Splunk Enterprise Essentials

Splunk Enterprise Review

Splunk Enterpise Solution captures, indexes, and correlates real-time machine data . All the machine data is indexed in a way that it can be searched in real time . Apart from search ,graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards, and visualizations can be created as well . Splunk makes machine data accessible across an organization by identifying data patterns,providing metrics, diagnosing problems, and providing intelligence for business operations. It is a horizontal technology used for application management, security and compliance, as well as business and web analytics. These days most common use of Splunk is as a SIEM Solution for Security incidents and event management .

Splunk Trainings and Certification

You can find good details about Splunk trainings and certification on this link . Good thing about Splunk is that you can download it ,install it and try it out without any charges . A free version gives you an option to ingest 500 MB data once 60 days trial period is over . Splunk also offers free educational videos on their You Tube Channel .You can also register for some of their free courses like Splunk fundamentals 1 ,Splunk User Behavior Analytics and Splunk Infrastructure Overview . Their certification exams are paid and you need to attend their trainings in order to take the exam. Our recommendation is to learn Splunk first , get a good grip on it and then try to get their training via your employer in order to increase your productivity .

Splunk Trainer’s Profile:

Our Splunk training sessions are presented by a Splunk Professional Services staff .

Muhammad Asif Bakali currently works as a Staff Professional Services Consultant for Splunk EMEA. He is responsible to design enterprise architecture for customers like Banking, Oil & Gas, Airlines and law enforcement agencies where data generates starting from Giga Bytes to Tera Bytes of each day. As an experienced SIEM Expert, Muhammad Asif has worked across multiple SIEM technology vendors and delivered many successful projects in GCC region. His Linkedin Profile can be seen here .