April 2025 Edition
Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!
We’re back with this month’s edition of indexEducation, the newsletter that takes an untraditional twist on what’s new with Splunk Education. We hope the updates about our courses, certification program, and self-paced training will feed your obsession to learn, grow, and advance your careers. Let’s get started with an index for maximum performance readability:
Training You Gotta Take | Things You Needa Know | Places You’ll Wanna Go
Training You Gotta Take
The latest | Mastering Splunk Data Management Techniques
Is it pronounced day-ta or da-ta? No matter how you say it, one thing's clear—data is king. In this four-day, instructor-led course, you’ll take your data administration basics to the next level. This hands-on experience dives deep into the art and science of managing data and data ingestion. From designing ingestion pipelines to optimizing them for peak performance, you'll walk away with the technical know-how to master Splunk data with confidence and never have to justify how you pronounce data again.
Gotta take the latest | New release for mastering data
Last minute | We’ve got a seat for you
Shout out to everyone who’s tech-ed-curious! We’re back with Last Minute Learning opportunities! If you’re one of those people who needs a pressing deadline to get motivated, then hurry up and register for open seats in some of our most popular classes. Each week, we share a list of the upcoming instructor-led classes that still have seats available. Just register with your Splunk.com account and use your company training units or a credit card to purchase.
Gotta get to class | Last minute opportunities
Things You Needa Know
New video | Tom hits all the right notes on Smartness
Splunk user by day, pianist by passion—Tom Kopchak finds balance and harmony in his career by growing his Splunk expertise. In our latest Smartness Series video, Tom shares his journey with Splunk Education and the Splunk Community. From tuning Splunk in his own organization to striking a chord of lifelong learning, Tom is inspiring and insightful. Get to know Tom as he shares his best practices.
Needa know Tom’s secret to success | Watch the video
Splunk Academic Alliance | Bringing you stronger colleagues right out of college
Imagine this…you're working in a high-pressure Security Operations Center and the new grad just hired to work with you already knows their way around Splunk, can triage threats using ES, and automate responses with SOAR. That’s the power of the newly expanded Splunk Academic Alliance. This is a game-changer for future teammates, hiring managers, and the entire security community. We’re helping to develop your future cyber peers with Splunk Education and Splunk Academic Alliance – turning imagination into reality.
Needa know what’s new | Expanded program supports security
Places You’ll Wanna Go
Lantern Lunch n’ Learns | Bringing Splunk know-how to the table
Splunkers love sharing with the community—and they do it best using the Lantern platform. This month, Lantern is sharing insights from Splunk’s Lunch ’n Learn series – serving up insights from seasoned Splunkers eager to share real-world insights from the inside. These peer-led sessions cover everything from workload management to Enterprise Security correlation searches to freezing and thawing data buckets. Dig into a satisfying helping of Splunk expertise on the blog.
Wanna go to lunch | Lantern has a menu of knowledge
Splunk University | Coming to Boston - September 6-8
.conf25 is Splunk’s most anticipated event of the year, with the Splunk University traditionally kicking off the excitement. If your job is about keeping your organization secure, reliable, and moving at the speed of innovation, then you definitely cannot miss this learning experience. Save the date for three days of deep learning with Splunk University hands-on training, empowering sessions, compelling keynotes, and interactive experiences, plus enjoy opportunities to connect with peers and have tons of fun. Join us in Boston this year for a wicked good time!
Gotta go to Boston | It’s the new home of Splunk University
Find Your Way | Learning Bits and Breadcrumbs
Go Chat | Join our Community User Group Slack Channel
Go Stream It | The Latest Course Releases (Some with Non-English Captions!)
Go Last Minute | Seats Still Available for ILT
Go Discuss Stuff | Join the Community
Go Index It | Subscribe to our Newsletter
Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your day with us – whether you’re looking to grow your mind, career, or spirit, you can bet your sweet SaaS, we got you. If you think of anything else we may have missed, please reach out to us at indexEducation@splunk.com.
Answer to Index This: The minus sign. Place minus (-) between 555 and 55 to make this equation: 555 – 55 = 500.
