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Stephen Watts

Stephen Watts works in growth marketing at Splunk. Stephen holds a degree in Philosophy from Auburn University and is an MSIS candidate at UC Denver. He contributes to a variety of publications including CIO.com, Search Engine Journal, ITSM.Tools, IT Chronicles, DZone, and CompTIA.

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Container Orchestration: A Beginner's Guide

This blog post explores container orchestration and automation for software development and IT organizations.
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CapEx vs OpEx for Cloud, IT Spending, & More

In this blog post, we'll take a look at CapEx and OpEx - and how the two concepts are critical to creating an IT budget strategy.
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State of DevOps: Complete Report Roundup

Get the latest outlook for DevOps globally and regionally! This article looks at the most recent trends and data that paint a picture of today’s State of DevOps.
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Black Hat & Def Con 2024

This blog post covers the basics of what you need to know about both Black Hat USA and Def Con.
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Splunk Use Cases

In this blog post, we'll take a look at common uses cases for Splunk - from Security to Observability and more.
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Database Monitoring: Basics & Introduction

In this blog post, we'll take a look at the important role of database performance monitoring.
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What is Server Monitoring? A Beginner's Guide

In this blog post, we'll take a look at key terms, best practices, and tools commonly used for Server Monitoring.
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Storage Monitoring: A Brief Introduction

In this blog post, we'll take a look at the basics for Storage Monitoring, best practices, definitions, and more.
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Root Cause Analysis: A Beginner's Guide

This blog post covers the basic information about Root Cause Analysis you'll need to get started with this process.
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Cloud Migration Basics: A Beginner’s Guide

In this blog post, we'll look at definitions, best practices, and industry trends around cloud migrations.
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Network Configuration Today: The Ultimate Guide

Understand network configuration: what it means, why you need it, the six most common types, and tools and topics for monitoring and managing your network.
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What Is Adaptive Thresholding?

Making thresholds adaptive supports your overall monitoring strategy. Read on for four tips for configuring adaptive thresholding for high-value use cases.
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Source Code Management: An Introduction

In this blog post, we'll look at how source code management works, what benefits it brings to software development, and which best practices to follow to get the most out of the process.
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Service Performance Monitoring Explained

In this blog post we’ll look at how service performance monitoring works, outline the benefits it brings to the enterprise and look at some of the related tools that can help you get started.
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What is Security Automation?

In this article, we’ll talk about the basics of security automation, discuss its value for organizations of all types and sizes and explore how you can get started using a security automation platform.
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Real-Time Data: An Overview and Introduction

Real-time data has become fundamental to understanding and optimizing IT infrastructure for IoT and beyond. This blog post covers the basics of this important technology.
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KPI Management: A Complete Introduction

This blog post covers the ins and outs of KPI Management to help you understand good vs bad KPIs and common pitfalls to avoid.
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The Serverless Functions Beginner's Guide

In this article, we’ll look at how serverless functions work, how they can be used and how they can help your organization.
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Service Delivery for IT and Business

In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at how service delivery is used in IT and business in general.
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Service Assurance for IT, Telecom, & Cloud

This blog post covers the basics surrounding service assurance as it relates to IT service delivery, cloud, Telecom, & more.
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IT Operations Analytics: An Introduction

This blog covers the history and current state of IT Operations Analytics (ITOA), a practice used to improve and manage IT systems.
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Change Management in IT, ITIL, and ITSM

This blog post covers the basics of change management in all areas of IT - from DevOps to ITIL and more.
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Infrastructure Security 101: An Introduction

This blog post covers the basics around infrastructure security, network infrastructure security, cloud infrastructure security and more.
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Infrastructure Analytics: A Beginner's Guide

This blog post covers all the basics around Infrastructure Analytics for IT, IoT, and more.