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One of the new features of Splunk Enterprise Security is Detection Studio. While at RSAC, I had an opportunity to chat with Tyson S. about all the capabilities. Detection Studio brings detection authoring and editing detections to the next level, provides visibility into detection effectiveness, and utilizes Enterprise Security versioning capabilities to iterate on your… Read more →

Splunk can work with all kinds of data it can see, but did you know that Splunk can seamlessly utilize external Large Language Models - even directly in SPL? While at Cisco Live EMEA, I had a chance to talk with Philipp Drieger about advancements in the Splunk AI Toolkit that allow you to use… Read more →

Interview with Annie Hardy at Cisco Live Amsterdam. Convergent thinking (logical, systematic, best-solution) is what AI is good at; divergent thinking (creative, non-linear, brainstorming) is what strategists are good at. Discusses the DIKW pyramid, the impact on convergent-thinker roles (engineers, mathematicians, project managers), and the leadership gap in helping people bridge to AI-era roles. Read more →

The introduction of the Machine Data Lake represents Splunk's answer to AI's insatiable appetite for machine data. This purpose-built solution is designed to handle massive scale while maintaining the performance and accessibility required for AI workloads in Splunk. While at Cisco Live EMEA, I had an opportunity to chat with Greg Ainslie-Malik about Machine Data… Read more →

Cisco, Splunk, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Factory of the Future was on display at Cisco Live EMEA in a fun and practical way by showcasing a physical guitar factory line testing for product defects, predictive maintenance, assembly line metrics, and more. Young Cho steps us through the demo and the technology behind the demo… Read more →

'Ambient Consent Collapse' and 'Right to be Forgotten' - these are two fascinating concepts in the realm of AI that I learned about at Cisco Live EMEA from Annie Hardy. Annie contrasts the benefits and convenience of emerging technologies with the concerns of privacy in an 'always on' world. It is an intriguing dichotomy to… Read more →

Partners are innovating on top of the Splunk platform to bring data to everything. While at Cisco Live EMEA, I had an opportunity to chat with Stefan Sijswerda from HCLSoftware along with Sandeep Balani about HCL BigFix. HCL BigFix provides AI-powered endpoint visibility and automation that complements both Splunk Observability and HCL iControl. This creates… Read more →

Cisco Unified Edge offers breakthrough operational simplicity by bringing a full stack platform that delivers data center performance, modularity, centralized management, and built-in security to the edge! While at Cisco Live EMEA, I spoke with Lerry Wilson about why this is important and how the device can be used in manufacturing environments with Splunk -… Read more →

LLMs are great at predicting the next word in a sentence such as 'I like my coffee with cream and (?)' because they are trained on language. But, what if you need something trained on time series machine data? That is where the Cisco Time Series Model comes in. Jeff Wiedemann breaks it down for… Read more →

Partners are innovating on top of the Splunk platform to bring data to everything. While at Cisco Live EMEA, I had an opportunity to chat with Ian Philips and Robert Ettinger from HCLSoftware along with Sandeep Balani about HCL iControl. HCL iControl is a business flow observability solution that brings together real-time business and IT… Read more →