Advanced Datadog Partner
Datadog
Maximize Datadog performance with expert-led observability, security, and automation.
Recognized Datadog Expertise
81+ Marketplace Integrations
Built with Datadog product & engineering teams
100+ Successful Migrations
From Splunk, New Relic & Elastic to Datadog
Overview
Crest Data is an Advanced Datadog partner
End-to-end Datadog Solutions across observability, security, and AI workloads — spanning implementation, migration, integration development, and 24×7 managed operations delivered by specialized Datadog teams.
Crest Data is a strategic Datadog partner delivering end-to-end Datadog services, including Datadog consulting services and Datadog implementation services, that help enterprises maximize the value of their Datadog investment. With 200+ integrations delivered, 100+ successful Datadog migrations and proven expertise across observability and security domains, we help organizations modernize monitoring through advanced observability services and monitoring solutions.
From building 81+ Datadog Marketplace integrations to enabling large-scale SIEM and SaaS integrations, our teams provide specialized Datadog integration services that combine automation, AI-driven engineering, and deep domain expertise to drive measurable business impact. Whether accelerating migrations from legacy platforms, optimizing platform costs, or providing 24×7 managed support, we ensure scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient Datadog environments tailored to enterprise needs.
Why Crest Data
Expertise, automation, and cost-efficient scale in every Datadog engagement
Marketplace Leadership
- 81+ Datadog Marketplace integrations developed, maintained, and enhanced
- In collaboration with Datadog product and engineering teams
Accelerated Migrations
- Automated migration engine enabling up to 55% faster migrations
- From Splunk, New Relic, and Elastic to Datadog
- Demonstrating how to implement Datadog for enterprises efficiently and at scale
Measurable Cost Optimization
- Up to 60% cost savings compared to in-house or generalist service models
- Through ingestion optimization, DPM, and log management strategies
Enterprise-Scale Security Expertise
- 150+ security data feeds onboarded
- 85+ security feeds optimized
- Scalable ingestion handling up to ~40K EPS
End-to-End Managed Support
- 24x7 L1/L2 SOC and observability support
- Reducing incident response time by 2x
- Minimizing alert noise by up to 75%
Quick Start Services
- Get to production with Datadog in weeks
- Structured Full-Stack Observability Quick Start
- LLM Observability Quick Start services
Datadog by the Numbers
Scale that backs every Datadog engagement
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Integrations Delivered
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Datadog Marketplace Integrations
Our Datadog Offerings
End-to-end Datadog services across the observability lifecycle
From implementation and migration through integration development and 24x7 managed operations — a complete set of Datadog services delivered by specialized teams.
Implementations
- Deploy across observability, security, and digital experience
- APM, infrastructure monitoring, and log management
- Agent deployment and dashboard development
- Alert strategy and observability-as-code adoption
- Scalable, performance-optimized Datadog environments
Migrations
- Automated migration from Splunk, New Relic, and Elastic
- Comprehensive assessments and query translations
- Dashboard and alert conversions
- Pipeline restructuring and RBAC configuration
- Phased rollouts to final cutover and optimization
Integrations
- Security, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud, AI/ML, and enterprise apps
- 81+ Marketplace and 200+ SIEM/SaaS integrations delivered
- Integration development, upgrades, QA, and support
- Certification and releases with Datadog engineering
- Workflow blueprints and AppBuilder applications
Managed Services
- Onboarding, configuration, and observability-as-code
- Dashboard optimization and anomaly-based alerting
- Ingest monitoring and cost control strategies
- 24x7 L1/L2 support and continuous tuning
- Proactive platform governance and resilience
Get Started
Get Started with AI Observability
Quick Start services to fast-track LLM and full-stack observability into production in weeks
Datadog Apps
Unlock the full potential of Datadog with seamless integrations powered by Crest Data's Datadog Marketplace Apps
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Insights from our Datadog practice
Fresh perspectives from our engineers and real-world wins from customer engagements — see how we're helping enterprises get more from Datadog.
Case Study
Strengthening CDN Observability and Digital Experience Visibility for Retail
How a leading retailer used Datadog to eliminate blind spots across CDN performance and digital experience, delivering consistent, resilient customer journeys at scale.
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Blog
Observability Maturity Guide: From Telemetry to Business Outcomes
A vendor-neutral guide for turning telemetry into reliable services, stronger engineering practices, and measurable business outcomes.
