A Fireside Chat with CNCF’s CTO on OpenTelemetry (and More!)

KubeCon Europe 2023, held in Amsterdam, promises to deliver exciting updates and discussions about cloud-native projects, with OpenObservability Talks serving as a media partner. A recent episode featured Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), who provided insights into the OpenTelemetry project, highlighting its rapid growth as the second-most active project under CNCF after Kubernetes. OpenTelemetry garners contributions from major corporations and smaller entities alike, with discussions on its potential expansion beyond basic observability metrics to include economic and environmental impact assessments. The episode also touched on other observability projects and the evolving synergy between observability and security companies, suggesting a future where projects self-govern and potentially explore long-term scalable storage solutions. The conversation underscored the importance of open-source sustainability and community involvement in shaping the future of observability technologies.