Elastic has released Beats 1.0.0-beta3, introducing Topbeat alongside the improved Packetbeat, both of which serve as shippers of operational data to Elasticsearch with enhanced features. Topbeat functions similarly to the Linux/Unix "top" command, offering system-wide and per-process resource monitoring across Linux, Windows, and OS X platforms, and integrates with Kibana for visual monitoring. Packetbeat now supports DNS and Memcache protocols, with specific improvements for UDP protocols and Windows support, including native service operation and enhanced network interface selection. The release also eliminates the need for the libpcap runtime dependency on Linux, broadening compatibility, and offers new developer guides for creating custom Beats or adding protocols to Packetbeat, encouraging community interaction and development.