Gigamon expands deep observability access in IT markets

A recent study, including input from over 1,000 global Security and IT leaders, underscores the critical importance of deep observability in organisational cybersecurity.

According to the 2024 Hybrid Cloud Security Survey, 84% of these leaders recognise deep observability as a fundamental element of cloud security. Gigamon, a company with a significant presence in deep observability, has announced an expansion in access to its deep observability pipeline, now available on digital marketplaces across the IT ecosystem.

This development is expected to enable organisations worldwide to gain the deep observability necessary to secure and manage hybrid cloud infrastructures effectively. Current data suggests nearly 50% of organisations are adopting hybrid cloud infrastructures, highlighting the relevance of this feature in today's technological landscape.

The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline provides a mechanism for organisations to secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructures by efficiently delivering network telemetry directly to cloud, security, and traditional observability tools. This capability helps to eliminate blind spots, optimise network traffic, and enhance the efficiency of existing tools by up to 90%.

Srinivas Chakravarty, Vice President of Cloud Ecosystem at Gigamon, shared insights into the current cybersecurity landscape: "Among the biggest vulnerabilities today for cybersecurity teams is the limited visibility they face relying exclusively on metric, event, log, and trace (MELT) tools and data to detect suspicious activity across their infrastructure."

"The evolving threat environment requires more: network-derived telemetry and insights to bring deep observability to existing security and observability tools, detecting previously unseen threats and performance anomalies. Establishing certified integrations with leading tools and providing easy access on marketplaces to our deep observability pipeline enables Security and IT teams to bolster and strengthen their defense-in-depth strategies and extend the value of their current tool stack."

The expansion includes integrating over 200 leading security, observability, and cloud tools in various digital marketplaces. These marketplaces serve as digital catalogues of software listings from independent software vendors, facilitating customers' finding, testing, purchasing, and deploying solutions.

The company's position reinforces the necessity for granular network visibility in today's complex IT environments. Deep observability is increasingly regarded as a mission-critical capability for managing cybersecurity and resolving performance issues across hybrid cloud infrastructures.

Will Townsend, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, emphasised the role of ecosystems and integrations in technology deployment: "Ecosystems and deep integrations are instrumental in driving scale and the widespread deployment of technology stacks. Security and observability are no exception, as witnessed by ongoing broad industry partnerships."

"To this end, Gigamon continues demonstrating its ability to support the vast ecosystem of security, observability, and cloud tools that aim to optimise business outcomes. Whether it's modernising infrastructure or rationalising and consolidating tool sets, access to proven integrations and marketplaces that unlock deep observability has the potential to help IT teams reduce complexity and lower cost while significantly bolstering cyber resilience."

Gigamon's ongoing initiatives provide customers access to deep observability solutions through high-profile channels such as AWS Marketplace, Microsoft Azure Marketplace, and Google Cloud Marketplace. This strategic availability is designed to assist organisations in strengthening their cybersecurity stance by reducing complexity and improving the efficacy of current IT tools.