Carl Parker, Author at Somerford Associates

Splunk Log ‘n’ Learn: Splunk O11Y Cloud Webinar Series

Webinar Series Log ‘n’ Learn: Splunk O11y Cloud “How Splunk Observability Cloud transforms performance into resilience.” Full Series Now Available On Demand WATCH NOW ➔ Featuring: JOIN MAILING LIST ➔ Setting the Scene Master Splunk Observability Cloud: On-Demand Series The Log ‘n’ Learn: Splunk Observability Cloud Series is a three-part collection of recorded webinars, hosted […]

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5 Issues That Splunk Observability Cloud Solves

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog 5 Issues Splunk Observability Cloud Solves Author: Owais Ghaffar Release Date: 15/10/2025 Organisations today run on complex digital infrastructure; distributed services, hybrid clouds, container orchestration, third-party APIs, and CI/CD pipelines that ship code faster than ever. With this complexity comes fragility: slowdowns, outages, and blind spots that can quickly turn into customer complaints,

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Ensuring Your DSPM Tool Is As Effective As Possible

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Ensuring Your DSPM Tool Is As Effective As Possible Author: Ben Norcutt Release Date: 08/10/2025 What is DSPM? You may have heard the term or even its predecessor SSPM so lets define what they actually are first. SSPM – SaaS Security Posture Management, an acronym within an acronym but basically it’s looking at

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What’s the Use (Cases) for Splunk?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What’s the Use (Cases) for Splunk? Author: Nik Wadge Release Date: 03/10/2025 When the marketing department asked me to write a blog, I was like “Sure, what on? I have a lot of knowledge, some of it relevant and interesting, some not so”, “How about the top ten Use Cases based on your

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How to Build a Data Pipeline with Confluent

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog How to Build a Data Pipeline with Confluent Author: Sam Ward Release Date: 29/09/2025 Defining a Data Pipeline To first get started with building data infrastructure, we first have to be familiar with the basic elements and concepts of the data pipeline. A data pipeline at its core is linking each stage of

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Splunk ARI: Enhancing Asset & Risk Intelligence

Uncategorised / By Carl Parker

Discovery Webinar Splunk ARI: Enhancing Asset & Risk Intelligence Discover assets, understand exposure, and reduce risk with Splunk ARI. Wed, December 3 🇬🇧 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM GMT / 🇦🇪 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM GST Virtual, Microsoft Teams REGISTER JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Discover Assets, Reduce Risk Join Ben Marrable (CISSP), Splunk Security

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Splunk .conf25 Updates — Unifying Enterprise Resilience in the AI Era

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Splunk .conf25 Updates — Unifying Enterprise Resilience in the AI Era Author: Rosie Whitfield Release Date: 17/09/2025 It has been over a year since Cisco’s strategic acquisition of Splunk, a move that was immediately recognised for its financial acumen. However, at Somerford Associates, our focus has always been on the deeper technical and

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What is Varonis’ Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What is Varonis’ Database Activity Monitoring? Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 09/09/2025 Once again, Varonis has expanded its security capabilities as it now introduces next-generation Database Activity Monitoring (DAM). This comes after Varonis acquired Cyral earlier this year. The Cyral cloud-native DAM solution fits rather perfectly with Varonis security offerings, allowing Varonis customers

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Why Choose Splunk Observability Cloud?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Why Choose Splunk Observability Cloud? Author: Owais Ghaffar Release Date: 28/08/2025 Understanding Observability: More Than Just Monitoring Modern IT environments are sprawling, dynamic, and increasingly complex. From containerised microservices to hybrid cloud infrastructure, the sheer scale and fluidity of today’s systems present a unique challenge: ensuring performance, availability, and reliability without getting buried

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Splunk .conf25 Summary and Recap Webinar

On-Demand Webinar/Workshop / By Carl Parker

Discovery Webinar Splunk .conf25 Recap Catch up on the most important Splunk .conf25 announcements from this year’s conference. Available to watch on-demand WATCH NOW JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Key Takeaways from .conf25. Missed Splunk .conf25 or want a curated view of the key announcements? Join our Splunk Security Strategist for a live recap of the

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