KubeCon North America 2025 is shaping up to be a defining moment for platform engineering teams navigating the complexity of modern, AI-powered, cloud-native infrastructure. As Kubernetes adoption accelerates and LLM workloads go mainstream, the need for scalable, low-friction observability has never been more urgent—or more difficult to achieve.
At New Relic, we’ve been listening closely to what platform engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams actually need: faster instrumentation, less toil, and unified visibility across infrastructure, applications, and AI services. That’s precisely what we’re bringing to KubeCon 2025.
What You’ll See at KubeCon 2025
We’re showcasing four major product capabilities that directly address the top challenges facing Kubernetes and AI observability teams:
One-Step Kubernetes Observability—Built for Simplicity
Kubernetes’ environments are dynamic by design. Containers spin up and down constantly, telemetry pipelines are brittle, and stitching together metrics, logs, and traces across siloed tools slows down even the most seasoned teams.
New Relic simplifies this with one-step Kubernetes observability—combining automatic APM instrumentation, OpenTelemetry-native onboarding, AI-powered insights, in a single, unified platform, and with automatic entity synthesis, faster visibility and time to value.
eAPM – Zero-code, eBPF-powered APM
Low-overhead, zero-code observability for Kubernetes clusters using eBPF—no agents, no code changes, full visibility into system behavior. Tap into deeper visibility with eBPF-powered insights that illuminate how data moved across your system – from connection behavior to traffic patterns – all without code changes. *
- Zero-code instrumentation – Gain deep visibility without modifying workloads
- Auto-discovers all services – Detects all running apps regardless of language
- Golden metrics and traces – Surface key performance indicators instantly
- Low-overhead system visibility – Monitor without taxing your infrastructure
- No code modifications required – Ideal for platform teams managing production
Swing by our booth to see how eBPF-based visibility is shaping the future of observability.
Kubernetes Monitoring + OpenTelemetry — No Stitching, No Silos
Unified observability for Kubernetes environments with OpenTelemetry-native onboarding, curated dashboards, and automatic correlation to get you the insights you need in a single view, no more DIY dashboards and fragmented tools.
- OpenTelemetry-native onboarding – Accelerate setup with frictionless integration
- Curated Kubernetes dashboards – Visualize performance across pods and services
- Automatic pod/service correlation – Eliminate manual tagging and blind spots
- Prometheus and metadata support – Extend visibility across existing telemetry
Kubernetes APM Auto-Attach - instant visibility
Built for platform teams and designed for scale, speed, and operational clarity, APM instrumentation that deploys alongside Kubernetes agents—no code changes, no lifecycle overhead, instant visibility.
- Automatic APM instrumentation – Instrument workloads automatically at deploy
- Agent deploy = instant visibility – No extra steps or manual setup
- No code changes needed – Preserve developer velocity and platform stability
- Simplified lifecycle management – Reduce toil across dev and ops teams.
AI Monitoring for LLMs and Containerized Workloads
Observability for AI applications running in Kubernetes—track model performance, cost, and quality across popular languages and frameworks.
- Model inventory and traceability – Monitor deployed models across services
- Token usage and cost tracking – Optimize spend and resource allocation
- Response quality and error metrics – Improve reliability and user experience
- Supports Python, Go, .NET – Works out-of-the-box across major runtimes
- Natural language queries – Democratize insights across technical roles
Built for Platform Engineers. Ready for AI.
Whether you’re managing ephemeral workloads, scaling LLMs in production, or trying to reduce MTTR across distributed systems, New Relic is built to meet you where you are. Our unified observability platform eliminates the need for stitching together Grafana, kubectl, and CloudWatch—and replaces it with curated dashboards, automatic correlation, and AI-native insights.
We’re not just making OpenTelemetry easier—we’re making it production-ready. And we’re not just monitoring AI—we’re helping you optimize it.
Join Us in Atlanta - November 10-13
Visit us at booth 1420 during KubeCon North America 2025 to see live demos of our Kubernetes monitoring solution in action. Our team will walk you through how New Relic streamlines APM agent deployment, simplifies OpenTelemetry onboarding, and correlates app and infrastructure data in a unified platform.
Don’t miss our Observability Day speaker session on November 10: “There’s a Lot of Bad Telemetry Out There” with Dan Gomez Blanco (New Relic) and Juraci Paixão Kröhling (OllyGarden)
Join us for our in-booth demo on November 12: “Turn the Lights On: How New Relic Illuminates Your OTel Data” with Reese Lee and Brad Schmitt
Book a meeting, schedule a personalized demo, or explore our sessions here
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