Integrating Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose with the OpenTelemetry Collector enhances the observability of real-time streaming data by allowing logs and metrics to be exported to various destinations like AWS services or other platforms. Highlight.io, an open-source monitoring platform, supports the Firehose format through its cloud-hosted OpenTelemetry collector, enabling users to manage data export without additional infrastructure. The OpenTelemetry Collector, a vendor-neutral proxy, is equipped to process and export telemetry data using standardized receivers, reducing engineering overhead by eliminating the need for custom parsing and transformation. Receivers for AWS Firehose, such as those in the opentelemetry-collector-contrib repository, can handle specific data formats, ensuring compatibility with OpenTelemetry's processing pipeline. The configuration involves setting up Firehose receivers to listen on different ports for logs and metrics, demonstrating how to leverage existing OpenTelemetry receivers for efficient data collection and integration with observability tools. Highlight.io offers users a convenient solution to manage these integrations by providing pre-configured setups that reduce complexity and enhance data visibility.