 happy to report that this is the fifth consecutive time we have met that
goal. Users are getting more new functionality faster than ever!</p><p>Here’s some of what’s coming to you in today&rsquo;s release:</p><h2 id=introducing-istiod>Introducing Istiod</h2><p>We are dramatically simplifying the experience of installing, running, and
upgrading Istio by &ldquo;embracing the monolith&rdquo; and consolidating our control plane
into a single new binary - Istiod. Operators&rsquo; lives will get much easier 