We are on day 8 of or Virtual Race to .conf20 #VR2C. Today we hear about Karthik Rau, VP of Observability at Splunk. First we get a quick overview of what is observability and how Splunk is contributing to OpenTelemetry. Karhik also shares some of the standards needed for building a strong practice. To finish, we hear about how Splunk earned it\u2019s spot in Gartner\u2019s Magic Quadrant for APM through it\u2019s acquisition of SignalFX, Omnition and contributions to OpenTelemetry.\n\xa0\nFull shownotes here (https://bigdatabeard.com/s8e8/)