The future of tracing is open

Datadog is committed to open-source software and transparency, emphasizing its dedication to supporting open standards and integrating with projects like OpenTelemetry, which aims to provide a unified set of APIs for system instrumentation across various platforms. With the merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus into OpenTelemetry, Datadog is contributing its tracing libraries to support this initiative, offering auto-instrumentation to collect comprehensive telemetry data without manual code changes. This collaboration intends to enhance observability by allowing companies to gather data from diverse systems and migrate it easily between monitoring providers, thereby reducing vendor lock-in. Datadog's existing libraries, used by many companies, have already contributed valuable feedback, which will further enrich the OpenTelemetry project. The partnership highlights Datadog's belief in the benefits of open-source instrumentation for improving system visibility and performance across the industry.

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