Master IT-OT Convergence with Splunk
Streamline manufacturing by unifying IT and OT systems with Splunk. Secure, monitor, and troubleshoot your entire operation to boost productivity, reduce risk, and increase uptime.
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September 2024
Introduction to The Splunk Terraform Provider | Create a Detector in Splunk Observability Cloud
In this video I will demonstrate how to use the Splunk Terraform Provider. I’ll explain what it is and why you should use the Splunk Terraform Provider as part of your overall Observability as Code solution. Using a simple Terraform project, I will walk you through the setup of the provider and the creation of a Detector in Splunk Observability Cloud.
SRE vs. DevOps vs. Platform Engineering: Differences Explained
SRE, DevOps and Platform Engineering are important concepts in today's world of software development. There are dedicated teams to manage these areas, each with a unique primary focus, set of responsibilities, tools and metrics used to gauge their performance requirements. This article explains SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering, including similarities and differences, and, most importantly, how these teams help streamline modern software development, delivery, and maintenance processes.
Enhanced Maintenance Experience in Splunk Cloud Platform
Calling all Splunk Cloud Platform admins! At Splunk, we are constantly working to improve the way we service our customers. We understand that maintenance windows, while necessary, can sometimes be impactful to your operations. That is why we’re excited to announce a significant upgrade to our maintenance experience, designed to provide you with greater control and minimal impact.
Building Splunk Apps
The Splunk Platform allows you to build third-party applications to deliver innovation at scale for enterprise. Watch this video to learn how and get started on building and growing your developer identity!
What's Chaos Monkey? Its Role in Modern Testing
Chaos Monkey is an open-source tool. Its primary use is to check system reliability against random instance failures. Chaos Monkey follows the testing concept of chaos engineering, which prepares networked systems for resilience against random and unpredictable chaotic conditions. Let’s take a deeper look.
IT Strategic Planning: A How-To Guide
Just as every organization should have a business plan, every organization should also have an IT strategy that supports that business plan. This article offers an overview of what an IT strategy is, what it does for an organization, and the key components that should go into an IT strategy.
Put Your Issue Detection and Response on Fast-Forward With GenAI
Most engineers will tell you this: Troubleshooting today feels like trying to find your way out of a wild jungle, in the middle of a storm, at night, while a countdown clock is running. In other words, it’s ambiguous, nerve-racking, and plain difficult. But should this be the norm?
Enhance Your AIOps Strategy by Utilizing Data Classification
Are you looking for a way to increase your AIOps signal to noise ratio and get more value from your data? In this article we will explore how one can utilize OpenTelemetry’s collectors, processors and data models to add or enhance classification attributes. These attributes can help you use your AIOps tools more efficiently and derive more value from your current data.
Unlocking AIOps with Splunk ITSI
Splunk ITSI is an AIOps solution that correlates and applies machine learning to all data for real-time, predictive performance monitoring and integrated IT management workflows. This enables teams to prevent incidents before they impact the business, and detect, respond and resolve incidents all from one place.
Splunk technical Experts help to drive business outcomes!
Splunk customers share how our technical experts have helped them drive business outcomes across security and observability application's.
Splunk is elevating customer success to help drive a brighter future!
Our customer's share how they feel about Splunk Customer success and how we support them through many different ways.
Automatic Discovery and Instrumentation of PostgreSQL with Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector
In this video I’ll walk through the steps to instrument a PostgreSQL database using the Automatic discovery and configuration feature of the Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector. We’ll use an install script to install and run the Collector with discovery mode on a Linux machine where the database is running. I’ll then show you how to properly configure the PostgreSQL receiver properties so that the Collector is able to connect and authenticate to the database. Once the Collector is successfully configured, I’ll show you how to view those metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud.
Fusion Teams: What Are They?
With more organizations becoming tech-enabled to tackle the AI boom, a new term has emerged: the fusion team. At least 84% of companies and 59% of government entities have set up “fusion teams," according to Gartner data. A new concept coined by Gartner, the fusion team aims to encourage collaborative development among technology and business teams. But what exactly is a fusion team, and why is it becoming increasingly important in today's business landscape?
Resilience as the Foundation for Growth and Compliance in Financial Services
Discover how financial services leaders build digital resilience amid security threats and compliance challenges. Learn strategies to enhance your security posture, drive growth, and meet customer expectations in uncertain times. Featuring insights from IDC and Splunk experts.
Set up browser tests in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring using the Chrome DevTools Recorder
In this video I’ll introduce you to the Chrome DevTools Recorder and how you can use it with Splunk Observability Cloud’s Synthetic Monitoring feature. I’ll explain what the Recorder is and then demonstrate how you can create a recording. We’ll then export the recording and upload it as a new browser test in Splunk’s Synthetic Monitoring feature. After uploading, I’ll walk through the test results and explain when it makes sense to use the Recorder for your Synthetic Monitoring tests.
Redundancy vs. Resiliency in IT: What's The Difference?
Redundancy and resiliency are both important factors for keeping things running smoothly in many industries. For example: Even small businesses, like home-based operations or mom-and-pop shops, should think about redundancy and resiliency to avoid disruptions in their day-to-day work. While researching for this article in my home office, my internet service went out and stayed out for a couple of hours.