Somerford Blog What is the Somerford Technical Value Assessment (TVA)? Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 21/11/2024 The Technical Value Assessment (TVA) is a new offering from Somerford Associates. Aimed at providing the customer with a full technical assessment of their current Splunk usage and provide a roadmap of how to maximise the value that can […]
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Somerford Blog Grafana Cloud: Logs (4 Pillars of Observability Part #3) Author: Oscar Moores Release Date: 13/04/2026 Grafana – A Recap This blog focuses on logs, what they are and how you can use them in Grafana. To understand what logs can do in Grafana Cloud it is preferable to have an overview of what
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Somerford Blog Why Government AI Fails Without Document Control (and How Varonis Fixes It) Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 24/04/2026 Government agencies are standing at a digital crossroads. On one hand, the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to clear asylum backlogs, automate routine casework, and provide 24/7 citizen support is more tantalising than ever. On
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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 Identity is the New Perimeter: Moving Beyond the Vault Author: Matt Ord Release Date: 21/04/2026 The Erosion of the Firewall The first lesson in cybersecurity still to this day follows that of ancient civilisations: build a bigger wall. Firewalls are the “moat and castle” defence of the digital age, but what happens when
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Somerford Blog What are the Confluent Migration Accelerator Programme Benefits? Author: Matt Woodhams Release Date: 19/03/2024 Confluent and Somerford Somerford is proud to partner with Confluent as part of their Confluent Migration Accelerator programme to offer a streamlined migration from traditional messaging systems or open-source Kafka deployments to Confluent. Together, Somerford and Confluent aim to
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The University of Exeter – Part 2: “Zero to SIEM” in 8 weeks, the Splunk Deployment 04/09/19 – Author: Baz Donaghue – Certified Splunk Consultant at Somerford Associates The first and subsequent steps on any organisations IT Security journey can be difficult and uncertain at the best of times. To go from little or no
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Somerford Blog 10 Ways Observability will Benefit your Organisation & How Does it Differ to Monitoring Author: Paul Winchester Date: 21/09/2022 Linkedin Twitter Youtube I.T. is changing rapidly. Monolithic software is being broken down and rebuilt using technologies such as containerisation and micro services, and these are increasingly hosted in the Cloud. DevOps approaches to
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Somerford Blog The Five Most Common Use Cases Organisations are Tackling with Next Generation Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Author: Jake Hammacott Release Date: 13/06/2023 Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) are often used to control and manage access to or from websites within organisations to protect the user from malicious content. Granular policies are set and enforced
Somerford Blog Comparison of Varonis On-Prem and Varonis SaaS and Why Varonis SaaS is More Cost Effective Author: Laurence Everitt Release Date: 07/05/2025 The Varonis SaaS has fewer third party licensing costs, is cheaper and quicker to install, easier to use, automates the important workflows, includes most of what people want, keeps your data inside
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