How to Stop Playing the Blame Game in Your IT Department
It’s a familiar scenario: a problem is discovered, and a Service Desk Team gets a help ticket. The Service Desk Team tells Operations that there’s an outage. The Operations Team suggests that the...
View ArticleHow to stream AWS CloudWatch Logs to Splunk (Hint: it’s easier than you think)
At AWS re:Invent 2016, Splunk released several AWS Lambda blueprints to help you stream logs, events and alerts from more than 15 AWS services into Splunk to gain enhanced critical security and...
View ArticleYour Splunk Workspace
What is a Workspace? In my mind, it’s a well defined area within which one can construct and create without impact to and by externalities. Implemented in Splunk, it’s a user logging into Splunk,...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Splunk ITSI
With the latest version of Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI), you can apply machine learning and advanced analytics to: Simplify operations with machine learning Prioritize problem resolution with...
View ArticleSplunk AWS Quick Start: Deploy Your AWS Splunk Environment In Minutes
If I told you that a fully operational Splunk Enterprise deployment in AWS could be yours in a matter of minutes, would you be interested? Sit down, relax, and I’ll tell you all you need to know to...
View ArticleUsing machine learning for anomaly detection research
Over the last years I had many discussions around anomaly detection in Splunk. So it was really great to hear about a thesis dedicated to this topic and I think it’s worth sharing with the wider...
View ArticleSplunk DB Connect 3 Released
Splunk DB Connect has just gotten a major upgrade! Let’s take a look at it. What’s New Splunk DB Connect 3.0 is a major release to one of the most popular Splunk add-ons. Splunk DB Connect enables...
View ArticleSSL Proxy: Splunk & NGINX
Who is this guide for? It is a best practice to install Splunk as a non-root user or service account as part of a defense in depth strategy. This installation choice comes with the consequences of...
View ArticleFrom API to easy street within minutes
30? 20? …15? It all depends on how well you know your third-party API. The point is that polling data from third-party APIs is easier than ever. CIM mapping is now a fun experience. Want to find out...
View ArticleSplunking Microsoft Azure Network Watcher Data
Microsoft has released a new service in Azure called Network Watcher. Network Watcher is a network performance monitoring, diagnostic, and analytics service which enables you to monitor your network...
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