Datadog recently announced the embedded OpenTelemetry Collector at their annual conference DASH24. OpenTelemetry (OTel) is an open source, vendor-neutral observability solution that consists of a suite of components—including APIs, SDKs, and the OTel Collector. It allows teams to monitor their applications and services in a standardized format. In this talk we will give you a introduction to OTel, let you know the status quo about the project and tell you why using it could be a game-changer for your observability strategy.