Dallas Splunk Users Group – Feb 21 @ 6:00p CST
For the past couple months, Splunkers in the Dallas Metroplex area have been getting together to talk about all things Splunk. It’s turning out to be a regular pattern with a user group meeting happening about once per month now. Our next meeting will be held at the Splunk Office in Plano, Texas on Tuesday, February 21 @ 6:00p CST.
Splunking Outside The Box -v2.0
If you attended my technical presentation @ the Splunk 2010 users.conf event last called “Splunking Outside The Box“, then you’re probably aware of just how esoteric my thinking can be when it comes to creatively leveraging Splunk for the more non-sensible, yet highly educational use cases.
For example, I showed-off my Splunk for Texas Lotto App, which my team here @ Splunk uses each month to pick our “winning” numbers.
So far, we’ve won about $26…but we’ve spent ten times that amount along the way. But that’s beside the point.
Anyway, at this year’s conference I am hoping to avoid those everyday boring run-of-the-mill searches and get you thinking outside the box yet again.
Yes, I…
Leading Universities Get Better Visibility Across Their Environments with Splunk (The Tale of SplunkLive! Boston)
One of my favorite parts about attending a SplunkLive! event is hearing Splunk users talking to one another about their experiences. Watching people from similar industries interact and talk about different uses of Splunk and seeing that twinkle in their eyes when a moment of discovery crosses their face…“Wow, Splunk can do that?” It makes me smile every time.
SplunkLive! Boston featured presenters from two long-term customers. First, Steven Maresca, from University of Connecticut talked about how Splunk was able to help the University meet PCI, HIPAA and other compliance mandates related to specific fields of research. Splunk helps them to meet log retention mandates, dashboards make audits easier for auditors, and SSO ensures…
