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ServiceNow Supports Full OpenTelemetry Portability for Lightstep

ServiceNow announced it will support full OpenTelemetry portability for Lightstep, natively providing customers with complete control of their OpenTelemetry data and tooling so they can remove siloes and save valuable time and money.

With OpenTelemetry portability, organizations can seamlessly migrate their telemetry data into the Lightstep platform, eliminating the need for vendor-specific tooling and skillsets so that SREs and developers can get a clearer, holistic view of their application health and performance and focus on what really matters -- maintaining seamless end-user experiences.

In addition to OpenTelemetry portability, ServiceNow is also committing to open-source all previous and future OpenTelemetry enhancements generated from the Lightstep Engineering team. This will help continuously improve OpenTelemetry for the entire industry and advance open-source software as a vehicle for cloud innovation.

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ServiceNow Supports Full OpenTelemetry Portability for Lightstep

ServiceNow announced it will support full OpenTelemetry portability for Lightstep, natively providing customers with complete control of their OpenTelemetry data and tooling so they can remove siloes and save valuable time and money.

With OpenTelemetry portability, organizations can seamlessly migrate their telemetry data into the Lightstep platform, eliminating the need for vendor-specific tooling and skillsets so that SREs and developers can get a clearer, holistic view of their application health and performance and focus on what really matters -- maintaining seamless end-user experiences.

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Resilience can no longer be defined by how quickly an organization recovers from an incident or disruption. The effectiveness of any resilience strategy is dependent on its ability to anticipate change, operate under continuous stress, and adapt confidently amid uncertainty ...

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