A few years ago, the observability landscape was fragmented. Every vendor and open-source community had its own standard—OpenTracing, Prometheus, OpenCensus—each addressing part of the visibility ...

With enterprises shifting how they use their cloud infrastructure based on increased automation, observability becomes a key component needed to view the complexities involved for optimal results.

Proprietary data formats from multiple vendors stymie IT efforts to prevent outages and maintain application performance. OpenTelemetry backers want to change that. Some open-source projects are ...