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Crest Data Recognized as an Advanced Datadog Partner and Marketplace Integration Leader
Recognized as an Advanced Datadog Partner and the #1 Datadog Marketplace integrations developer, with 81 live integrations — more than the next 10 vendors combined — powering enterprise observability.
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Case Study
Improving Privileged Access Management Visibility and Governance with Datadog
Strengthening privileged access governance and audit-readiness by centralizing CyberArk PAM telemetry into Datadog for continuous visibility and control.
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Case Study
Unified DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Observability at Scale
Eliminating blind spots across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud DNS/DHCP/IPAM services with unified Datadog observability and streamlined operations.
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Blog
Agent Observability with Datadog: A Practical Guide for Production AI
Generative AI applications are becoming mission-critical, but many organizations still lack visibility into agent behavior — here's how to fix that with Datadog.
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Blog
Quick Start Your Datadog Observability Journey
Deploy production-ready observability in weeks, not months. Crest Data's Full-Stack and Agent Observability Quick Start services accelerate LLM monitoring, cost tracking, and end-to-end tracing on Datadog.
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Blog
Monitor Citrix DaaS Performance and User Experience with Crest Data and Datadog
Monitor sessions, machine health, connection reliability, application performance, and audit activity in Datadog with Crest Data's Citrix DaaS integration — detect issues faster and unify visibility across virtual desktop environments.
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Datadog Solutions FAQs
Answers to the questions we hear most often about Crest Data's Datadog services, integrations, migrations, and observability practice.
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Implementing Datadog is only the first step. The real value comes from turning telemetry into actionable insights that improve reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Crest Data helps organizations design, implement, optimize, and scale Datadog environments across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and security operations. Our focus is on helping teams gain better visibility, reduce operational complexity, and improve overall system reliability.
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Modern environments generate telemetry across applications, containers, Kubernetes clusters, cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure.
Crest Data helps organizations unify metrics, logs, traces, and events within Datadog to provide end-to-end visibility across distributed environments. This enables faster troubleshooting, improved operational awareness, and better decision-making across engineering and operations teams.
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Yes. As organizations deploy AI applications into production, visibility becomes critical for maintaining reliability and performance.
Crest Data helps organizations use Datadog to monitor AI workloads, model performance, inference latency, resource utilization, operational health, and application dependencies. This helps teams operate AI systems with greater confidence and operational control.
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Large Language Model (LLM) applications introduce new operational challenges that traditional monitoring approaches were never designed to address.
Crest Data helps organizations establish visibility into LLM application performance, response quality, token consumption, latency, usage patterns, and operational reliability using Datadog's AI and observability capabilities.
To accelerate adoption, Crest Data also offers LLM Observability Quick Start and Full Stack Observability Quick Start services that help organizations rapidly deploy observability best practices, shorten implementation timelines, and gain actionable insights into AI-driven applications running in production.
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Modern enterprises need visibility across infrastructure, applications, user experiences, and increasingly AI-driven services.
Crest Data helps organizations build a unified observability strategy using Datadog by connecting cloud environments, applications, Kubernetes workloads, logs, traces, and AI systems into a single operational view. This helps teams reduce blind spots, accelerate troubleshooting, and improve operational efficiency across the enterprise.
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Crest Data has been one of Datadog's earliest and most experienced partners, with deep expertise across observability, cloud operations, SRE, security, automation, and AI-led operations.
Beyond platform implementation, we help organizations build mature observability practices that improve reliability, accelerate incident response, optimize cloud operations, and support emerging AI and LLM workloads at scale.
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Yes. Crest Data provides migration services from leading observability and monitoring platforms, including Splunk, New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, Elastic, Nagios, and custom monitoring solutions to Datadog.
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Integrations are often the foundation of a successful observability strategy.
Crest Data has delivered hundreds of integrations across observability, security, cloud, and enterprise platforms, including dozens of Datadog Marketplace integrations. This experience helps organizations connect critical systems faster, improve visibility across their technology stack, and maximize the value of their Datadog investment.
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Sumeet Mathur
Advisor
A distinguished technology leader with deep expertise in enterprise software and product engineering, he serves on Crest Data’s Board of Advisors. Sumeet is Managing Director of ServiceNow’s India Technology Centre and Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Core Business Workflows portfolio, overseeing products across HR, Finance & Supply Chain, Workplace, Health & Safety, Legal, and Contract Lifecycle Management. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Broadcom, Cisco, and CA Technologies, scaling teams behind multi-billion-dollar product portfolios. He holds a degree in Computer Science and serves as Chair of the Telangana Regional Council at NASSCOM.
