ITRS Group launched ITRS Insights, a new IT Operation Analytics (ITOA) application, built on its new Valo technology.
Both the application and technology address the challenge of running real-time analysis and search functions on time-series, semi-structured and even unstructured data simultaneously. Valo is an industry independent technology, and ITRS Insights brings these abilities to the growing ITOA space to help businesses extract maximum value from their increasingly plentiful and important operational data.
In data-intensive industries like financial services, unlocking this data can be crucial. Businesses can benefit from previously unavailable insights hidden in their data. These can add value and keep them ahead of the competition, or help them comply with ever-changing regulatory requirements. Insights is capable of delivering this analysis in real-time, across terabytes of data, without the need for batch processing, and can work in tandem with, or independently of, ITRS' existing application monitoring technology, Geneos.
ITRS CTO Justo Ruiz Ferrer explained: “Over the past three years we’ve built Valo from the ground up to crunch through big data, and Insights brings that power to ITOA. You’re now able to cross-analyse semi-structured, unstructured and time-series data in real-time. For example, an investment bank might want to look at their trade latency from data in log files, and system and application metrics to see why latency is unexpectedly high, and whether it’s usual compared to previous historic levels of business activity – that requires a combination of real-time analytics on semi-structured data, and machine learning and anomaly detection on structured historical data respectively. This is now possible with Valo and ITRS Insights.”
Insights is the first application built on ITRS’ new technology, Valo: a software platform with a Software Developer Kit (SDK) that provides the ability to store and perform real-time and historical analytics on masses of data. Valo is industry independent, and ITRS hopes to work both in-house and with partners to build a variety of applications for big-data, real-time analytic intensive use-cases, both in its core financial services space and beyond.
“Valo really is one-of-a-kind combination of the leading concepts in big data and analytics – but we don’t expect it to stay that way,” said Guy Warren, CEO, ITRS. “At the moment, it’s very difficult to handle both time-series and semi-structured data storage so that it can be queried and analysed in real-time. Those trying to do so are usually patching together some combination of standard tools such as Spark and ELK. Having all of that in one powerful, streamlined platform is too valuable to businesses for others not to follow Valo’s lead. The challenge for us is to keep investing in the product so that Valo stays ahead of the game.”
The Latest
According to Auvik's 2025 IT Trends Report, 60% of IT professionals feel at least moderately burned out on the job, with 43% stating that their workload is contributing to work stress. At the same time, many IT professionals are naming AI and machine learning as key areas they'd most like to upskill ...
Businesses that face downtime or outages risk financial and reputational damage, as well as reducing partner, shareholder, and customer trust. One of the major challenges that enterprises face is implementing a robust business continuity plan. What's the solution? The answer may lie in disaster recovery tactics such as truly immutable storage and regular disaster recovery testing ...
IT spending is expected to jump nearly 10% in 2025, and organizations are now facing pressure to manage costs without slowing down critical functions like observability. To meet the challenge, leaders are turning to smarter, more cost effective business strategies. Enter stage right: OpenTelemetry, the missing piece of the puzzle that is no longer just an option but rather a strategic advantage ...
Amidst the threat of cyberhacks and data breaches, companies install several security measures to keep their business safely afloat. These measures aim to protect businesses, employees, and crucial data. Yet, employees perceive them as burdensome. Frustrated with complex logins, slow access, and constant security checks, workers decide to completely bypass all security set-ups ...
In MEAN TIME TO INSIGHT Episode 13, Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, at EMA discusses hybrid multi-cloud networking strategy ...
In high-traffic environments, the sheer volume and unpredictable nature of network incidents can quickly overwhelm even the most skilled teams, hindering their ability to react swiftly and effectively, potentially impacting service availability and overall business performance. This is where closed-loop remediation comes into the picture: an IT management concept designed to address the escalating complexity of modern networks ...
In 2025, enterprise workflows are undergoing a seismic shift. Propelled by breakthroughs in generative AI (GenAI), large language models (LLMs), and natural language processing (NLP), a new paradigm is emerging — agentic AI. This technology is not just automating tasks; it's reimagining how organizations make decisions, engage customers, and operate at scale ...
In the early days of the cloud revolution, business leaders perceived cloud services as a means of sidelining IT organizations. IT was too slow, too expensive, or incapable of supporting new technologies. With a team of developers, line of business managers could deploy new applications and services in the cloud. IT has been fighting to retake control ever since. Today, IT is back in the driver's seat, according to new research by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) ...
In today's fast-paced and increasingly complex network environments, Network Operations Centers (NOCs) are the backbone of ensuring continuous uptime, smooth service delivery, and rapid issue resolution. However, the challenges faced by NOC teams are only growing. In a recent study, 78% state network complexity has grown significantly over the last few years while 84% regularly learn about network issues from users. It is imperative we adopt a new approach to managing today's network experiences ...
From growing reliance on FinOps teams to the increasing attention on artificial intelligence (AI), and software licensing, the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report digs into how organizations are improving cloud spend efficiency, while tackling the complexities of emerging technologies ...