The entire system is continuously observed by
Operations & Monitoring Domain, The Nervous System of the Internet, which senses, detects, and stabilizes everything when issues occur.The primary roles within this category are as follows:
Operations & Observability
Network Operations Center (NOC)
Operates centralized functions for monitoring, managing, troubleshooting, and maintaining network infrastructure, connectivity, availability, and operational performance.
Example: Kyndryl, Orange Business, NTT DATA
Observability Platform Provider
Provides platforms that collect, correlate, and analyze telemetry from infrastructure, systems, applications, and services to understand operational behavior.
Example: Datadog, Checkmk, Huawei Cloud
Network Monitoring Provider
Provides tools and services for monitoring network availability, performance, topology, traffic, devices, interfaces, and connectivity across distributed infrastructure.
Example: Kentik, Paessler PRTG, Huawei
Log Management & Analytics Provider
Provides platforms for collecting, storing, searching, analyzing, and managing operational logs generated across infrastructure, systems, applications, and services.
Example: Splunk, Logpoint, Huawei Cloud LTS
Service Performance & Capacity
Service Assurance Provider
Capacity Planning & Traffic Analytics Provider
Digital Experience & Synthetic Monitoring Provider
Analyzes traffic patterns, resource utilization, demand trends, and capacity requirements to support network planning and infrastructure expansion.
Example: Catchpoint, Dynatrace, Alibaba Cloud ARMS
Internet Measurement & Network Intelligence
Internet Measurement & Routing Intelligence Provider
Measures Internet performance, reachability, routing behavior, topology, and path characteristics to provide visibility into global Internet conditions.
Example: RouteViews, RIPE NCC RIS, WIDE Project
Network Operational Automation
Network Automation & Orchestration Provider
Provides platforms that automate network provisioning, configuration, policy enforcement, workflow execution, and operational management across distributed network infrastructure.
Example: Juniper Networks, Nokia NSP, Huawei