David Willis
Advisor
A strategic business, security, and technology leader with over 25 years of experience across telecommunications, financial services, and software industry verticals, he serves on Crest Data’s Board of Advisors. He currently serves as Vice President and Head of Technology Integrations, Technology Alliances at Netskope, driving strategic security and IT integrations at scale and advancing Netskope Cloud Exchange, recognized as a 2021 CRN Top 10 Cloud Security Tool. Previously, he held leadership roles at AT&T, Riverbed, and Palo Alto Networks, building strategic partner ecosystems and enterprise security programs. A former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, he actively advises and mentors several technology and consumer services companies.
Aditya Khetan
Director, WW Technical Support
Aditya Khetan is a Director of Technical Support with over 12 years of experience leading 24×7 global product support operations and customer success initiatives. He has built and scaled high‑performing teams, driving data‑informed improvements in NPS, CSAT, and operational efficiency while managing complex escalations. A Splunk Core Certified Consultant and Architect, Aditya has delivered enterprise solutions for global clients and partners closely with senior leadership to align support strategy with business goals.
Rajeev Goyal
Director, Business Development
Brings extensive sales, business development, and consulting expertise to Crest Data, where he drives strategic growth and builds high‑value enterprise relationships across ServiceNow and IT solutions. With a strong background in strategic alliances and solution‑led sales, he focuses on expanding market presence and partnership ecosystems. Rajeev has a proven track record of engaging C‑suite stakeholders, shaping go‑to‑market strategies, and accelerating revenue in competitive technology markets. His leadership blends commercial acumen with deep industry insight.
Mike Saurbaugh
Director, Security Ecosystem and Solutions, US South East
Bringing over 20 years of experience in information technology and cybersecurity. He has held senior leadership roles across strategic alliances, technical operations, and information security, including positions at VMRay, Cofense, and financial services firms. A long-time faculty member at IANS Research and owner of First Security Alliance, LLC, he has advised hundreds of clients, authored professional publications, and spoken at numerous security conferences. He holds CISSP, CISM, CRISC certifications and an MS in Information Assurance from Walsh College.
Jeet Thakkar
Director, WW Technical Sales
Jeet has over a decade of experience across Security Engineering, Implementations, and Operations. As Director of Business Development at Crest Data Systems, he leads the Tech Sales organization, driving growth, solution positioning, and strategic customer engagement. Previously, Jeet led Managed Services teams and delivered more than 100 Professional Services engagements, specializing in deploying, optimizing, and migrating enterprise security platforms such as SIEM, XDR, and UEBA. His blend of technical expertise and consultative sales leadership enables strong customer relationships and measurable business outcomes.
Damion Desai
Senior Director, US West Sales
Damion Desai leads West Coast North American sales for Crest Data, based out of San Jose. With over 25 years of experience in enterprise technology sales spanning semiconductors, optics, manufacturing and software services Damion partners closely with our engineering teams to deliver AI-driven cybersecurity solutions to some of the largest technology companies in Silicon Valley. He is a past winner of the Intel Achievement Award and holds a Computer Science degree from The University of Southern California.
Neha Mashruwala
Director, Marketing
Neha Mashruwala is a highly organized and results-oriented marketing strategist with nearly two decades of experience in driving business growth through strategic marketing initiatives.
Known for aligning marketing strategy with business objectives, Neha brings deep expertise across brand strategy, demand gen and lead gen, product marketing, thought leadership, and end-to-end digital marketing. With a strong understanding of enterprise technology, AI-led marketing, creative storytelling, and data-driven execution, she accelerates go-to-market success with a customer-first mindset.
Mili Khamar
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
A Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), she brings over 10 years of experience in corporate governance, secretarial practice, corporate restructuring and transaction advisory, fund raising including IPOs, and capital market transactions. With strong legal acumen, she advises the Board of Directors, ensures compliance with applicable legal and regulatory frameworks, and oversees governance systems across the organization, thereby supporting Crest Data’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and responsible business conduct.
Gaytri Khandelwal
VP of Sales
Gaytri brings over 25 years of experience driving revenue growth and customer success across global enterprises. She has led large-scale GTM initiatives, including managing over $100 mn Hi-Tech portfolio as Vice President of Sales at Genpact, and held senior sales leadership roles across leading enterprise technology organizations such as Cisco and Salesforce. An IIT Delhi engineering gold medalist, Gaytri blends technical depth with strategic sales leadership to build trusted C-suite relationships and drive sustained, long-term growth.
