SplunkTalk Podcast

Season 2 finale! In this episode, long-time SplunkTalk co-hosts, Hal and Burch, bid farewell to Season 2 by reflecting on the past five years of episodes. This episode features some behind-the-scenes commentary along with bits from the memories through the years. Plus Hal and Burch indulge in their own "orange story". You won't want to miss this episode...although if you do...you don't have to worry about falling behind. With love and admiration to all our listeners - thanks for keeping us going! Happy Splunking, Hal & Burch Video version: https://youtu.be/tGMIZqZe7bE

Hal and Burch sit down with Splunker extraordinaire, Clara Merriman, to talk about her journey from customer, to SPLing Bee champion, to SplunkTrust member, to engineer, and now manager of Splunk at Splunk. Clara's story is a dream come true for many and her story can't be missed! Video version: https://youtu.be/rS9jZpOoqDY

SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch connect with Joel Jacob to talk all things Splunk Edge Hub. Joel is the Principal Product Manager for IoT driving the product direction for Splunk Edge Hub. Learn more about how Splunk is helping others get data into Splunk faster and easier - on the edge - with the Splunk Edge Hub device. Video version: https://youtu.be/eJ1bwQMP80s P.S. Ignore Burch saying the wrong episode number at the top :)

While Hal and Burch hoped to cover baking tips in this episode, they instead learned all about Federated Search to Amazon S3 with Splunk's PM for Distributed Search, Luis Bosquez Gonzalez. ;) Luis helps Hal and Burch realize the immense potential when data stored in Amazon S3 becomes searchable in Splunk! Much more valuable than baking tips! Video version: https://youtu.be/j5sNpJnCYb0

Hal and Burch recap all they learned, experienced, and Splunked at .conf23. Original broadcast July 20, 2023 @: 10:15am PST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXHrGnZdxko Video version: https://youtu.be/my-LLh5XAkg

Robin Barre, head of Emerging Technologies, joins Hal and Burch to talk about all the mind-blowing product announcements related to her exciting domain! Original broadcast July 19, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QG8a5HnQiE Video version: https://youtu.be/t0HeAFgS0x4

Hal and Burch return LIVE at .conf23 to recap what went down at the two keynotes that kicked off .conf23 as well as what excites them about the events ahead. Original broadcast July 18, 2023 at 10am PST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eJO1zP35No Video version: https://youtu.be/_WR8j5QjfbY

Recorded in December of 2022 and held in the cold buckets until now... In this episode, Hal and Burch unpack a Splunk EdgeHub and learn all about SPL2 with special guest Jacob Stark! Video version: https://youtu.be/ZV4qgHe_tPE

After much delay Hal and Burch are back....in time! That's because this episode was actually recorded back in January of 2023 yet only released now! Eagle-eye viewers will also notice that episode 39 has been held...but that's no reason to continue to hold episode 40, so here it is! This episode features an explanation for the delay along with a compelling discussion with special guest Bryan Burns. Bryan joins Splunk from TwinWave and discusses the real-world security challenges that TwinWave's technology solves! Video version: https://youtu.be/g4zrmTUoeZg

Hal and Burch kick back with our dear old friend Jim Donn. Jim has worked with both Hal and Burch on various projects so this was a fun one to revisit old memories while also learning about the cool fun new hijinks that Jim's up to now. Video version: https://youtu.be/JTPbeYyAVtE

Hosts Hal and Burch take a ride back in time with super long time Splunker Deep Bains. Hear all about the origins of Splunk, some secrets on snacks, and how Deep accidentally started working at Splunk. This is one you don't want to miss. Video version: https://youtu.be/Z_IqzhwGxnU

Hal and Burch close out .conf22! Join them as they barely hold it together after three jam-packed days of .conf! This is a "rebroadcast" of what was live on Splunk.TV. Enjoy! Original airdate: Thursday, June 16, 2022 01:30pm PST Video version: https://youtu.be/ag3y_UK1LE4

Watch as Hal and Burch finally meet in person for the FIRST EVER PHYSICAL BROADCAST FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR!!! In this episode, the SplunkTalk gang share what they are excited about at .conf22 just after watching the opening keynote. This is a "rebroadcast" of what was live on Splunk.TV. Enjoy! Original airdate: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:30am PST Video version: https://youtu.be/nTvN80zGIjI

Join us as we kick back with our ol' pal, long time Splunker, brilliant engineer, and overall great guy, Sanford Owings. We catch up with him about his career path, time at Splunk and his current focus on SVCs - a new take on licensing which unlocks possibilities for more efficient use of the Splunk platform! Video version: https://youtu.be/bbhJsdlNgLw

