In the past, every monitoring tool (like Datadog or New Relic) had its own “language.” If you wanted to switch tools, you had to rewrite your code. OTLP is a universal language for your app’s data. It allows you to: … Read More
Blog Posts
Two Game-Changing Features Now Available to All FusionReactor Cloud Users
We have exciting news for the FusionReactor community: as of January 12, 2026, Anomaly Detection and Custom Dashboards are now available to all FusionReactor Cloud users across every plan tier. These powerful observability capabilities, previously exclusive to higher-tier plans, are … Read More
OpenTelemetry Collector v1.49.0/v0.143.0: What’s New in January 2026
The OpenTelemetry community has released version 1.49.0/v0.143.0 of the OpenTelemetry Collector on January 5-6, 2026, bringing significant updates to the world’s most popular open-source observability framework. As OpenTelemetry continues its rapid adoption—with 48.5% of organizations already using it and another … Read More
Beyond the Three Pillars: Why Unified Telemetry is the Backbone of AI Observability
For years, the observability world has worshipped at the altar of the “Three Pillars”: Metrics, Logs, and Traces. But let’s be honest: in the heat of a production outage, these pillars often feel more like silos. You see a latency … Read More
How AI-Powered Observability Solved a Complex Microservices Mystery in Minutes
AI Observability Tool Finds Root Causes in Minutes | OpsPilot Tutorial 12 minute read How AI-Powered Observability Solved a Complex Microservices Mystery in Minutes When production breaks at 3 AM, every second counts. See how OpsPilot AI reduced troubleshooting time … Read More
FusionReactor Celebrates 20 Years: Innovation, Team Culture, and Continuous Evolution in Application Performance Monitoring
Introduction: Two Decades of Application Performance Monitoring Excellence December 2025 marks a significant milestone in the history of application performance monitoring: FusionReactor celebrates its 20th anniversary. What began in 2005 as a ColdFusion troubleshooting tool has evolved into a comprehensive … Read More
From “Black Box” to “Big Green Button”: A 20-Year Journey with FusionReactor
An Interview with David Tattersall, CEO of Intergral – makers of FusionReactor It began with a performance crisis: a high-stakes customer project running on ColdFusion, which, when it failed, gave engineers zero visibility into the cause. That challenge led co-founders … Read More
The Big Green Button:
20 Years of FusionReactor — From Survival Tool to AI-Powered Observability By Darren Pywell, CTO of FusionReactor It started with a wall. Specifically, the wall between my office and a key customer’s team. Every time their critical ColdFusion application froze, … Read More
Coming Soon to FusionReactor Cloud: Next-Gen Alerting, a Brand New Look, and More Power for Starter Plans
UPDATE (January 12, 2026): Anomaly Detection and Custom Dashboards are now available to ALL Cloud users. We are continually evolving FusionReactor Cloud to provide the deepest, most intuitive observability platform for your applications. Today, we are excited to give you … Read More
Real-Time Power Meets Historical Depth: The Observability Revolution in FusionReactor Cloud
Modern systems don’t fail on a schedule. Performance issues, restarts, and outages occur in real time, often without warning. That’s why the new Servers experience in FusionReactor Cloud gives you a potent combination: live observability seamlessly fused with deep historical … Read More
FusionReactor’s Winter 2026 G2 Awards: Record-Breaking Recognition with 105+ Badges
105+ Awards Across 10+ Categories Cement FusionReactor’s Position as Industry-Leading Observability Platform We’re thrilled to announce that FusionReactor has achieved unprecedented recognition in the G2 Winter 2026 rankings, earning more than 105 awards across multiple categories and market segments. This … Read More
From Interns to Architects: A Decade of Excellence with Ash and Mikey
FusionReactor is turning 20! It’s a massive milestone, but what makes a company last two decades isn’t just the code – it’s the people who write it, refine it, and live it. Today, we are zooming in on two team … Read More
Reimagining Server Monitoring in FusionReactor Cloud
Get ready to experience monitoring like never before! The latest features in FusionReactor Agent 2025.2 are transforming how you interact with your application data in FusionReactor Cloud. This release isn’t just an update; it’s a complete redesign of your diagnostic workflow, blending real-time … Read More
Don’t Buy an AI-Native Black Box. Choose Open Standards + Real Reasoning
The observability market is flooded with vendors racing to claim the title of “first AI observability platform.” But the label matters far less than what the AI actually delivers to engineers in production. While competitors lock you into proprietary pipelines … Read More
