Search Across More of Your Data Ecosystem The data you need may live in Splunk, high-volume machine data, cloud object stores, lakehouses, or Cisco product context. The Search and Discovery Zone shows how Splunk helps teams find that data wherever it lives, understand what is available, and use it for investigations and analytics.  The Innovation:  Experience how Splunk helps teams connect data access, AI-powered search, investigation workflows, and external data analysis:  Machine Data Lake and Catalog: See how Machine Data Lake lets you land high-volume data in a cost-efficient, fully managed tier, then use the Catalog to discover, understand, and promote the right subset on demand. Follow the journey from data landing to searchable insight for investigations and analytics, without deciding upfront what needs to be indexed.  Core Search: Learn how SPL2, AI-powered assistance, field filters, search throttling, and new scheduled search controls help teams find answers faster and keep search operations reliable.  AI Canvas: Accelerate investigations by bringing Splunk data, Cisco product context, AI guidance, and team collaboration into one shared workspace for faster correlation and decision-making.  Federation: Unlock the full potential of your data with Federated Search. Analyze external data where it lives, without prior ingestion, and extend Splunk analytics across cloud object stores and lakehouses as part of the Cisco Data Fabric.  The "Only at .conf" Access:  See these workflows come to life across the booths, from landing and discovering machine data to searching with AI-powered assistance, analyzing external sources, and collaborating in a shared investigation workspace.  Walk away with practical ideas for bringing more data into reach and getting more value from your full data ecosystem.    Ready to unlock the full potential of your data ecosystem—wherever it lives? Bring your toughest search and investigation challenges to Denver. Secure your pass today to test AI-powered search, explore Federated Search across lakehouses, and learn how to go from question to insight faster. 🔍 Lock in your pass for Splunk .conf26 and expand your search! ... View more

Build Data Stories for Every Audience  A dashboard is rarely just a dashboard. It might be the view an executive uses to make a business decision, the screen an analyst uses to investigate a trend, or the page an operator keeps open during an incident. The challenge is making one data experience clear, fast, and useful for the people who depend on it.  That takes more than putting charts on a page. Teams need the right visualizations, the right interactions, and the flexibility to tailor the experience without slowing down every time the audience or use case changes.  The Innovation:   In the Data Visualization Zone, you will see how Splunk is helping teams build those experiences faster:  Dashboard Studio: Create dashboards for any audience with custom visualizations and interactivity capabilities for a dynamic dashboard experience. Learn about our new AI skills to convert Classic dashboards to Dashboard Studio and vibe-code custom visualizations.  Dashboard Framework: Experience the new AI capabilities to build dashboards, plus advanced editing tools like tabbed layouts, advanced interactions with token expressions, and the token manager experience.  Visualizations: Explore the high-performance time-series charts, Network Graph, Treemap, Rich Text editor, and AI recommendations in action.  Splunk UI Toolkit: Customize your users’ Splunk experience with the UI Toolkit, or get AI agents to do it through the Model Context Protocol server. Use natural language to go from an idea to a working Splunk app.  The "Only at .conf" Access:   What makes this zone different is the access. Attendees can talk directly with the product managers, engineers, and designers building these experiences. Bring your use cases and get hands-on guidance for dashboard creation, migration, optimization, performance, and usability.  You will leave with practical steps to build better, faster, more impactful dashboards using Splunk’s latest visualization capabilities.  Ready to turn raw data into clear, high-impact stories for any audience? Bring your toughest dashboard challenges and use cases to Denver. Secure your pass today to get hands-on with Dashboard Studio, test new AI-powered visualization tools, and get direct 1:1 guidance from the engineers building the platform. 📊 Lock in your pass for Splunk .conf26 and elevate your dashboards! ... View more