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In this video, I introduce Database Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud. I'll demonstrate how to spot and resolve slow queries by leveraging rich metrics and correlating database performance directly with traces in Splunk Observability Cloud APM. TOC.

Over 30% of your production logs might be useless DEBUG logs! This "bad telemetry" is expensive noise. The KubeCon talk I attended introduced a project called the Instrumentation Score which helps you find and fix bad telemetry.

How do you get developers to instrument their code? You stop asking! Instead, pitch the value of observability by building them dashboards and implementing the no-code change solutions first, demonstrating the value of instrumentation.

Without strong visibility and governance, local LLMs risk replicating the fragmented, unsupervised sprawl once seen in shadow IT, complicating security postures and making it difficult for organizations to ensure proper oversight and compliance as these powerful AI tools become embedded in daily workflows. To address this challenge, The Splunk Threat Research Team has released the Splunk Technology Add-on for Ollama that provides comprehensive monitoring and observability capabilities specifically designed for local LLM deployments.

Stop letting typos or OTel SDK updates break your production dashboards! This KubeCon 2025 talk introduced Otel Weaver, a new tool that lets you live-check your OpenTelemetry data before you merge. It's unit testing for your telemetry.

A short video that introduces the Splunk Developer Program, highlights the end-to-end support and tooling it offers, and showcases how developers can build, test, and grow impactful apps with confidence. The video will follow the journey of a first-time app builder who discovers the program, uses its resources, and becomes an active, recognized contributor in the Splunk community.