Beyond the Code: 20 Years of Growth with FusionReactor’s Greg Spencer
As FusionReactor celebrates its 20th anniversary, we’re taking a moment to look back at the journey through the eyes of one of its longest-serving members, Greg Spencer. Having joined back in August 1999, Greg’s tenure spans the company’s entire evolution … Read More
From Hours to Minutes: How OpsPilot Transforms Performance Troubleshooting with Real Intelligence
The Reality of Modern Application Troubleshooting When your checkout service starts timing out at 2 AM, traditional monitoring tools give you graphs and alerts. But what you need are answers: Which service is actually failing? Why is it cascading? What … Read More
FusionReactor 2025.2 Released: Master Observability and Accelerate Troubleshooting with AI
FusionReactor has unleashed the FR 2025.2 release – an upgrade that goes far beyond routine security patches and bug fixes. This is a feature-packed, future-ready milestone that elevates every part of your observability experience. With deeper OTel integration, a modernized … Read More
20 Years of FusionReactor: Trust, Team Spirit & Innovation — Featuring Bernd Donath
As FusionReactor celebrates its 20-year anniversary, we’re shining a spotlight on the people who helped shape our journey — the thinkers, builders, problem-solvers, and teammates who poured passion and possibility into every version, release, and breakthrough. Today, we’re celebrating Bernd … Read More
AI-Powered Performance Troubleshooting: How to Diagnose Microservices Issues in Minutes
Learn how AI-powered performance troubleshooting reduces MTTR from hours to minutes. See real-world microservices root cause analysis using OpsPilot’s natural language observability.
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From Panic to Resolution: How OpsPilot Diagnosed a Critical Payment Outage in Seconds
It’s Monday morning. You’re halfway through your first coffee when Slack explodes: “Customers can’t complete checkouts!” “Payment processing is down!” “Revenue is dropping – how bad is this?” Your heart rate spikes. Every minute of downtime means lost revenue. The … Read More
20 Years of FusionReactor: A Journey of Innovation, Grit, and Heart — with John H.
This December, FusionReactor celebrates an incredible milestone — 20 years of innovation, teamwork, and evolution. To mark the occasion, we’re sitting down with some of the people who’ve shaped our story from the very beginning. Today, we’re taking a trip … Read More
How AI-Powered Observability Turns “Checkout Is Down” Into Root Cause in Seconds
When your checkout fails at 2 AM, do you want an alert or an answer? Traditional monitoring tools excel at telling you something is wrong. They’ll send alerts, show red dashboards, and spike your error rate graphs. But they leave … Read More
FusionReactor Turns 20: Two Decades of Innovation, Team Spirit, and Never Giving Up
This December marks an extraordinary milestone: FusionReactor celebrates 20 years of revolutionizing application performance monitoring. What began in 2005 as a troubleshooting tool has evolved into a comprehensive observability platform trusted by organizations worldwide. But the real story isn’t just … Read More
OpsPilot Levels Up: Deep Trace Querying Now Supercharges Root Cause Investigations
Modern distributed systems produce an overwhelming volume of signals – metrics, logs, alerts – and when something goes wrong, finding the why behind the what is everything. With OpsPilot’s new trace analysis capabilities, your AI assistant can now go beyond … Read More
OpsPilot Trace Investigation Case Study: Identifying 600-Second EventStream Timeout Issues
Summary FusionReactor OpsPilot AI assistant investigated application latency issues using Prometheus metrics and Tempo distributed tracing. OpsPilot identified flagd service EventStream operations timing out at exactly 600 seconds (10 minutes), causing cascading application latency across recommendation service, load-generator, checkout, and … Read More
Daily OpsPilot Questions for OpenTelemetry Monitoring: Your Essential Health Check Routine
Effective observability isn’t just about collecting data—it’s about knowing what questions to ask. With OpsPilot’s natural language interface and OpenTelemetry’s comprehensive telemetry data, you can establish a daily routine that keeps you ahead of issues before they impact users. Here … Read More
Coming soon: Exciting new FusionReactor Agent features!
We’re thrilled to share an exclusive preview of what’s coming in the next FusionReactor Agent release – arriving end of October to early November. This release is packed with powerful enhancements designed to improve user experience, boost observability, and provide … Read More
