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Splunk Observability Cloud architecture 🔗

Splunk Observability Cloud is built on top of OpenTelemetry and uses it as the default way of getting data in, which gives you an open standards-based set of instrumentation across all your data types. With Log Observer Connect, you can also query your Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform logs using the capabilities in Splunk Observability Cloud, giving you an overview of all your data in one place.

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