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This quarter, we shipped updates to help teams spend less time managing infrastructure and more time building with their data. Our Q2 product recap covers what’s new across: ✅ Telegraf Enterprise GA for managing tens of thousands of Telegraf agents ✅ InfluxDB 3.9 and 3.10 updates for stronger operations and enterprise readiness ✅ InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.9 with AI-assisted Flux-to-SQL conversion, InfluxQL support, UI-based table management, schema commands, and richer visualizations We also answer questions like: ➕ What’s the difference between Telegraf Controller and Telegraf Enterprise? ➕ Do I need to migrate to use InfluxDB 3.10? ➕ Can Explorer convert my existing Flux queries? ➕ Is InfluxQL fully supported in InfluxDB 3? Read the Q2 retrospective to see everything we shipped, and let us know what you’d like to see next. https://bit.ly/4weaZZ8

InfluxDB 3 Explorer 1.9 is here, with new features that make it easier to work with existing queries and build faster. Highlights include: ✅ A new beta AI-assisted Flux-to-SQL converter to simplify migration of supported Flux queries to SQL, with line-by-line explanations of each translation. ✅ InfluxQL support in Data Explorer, making it easier to continue working with existing InfluxQL queries while taking advantage of Explorer's visualization capabilities. ✅ Two new live sample data simulators for building dashboards and testing applications with continuously generated data. ✅ Quality-of-life improvements including a better plugin log viewer, search across Explorer, query error history, SQL formatting, and more. Explorer 1.9 introduces tools designed to help you spend less time on manual work and more time building. Read the full announcement to see what's new: https://bit.ly/4gMVYJl

📢 ICYMI: InfluxDB 3.10 is here. This release brings new enterprise features to our performance beta, including backup and restore, bulk Parquet import, user management, and an RBAC preview, giving teams the controls they need to protect data, recover from failures, onboard historical datasets, and manage access across growing InfluxDB 3 deployments. If you're running InfluxDB in development, staging, or production environments, we'd love for you to test InfluxDB 3.10 and share your experience. Your feedback is critical as the performance beta continues to mature. ✅ Explore the new features ✅ Try the release in your environment ✅ Tell us what's working and what could improve Join the conversation on Discord or the Community Slack and help shape the future of InfluxDB. Read the release announcement: https://bit.ly/44x1hFr

Most database evaluations focus on features, performance benchmarks, and licensing costs. But what about the costs that don't show up on the pricing page? The real expense of a database often comes later: infrastructure sprawl, operational complexity, engineering time spent tuning performance, data movement between systems, and the overhead of managing multiple tools to solve a single problem. As data volumes grow and AI initiatives increase demand on data infrastructure, understanding total cost of ownership has never been more important. Before making your next database decision, take a closer look at the hidden costs that can impact your budget, team productivity, and long-term scalability. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ex9f4jFE

Want to learn InfluxDB but not sure where to start? Whether you're building IoT applications, monitoring infrastructure, analyzing sensor data, or exploring real-time analytics, getting hands-on experience is often the fastest way to learn. That's why we created InfluxDB University, a free developer learning hub designed to help you go from getting started to building production-ready applications. 📚 Learn at your own pace with on-demand courses 🎓 Earn badges and validate your skills 💬 Join weekly instructor-led trainings and workshops 🙋 Get your questions answered live by InfluxDB experts Whether you prefer structured, self-paced learning or interactive live sessions, there's a path that fits your schedule. Start learning today: https://bit.ly/4p4gOFQ

Running hundreds—or thousands—of Telegraf agents? As your deployment grows, so do the operational challenges: configuration drift, inconsistent rollouts, and limited visibility into what's running where.  Join us for a live walkthrough to see how Telegraf Enterprise (now GA) helps teams centrally manage configurations, monitor agent health, safely roll out changes, and operate Telegraf at scale. Plus, get a live demo of the complete agent lifecycle in Telegraf Controller from PM Scott Anderson. Save your spot: https://bit.ly/4vOSknb

The most popular open source software we've ever released at InfluxData has been Telegraf. It's the standard for collecting telemetry from cloud, edge, and physical systems. With over 5B downloads and 400+ plugins, it spans usage all over the globe. Today we're excited to announce the release of Telegraf Enterprise, a centralized management console for Telegraf agents. It's free to use for up to 20 configs and 100 agents, or paid after that which comes with official Telegraf support from us. More details in our release announcement: https://lnkd.in/gHR2yJ-G

Telegraf is open source at its best. It’s the standard for connecting any data source to any destination, with more than five billion downloads and 400+ plugins across cloud, edge, and physical infrastructure. It’s trusted by startups to global giants like AWS, Tesla, and Cisco, and is so deeply integrated that even our direct competitors rely on it. But when something is adopted that broadly, operating it becomes as important as deploying it. Keeping configurations consistent and understanding what’s happening across thousands of agents becomes a real operational challenge. Today InfluxDataInfluxData announced the general availability of Telegraf Enterprise. It gives teams centralized configuration management, fleet visibility, enterprise security capabilities, and official support for deployments with tens of thousands of agents, without changing the open source agent or plugin ecosystem. If you’re running Telegraf across thousands of agents, take a look: https://lnkd.in/gGS3P54E

Today is the day Telegraf Enterprise goes GA. With more than 5 billion downloads and 400+ plugins, Telegraf has become the standard for telemetry collection across cloud, edge, and physical infrastructure. But as deployments grow, managing thousands of agents becomes an operational challenge. Telegraf Enterprise is now generally available, giving teams a centralized way to manage configurations, monitor fleet health, and safely roll out changes across large-scale Telegraf deployments. Read the blog for details: https://bit.ly/3SYjSYl

We're excited to share that InfluxData has been named one of CRN's Coolest Database System Companies of the 2026 Big Data 100. It's an honor to be recognized alongside organizations shaping the future of data infrastructure at a time when AI is fundamentally changing how businesses collect, store, analyze, and act on information. As CRN notes, the rise of AI is driving demand for next-generation database technologies that can handle growing volumes of operational data while supporting new AI-powered applications. For InfluxData, that mission has always centered on helping organizations unlock the value of time series data: the real-time signals generated by infrastructure, industrial systems, devices, applications, and sensors. Thank you to our customers, community members, and employees who continue to push the boundaries of what's possible with time series data. https://bit.ly/4oMqLbd