• Observability APM Infrastructure Monitoring Log AI DEM Security News Observability APM Infrastructure Monitoring Log AI DEM Security News Observability APM Infrastructure Monitoring Log AI DEM Security News Observability APM Infrastructure Monitoring Log AI DEM Security News First-Class OpenTelemetry: Break free without breaking workflows New Relic makes OpenTelemetry easier to adopt and trust - OTel for ALL ByBen Rivera, Product Marketing Consultant OpenTelemetry has become the standard for instrumenting modern systems-but “standard” doesn’t always mean “simple.” As engineering teams adopt OpenTelemetry (OTel) to avoid proprietary lock-in, they may encounter new friction: fragmented agent strategies, DIY infrastructure mapping, and the operational risk of collector blind spots that appear at exactly the wrong time. • At New Relic Advance on February 24, 2026, we’re doubling down on our First-Class OpenTelemetry commitment-so you can break free from proprietary agents and ingest data from any framework or language instantly. • That promise is about more than ingest: it’s about making open instrumentation feel turnkey, reliable, and ready for enterprise scale inside New Relic. • Today, we’re announcing the availability of three February releases that strengthen that First-Class OpenTelemetry experience end-to-end-from instrumenting applications, to monitoring infrastructure, to operating the collector pipelines that move your telemetry. • Infra NRDOT(OTel): OTel-first infrastructure monitoring with a first-class New Relic infra experience hybrid Agents(OTel): OpenTelemetry API support built into New Relic agent ecosystem-so you can modernize without breaking existing workflows Collector Observability(OTel): A first-class experience to monitor and manage OpenTelemetry Collectors, so you can trust the pipeline, now inpreview. • First-Class OpenTelemetry means open standards without the “observability tax” Many teams want the flexibility of OpenTelemetry, but the adoption journey

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  • OpenTelemetry has become the standard for instrumenting modern systems-but “standard” doesn’t always mean “simple.” As engineering teams adopt OpenTelemetry (OTel) to avoid proprietary lock-in, they may encounter new friction: fragmented agent strategies, DIY infrastructure mapping, and the operational risk of collector blind spots that appear at exactly the wrong time. At New Relic Advance on February 24, 2026, we’re doubling down on our First-Class OpenTelemetry commitment-so you can break free from proprietary agents and ingest data from any framework or language instantly. That promise is

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