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Cribl Reference Architecture Series: How SpyCloud Architected its Cribl Stream Deployment

May 6, 2023 By Cribl In Cribl
Deploying new tools can be a challenging process for Operations and Security data teams. However, we recently released a reference architecture for Cribl Stream to streamline this process and reduce trial and error. During a live discussion, Cribl's Ed Bailey and SpyCloud's Ryan Sauders will share a real-life example of how a long-time customer utilized this reference architecture to build a scalable deployment. Ryan will explain how this approach enabled SpyCloud to grow alongside its evolving needs, without requiring significant rework.
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What Is Prompt Engineering? Strategies for Creating Effective AI Inputs

May 5, 2023 By Kayly Lange In Splunk
The release of ChatGPT in November of 2022 elicited excitement from all corners of the internet. It could write code, diagnose patients, ace exams, write books and more — all in a matter of seconds. Yet, many people were left underwhelmed by the results. Inputting “write a blog post about…” resulted in bland and formulaic articles no one wanted to read. The AI doomers could breathe a sigh of relief as it became apparent AI wasn’t coming for tech jobs any time soon.
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Simplifying Agent Management

May 5, 2023 By ObservIQ In ObservIQ
BindPlane OP helps with fleet management in being able to show all of your agents, versions, configs, and amount of data passing through in a single plane. With additional features such as bulk select one can easily manage agents updating all at once.#telemetry #opensource #observability About ObservIQ: observIQ is developing the unified telemetry platform: a fast, powerful and intuitive next-generation platform built for the modern observability team. Rooted in OpenTelemetry, our platform is designed to help teams reduce, simplify, and standardize their observability data.
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The Platform Engineer Role Explained: Who Is a Platform Engineer?

May 5, 2023 By Laiba Siddiqui In Splunk
Poorly designed infrastructure leaves your applications and networks vulnerable to cyberattacks and data breaches. This puts the company at significant risk: the average cost of a data breach reached a record high $4.35 million in 2022. This is where companies bring in platform engineers. A platform engineer is a professional who ensures that security protocols and best practices are in place to protect against potential security threats.
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How to use Elasticsearch and Time Series Data Streams for observability metrics

May 4, 2023 By Nicolas Ruflin In Elastic

Elasticsearch is used for a wide variety of data types — one of these is metrics. With the introduction of Metricbeat many years ago and later our APM Agents, the metric use case has become more popular. Over the years, Elasticsearch has made many improvements on how to handle things like metrics aggregations and sparse documents. At the same time, TSVB visualizations were introduced to make visualizing metrics easier.

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