Introduction to Splunk for operational intelligence

Machine data is everywhere. Machine data is digital information created by computers, mobile phones, embedded systems, sensors and other networked devices. The data types:

Machine data can intersect with and improve human lives. A summary is in this video

Splunk, a software platform, has the capability to leverage machine data for data management and analytics.  It can be used for

• Data driven decision making
• Alerts for network security threats
• Report on system failures
• Analyse and improve functionality

It enables performance analysis, dashboard creation, monitoring, troubleshooting and investigation of the real-time data collected. A Edureka learning video showed the Splunk components.  

and an overview of Splunk.

The very useful Splunk free fundamentals 1 course is a self paced learning course covering search, navigation, use of fields, statistics, reports, dashboards and alerts.