Datadog: every ending

12 ways the next five years go down, by the layer they land in.

Won the relationship

2030Your spinout now pages Datadog.2030Every agent on earth reports to Datadog.2031Nvidia buys the eyes on every agent.2031Still independent. Still watching everyone.

Settled for plumbing

2030Every server still runs the Datadog Agent.2030No agent ships without a Datadog grade.2029Bits joins a lab. Your collector keeps running.

Lost as a feature

2029Datadog becomes a tab in CloudWatch.2028The agents stopped sending you logs.2030One lab learned to pass your monitors.2029Cisco folds Datadog into Splunk.2030Google buys you for the integrations.