The value of giving stakeholders confidence 🌉 Who bridges the gap between tech and business or engineers and leadership? 🦋 Correlation VS causation and our innate desire to bu...

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