Somerford Blog Data in Motion – Confluent vs Kafka Author: Cal Limer Release Date: 20/08/2026 In the world of real-time data streaming and event-driven architecture Open Source Apache Kafka (OSK) is the standard when it comes to building data pipelines. By providing users with the fundamental components to set up the standard brokers, partitioned topics, […]
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Somerford Blog Uncovering the BusinessValue of Splunk AppDynamics Author: Bhuvnesh Yadav Release Date: 26/03/2026 In today’s digital-first world, downtime is more than just a technical hiccup – it’s a direct hit on customer trust, revenue, and brand reputation. Every second of delay, every failed checkout, every login error translates into frustrated users and potential lost
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Somerford Blog How Generative AI PushesData Streaming to the Next Level Author: Sam Ward Release Date: 02/03/2026 Understanding AI: Discriminative AI – The Librarian Artificial Intelligence. Most of us use it in our daily lives, potentially without even realising it. That Alexa in your home – the one you use to set reminders, check the
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Somerford Blog Grafana Cloud Metrics(The 4 Pillars Of Observability Part #2) Author: Oscar Moores Release Date: 02/02/2026 A Recap on Grafana’s Capabilities We will be taking a look at metrics in Grafana during this article – what they are and what you can do with them. To understand what metrics can do in Grafana Cloud
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Somerford Blog How Delinea’s Iris AI Is Automating the Manual Nightmare of PAM Auditing Author: Matt Ord Release Date: 26/01/2026 The Data Graveyard Most companies record privileged sessions with one goal in mind: checking a box for regulations like SOC2, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS. On paper, they’re compliant and in theory if a breach happens they
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Somerford Blog What is Splunk POD? Author: Jake Hammacott Release Date: 22/01/2026 Splunk POD (Platform on Demand) integrates Splunk Enterprise software and Cisco UCS hardware into a standardised, semi-automated deployment. This pre-packaged solution of software and hardware streamlines the deployment process, leading to a faster time to value with Splunk and less complexity in managing
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Somerford Blog Grafana Cloud: Observability and Visualisation Made Easy (4 Pillars of Observability Part #1) Author: Oscar Moores Release Date: 20/01/2026 What is Grafana? When I first discovered Grafana Cloud I looked at what was in front of me and thought to myself: “That’s a pretty cool way of visualising data”. I hooked up an
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Somerford Blog What is Splunk APM? Author: Daniel Gray Release Date: 10/12/2025 Introducing Application Performance Monitoring As modern systems scale across containers, Kubernetes, and multi-cloud environments, traditional monitoring often falls short. Sampling traces or siloing data means you lose the full picture of what’s happening inside your applications, this leads to blind spots in your
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Somerford Blog Securing Data and Governing AI at Scale Author: Max Gilfedder Release Date: 20/11/2025 As organisations look to unlock the potential of AI while meeting increasing compliance and data protection obligations, many are faced with the challenge of managing data sprawl and identifying sensitive information, especially in unstructured formats across cloud environments. Securiti offers
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Somerford Blog Top 5 Use Cases for Splunk SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation and Response) Author: Tom Earl Release Date: 04/11/2025 In today’s threat-laden digital landscape, speed, accuracy and efficiency are everything. Security teams and their analysts are becoming overcome with the sheer volume of alerts, complex toolsets, and an expanding threat surface that they are
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