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Splunk
Splunk Executive Brief: Make IT Data a Strategic AssetThis paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of machine data and how Splunk helps them see dramatic improvements in user productivity.
Application Management
Solutions Brief: Ensure the Availability and Performance of Critical ApplicationsThis paper addresses the way Splunk helps resolve issues around end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting in web-based application environments.
Big Data
The Big Machine: Creating Value Out of Machine-driven Big DataThis paper from GigaOM Pro explains how business executives working with their CTOs or CIOs and other tech management can use big data within their organizations.
Operational Intelligence
Operational Intelligence: Executive SummarySummary of operational intelligence created by CITO Research.
Operational Intelligence: What It Is and Why You Need It NowA more in-depth paper from CITO Research that explains trends driving the need for operational intelligence, explores some use cases and more.
Security & Compliance
Demystifying ComplianceThis paper addresses some of the myths about compliance & what it means for IT, then discusses the main compliance mandates and how Splunk can help.
Extracting More Value from SIEM Deployment: Integrating Splunk with ArcSightA guide to how ArcSight ESM customers (or customers with other SIEM products) can use Splunk as a Logger replacer or to stream data.
Guide for Mapping Splunk® Enterprise™ to PCI RequirementsDiscover the details of how you can apply Splunk for PCI in your environment.
The SIEM RFP: New Questions for New TimesThis paper goes into detail about the unspoken purchase risks inherent in the RFP process and five critical additional questions customers should be asking vendors.
Splunk, Big Data and the Future of SecurityThe focus of this paper is a discussion of a new way of thinking about detecting unknown threats and how a big data solution like Splunk can provide insight into anomalous behavior.
Virtualization
Control Virtual Chaos: A New Approach for Managing Virtual EnvironmentsThis paper discusses the visibility challenges facing today's administrators and highlights a new approach to managing, reporting and analyzing the silos of big data generated by virtualized infrastructures.
Datacenter Virtualization: New Visibility Gaps Create Big Data OpportunitiesThis paper discusses the ways in which virtualization and big data are inextricably linked, suggesting a big data-capable solution for monitoring, planning and analytics of virtualized infrastructures.