Getting more out of your OpenTelemetry data with New Relic

New Relic has announced the general availability of its APM and OpenTelemetry (OTel) convergence, offering an observability platform for OTel data that allows users to obtain actionable insights from their telemetry data. The platform provides a seamless experience by normalizing OTel data to adhere to New Relic's APM standards without altering the original data, maintaining data fidelity. The blog post uses the Astroshop demo application, a microservices-based system, to demonstrate how New Relic's platform processes and visualizes OTel data. The Astroshop application is pre-configured to integrate with New Relic, allowing users to simulate software issues and explore the platform's capabilities, such as the Transaction 360 view, which offers in-depth analysis of application and infrastructure performance. This example highlights the convergence's ability to correlate performance data across various services and infrastructure entities, providing a comprehensive view of the system's health. As OTel evolves, New Relic plans to continue enhancing its platform to support OTel data, ensuring a robust observability solution for users.