A system and method for correlating events in data processing resources processing a workload. An event correlation service comprising an event correlation service software framework is provided on a processor unit. The event correlation service is configured, using the event correlation service software framework, for correlating the events from monitored data for the workload, wherein the workload is processed using the data processing resources provided by a provider of the data processing resources. The event correlation service receives monitored data for the workload as the workload is being processed. The monitored data is processed by the event correlation service to identify an occurrence of an event of interest for the workload as the workload is being processed. An output is provided in response to identifying the occurrence of the event of interest.