June 19, 2025
Insights from the 2025 GigaOm Radar Report for Network Observability
Explore how the 2025 GigaOm Radar identifies network observability market leaders and why end-to-end visibility is critical for modern enterprise networks.
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Written by: Jeremy Rossbach
Key Takeaways
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The network is the backbone of any modern enterprise, directly impacting everything from employee productivity to customer satisfaction. In the past, simply monitoring whether devices were online or offline might have been enough, but that approach no longer works. The real challenge today is understanding the complex journey applications take across on-premises data centers and multi-cloud environments, and how that journey truly affects the end-user experience. This need for a deeper, more intelligent view is what’s driving the shift to network observability.
The analyst view on network observability
Network observability moves beyond traditional monitoring by providing actionable intelligence. It’s a practice focused on delivering truly relevant, end-to-end visibility for all traffic, regardless of its location. The goal is to shift from a reactive stance of fixing problems to a proactive one of optimizing performance and ensuring critical connectivity before issues have an impact on the business.
To help organizations navigate this critical and evolving space, the analyst firm GigaOm produces its annual Radar for Network Observability report. The 2025 edition provides a detailed analysis of the market, examining the key features, capabilities, and trends across 19 different vendors. This report serves as a valuable tool for IT leaders to evaluate solutions, understand market trends, and make strategic investments that promote reliability.
Defining leadership in network observability
Within this comprehensive analysis, Broadcom was recognized as a Leader and an Outperformer, positioned in the "Innovation/Platform Play" quadrant. This placement reflects a strategy that is both forward-looking and comprehensive. The report highlights Broadcom’s solution, which integrates capabilities from AppNeta and DX NetOps. The report points to the solution’s particular strengths in providing visibility that extends beyond the traditional enterprise edge and into the complex networks of ISPs, SaaS providers, and cloud environments.
The GigaOm report notes the importance of tracking performance from the end-user's perspective. It praises Broadcom's ability to correlate network path metrics with the actual user experience, providing the NOC with a better understanding of network performance, including across internally and externally managed environments. The analysis highlights the solution's TruPath technology, which offers granular, hop-by-hop insight into end-to-end network paths. This capability is essential for managing the modern application landscape, where performance depends heavily on the network infrastructure that an organization does not own or control.
The designation as an "Outperformer" is also significant, reflecting what the report identifies as a consistent record of feature releases and an extensive development pipeline. This suggests a sustained commitment to innovation and to addressing the emerging challenges faced by network teams. The solution's strengths in troubleshooting and optimization were also noted as a key factor in moving beyond simple data collection to providing predictive insights and algorithmic analysis.
Why a fact-based approach matters
For businesses aiming to ensure critical uptime and optimal performance, the journey begins with understanding the difference between seeing data and gaining actionable intelligence. The findings in the GigaOm report confirm that leadership in this space is defined by the ability to provide deep, contextual visibility across hybrid environments.
As network complexity continues to grow, having a clear, fact-based framework for evaluating technology partners is more important than ever. For those looking to make an informed investment in their network’s future, the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Network Observability offers a clear, third-party perspective on the vendors and capabilities shaping the industry.
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Jeremy Rossbach
As the Chief Technical Evangelist for NetOps by Broadcom, Jeremy is passionate about meeting with customers to identify their IT operational challenges and produce solutions that fit their business and network transformation goals. Prior to joining Broadcom, he spent over 15+ years working in IT, across both public...
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