SplunkTalk returns! In this episode long time Splunker, Ryan Kovar, teaches Hal and Burch all about SURGe, security, and stitching. As an added bonus, Burch makes a complete fool out of himself with the editing of this episode...SURPRISE! Learn more about SURGe @ https://www.splunk.com/en_us/surge.html Video version: https://youtu.be/DUpaqYV16BY

In this, the last "rebroadcast" from .conf21's live Splunk.TV, SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch kick off Day 2 of .conf21 with their perspective on what's exciting to see, what exciting that they've heard, and finally a special NOT appearance by Hal's long lost relative! Video version: https://youtu.be/NwTy37PQTsM

In this "rebroadcast" of what was live on Splunk.TV, SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch recap Day 1 of .conf21, explore Splunk Trivia submitted by listeners, and dive back into blockchain with Splunker Antoine Toulme. Original airdate: Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 4:00pm PST Video version: https://youtu.be/u5YQebAy5hU

In this "rebroadcast" of what was live on Splunk.TV, SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch share their perspectives immediately following the .conf21 Keynote. Enjoy! Video version: https://youtu.be/9CQZbLagcnU

Your pals at SplunkTalk got a sweet opportunity to wake up the party that is .conf21! This is a "rebroadcast" of what was live on Splunk.TV. Enjoy! Video version: https://youtu.be/xASG-8Qo9KA

SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch sit down with the brains behind the new Unified Dashboard Framework and Splunk Dashboard Studio, Nick Filippi and Lizzy Li. From AdvancedXML, to SimpleXML, to forms, to UDF and the future - the group adventures through all things dashboards in this charming episode. Enjoy! Video version: https://youtu.be/jiQzz7nmDcU

In this episode we are super excited to go deep on Apache Pulsar and the challenges of stream processing at scale! We are joined by Jerry Peng, Principal Software Engineer at Splunk, a very active committer and PMC member to the Apache Heron, Storm, and Pulsar projects, and co-creator of several important Pulsar components. Check it out! Video version: https://youtu.be/QgokB1FlnTg

In this episode, Hal and Burch talk with the ever so ebullient Jenna Eagle, an IT Ops Strategist at Splunk. She’s working on some super interesting stuff in the world of o11y (that’s short for observability for those not yet in the know) and we thought you might agree. So, please do join us and listen, or watch, or…smell? No--forget that last one. Bad idea. Video version: https://youtu.be/SSfqpTqazR0

Connecting customers back to product management is no easy feat for a growing company. Fortunately, Splunk has Jeff Champagne in place as the Director of Field Product Management (PM) to solve that challenge. In this episode your hosts, Hal and Burch, learn all about roadmaps, advisory boards, compliance and all the things necessary to bridge between the field and product management. Plus a silly amount of name dropping and shout outs. Video version: https://youtu.be/naGYXBk4a4c

Hal and Burch learn all about the Sales Engineering Academy with the program's stewards Nikki Nair and Manan Grover. Interestingly, Nikki and Manan started at Splunk as interns, or SplunkTerns. At Splunk, their careers have flourished such that through their Sales Engineering Academy they educate, empower and embolden the future of Splunk's Sales Engineering staff. Video version: https://youtu.be/hZnYLEKO9j4

Splunk Tech Talks have been a great success! So much so that we want to learn more about them! Well, good thing we invited Rinita Datta and Melissa Perez to tell us all about how they work, who can join, and what to expect you'll get out of them. Learn more about Splunk Tech Talks at https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Tech-Talks/bg-p/splunktechtalks Video version: https://youtu.be/HaRtiVaA6Ew

SplunkTalk returns with special guests Chris Chan and Ryan O'Connor talking all about Splunk4Good's work. Join your favorite goofballs as Hal and Burch explore a variety of Splunk4Good topics, including how Splunk has been used to track the US Election and provide trends and insights into the Covid-19 pandemic. Video version: https://youtu.be/xLpHYlusN-I

Shelly Kornbloom. Yes, that Shelly Kornbloom. Famous from his role as the VP for Marketing Special Ops and Catering at the Splunk T-Shirt Company. Shelly joins Hal and Burch in the final SplunkTalk broadcast for .conf20 to talk all about his career, his company (Splunk T-Shirt Company, not to be confused with Splunk, our company), and how he landed the gig of hosting .conf20! Oh, and this episode is technically the opening act for Will Ferrell...so you're welcome, Will. The Splunk T-Shirt Company: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/splunklife/the-splunk-t-shirt-company.html Video version: https://youtu.be/gokY5OBptC0

Join us as we "connect" with guest Jesse Chor, our Senior Director of Mobile Engineering. In this, the eighth SplunkTalk broadcast at .conf20, hosts Hal and Burch speak with Jesse about how Splunk software allows folks to use their mobile devices to stay connected to their data. As a bonus, we learn that Jesse may be the most handy DiYer guest SplunkTalk has ever seen! Video version: https://youtu.be/Xu33AwnqHzk

