The Ultimate Guide to Application Performance Monitoring

2026 · Kiwi Edition

Also known as APM.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is a crucial discipline in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, where the performance and reliability of software applications directly impact business outcomes. This collection of stories delves into various advancements, challenges, and innovations related to monitoring, managing, and enhancing the performance of applications across diverse industries and environments.

Readers can explore how emerging technologies such as AI and automation are being integrated into application monitoring platforms to provide deeper insights, accelerate issue resolution, and improve overall user experience. The stories also highlight practical implementations of APM in sectors like healthcare, insurance, and finance, demonstrating how real-world organizations are leveraging these tools to streamline processes, optimize workflows, and achieve digital transformation goals.

Whether you're interested in the latest trends, case studies, or strategic approaches to accelerating software delivery while ensuring operational excellence, these stories offer valuable perspectives. Discover how innovative APM solutions are addressing the complexities of hybrid cloud setups, multi-cloud observability, and security in modern application environments, making this a rich resource for IT professionals, developers, and decision-makers.

Kiwi Application Performance Monitoring news
Analyst Insights
Kong launches Agent Gateway for multi-agent AI traffic
Gartner · APM · Data Protection
Yesterday
Gigamon eyes AI-led surge in network observability
IDC · APM · Virtualisation
Last week
Thoughtworks: The inside line on AI software development from the company that created Agile
Gartner · APM · DevOps
This month
Rafay & Argentum AI strike software orchestration deal
Gartner · APM · Virtualisation
This month
iProov report warns of soaring iOS injection attacks
Gartner · APM · UC
This month
Reviews
Game review: Hands-on impressions with Sumerian Six on Xbox Series X
Gaming
Last month
Expert columns
Why AI-powered security needs network telemetry across the hybrid cloud
By Ryan Mahoney of Gigamon
Last month
How Observability Serves as the Control Layer for AI Growth
By Rob Newell of New Relic
Last month
Construction claims are shaped before disputes begin
By Jenna Farrell of Scopey Onsite
Last month
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
By OpenSearch
Last month
From 398 to 200 Days: Understanding the TLS Certificate Lifespan Reduction
By Daniel Sutherland of DigiCert
Last month
It's time to make a genuine effort to retain experienced and capable women
By Emma Mani of GumGum
Last month
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
By Mandy Bath of Merkle UK
Last month
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
By Gillian Laging of Scopey Onsite
Last month
Debiasing the digital future: Why AI needs healthy friction
By Rachel Hughes of Assurity Consulting
Last month
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
By Lauren Malhoit of IP Fabric
Last month
International Women's Day: Expanding access, accelerating progress
By Shanthi Rajan of Linarc
Last month
High-stakes digital world: A Women's Day reflection on technology, resilience, and influence
By Priya Jayaraman of JFrog
Last month
Why cybersecurity needs women from non-tech careers
By Jade Brown of Bitdefender
Last month
The power of representation in cybersecurity
By Greta Caikinaite of Pentest People from WorkNest
Last month
Adaptability in tech consulting: Navigating and shaping the modern digital landscape
By Mathilde Vachon of Assurity Consulting
Last month
Interviews
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
Discussing Unified Communications
3 days ago
Exclusive: How Adobe showcases its innovation engine
Discussing Trends & Predictions
4 days ago
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
Discussing Software engineering
Last month
Grafana: Turning data chaos into developer efficiency and CFO savings
Discussing Cloud Services
Last month
Commvault SHIFT New York outlines deeper cloud recovery
Discussing Cloud Services
Thu, 20th Nov 2025
Recent news
Elastic adds Prometheus ingestion & PromQL in Kibana
About Virtualisation
Today
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.5 with coding & research gains
About Software engineering
Today
Komodor to host AI SRE summit on ops & reliability
About Virtualisation
Today
ClickHouse deepens Google Cloud tie-up with four updates
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
IP Fabric launches MCP server for network operations
About Firewalls
Today
Datadog launches GPU Monitoring to curb AI cloud costs
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Thales launches Imperva for Google Cloud in controlled availability
About Firewalls
Yesterday
Cognizant launches Gemini Enterprise practice with Google
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
CodeRabbit launches Slack agent for engineering teams
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Google updates Media CDN for live streaming at scale
About 4k
Yesterday
Gigamon launches AI tools as observability market grows
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Datadog launches GPU Monitoring to cut AI compute costs
About Software-as-a-Service
Yesterday
Google Cloud unveils agentic enterprise infrastructure tools
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Redgate survey says hybrid cloud is now long-term reality
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
AI coding speeds up, but security teams fall behind
About Software engineering
Yesterday
Job moves
Applause appoints Aatish Salvi as Chief Technology Officer
Move at Applause
Last week
Intuit names Xero veteran Matthew Miles to lead APAC
Move at Xero
Last week
New Relic appoints Masakiyo Furudate to head Japan
Move at Veeam Software
This month
New Relic names Wendi Sturgis to board for AI expertise
Move at Yahoo
Last month
Datadog names Renee Mitsis to lead ANZ channel push
Move at HP
Last month
Reversec names Åse Holmberg Zetterlund as Chief Executive
Move at F-Secure
Last month
New Relic names Michael Frendo CTO to drive AI observability
Move at Cisco
Last month
ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push
Move at ECI Software Solutions
Last month
eG Innovations names Joanne Bowey to lead New Zealand
Move at Hybrid IT
Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
Sphera appoints Chris Gutheil as CTO to drive AI push
Move at Sphera
Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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