How DevZero migrated from Datadog in under an hour
April 15, 2026
11:30 AM ET
45 minutes
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What you'll learn
How to migrate from Datadog to OpenObserve in under an hour, including dashboards, alerts, and telemetry data, without disrupting production systems
Why traditional observability tools break at scale, from unpredictable costs to performance bottlenecks, and how to reduce operational overhead while improving visibility
What a modern observability stack looks like in practice, including OpenTelemetry adoption, unified logs/metrics/traces, and faster debugging with simplified querying
DevZero's co-founder and CEO, Debo Ray joined Shani Shoham and Chaitanya Sistla to break down how they evaluated observability alternatives, migrated from Datadog in under an hour, and how he redesigned their observability strategy based on lessons from Uber and DevZero.
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About the Speakers
Debo Ray
Debo Ray is the co-founder and CEO of DevZero, a workload automation platform that helps teams optimize Kubernetes and AI infrastructure for efficiency and cost. With a background in infrastructure engineering, Debo previously spent over six years at Uber, where he worked on large-scale compute systems, security, and distributed infrastructure, and contributed to early tracing systems like Jaeger. At DevZero, he brings deep expertise in scaling high-volume, data-intensive systems, with a focus on improving performance, reducing operational overhead, and helping teams make smarter infrastructure decisions.
Chaitanya Sistla
Chaitanya Sistla is a Principal Solutions Architect with 16X certifications across Cloud, Data, DevOps, and Cybersecurity. Leveraging extensive startup experience and a focus on MLOps, Chaitanya excels at designing scalable, innovative solutions that drive operational excellence and business transformation.
Shani Shoham
Shani Shoham is the CRO of OpenObserve and a veteran of the dev-tool industry. With previous leadership roles at WekaIO, Testim, and 21 Labs, he specializes in scaling high-growth infrastructure companies. He is an alum of Stanford GSB and Technion, currently based in Silicon Valley.