### InfluxData Time Series Database Extends Industry Lead with Performance and Data Compaction Enhancements in Latest Release InfluxData has released InfluxDB 1.7, a major update to its leading Time Series Database, delivering significant query performance and data compaction enhancements. This release further solidifies InfluxDB's position as the industry leader among Time Series Database management systems. The company also announced the technical preview of Flux, its first purpose-built functional query language for time series data, which combines data query and processing in a single powerful and extensible open source language. Developers are encouraged to use Flux and provide feedback to help shape its future development. With this release, InfluxData aims to empower developers to build next-generation monitoring, analytics, and IoT applications faster, easier, and to scale, delivering real business value quickly.