Rishi Divate
Director, Business Development, US West
Rishi leads strategic partnerships with observability vendors, including AWS, Datadog, and Dynatrace. He brings over 20 years of experience building products, partnerships, and driving customer success across the observability, security, and application infrastructure domains. Most recently, Rishi led product management and customer success teams at PromptQL and Sumo Logic, supporting thousands of customers from Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging startups. He lives in Sacramento, CA with his family and enjoys the outdoors.
Colwin Fernandes
VP, Engineering
Bringing over 15 years of experience in cloud and DevOps engineering, he leads technology strategy and execution across product development and deployment at Crest Data. He has expertise in Kubernetes, containers, and multi-cloud architectures, building platforms for performance and scale. Prior to Crest Data, he co-founded and served as CTO of a cloud-native technology company recognized as a Great Place to Work. Colwin holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and multiple Kubernetes and AWS certifications.
Vance Cochrane
Director, Business Development
As the leader of Business Development and Security Ecosystem at Crest Data, Vance leverages over 25 years of experience in security technology. He previously served as a product manager at Armis, driving technical alliances and integrations, and at Nozomi Networks, where he managed protocols and hardware. Vance holds CISSP and CCSP certifications and a Bachelor’s in Physics and a Master’s in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology. He holds a patent in photoprint digitizing scanner technology. Combining his deep technical expertise with strategic leadership he is deeply involved with customers and ISVs to build innovative Cybersecurity solutions.
Kushal Shah
Director, IT
With over a decade of experience in IT leadership, he oversees enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud operations, and cybersecurity at Crest Data. He leads a cross-functional IT organization, driving secure, scalable, and resilient systems while enabling key security certifications including ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and BIA. With deep expertise across AWS, Azure, GCP, and AI-driven security tools, he focuses on strengthening endpoint security, managing inhouse data centers, optimizing cloud costs, and ensuring reliable, well-governed IT operations across the organization.
Devanshi Raichura
Director, HR
An HR leader deeply committed to people and culture, Devanshi brings over a decade of experience across diverse industries. As Director, HR at Crest Data, she drives culture-first people practices and builds high-impact HR teams aligned with business outcomes across India and the US teams. Known for her sharp insight, empathy, and storytelling-driven influence, she blends strategy with human connection. Outside of work, she cherishes time with her little one, enjoys playing cricket, and loves reading to him.
Nirav Thakkar
Chief Financial Officer
With more than 25 years of leadership experience in finance, he oversees financial strategy and operations across domestic and international business units. He leads enterprise-wide financial governance, compliance, and growth planning. With deep expertise across finance, taxation, legal operations, procurement, and revenue assurance, he has helped build and scale businesses, including a technology startup in video analytics. Nirav holds an M.Com, CA, a Diploma in Foreign Exchange Risk Management, and is a D&B Certified IFRS Professional.
Neha Shah
Co-founder and Chief Techology Officer
With over 25 years of global experience across technology leadership, large-scale product engineering, and operational excellence. She defines and drives Crest Data’s engineering vision and execution across data and AI foundation for security, observability, automation, and cloud domains. Prior to Crest Data, Neha held senior engineering leadership roles at Cisco and other organizations. She has received several engineering awards including Cisco’s Pioneer award and holds a patent in networking security.
Neha holds a bachelor’s engineering degree in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University and a Master’s degree in Computer Networking from North Carolina State University.
Malhar Shah
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Malhar defines the vision and drives a customer-first, agile, and empowering culture rooted in equality and continuous learning. With over 25 years of enterprise technology leadership, Malhar drives strategic growth in data and AI, security, DevOps, and cloud spaces while fostering innovation and team excellence at Crest Data. His strategic leadership positions Crest Data as an AI-first product engineering and technology solutions provider that accelerates clients’ success in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Prior to founding Crest, Malhar held leadership roles in product management at Cisco’s Insieme Business Unit (acquired by Cisco in 2013) and Nuova Business Unit (acquired by Cisco in 2008) where he led the growth of Cisco’s Data Center Switching business from inception to an annualized revenue of over $1.5 bn.
Malhar holds a bachelor’s engineering degree in Civil Engineering from Gujarat University and a Master’s degree in Computer Networking from North Carolina State University.