Virtual open telemetry spans

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program instructions that cause a device to execute a process comprising:

• collecting, as an agent on the device, telemetry data based on operation of the device;
• processing the telemetry data to establish an enhanced assessment in relation to the telemetry data;
• generating a contextually informative notation based on the enhanced assessment established in relation to the telemetry data;
• and
• transporting a virtual telemetry span based on the telemetry data and containing the contextually informative notation toward a collector configured to process the virtual telemetry span as part of an associated trace for insight into the operation of the device.

A system, comprising:

• a device in a computer network;
• an agent on the device;
• and
• a collector in the computer network, wherein the agent is configured to:
• collect telemetry data based on operation of the device;
• process the telemetry data to establish an enhanced assessment in relation to the telemetry data;
• generate a contextually informative notation based on the enhanced assessment established in relation to the telemetry data;
• and transport a virtual telemetry span based on the telemetry data and containing the contextually informative notation toward a collector, and wherein the collector is configured to process the virtual telemetry span as part of an associated trace for insight into the operation of the device.