Built natively on the OpenTelemetry Collector architecture, Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector for Kafka (SOC4Kafka) provides seamless integration into OpenTelemetry-based observability pipelines. This enables consistent telemetry ingestion, simplifies data onboarding into Splunk, and aligns with open standards for distributed tracing, metrics, and logs. With SOC4Kafka, organizations gain a future-proof, modular connector that leverages the power of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem while ensuring reliable and efficient streaming of Kafka events into Splunk.