New Relic, AWS, and OpenTelemetry: Cloud Observability, Simplified

AWS has introduced the public preview of the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry, a secure open-source distribution designed for consistent performance, with New Relic playing a significant role in its development and integration. As a top contributor to the OpenTelemetry project, New Relic provides exporters for various programming languages, allowing users to seamlessly integrate telemetry data from AWS services like AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS into the New Relic One platform. This collaboration aims to standardize instrumentation practices for AWS users, enhancing observability and performance monitoring of modern applications. With a focus on open standards, both AWS and New Relic are dedicated to offering a unified experience, encouraging the adoption of OpenTelemetry for comprehensive end-to-end visibility. New Relic continues to expand its support and offerings in OpenTelemetry, contributing to metrics semantic specifications, and offering a fully managed SaaS platform to reduce operational burdens, with ongoing developments to integrate additional programming language exporters and pre-built integrations.