MULTI-CLOUD GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES: REAL-TIME MONITORING WITH DATADOG AND KIBANA
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https://doi.org/10.34218/IJCET_16_04_015Keywords:
Multi-Cloud Governance, Datadog, Kibana, Elastic Stack, Cloud AutomationAbstract
As organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies to optimize performance, resilience, and vendor diversification, ensuring effective governance across diverse cloud platforms becomes a critical challenge. Real-time monitoring plays a pivotal role in enforcing governance policies, maintaining compliance, and identifying security or operational anomalies. This paper explores multi-cloud governance strategies with a focus on real-time observability using Datadog and Kibana two widely adopted monitoring tools. I examine how these platforms enable centralized visibility, support policy enforcement, and facilitate automated alerting and root-cause analysis across cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. By comparing their capabilities in log aggregation, metric analysis, and dashboarding, I highlight practical approaches for implementing scalable and secure monitoring frameworks. I present architectural patterns, integration techniques, and real-world use cases demonstrating their effectiveness in managing complex, distributed environments. Through this analysis, I provide cloud architects, DevOps teams, and IT leaders with actionable insights for achieving robust multi-cloud governance using modern monitoring tools.
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