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KubeCon 2025 London: OpenTelemetry Steals the Show and Splunk's Bold Moves

I was lucky enough to attend KubeCon Europe 2025 in London, where the energy around OpenTelemetry (OTel) reached fever pitch. From packed sessions to buzzing hallway conversations, it’s clear: OpenTelemetry isn’t just the future—it’s the present. Here’s what stole the spotlight.

Building a Self-Service and Scalable Observability Practice

Join us in this session and learn how Splunk can help you build a standardized observability practice. From implementing an observability-as-code service to role-based access controls (RBAC), Token Management, Metrics Pipeline Management, and OpenTelemetry, learn how to create an Observability platform to optimize your metrics usage and costs while managing workloads efficiently.

What Is Synthetic Data? A Tech-Savvy Guide to Using Synthetic Data

Synthetic data is gaining attention as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve. But what exactly is it, and why is it so important today? At a high level, synthetic data refers to data that's generated by algorithms or mathematical models. It is not data collected from the real world.

Splunk Federated Data Management - Process, Route and Search Cisco ASA logs

Imagine you have Cisco ASA logs that you want to onboard to the Splunk platform and Observability Cloud, but not all the logs need to be onboarded; some need to stay on low-cost storage like S3. In addition, you must mask or encrypt data before the logs are onboarded to these platforms. In this video, we will explore how Splunk Federated Data Management can assist with this challenge and help maximize the value of your data.

Observability Costs: Tips for More Efficient Data Management

Can you ever get too much data? With modern architectures getting increasingly more complex with hundreds of microservices and containers, data volume grows at an exponential rate, and there’s no pause in sight. In this era of ever-expanding volume of telemetry, it’s nearly impossible to separate valuable data from noise, making things like root cause analysis or alerting needlessly more complicated, while putting pressure on the performance of your stack, your scalability and budget.

Introduction to Private Locations in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring

In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to create and use private locations in Splunk Synthetic Monitoring to test internal or pre-production applications within a Kubernetes environment. You'll learn exactly what private locations and private runners are, common use cases, and step-by-step instructions on how to deploy a private runner using Helm. Finally, you'll see how to set up a simple browser test to run synthetics against a service available only within a Kubernetes cluster.

Troubleshoot microservice-based apps faster with Splunk Observability Cloud

When something goes wrong with your microservice-based apps, Splunk Observability Cloud offers a unified Observability platform to make debugging processes easier and faster. By using features like the Service Map to identify the cause of the error and Related Logs in Log Observer to pinpoint its location, you can get back up and running quickly, limiting the impact to your bottom line and keeping your customers happy.

Revolutionize Product Development with Feedback-Driven Customer Advisory Boards

In a rapidly evolving business landscape, understanding and responding to customer needs is not just an advantage — it's a necessity. At Splunk, we've taken a bold step by applying a product manager mindset to our Customer Advisory Board (CAB) program, transforming it into a dynamic platform for both customers and our product teams.

Tiered Observability: How To Prioritize and Mature Observability Investments

You may be surprised that delivering observability is a journey and isn’t about observing everything at once — it’s about driving outcomes like proactive detection, faster troubleshooting, and aligning with business priorities. If you’ve followed this series, you’ve already taken steps to.