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November 2021

Amazon S3: Lake is the New Bus

This is a short blog post about a pattern that we’ve observed more frequently among some of the large enterprises: the use of AWS S3 as both an observability lake and a data bus. AWS S3’s simple API, ubiquitous language support, unmatched reliability and durability, retention options, and numerous pricing plans have made it the de facto standard for storing massive amounts of data.

The Stream Life Episode 25: SaaS Security Platforms

In this episode of the Stream Life Podcast, Nick Heudecker and Ed Bailey look at SaaS security platforms and managed security providers and how they’ve grown over time. They look at the benefits the model brings to organizations, how it is growing across the world, the challenges it can also bring, and the questions you should be asking your vendors.

LogStream Cloud How To: Sending Data to LogStream from Various Agents

Cribl released LogStream Cloud to the world in the Spring of 2021, making it easier than ever to stand up a functional o11y pipeline. The service is free for up to 1TB per day and can be upgraded to unlock all the features and support with paid plans starting at $0.17 per GB so you pay for only exactly what you use. In this blog post, we’ll go over how to quickly get data flowing into LogStream Cloud from a few common log sources.

How to Make Splunk Run 100x Faster With Cribl LogStream

Enterprises leveraging Splunk for data ingestion and analytics need an observability solution that scales well with their business requirements and provides a cost-effective way to retain data long-term. Cribl LogStream is an essential part of observability, providing a pipeline that works with all tooling, keeps costs down, and scales with any business – making it the perfect complement to Splunk.