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What Is Five 9s in Availability Metrics?
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What Is Five 9s in Availability Metrics?

Five 9s predicts that a measured IT component will be available at least 99.999% of the time during a specific period. Get the full story here.
Vendor Management: The Complete Guide
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Vendor Management: The Complete Guide

Vendor management is an important practice for most organizations. Learn how to do it well, step by step, in this complete guide.
Splunk Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms
Observability
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Splunk Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms

Splunk has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms for the second year in a row in this category.
The Cost of Downtime in Banking
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The Cost of Downtime in Banking

Insights from an exclusive interview with a leading finance executive.
When An Incident Goes Public
Ciso Circle
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When An Incident Goes Public

CISOs are under immense pressure to navigate new regulatory demands and legal risks, making proactive incident response and team mental health a top priority when a security breach goes public.
CRUD Operations Explained
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CRUD Operations Explained

CRUD Operations refers to four essential functions — Create, Read, Update, and Delete — that manage data in databases or other storage systems.
What Is Digital Forensics? The Weapon Against Cybercrime
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What Is Digital Forensics? The Weapon Against Cybercrime

Did a crime happen? Is there digital evidence? Digital forensics is a forensic science that helps investigators study cybercrimes. Learn more here.
Observability Meets Security: Tracing that Connection
Security
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Observability Meets Security: Tracing that Connection

Splunker James Hodgkinson looks at how you can use traces to see directly into the workings of an application to find a potential threat.
Mastering Interviews Using the STAR Technique
Splunk Life
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Mastering Interviews Using the STAR Technique

Learn the basics of the STAR interview technique and how to apply them with sample questions and answers.