Microservices architecture has become a dominant approach for building scalable, resilient, and flexible applications. However, monitoring these microservices presents unique challenges due to their distributed nature, fixed or limited resources, enterprise scale, and the dynamic nature of environments, such as Kubernetes clusters. The result is that in-process application agents often introduce significant overhead because they rely on intrusive instrumentation and frequent polling.

Today we are announcing the general availability of Authd, a new authentication daemon for Ubuntu that allows direct integration with cloud-based identity providers for both Ubuntu Desktop and Server. Authd is available free of charge on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. At launch, Authd supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) identity provider, with additional providers, including a white label OIDC provider, to be introduced in the future.

It’s day 1 of SigNoz Launch Week 2.0, and we’re releasing Ingest Guard, a feature that will help platform and finops teams have granular control over data ingestion and observability costs. At SigNoz, we are constantly evolving to meet the needs of modern engineering teams, and this launch week, we're excited to introduce a highly anticipated feature—Ingest Guard.

We are thrilled to announce the new SquaredUp Cloud plugin for the GripMatix Citrix Logon Simulator, bringing enhanced capabilities for monitoring, visualizing, and troubleshooting Citrix logon performance in real time.

NiCE has released the NetApp ONTAP Management Pack for Microsoft SCOM, designed to offer advanced monitoring and management capabilities for NetApp ONTAP environments. It integrates seamlessly with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance, supporting versions 2016, 2019, and 2022.

Summer’s over, but we’ve got something cool for you! Now that things are settling back down, we’re excited to announce a new feature to make uptime monitoring even easier and more efficient. Say hello to Monitor Wizard.

HAProxy Data Plane API 3.0 is now available! The latest version is hosted on our GitHub releases page. This release follows the recent HAProxy 3.0 release and incorporates its changes, along with some improvements and changes specific to the API. HAProxy Data Plane 3.0 adds multiple breaking changes. We'll cover the impacts of these changes in detail to highlight how your implementation and usage of Data Plane API may be affected.

In today’s fast-paced development landscape, environments are no longer simple or isolated. You’re managing resources that span across development stages, geographies, and technologies. And as those environments grow more complex, so does the need for a more logical and efficient way to manage them.

dbForge SQL Complete is, without a doubt, one of our key add-ins for SSMS, designed to level up the speed and precision of your routine SQL coding, formatting, and debugging. And today, we’re happy to herald the release of its latest incarnation—version 7.0. Traditionally, here’s a detailed overview of all the new goodies awaiting you in it; so buckle up, since it’s going to be a long ride—but by no means boring.

Grafana Tempo 2.6 is here with performance improvements and buckets of new TraceQL features! Watch the video above for an overview of the new TraceQL features, or continue reading to get a quick overview of the latest updates in Tempo. If you’re looking for something more in-depth, don’t hesitate to jump into the Grafana Tempo 2.6 release notes or the changelog.