New Relic Is All In On The Future of Observability

Modern software teams are adapting to changes in monitoring applications and infrastructure due to the evolution of DevOps culture, the rise of cloud services, and the shift towards microservices-based architectures. This shift has led to the need for observability, which involves the aggregation, visualization, and analysis of metrics, traces, and logs to gain comprehensive insight into a system's operations. OpenTelemetry, an initiative under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is a significant development in this area, promising a standardized approach to telemetry data collection and integration. New Relic is actively contributing to OpenTelemetry's development, particularly for Java, Ruby, and Python, and is enhancing its New Relic One platform to support OpenTelemetry for an improved observability experience. The company is also developing telemetry APIs, open-source SDKs, and integrations with popular open-source tools to ensure seamless data collection and analysis. These efforts aim to position New Relic as a central player in the observability landscape, helping teams better understand their data and systems.