Pandora FMS roadmap

Since releasing Pandora 4.0, we have tried to keep the same version for as long as possible. However, Pandora FMS is being constantly updated by little updates every two or three months (4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.0.3). Simultaneously, we are working on Pandora FMS 4.1 and 5.0. We estimate that the update Pandora FMS 4.1 will be released in mid-May of 2013, before releasing the new version: Pandora FMS 5.0. 

Pandora FMS 5.0 will include important enhancements and new features described below. Note that all the features mentioned below are the main features of Pandora FMS. There are many more features and little improvements that are not specified in this section. For further information on Pandora FMS 5.0, download the document on the right What's new in 5.0.

Pandora 5.0 (Second-quarter 2013)

  • New self-service console, designed for beginners. It will have a completely new operating concept and design. It will be used to display/manage several  Pandora FMS servers simultaneously by transforming the previous metaconsole into something totally new.
  • Support for NetFlow, integrated monitoring.
  • Improved event management with new fields, views, queries, reports and a more powerful, automatic validation system. 
  • SNMP browser based on HTML5/Ajax.
  • Event escalation and consolidation on multisite mode.
  • Templates for reports and custom graphs so that anyone can easily create standard reports from a template.
  • Improvements in the SNMP Trap management with a new system to capture variables and new standard event recognition.
  • Intensive checks for network monitoring by a quick retry on failure (for example: ping interval / 5 seconds for a couple of tries).
  • Intensive mode for agents which will run modules every 5 seconds. Data will be sent only in case of failure. Information will be refreshed every 5 minutes. 
  • Remote programmed modules that run on certain days / hours.
  • Business Process Monitoring (BPM) with a visual system to build service trees. User will design their own hierarchy of services and their dependencies.
  • Improved graphics engine, with HTML5 graphics with zoom, fully context-sensitive information and a spectacular look and feel.
  • Customized login screens, so that each user can access by entering a custom screen.
  • New customized navigation bar with quick links, and tactical information that you see at a glance.
  • New web interface, with redesigned menus and a new look & feel. 
  • Improved API and CLI management policies, modules, users, validation of events and alerts and many more that will operate at 100% from the command line interface or via WEB API.
  • New Enterprise plugins: Exchange, MySQL, MSSQL, IIS, Tomcat, Weblogic, JBoss, PostgreSQL and Websphere.