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Splunk: Availability Enterprise 6.4 and Cloud Release

Introduce interactive visualizations, analytics and cloud apps.

Splunk Inc. announced the availability (GA) of Splunk Enterprise 6.4 and a Splunk Cloud release.

splunk-enterprise-1Splunk Enterprise customers can drive down the cost of big data analytics by reducing the storage costs of historical data by 40% to 80% whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Both Splunk Cloud and Enterprise include interactive visualizations and an open library on Splunkbase where customers and partners can develop and share their custom visualizations. Other new features in both platforms include enhanced big data analytics, improved query performance, platform security and management improvements. Additionally, cloud analytics apps are available for Akamai Technologies, Inc.‘s Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ServiceNow, Inc.

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splunk-enterprise-2As more and more organizations collect, analyze and retain data at an astounding rate, storage is increasingly becoming the most expensive aspect of data analytics. Long-term data retention is becoming a critical issue as companies grapple with regulatory compliance, security investigations and the need to better understand long-term business trends.

splunk-cloud-1Splunk is passionate about making big data analytics more affordable for organizations of every size. Reducing the cost of historical data retention and analysis is a major part of delivering that value to our customers,” said Shay Mowlem, VP, product marketing and management, Splunk. “Splunk Enterprise customers can now reduce storage costs for historical data by up to 80% for on-premises, cloud and hybrid deployments. We are also engineering long-term data archiving functionality into Splunk Cloud, which we expect to deliver later this year.

For many organizations, data retention costs are the single biggest factor driving analytics TCO. Splunk Enterprise addresses this problem with the new storage optimizations for historical data,” said Jason Stamper, analyst, 451 Research. “The new visualizations, analysis enhancements and storage cost reductions support Splunk’s vision for cost-effective machine data analytics and platform strategy.

We are pleased Splunk is continuing to focus on innovating its platform to provide better visualization options and lower cost of ownership,” said Ed Bailey, enterprise architect, TransUnion LLC. “The previous version of Splunk Enterprise doubled our performance, and now the new storage optimization abilities in Splunk Enterprise 6.4 can lower our storage costs. We have compared costs to other solutions including open source and Splunk has a lower TCO.

We rely on Splunk Enterprise for real-time visibility into key business metrics such as order volume, value and completion rates to provide the smoothest possible customer experience,” said Andre Pietsch, product manager, Otto Group GmbH & Co KG. “The new visualization library and developer framework in Splunk Enterprise 6.4 will make it even easier to create custom visualizations specific to our needs, especially around transaction monitoring. Ultimately, we will be able to make critical business decisions even faster.

splunk-cloud-3Customers benefit from several features in releases:

  • Lower cost of long-term storage (Splunk Enterprise Only)

      • Cut historical storage costs with Splunk Enterprise by 40-80%, whether deployed on-premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid environment.

      • Enables users to selectively optimize the cost/performance of queries on their historical data.

  • Interactive visualizations and enhanced analytics

      • Leverage portfolio of new pre-built visualizations and a new visualization library on Splunkbase.

      • Easily create or customize visualizations using the new developer framework.

      • Improved query performance and flexible data sampling options.

      • Enhanced predictive analytics: More accurately forecast trends and predict missing values.

  • Platform security and management

      • New views in Splunk management console provide deeper visibility into company’s system event collection and health.

      • Additional support for web single sign-on for OKTA, Azure Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).

      • Increase management flexibility and security using delegated administration roles.

  • Operational intelligence for cloud services

      • Monitor and analyze the real-time performance, availability and security of the Akamai CDN service with the App for Akamai.

      • Ensure security, efficiency and cost management of an AWS environment with the new version of the App for AWS.

      • Track incidents, changes and event management processes in ServiceNow with the updated App for ServiceNow.

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