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Splunk releases its newest report, State of Observability 2025: The Rise of a New Business Catalyst.
Featured Articles
MachineGPT: Speaking the Language of Machines to Shape the Future of AI
MachineGPT brings the power of generative AI to one of the most overlooked resources: machine data. Splunk SVP & GM Kamal Hathi explains why mastering data as the heartbeat of the digital world is a game changer.
Unify Observability, Surface Business Impact, and Solve Problems Using AI Agents with Latest Splunk Observability Innovations
Announcing the next set of Splunk Observability innovations we'll be demonstrating at Kubecon North America and Cisco Live Melbourne.
Splunk Advances the OpenTelemetry Project with Its Latest Donation, the OpenTelemetry Injector
Splunk announces a donation to the OpenTelemetry project that will help solve the challenges of implementation for everyone — the OpenTelemetry Injector.
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Powering and Protecting the AI Revolution: A New Era for Splunk and Cisco at .conf25
Splunk's Kamal Hathi recaps our innovation highlights from .conf25, marking a pivotal moment for Splunk and Cisco as we deliver significant new value to our customers that make the use of AI a practical reality in their organizations.
A Recap of .conf25 Splunk Observability Announcements
At .conf25, we unveiled new capabilities in Splunk Observability Cloud that redefine digital resilience in the AI era with smarter detection and investigation of business-critical issues.
Splunk Enterprise Security: Built to Empower Every SOC Analyst
Announcing a transformative update to Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) with 8.2: An AI-powered SecOps platform designed to unify and accelerate threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) in one seamless experience.
Powering AI Innovation with Splunk: Meet the Cisco Data Fabric
The Cisco Data Fabric brings AI-centric advancements to the Splunk Platform, seamlessly connecting knowledge, business, and machine data.
In Case You Missed It: 2025 Splunkie Award Winners Announced at .conf25!
Cue the data-powered drumroll – here are your 2025 Splunkie Award winners announced at .conf25!
Announcing the 2025 Splunk Partner Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Splunk Partner Awards winners and our entire partner community on an outstanding year!
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SIEM: Security Information & Event Management Explained
SIEM is a cybersecurity game-changer, especially for large organizations. Learn key SIEM features and functions & how to choose the right SIEM tool.
IT and Technology Spending & Budgets for 2025: Trends & Forecasts
Tech & IT spending is on the rise in 2025 across the globe. Read more on investment trends and see which regions will spend the most.
What Are SLMs? Small Language Models, Explained
Large language models have changed the world. What about small language models? Learn what SLMs are, how they differ from LLMs, and why SLMs are the future.
Telemetry 101: An Introduction To Telemetry
Telemetry is powerful data that can tell you all sorts of important information. Know what you can do with this useful data — get the full telemetry 101 here.
What are SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS?
Yes, the cloud makes work better. But which cloud model is right for you? Understand how SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS works in this ultimate guide.
What is Observability? An Introduction
In this blog post, we'll look at definitions, best practices, and key concepts around Observability in IT.
Latest Articles
Cardinality Metrics for Monitoring and Observability: Why High Cardinality is Important
In this blog post we’ll define cardinality and high cardinality, and explore the role of cardinality in monitoring and observability.
Stateful vs. Stateless: Understanding Key Differences for Apps and IT Systems
Stateful and stateless are important terms in programming. “Stateful” means information about the state is tracked. In contrast, “stateless” tracks no information.
Logs Are for Campfires: Integrate and Innovate With Splunk Asset and Risk Intelligence
Splunker Jerald Perry explains how to stay ahead of threats with streamlined workflows and comprehensive insights into your security posture.
Splunk Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarders
Splunker Piotr Lenarczyk explains how the Splunk Remote Upgrader for Linux enhances the efficiency of upgrading Universal Forwarders.
Model Drift: What It Is & How To Avoid Drift in AI/ML Models
Model drift is the term for an AI or ML model’s tendency to lose its predictive ability over time. The model has drifted away from its original goal or purpose.
Splunk, a Cisco Company, is Setting Records with Innovation Partner AWS
Gretchen O’Hara reflects on Splunk’s innovative partnership with AWS.
Observability Costs: Tips for More Efficient Data Management
Splunker Joanna Zouhour explores tips for utilizing OpenTelemetry and Splunk's advanced tools to separate valuable data from noise and streamline your observability practice.
Defending at Machine-Speed: Accelerated Threat Hunting with Open Weight LLM Models
Splunker Ryan Fetterman explains how Splunk DSDL 5.2 enhances cybersecurity operations, streamlining PowerShell script classification and reducing analyst workload by 250x.
Faster Insights with Splunk AI Assistant for SPL: Now More Personal Than Ever
Splunkers Mohit Verma and Jeff Wiedemann break down the latest advancements in Splunk AI Assistant for SPL v1.1, featuring personalized SPL queries, enhanced AI capabilities, and categorized prompt suggestions.
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