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Instana July 2025 Newsletter

By CIARAN DARCY posted Mon March 03, 2025 04:00 AM

  

Welcome to the latest of our Instana  touchpoint. It’s a quieter month for events this month but we stil have plenty of content for you to get stuck into this month. I would recommend taking the time to view the library section of the community  where replays of all our events now live. We are in the process of reoganising the library by topic and tagging entries so that its easier for you to find what you need as you go.

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Youtube

The Instana Youtube channel is a fantastic resource for how-to videos around key Instana features. Check out our new Instana Fundamentals playlist which will be updated weekly with new get you going guides.

Customer Story

Learn about how Societe General Maroc, a Moroccan Commercial bank used Instana to help modernise its IT architecture.

Read about it here!

Feature Blogs:

Simplifying Kubernetes cost monitoring: Setting up Instana-Kubecost integration

Last month we looked at why Kubecost and Instana integrations can benefit your business and now this month Chinmayi Panicker takes a deeper look into how to configure this integration for both Free and Enterprise tiers.

Observability for Multi-Agent RAG Workflows with Instana

A popular technique powering many advanced AI systems today is RAGRetrieval AugmentedGeneration. Agentic Rag builds on this but requires observability to ensure accuracy, speed and quality. In this piece Divya Pathak looks at how Instana helps with this observability requirement and how to set it up.

Observe MCP agent with Instana

Continuing our OpenTelemetry series we look at how Instana Observes Model Conter Protocol(MCP) agents. Felix George takes us through how you can monitor these agents and the best practises around these.

Event Replays:

From Commodity to Competitive Advantage- Innovating with Open Telemetry

A replay of the June 2025 session from Martin Fuentes and Paras Kampasi delivering use cases, examples and some upcoming features of OTEL with Instana

Instana Integrations: IBM CONCERT

This session from Phani Padnababharao  takes us through how Instana integrates with Concert and how it brings more insights to your Observabilty Suite

Coming Soon

Open office hours.

Do you have question about Instana you cant answer, do you need help but don’t know who to call. Then pop along to our Open Office Hours coming this month (date TBC). We will have Instana Subject Matter Experts on to get you past whatever roadblock you are encountering and get you back on track. More details will be popped up in the Community as we get them and we will also send invites to you if you are signed to the community so join now and don’t miss this.

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June Newsletter: 

Customer Story

Read about how immocloud, an online real-estate solution ensured health and performance monitoring of its containerized infrastructure, along with all key metrics in one place

Read about it here!

Feature Blogs:

Integrating Kubecost with Instana for comprehensive Kubernetes cost and performance monitoring 

Kubecost is a tailored solution designed for managing and optimizing costs within Kubernetes ecosystems.  It offers thorough, real-time data on resource usage, spending trends, and related costs. Chanmayi Panikcer and Sunjit Tara guide you through the process of integrating this setup Instana.  

The Secret Sauce of Monitoring and Observability

Matthew McElwain is back and in his latest blog he talks about best practices to set up your observability mindset. What are you looking for, what the tools need to provide and how to get the entire business on board with this. A must read for both beginners and experienced observability professionals

OpenTelemetry: The Universal Lens for Observability

This beginners blog from Bikram Debneth takes you through all you need to know about OpenTelemetry, Tying in with our Ask The Expert Replay and our upcoming event, this blog is a key resource for anyone looking to enrich their Instana trace data.

Event Replays:

Ask the Expert: OTEL

We looked last month with Paras Kampasi and the hows and the whys of Open Telemetry. Check out the recording of this insightful session with the PM team

Find out more here!

Instana Integrations: IBM technology overview

Last week Matthew McElwain took a look at how Instana Integrates with other IBM technologies. We looked at how easy this is and why it should be a consideration.

Check it out here