Pixie by New Relic: Developer-First Observability for Kubernetes
Blog post from New Relic
New Relic has announced its agreement to acquire Pixie Labs, an innovative observability platform designed for Kubernetes applications, to enhance its capabilities in providing developers with efficient and instant access to application performance data. Pixie's technology utilizes the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) to automatically collect telemetry data without requiring instrumentation code, thus streamlining the developer experience by allowing for seamless monitoring, debugging, and analysis within Kubernetes environments. This acquisition aims to combine Pixie's advanced features with New Relic's existing observability tools, offering developers a powerful, unified platform for application monitoring. New Relic plans to support open-source contributions by releasing a self-managed version of Pixie, while also providing fully managed solutions and industry-specific options like Pixie by New Relic, Enterprise Edition. The combination promises to empower developers by improving visibility and efficiency in building and managing distributed applications, aligning with New Relic's mission to enhance software development processes.