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ELT: Extract Load Transform, Explained

Businesses today rely on analytics and insights derived from different data types for gaining competitive advantages. These data often come from different sources and in different formats. Without a unified solution, aggregating those data and performing analytics tasks is challenging. ELT has been invented to solve the complexities associated with processing data from multiple sources while retaining the raw data as it is.

Customer Data Analytics: An Introduction

Simply put, customer analytics (or customer data analytics) is the process of using information about customer preferences and behavior to improve sales, marketing and product development. You can think of customer analytics as the type of customer behavior where buyers are doing internet research before making a purchase. There is now a vast amount of information available for nearly every product category online.

SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server Overview

SolarWinds® Kiwi Syslog® Server is an affordable on-premises solution designed to help you manage syslog messages, SNMP traps, and Windows event logs. It centralizes and simplifies log message management across network devices and servers. Kiwi Syslog Server lets you collect, filter, alert, react to, and forward syslog messages and SNMP traps, and it helps you adhere to regulatory compliance. Learn how to simplify syslog and SNMP trap management with SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server.

Using Cribl Edge to Collect Metrics from Prometheus Targets in Kubernetes

We continue our exploration of the fascinating world of Kubernetes, logs, and metrics. In our previous installment, we delved into the intricate tale of Cribl Edge and its role in unraveling the mysteries of logging and metrics in Kubernetes environments with the Cribl Edge native sources for Kubernetes Metrics and Logs. Today, we’re picking up where we left off, shining a spotlight on a new and powerful tool that has the potential to demystify this complex ecosystem further.

SEC Charges on SolarWinds: A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity and Risk Management

Cribl’s Ed Bailey and Jackie McGuire look into the recent SEC fraud charges leveled against SolarWinds and its CISO, concerning alleged fraud and internal control failures tied to known cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities. These charges carry long-term implications for corporate handling of cybersecurity and risk management. Tune into the live stream for an engaging conversation, and come prepared with your questions and insights on the future of cybersecurity.

Quick Demo of Logs Pipelines in SigNoz

Log pipeline allows you to preprocess your logs for enrichment, transformation, and attribute extraction before they get indexed. Here's a quick demo of using the Logs pipeline feature in SigNoz to parse Nginx logs. More about SigNoz: SigNoz - Monitor your applications and troubleshoot problems in your deployed applications, an open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc. Backed by Y Combinator.

System Operators: Unlock Log Management Mastery with systemd-journal and Netdata

System operators know the drill: as the complexity of systems scales, so does the deluge of logs. Traditionally, taming this relentless tide demands a concoction of costly tools and laborious configurations—until now. The dynamic duo of systemd-journal and Netdata is revolutionizing log management, turning what was once a Herculean task into a streamlined, powerful, and surprisingly straightforward process.

How To Recover a Cribl Stream Instance Without GitOps/GitHub

When Cribl Stream becomes the center of your data universe, your individual settings, routes, pipelines, and packs become a critical aspect of your work. What happens if you lose access to the UI? If you are on a licensed version of Cribl Stream backing up the work that you are in Sources, Destinations, Routes, Pipelines, and Packs would be done easily using the GitOps remote repo.

What is IT Asset Management (ITAM)?

Organizations collect technologies like kids collecting baseball cards. As a company’s IT strategy matures, it adds new technologies to supplement previously existing ones, just like kids add new rookie cards to their collections of classics. While kids can leave their baseball cards randomly piled in a shoebox, organizations need to carefully identify and track their IT assets so that they can appropriately manage digital performance and cybersecurity.

Enhance your cloud security with MITRE ATT&CK and Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM

As cloud applications and services gain prominence amongst organizations, adversaries are evolving their toolset to target these cloud networks. The surge in remote work and teleconferencing presents unprecedented opportunities for nefarious activities. Enter the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, also known as a MITRE ATT&CK Matrix—a treasure trove for defending cloud infrastructure and on-premises infrastructure against the newest adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).