Welcome to the inaugural edition of Data Management Digest!
As your trusted partner in data innovation, the Splunk Data Management team is committed to continuously enhancing your experience. Our team is working to constantly build and evolve Splunk’s Data Management offerings, and we're excited to launch this new monthly blog series to showcase these innovations. Each month, you can expect a comprehensive roundup of all the key announcements, exciting new capabilities, valuable community content, and event highlights showcasing Splunk Data Management. Our goal is to provide a single, easy-to-access source for all your data management news, helping you maximize your Splunk investment and stay ahead of the curve. Stay connected with all things data management by subscribing to Data Management blogs and announcements in Splunk Community.
What's New in Data Management:
- Edge Processor for Splunk Enterprise: Bring data management closer to your premises with the introduction of Edge Processor for Splunk Enterprise. Read about it here:
- Expanded Data Management with Ingest Monitoring: Gain native visibility across all your data sources in Splunk Cloud Platform with new ingest monitoring capabilities. Learn more here: Splunk expands Data Management capabilities to include ingest monitoring
- Streamlined Agent Management: Managing deployments at scale just got easier with Splunk's expanded agent management features. Discover the evolution here: Splunk expands Data Management capabilities to include agent management
Relive the Magic of .conf25!
Earlier in September, we gathered in Boston for our annual user conference, .conf25, and it was an incredible event! If you couldn't make it, or just want to revisit your favorite sessions, you're in luck: .conf Online is officially LIVE!
You can now catch all our technical sessions, panel discussions, and theater session slides directly from our website – no login required! Head over to conf.splunk.com/watch/conf-online.html to access the full library.
Essential .conf25 data management sessions curated by our experts:
- Strategic Data Mastery: Optimize Storage, Cut Costs, and Drive Insights with Paul Davies and Tolga Tohumcu, Splunk. Craft powerful data strategies, optimize storage solutions, and effectively manage costs. Gain insights to enhance analytics capabilities and drive informed decision-making. Whether you're looking to streamline operations or boost strategic outcomes, this session equips you with the tools to transform data challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Make Your Data Lean and Meaningful Using Splunk Edge Processor with Michael Labbe, Hyatt Hotels. discuss how to filter, route, and transform your data at the edge — before it impacts your license. This solution features a user-friendly UI that eliminates the need for complex backend configuration files. With SPL2, you can now write simple code that significantly affects the size, path, and usability of your data — helping you save on storage costs and reduce the overall workload impact in your environment.
- Get MORE data in. Optimize Data Ingest: Practical Tips to Maximize Splunk's Value with Brett Adams, Deloitte. Splunk can easily ingest machine data and make it useful, yet less than half of the bytes you ingest are actually meaningful. This session covers practical examples for data optimization across multiple professional services, as well as how to write ideal application logs that won't waste space.
- Regeneron, an Ingest Processor: Data Transformation Success Story with Nick Zambo, Splunk, and Raies Uddin, Regeneron. Discover how Regeneron leverages Splunk's Ingest Processor to streamline data optimization on a variety of data sources. Learn how Regeneron has doubled verbose feeds, tripled scheduled searches, all while maintaining storage efficiency - retain only essential information, normalize key fields, and enrich data when needed.
- Gain Comprehensive Visibility and Optimize Costs with Splunk Data Management and Federation with Shalabh Goyal, Splunk. Struggling to balance 360-degree visibility with cost? In this session, learn how to use Splunk’s AI-powered data platform (Edge Processor and Federated Search) to reduce storage costs without sacrificing insight.
- Data Manager: Seamless Onboarding Comes to Splunk Enterprise with Katrzyna Szulc, Splunk. Are you managing Splunk Enterprise and tired of manual data onboarding? Learn how we bring Splunk Data Manager to Splunk Enterprise, easing setup with wizard-driven installation, IAM role guidance, and validation tools. We'll share best practices to reduce errors, cut deployment time, and ensure data reliability.
- Rewind, Replay, and Secure: Amazon S3 Replay in Splunk Data Manager with Varun Gupta, Splunk. Need to analyze historical data for security or compliance? Learn how to use Amazon S3 Replay in Splunk Data Manager to selectively pull data into Splunk for investigations and audits, no external tools required.
- Panel: Reducing Grunt Work with the power of AI in Data Management and Federation with our Splunk experts. With all the fuss about AI, what’s in it for data management and federation? Come hear what Splunk experts see as AI’s impacts on data management and federation — automating data integration, enhancing data quality, and optimizing distributed systems. AI-driven tools enable real-time data processing and seamless interoperability across federated databases.
Connect & Engage:
See you at AWS re:Invent! Register and visit Splunk and Cisco in booth 1320 to learn more about our latest Observability, Security, AI and AWS offerings – and of course to get your newest favorite t-shirt!
Read our new Whitepaper with IDC: From Data Management to Machine Data Fabric: Laying a Data Platform Foundation to Balance Resilience..., which explores how a purpose-built machine data fabric can help organizations gain a competitive advantage by turning raw operational data into insights and improving security postures.
Join industry experts from Splunk and IDC in our on-demand webinar, “In Pursuit of Value: The New Rules of Data Management in the AI Era,” to understand how to shift your data strategy to emphasize quality and accessibility amidst exploding data volumes and AI-accelerated innovation.
Splunk 10 Tech Talk On-Demand: Smarter, Faster, More Powerful! Watch the on-demand replay of our Tech Talk webinar: "Introducing Splunk 10.0: Smarter, Faster, and More Powerful Than Ever." This session provided an exclusive first look at the next evolution of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform, detailing powerful new features designed to enhance data security and deliver unparalleled value.
November Data Management & Federation Community Office Hour: Watch the on-demand replay of our November Community Office Hours covering new innovations in the Splunk Data Management space and how to optimize Edge and Ingest Processor to maximize your data value.
Upcoming Splunk 10 Community Office Hours: Have questions about the upgrade process? Need expert guidance on breaking changes or upgrade readiness? This interactive session is your chance to connect with Splunk professionals and fellow community members to discuss all facets of Splunk 10.
- EMEA Community Office Hours: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 4PM–5PM CEST
- APJC Community Office Hours: Friday, December 5, 2025 | 9AM–10AM JST
- AMER Community Office Hours : Thursday, December 11, 2025 | 1PM–2PM PT
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