Kangaroot & HCS company strengthen Observability offering through partnership with Grafana Labs
Antwerp, March 1, 2024 – Kangaroot, open-source specialist, announces a strategic partnership with Grafana Labs. This collaboration is undertaken alongside the specialist in open hybrid platforms, HCS company, making them part of the Tech Tribes collective.
The partnership aims to provide customers with better insights into their data, enabling proactive management and monitoring of complex systems and processes. This approach allows for the early detection of issues, faster resolution, or even prevention.
Vision on Observability
We envision a future where Observability platforms become increasingly crucial for understanding and proactively managing complex and rapidly growing IT environments. The surge in data offers more insight than ever, presenting opportunities, especially in the IT realm. Observability platforms go beyond mere monitoring; they offer the ability to delve deep into data, predict issues, and act proactively. By combining observability with automation and containerization platforms, a powerful synergy is created. This not only ensures the early detection of problems but also rapid resolution.
Why Grafana Labs?
The success of a partnership depends on effective collaboration, and Grafana Labs fits this criterion perfectly. Additionally, the rapidly changing IT landscape demands a structured view of market development. To address this, Kangaroot & HCS company employ a joint Technology Radar to monitor the maturity level of technology. It revealed that, alongside established players like Elastic and Zabbix, Grafana Labs (including Loki, Mimir, and Tempo) offers promising opportunities.
Initially recognized as a dashboarding tool, Grafana Labs is increasingly adopted as backend technology. The Grafana Labs Observability Survey 2023 indicates that within organizations focusing on Observability, 94% already use Grafana Labs. Last but not least, the open-source ethos aligns excellently with the vision and ambition of both Kangaroot and HCS company.
Observability has been in our portfolio for some time, with Grafana often fulfilling the dashboarding aspect. The expansion of Grafana's product portfolio, the growth of Observability in mission-critical environments, and our clients' demand for an Enterprise Open Source offering around Grafana made a deep collaboration with Grafana a natural choice. Our experience in implementation and guiding clients in the selection of necessary software subscriptions provides a complete range of services.
Peter Dens
Managing Partner of Kangaroot
The closer collaboration with Grafana Labs complements our Observability offering and further strengthens our partnership with Kangaroot within Tech Tribes. Together, we reinforce our commitment to open source and innovation, enabling us to better assist customers, whether building clear dashboards as code or setting up and managing complete Observability platforms in hybrid environments. We are excited to tackle these challenges together!
Benoit Schipper
Field CTO of HCS company
The partnership confirms an existing, robust collaboration between experienced open-source entities in the market, and they look forward to more. Fueled by successful implementations at leading clients such as Energinet, the Tax and Customs Administration, and AS Watson, they are now ready to assist other organizations.
Kangaroot, also a member of the Tech Tribes collective, enhances the partnership with its expertise in open-source infrastructure and Managed Services. HCS company advises, guides, and implements solutions for customers that genuinely deliver the promised added value, while Grafana Labs provides the powerful Observability software that makes this possible. A formidable combination!
I am delighted to announce our strategic partnership between HCS, Kangaroot and Grafana Labs. Their long-standing expertise in Observability, Open-source software and Enterprise solutions make them the perfect partner to complement the Grafana platform. Ultimately, our partnership is not just about technology; working with a company that focuses heavily on customer success and innovation will drive real-world impact and help businesses achieve their goals.
Al Costigan
Partnership Manager EMEA van Grafana Labs