Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Managing data ingestion at scale is no easy task. As organizations onboard hundreds or even thousands of data sources into the Splunk platform for security, observability, and other business-critical use cases, it becomes increasingly complex to ensure data is consistently available and onboarded efficiently.

As organizations rely more on complex IT systems and cloud-based services, keeping everything running smoothly — and reliably — has become a top priority. That’s where IT service performance monitoring comes in, giving teams the visibility they need to make sure systems stay healthy and responsive. By tracking a range of technical and user-focused metrics, businesses can quickly identify and address issues before they impact operations or end users.

We are proud to announce that Splunk has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms for the third year in a row. In our opinion, our recognition in the Observability category comes on the heels of Splunk being recognized for a tenth consecutive time as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Splunk was the only vendor named a Leader in both SIEM and Observability for the Gartner Magic Quadrant three times.

Key takeaways In the fast-moving world of CI/CD pipelines, microservice architectures, and container orchestration, software changes rapidly. What exists in a codebase today might be gone next week. At this scale and speed, it’s impossible for development teams to manually track every line of code and every new piece of functionality.