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The Importance of Traces for Modern APM [Part 2]
In the second part of this blog we will explore how increased entropy forces us to rethink what is required for monitoring.
Take Back Control of Your Workflows, Data, and Costs with Splunk Observability
Splunk’s unified Observability platform brings together a wide set of capabilities that enable practitioners to regain control of their data, processes, and costs.
The Hidden Side of Observability
Everything is “observability” these days. But not all solutions are created equally. In fact, they are very different once you look behind the (architectural design) curtain. They have very different architectures and don’t collect data in the same way. Find out what the differences are and what you need to consider.
Why Is Log Data So Important In Observability?
Traditional monitoring approaches struggle in digital platforms and they do not collect the rich data contained in the logs. Observability, with OpenTelemetry, is the key to managing these platforms and it is based on the capture and analysis of three types of telemetry; metrics, traces and logs.
Announcing the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector
Now you can use the Deployment Server to deploy the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector.
Modeling and Unifying DevOps Data Part 3: Pipelines
In this third post of a series devoted to modeling DevOps data into a common set of mappings, Splunker Jeremy Hicks explores the Software Pipelines and their commonalities across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
How To Investigate a Reported Problem
Learn how to isolate the root cause of incidents using Splunk Observability Cloud.
How to Use Tags to Speed Up Troubleshooting
Learn how to use tags in Splunk Observability Cloud to speed up troubleshooting in the cloud.
How To Get Complete Visibility of Your Services
Learn how to get complete visibility of your services with Splunk Observability Cloud.
How to Quickly Find What’s Broken in Your Complex, Cloud Environment
Finding the source of a problem when something goes wrong shouldn’t derail your entire week – learn how to quickly and confidently troubleshoot in the cloud with Splunk Observability Cloud.
Observability Shifts Right
Observability first emerged as a focal point of interest in the DevOps community in the 2017 time-frame. Aware that business was demanding highly adaptable digital environments, DevOps professionals realised that high adaptability required a new approach to IT architecture.
Observability for Sustainability
For the past 20 years, the various stakeholder communities that together constitute the IT industry have attempted to address sustainability. Could observability help in practicing sustainable IT and improving the carbon footprint reduction in its operations?
Announcing the General Availability of Splunk RUM Session Replay
With the launch of Splunk RUM Session Replay, teams can bid farewell to guesswork in troubleshooting user issues and experience a substantial reduction in the mean time to resolution (MTTR).
Driving Digital Resilience to Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences During High-Traffic Periods
The latest innovations from Splunk can help businesses drive digital resilience by understanding and resolving customer-facing issues faster through richer context.
Why Does Observability Need OTel?
In this blog, we will take a look into why modern digital platforms drove this need for OTel and how combining this with Splunk’s o11y platform solves the key challenges of managing these platforms today.
Modeling and Unifying DevOps Data Part 2: Code
Embrace data models for code and bring order to the chaos.
Correlation Does Not Equal Causation - Especially When It Comes to Observability [Part 1]
Observability has been tied up with causality from its origins in the mathematical realm of control theory in the early 1960s. But what precisely does the term ‘causality’ denote? In how does correlation come into play when it comes to observability? Read on to find out more.
Breaking Through the Threshold: Leveling up ITSI Adaptive Thresholding with Splunk AI
Learn how ML-Assisted Thresholding in Splunk ITSI can recommend the optimal adaptive threshold configurations for KPIs so you can get up and running faster.
From Webhook to Log and Log to Metric: OpenTelemetry Magic!
Learn some OpenTelemetry magic and start summoning metrics from your logs.
Splunk and the Four Golden Signals
A discussion of applying the Four Golden Signals of Monitoring to a Splunk monitoring use case.
Code, Coffee, and Unity: How a Unified Approach to Observability and Security Empowers ITOps and Engineering Teams
Splunk's Spiros Xanthos explores the pivotal role that a unified security and observability approach plays in empowering ITOps and engineering teams to ensure digital resilience faster.
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