Get to know # Riley Peronto *** ** * ** *** Blogs by Riley Peronto Sort By: Recent Recent Popular *** ** * ** *** [![Migrating from Legacy SaaS to Cortex XCOR: How AI-Powered Tooling and Open Standards Streamline Your Transition](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cortex_xcor_C6.4_launch_blog_banner_1920x1080_v2.jpg)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/migrating-from-legacy-saas-to-cortex-xcor-how-ai-powered-tooling-and-open-standards-streamline-your-transition/) ### [Migrating from Legacy SaaS to Cortex XCOR: How AI-Powered Tooling and Open ...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/migrating-from-legacy-saas-to-cortex-xcor-how-ai-powered-tooling-and-open-standards-streamline-your-transition/) When evaluating observability platforms, engineering organizations rarely start from scratch. Teams have established tooling and workflows, whether in SaaS platforms such as Datadog and Dynatrace or self-hosted, open source stacks. Historically, moving ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Aligning Observability Costs with Operational Value: Consumption-Based Pricing and Budgets](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cortex_xcor_C6.4_launch_blog_banner_1920x1080_v2.jpg)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/aligning-observability-costs-with-operational-value-consumption-based-pricing-and-budgets/) ### [Aligning Observability Costs with Operational Value: Consumption-Based Pric...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/aligning-observability-costs-with-operational-value-consumption-based-pricing-and-budgets/) High-growth engineering organizations require observability platforms that scale alongside their infrastructure without imposing unpredictable financial overhead. Cortex XCOR operates on a consumption-based pricing model built to align telemetry expenditures directly with real-time ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Introducing Cortex XCOR Command Center: Providing Executive Visibility to Service Health and Cost Savings](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/command-center-isometric.png)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-command-center-providing-executive-visibility-to-service-health-and-cost-savings/) ### [Introducing Cortex XCOR Command Center: Providing Executive Visibility to S...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-command-center-providing-executive-visibility-to-service-health-and-cost-savings/) Service health and cost efficiency show the business impact of observability. They link system reliability to revenue and telemetry management to ROI. Historically, it was cumbersome for platform teams to customize and ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Introducing Cortex XCOR Synthetics: Extending Visibility with Continuous Active Testing](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/synthetics-docs-site-uptime-scaled.png)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-synthetics-extending-visibility-with-continuous-active-testing/) ### [Introducing Cortex XCOR Synthetics: Extending Visibility with Continuous Ac...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-synthetics-extending-visibility-with-continuous-active-testing/) Maintaining predictable system performance across distributed infrastructure requires identifying issues before they broadly impact your users. While telemetry provides operational visibility, running synthetic tests on endpoint responses from outside the production network ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** *** ** * ** *** Blogs by Riley Peronto Sort By: Popular Popular Recent *** ** * ** *** [![Introducing Cortex XCOR Synthetics: Extending Visibility with Continuous Active Testing](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/synthetics-docs-site-uptime-scaled.png)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-synthetics-extending-visibility-with-continuous-active-testing/) ### [Introducing Cortex XCOR Synthetics: Extending Visibility with Continuous Ac...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-synthetics-extending-visibility-with-continuous-active-testing/) Maintaining predictable system performance across distributed infrastructure requires identifying issues before they broadly impact your users. While telemetry provides operational visibility, running synthetic tests on endpoint responses from outside the production network ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Aligning Observability Costs with Operational Value: Consumption-Based Pricing and Budgets](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cortex_xcor_C6.4_launch_blog_banner_1920x1080_v2.jpg)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/aligning-observability-costs-with-operational-value-consumption-based-pricing-and-budgets/) ### [Aligning Observability Costs with Operational Value: Consumption-Based Pric...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/aligning-observability-costs-with-operational-value-consumption-based-pricing-and-budgets/) High-growth engineering organizations require observability platforms that scale alongside their infrastructure without imposing unpredictable financial overhead. Cortex XCOR operates on a consumption-based pricing model built to align telemetry expenditures directly with real-time ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Migrating from Legacy SaaS to Cortex XCOR: How AI-Powered Tooling and Open Standards Streamline Your Transition](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cortex_xcor_C6.4_launch_blog_banner_1920x1080_v2.jpg)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/migrating-from-legacy-saas-to-cortex-xcor-how-ai-powered-tooling-and-open-standards-streamline-your-transition/) ### [Migrating from Legacy SaaS to Cortex XCOR: How AI-Powered Tooling and Open ...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/migrating-from-legacy-saas-to-cortex-xcor-how-ai-powered-tooling-and-open-standards-streamline-your-transition/) When evaluating observability platforms, engineering organizations rarely start from scratch. Teams have established tooling and workflows, whether in SaaS platforms such as Datadog and Dynatrace or self-hosted, open source stacks. Historically, moving ... Oct 01, 2026 By [Riley Peronto](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/riley-peronto/?ts=markdown "Posts by Riley Peronto") *** ** * ** *** [![Introducing Cortex XCOR Command Center: Providing Executive Visibility to Service Health and Cost Savings](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/command-center-isometric.png)](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-command-center-providing-executive-visibility-to-service-health-and-cost-savings/) ### [Introducing Cortex XCOR Command Center: Providing Executive Visibility to S...](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.au/blog/observability/introducing-cortex-xcor-command-center-providing-executive-visibility-to-service-health-and-cost-savings/) Service health and cost efficiency show the business impact of observability. They link system reliability to revenue and telemetry management to ROI. Historically, it was cumbersome for platform teams to customize and ... 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