OpenTelemetry is an emerging open-source standard for creating, collecting, and transferring telemetry data, with backing from major tech firms like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Dynatrace has released its own distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector, offering a fully supported and stable solution for integrating telemetry data into observability backends such as Dynatrace. This collector simplifies data management by gathering, processing, and directing telemetry data streams, reducing the resource burden on applications and enhancing data with context like Kubernetes metadata. It offers flexibility in configuration, allowing data to be routed to multiple backends, and supports integration with systems like Jaeger and Prometheus. Dynatrace's version provides customers with verified components and published configuration examples to facilitate deployment, aiming to enhance integration capabilities while ensuring stability and support. This initiative underscores Dynatrace's commitment to contributing to the OpenTelemetry community, with plans to introduce automated deployment methods and new features to further ease integration.