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"The network" isn't just YOUR network any more, it's the cloud-based service you use. The need for monitoring, observing, or grokking, is the same, and OpenTelemetry is the industry's answer to that need. To maintain a solid grip on the environment, you need metrics (however you collect them); events (regardless of the layer of the OSI they travel on); logs (individual or aggregated) and traces (yes, traces) i.e. "MELT"