Forbes, a global media and information powerhouse, reaches millions of readers through its iconic magazine, digital platforms, and renowned lists like the Forbes 30 Under 30. To maintain its position as a leader in business journalism, Forbes needs to ensure a seamless digital experience across its entire technology stack.
When Forbes migrated from on-prem data centers to the cloud, the shift demanded a new approach to monitoring. The transition to adopting a containerized architecture required innovative solutions to track application performance and resolve issues faster. “When we moved from our data centers to cloud, there was a paradigm shift moving from a monolith to a containerized based architecture that called for innovative ways to monitor our applications,” says Sameer Patwardhan, senior vice president of technology at Forbes.
After evaluating Datadog alongside existing monitoring tools, Forbes found the implementation to be straightforward and immediately valuable. The platform gave engineers across the organization unprecedented visibility into their technology stack. “With Datadog, I have visibility through our entire stack from top to bottom,” says JD Weiner, director of DevOps at Forbes. “Consistently, I can see problems coming up early, and if there is a problem, I feel confident that we can get to a root cause analysis quickly.”
The results were significant. Forbes achieved a 2 to 3 percent reduction in cloud spend through right-sizing workloads. The team maintained a 99.5 percent uptime through proactive alerting and improved root cause analysis by 10 percent. Perhaps most importantly, Datadog’s intuitive interface encouraged broader adoption across teams, leading to faster problem resolution and better collaboration.
Forbes’ engineering team particularly values Datadog’s comprehensive dashboarding capabilities. Their Content Serving Stack dashboard provides visibility from the CDN layer down to the database, enabling them to spot and address potential issues before they impact readers.
As Forbes continues to innovate in areas like AI, Datadog remains a critical partner in ensuring exceptional customer experiences. The platform’s robust monitoring capabilities help Forbes maintain its commitment to delivering premium content to readers around the world.
