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3rd Party APM: Unite Your Legacy APM Data on Your Journey to Observability!
Observability
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3rd Party APM: Unite Your Legacy APM Data on Your Journey to Observability!

Splunk brings you the Content Pack for 3rd Party APM to get your key data in from these legacy APM solutions, so you can interact / search / alert on all of these key End User Experience and Application and Infrastructure Performance results, enabling you gain quick and easy access to these critical results to deliver across your organization and stakeholders.
How to Maximize the Performance of Your Kubernetes Deployment
Observability
4 Minute Read

How to Maximize the Performance of Your Kubernetes Deployment

Learn how to maximize the performance of your Kubernetes deployment with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring which integrates with every layer of your deployment.
Splunk Developer Summer 2021 Update
Observability
3 Minute Read

Splunk Developer Summer 2021 Update

It’s getting hot here in California as Summer rolls on, and we have some hot updates for you across the Splunk platform, Python SDK, Splunk Cloud vetting, and more!
How to Instrument a Java App Running in Amazon EKS
Observability
4 Minute Read

How to Instrument a Java App Running in Amazon EKS

Amazon EKS and Kubernetes has become top of mind for many SREs. Learn how to instrument a basic Java application running on Amazon EKS with Splunk APM.
Real User Monitoring: Past, Present and Future
Observability
6 Minute Read

Real User Monitoring: Past, Present and Future

In this post, we trace the history of real user monitoring (RUM) tools and argue that we're again on the precipice of change, where legacy RUM tools are no longer good enough for new users and their needs.
Managing IT Just Got Easier: Introducing the New Splunk App for Content Packs
Observability
3 Minute Read

Managing IT Just Got Easier: Introducing the New Splunk App for Content Packs

We’re thrilled to announce the release of the Splunk App for Content Packs, an app that acts as a one-stop shop for prepackaged content and out-of-the-box searches and dashboards for common IT infrastructure monitoring sources, making it easy to get up and running with Splunk for IT use cases.
The Digital Experience Trap: Are Companies Going Pro With Amateur Tools?
Observability
4 Minute Read

The Digital Experience Trap: Are Companies Going Pro With Amateur Tools?

What is the relationship between world-class athletes and world-class IT systems? Explore the similarities in preparation and performance and see how your company stacks up against the competition.
Debugging Microservices with Distributed Tracing and Real-Time Log Analytics
Observability
4 Minute Read

Debugging Microservices with Distributed Tracing and Real-Time Log Analytics

Learn more about how Splunk APM and Splunk Log Observer make debugging microservices with distributed tracing and real-time log analytics fast and easy.
Distributed Tracing for Kafka Clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM
Observability
6 Minute Read

Distributed Tracing for Kafka Clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM

In this blog, we will cover how to enable distributed tracing for Kafka clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM.