OpenTelemetry is a project designed to meet the increasing demand for artificial intelligence-enabled IT operations (AIOps) as organizations expand their technological infrastructures into multiple cloud environments. It offers a standardized set of vendor-neutral APIs that facilitate data collection from applications across various programming languages and frameworks, allowing for easier instrumentation and monitoring. This initiative is gaining traction, with Gartner predicting that by 2025, 70% of new cloud-native application monitoring will rely on open source instrumentation. OpenTelemetry is not an analytics engine but complements existing tools, providing greater flexibility by not being tied to a specific back-end system. It can be deployed manually or through semi-automatic instrumentation, offering different levels of control and ease of implementation. Companies like Dynatrace and W.W. Grainger utilize OpenTelemetry to enhance observability and streamline operations, enabling faster incident response and improved DevOps practices. The adoption of OpenTelemetry involves strategic planning and coordination across development and operations teams, focusing on use cases that leverage its capabilities while ensuring data privacy and standardization throughout the organization.