
Amazon CloudWatch: Centralized Monitoring and Automation for AWS Users
Amazon CloudWatch is a comprehensive monitoring and observability service designed for developers, system operators, site reliability engineers (SREs), and IT managers. It delivers real-time data and actionable insights to help you monitor applications, understand system-wide performance, and optimize resource use. Traditional monitoring tools, relying on manual log reviews and static dashboards, struggle to keep pace with today’s dynamic cloud environments. Modern infrastructures are often distributed across multiple regions and accounts and incorporate serverless functions and containers.