November Newsletter:

BLOGS

What we learned at tech exchange

IBM TechXchange 2025 conference in Orlando provided great insights to the latest and greatest, especially when in it came to AI innovations and Instana was not left out. From AI observability to the previously mentioned integrated experience these announcments will showcase the future of Observability.

Synthetic Monitoring in CI/CD.

Modern software teams are under constant pressure to deliver new features faster while maintaining reliability. One common challenge: pre‑production test coverage often looks different from what’s monitored in production. This gap can lead to blind spots — and those blind spots can lead to regressions, performance degradation, and costly incidents. Our new Synthetic Monitoring  feature enables you to reuse existing production synthetic tests directly within your CI/CD pipelines — bringing production‑grade performance, availability, and functionality checks earlier into your release cycle. Currently in public preview this is your chance to test this new functionalty and feedback to the designers before it is GA.

AI: Monitor Langflow applications using Instana

This Tutorial blog covers how you can easily monitor Langflow; a visual low code framework to create complex AI workflows, using Instana, This hands on guide shows how easy it is build and observe your LLM workflows.

Replay

Data Usage and Visibility Updates

See the recording of the webinar from Akash Thampi and team where they speak about the latest updates around Data usage what you can manange in your portal and more

AI and Instana 101 pt 1

Project Manager Jayanth Putta looks at how in 2 lines of python code you can begin to monitor your AI and LLMs with Instana. We look at the key metrics and how you can trace the answer given by the LLM back to its source. We also look at the currently supported technologies and the general architecture of observing AI with Instana

3 Clicks to Cloud Clarity Reinventing AWS Observability with IBM Instana

 Explore how IBM Instana, powered by Agentic AI, simplifies cloud observability for IT teams. Cut troubleshooting time by up to 80%, reduce downtime by 60%, and gain instant visibility across your environment. With transparent pricing, you can scale confidently—no hidden costs, no surprises

Welcome to the October edition of the Instana Newsletter. 

Feature Blogs:

Instana AI Assistant - Single Instance

Tying in with the AI events above this blog looks at how Instana is developing a single AI Assistant that can scale as the number of agents grow. Learn more about this feature above.

Monitoring Redis on RedHat OpenShift with Instana

You can monitor your Redis deployments on RedHat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP), an enterprise Kubernetes platform, by using Instana. Instana provides automated tracing, infrastructure monitoring, and observability for Redis-based microservices and cloud-native applications. Learn how in this step by step blog.

Instana Terraform Provider 101: Leverage IaC to configure your observability needs with Instana

Another step by step guide, this one focuses on how the Terraform provider can automate setup and management of configuration. This allows scaling while maintaining control of key components. 

Empowering Collaboration and Access Control with Instana “Teams”

Learn how to manage access securely, collaboratively and dynamically with new Instana Teams.

Event Replays

The Future of Application Performance Monitoring and Observability

Check out the replay of this webcast hosted by Project Manager Chris Farrell as an expert panel look at the landscape of APM and Observability. The panel reflects on 25 years of APM and how Observability is the logical evolution.  Demos of key features of Instana are included here to emphasise the value of Observability.

August Newsletter:

300 Releases old:

In case you missed it Instana recently celebreated its 300^th Release in July. This incredible milestone is testament to the amount of work that far too many people to name have put in over the years. Check out this blog  from Martin Fuentes which looks back over how Instana has evolved over the years and why it’s a now a leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms.

Read about it here!

Feature Blogs:

Connect Everything: How Instana APIs Supercharge DevOps Observability

This blog from Phani Padmanabharao looks at how Instanas APIs and Integrations  creates a broader, smarter ecosystem—a pluggable, single pane of glass for performance, cost, governance, and health.

Agentic Tracing with Instana

Learn more about how Tony Hickman used Instana to observe code execution in a production envirionment in this 4 minute read from Medium.

Observability of watsonx orchestrate tools with Instana

Check out how you can use Isntana to observe whats happenng in your tool code and see what is happening during execution of a tool 

Cut the noise: Optimize span collection in Instana with configurable logging levels

Modern applications generate a large volume of logs. While Instana can automatically convert logs into spans to enhance observability, not all logs are equally valuable. By customizing log level capture, you can focus on the most relevant data. Anu Anthony takes you through how this can be done here

Event Replays:

 DBmarlin and Instana

Russell Luke and Mick McGuinness took us through how you can monitor your database queries with DBmarlin and tie this with Instana to complete the loop when you spot issues with databases. Check out the replay here with detailed demos and a special offer for Intstana customers of one free DBmarlin Licence.

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