Elastic 8.1: Accelerate app development and defend against novel attacks

Elastic 8.1, the latest release of Elastic's search-powered platform, enhances application development and cybersecurity by providing deeper visibility into serverless architectures and CI/CD pipelines. It introduces new prebuilt detections, malicious behavior protections, and data source integrations, aiding organizations in preemptively stopping advanced cyber threats. Users upgrading to this version benefit from 20% faster indexing speeds and 20% lower data storage requirements, facilitated by the use of doc-value-only fields. Additionally, Elastic 8.1 supports OpenTelemetry logs, enabling a standardized observability architecture, and offers improved traceability in software supply chains, particularly with Jenkins integration. Enhanced analytical capabilities within Kibana Lens, alongside a suite of new visualization types, cater to complex data inquiries, while Elastic Security equips SecOps teams with advanced tools to counter novel attacks. Elastic 8.1 is available on Elastic Cloud, offering a free 14-day trial, and remains committed to delivering timely updates and features.