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Using VPC Flow Logs to Monitor AWS Virtual Public Cloud

While no man is an island, your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is, except it’s a digital island floating in the ocean of a public cloud offered by a cloud service provider (CSP). The VPC means that everything on your digital island is yours, and none of the CSPs other customers can (or should be able to!) access it. You’ve likely been introduced to the shared security model, a sometimes-confusing way that organizations and their cloud-services providers (CSPs) split security responsibilities.

How AI Can Catalyze Digital Resilience: An Introduction to Splunk's Philosophy

ChatGPT and other LLMs have become so accessible that even our grandmas know about AI. But what’s really happening beyond the hype? Recently, I sat down with IT and security leaders Cory Minton and Kirsty Paine to share the inside scoop on how we’re thinking about AI here at Splunk. Watch the replay of our conversation here.

API Scraping Using Cribl And Setting Up a Notification Assistant

Cribl Stream is awesome at routing your server logs and making your job easier, but could it help you outside of work and potentially make your personal life easier? The short answer is: Yes. I’ve personally used Stream to build a notification system to inform me when certain products go on sale or when fully booked appointments become available. In this blog, I’m going to take this a step further and show you how to.

Fleet & Discovery | Sematext

Sematext Cloud's Fleet and Discovery makes managing agent installations and setting up service and log monitoring a super simple task. It lets you see, troubleshoot and manage each agent, use logs for diagnostics, and set up which services or logs you want to be monitored. Don't miss out on the opportunity to streamline your monitoring workflow and ensure the optimal performance of your technology stack.

AWS re:Invent Recap!

Cribl’s usual suspects, Ed Bailey and Jackie McGuire, are joined by Sr Partner Marketing Manager Michelle Zhang to discuss our experiences at AWS re:Invent this past November. It was a great event, and we want to share the top themes and presentations we saw at the show. Michelle will share her experience building and strengthening Cribl’s strategic alliance network and some of the "better together" progress made over the past year for customers.

[Webinar] Mastering log monitoring: Strategies for enhanced application failure troubleshooting

Are you fed up with web server failures or slowness? Are you struggling with an overwhelming amount of log data to analyze? Comprehensive log analysis offers complete visibility into your infrastructure, resulting in effective troubleshooting. This webinar helps you learn proven log monitoring techniques to tackle application failures and keep your systems running smoothly. In this session, we'll discuss: Analyzing large volumes of log data to detect issues and determine their causes Practical examples from real-world cases to hone your troubleshooting skills.

My Recap on the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference

Last week, I attended the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference (IOCS). Gartner IOCS is my favorite conference every year because of the quality and level of the presentations. Gartner analysts deliver most sessions and put a lot of effort into the presentations and supporting research. ‍ I’d like to highlight two sessions that I found to be very informative.