Grafana Labs is bringing its ObservabilityCON on the Road conference series to Sydney, highlighting the growing importance of observability as companies across the Asia-Pacific region scale cloud and AI-driven systems.
The one-day event, scheduled for March 10, 2026, will bring together engineering leaders, technology teams, and industry partners to discuss how organisations are tackling rising operational complexity, telemetry costs, and the challenges of managing distributed systems.
The Sydney stop is part of Grafana Labs’ broader effort to strengthen its presence in APAC, one of the company’s fastest-growing regions as enterprises accelerate digital transformation.
Observability Challenges Continue to Grow
Observability — the ability to monitor, analyze, and understand system behavior across complex infrastructure — has become a critical capability for modern engineering teams.
According to the Grafana Labs 2025 Observability Survey, complexity remains the industry’s biggest hurdle. Nearly 39% of engineering teams say operational complexity is their top challenge, while organisations report using an average of eight different observability tools across their technology stacks.
Cost is also a growing concern. The survey found that 74% of organisations consider telemetry spending a major factor in purchasing decisions, signaling that observability costs are increasingly scrutinized at the executive level.
As software systems become more distributed — and AI workloads place additional strain on infrastructure — many organisations are looking for unified platforms that can provide visibility without adding operational overhead.
Grafana Labs Expands Momentum in APAC
Grafana Labs says demand for its Grafana Cloud platform is accelerating across Asia-Pacific as companies seek open, scalable observability solutions built on open-source technologies.
The company now serves more than 7,000 customers globally, including major organizations such as Microsoft, Salesforce, and Anthropic.
Industry recognition has also contributed to the company’s momentum. Grafana Labs was recently:
- Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms
- Ranked #13 on the Forbes Cloud 100
- Recognized as Best Observability Solution in the 2025 DevOps Dozen Awards
- Named a leader in GigaOm’s Cloud Performance Testing Radar
The company has expanded its presence in APAC through new partnerships and community engagement, including collaboration with DNX Solutions, which was named Grafana Labs’ APAC Partner of the Year.
Organizations across financial services, telecommunications, and technology sectors — including Atlassian and Blinkit — are using Grafana tools to improve reliability and reduce downtime across critical systems.
AI Workloads Driving Observability Demand
The rapid growth of AI systems is placing new demands on infrastructure monitoring.
Companies such as Dubber and Harrison.ai rely on Grafana Cloud to track metrics, logs, traces, and performance data across complex AI pipelines.
Dubber CTO Brendon Hay said unified observability is essential when managing large-scale distributed platforms.
“Grafana Cloud gives our teams a unified view across metrics, logs, and traces, helping us quickly understand system behaviour and resolve issues faster,” Hay said.
For AI-driven healthcare platforms like Harrison.ai, visibility across production environments is critical for reliability.
“Running AI in clinical settings leaves no margin for blind spots,” said Graham Bucknell, Platforms Engineering Manager at Harrison.ai. “End-to-end visibility allows us to move quickly while maintaining trust and system reliability.”
What to Expect at ObservabilityCON Sydney
The ObservabilityCON on the Road Sydney event will feature a keynote from Grafana Labs co-founder Anthony Woods, along with technical sessions led by Grafana engineers and customer case studies.
Topics will include:
- Practical applications of AI-powered observability tools
- Strategies for controlling telemetry costs at scale
- New approaches to simplifying complex distributed systems
Attendees will also hear from customers including Dubber and Tally Group, sharing real-world experiences deploying observability solutions in production environments.
As software systems grow more complex and AI workloads expand, Grafana Labs is betting that open observability platforms will play a central role in helping engineering teams maintain reliability while controlling operational costs.
About Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs develops open observability platforms that help organisations monitor and analyze data across their applications and infrastructure. Its flagship product, Grafana Cloud, provides a fully managed observability platform built on open-source technologies.
More than 25 million users and 7,000 customers worldwide rely on Grafana Labs tools to monitor systems, resolve incidents, and manage telemetry data efficiently.
The company operates as a fully remote organization with over 1,400 employees across 40+ countries.