Did someone call security? Jim Apger, Kelby Shelton, and Kyle Champlin join us in our seventh .conf20 broadcast to cover all things security. Topics start with bad puns and meander into product updates within the security domain. Video version: https://youtu.be/iaykhQ7vb2Q

Can you "contain" you're excitement for running Splunk in microservices? We couldn't so we brought in guests Patrick Ogdin & Sirish Mohan to gab all about it in our sixth broadcast at .conf20. Learn what Splunk's up to with containers and you might even get to meet that "k8" girl that everyone's talking about. Video version: https://youtu.be/pTOeikx9sXo

Hal and Burch's virtual galivants at .conf20 wouldn't be possible without...conf! And .conf20 wouldn't be possible without the GEMs of Splunk! Two such GEMs join us for our 5th .conf20 SplunkTalk broadcast: Ben Dearinger (BenFuego) & Sarah Mills (SMills) of the Global Event Marketing (GEM) team. Besides hearing behind the scenes stories, this gaggle of geese discuss Burch's big .conf20 bingo card win and Hal's chicken wings. Oh, and thanks to Gwen Stefani for being our opening act. Video version: https://youtu.be/7R9ZoQzb7gg

Guest Dave McAllister join Hal and Burch in the 3rd .conf20 SplunkTalk broadcast to talk about the Splunk's approach to End-to-End Observability Monitoring. See you if you can "observe" all the bad jokes... Video version: https://youtu.be/Vs6xvm1gJmQ

Guests Giovanni Mola and Gregg Daly join Hal and Burch in the 2nd .conf20 SplunkTalk broadcast to talk about the Splunk Platform, Splunk® Data Stream Processor (DSP), Workload Management, and "All That Jazz"! Video Version: https://youtu.be/VPCQ8owkB4g

Hal and Burch had the high honors of providing color commentary and interviews throughout this years user conference, .conf20. In this first of nine episodes, Burch and Hal share their excitement for the virtual conference, what's new with .conf20, and the usual amount of silly quips. Video version: https://youtu.be/qkwhWVET8fg

Guests Martin Wiser and Kara Gillis join us in our 4th .conf20 SplunkTalk broadcast to spread the gossip about the hot new Service Intelligence for SAP® Solutions and the revamped Splunk® IT Essentials. This episode starts with giggles and ends with smiles. Enjoy! Video version: https://youtu.be/-QdZQL_6DWI

Join Burch and Hal (Hal & Burch?) as we return to the topic of inheriting a deployment with a couple of Splunk OGs: Matt Ness and Malcolm Moore. They are some of the original authors of the "Inherit a Splunk Enterprise Deployment" manual in docs, and we wanted to get them on record about The Way Things Were. Video version: https://youtu.be/uzOPCgih8HQ Link to the "Inherit a Splunk Enterprise Deployment" manual: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/InheritedDeployment

Inheriting a Splunk deployment can be daunting. It's like buying a house that's already got a family inside. But instead of people, there's data. And instead of furniture, there's knowledge objects. And instead of love, there's SPL...wait, that is love. Ok, nevermind. Join Hal and Burch as they sit down with a party of Splunkers that all have first hand experience with inheriting a Splunk deployment. Tips, tricks, and best practices rain on this fiesta thanks to guests Andre Pietsch, Brian Cusick, David Paper, and Mark Houston-Ludlam. Audio version: https://youtu.be/vqtxp3dyMHo

In this adventure of SplunkTalk, our heros find themselves searching for "answers". Fortunately, Patrick Pablo, Splunk's Sr. Community Content Manager, is there to save them with the new "community". Hear all about the re-platform of Splunk community with a side order of giggles. Video version: https://youtu.be/u0sEBIDsOgM

In this episode of the SplunkTalk podcast, we interview Jesse Miller, Splunk's Director of Splunk Ideas, or as you might know it: ideas.splunk.com. Learn about all the impact he's made over his many years at Splunk as well as the new Splunk Ideas portal, where you can search for, vote on, and request new enhancements (called an idea) for any of the Splunk solutions. Video version: https://youtu.be/wvrdCHhQx3U

In this episode of the SplunkTalk podcast, we interview Christopher Gales, Splunk's Senior Director of Documentation and lead author of the The Product is Docs. Our discussion spans from his path to Splunk all the way to the recent release of the second edition of the book. The book, The Product is Docs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085KHTV95 Video version: https://youtu.be/Svw_mpeQCgk

In this episode of the SplunkTalk podcast, we interview Nate McKervey, Splunk's Director of Blockchain Product Management. We discuss the many hats he's worn at Splunk and the various ways Blockchain may influence our lives. Video version: https://youtu.be/GVVQSVGsXPs

In this episode of the SplunkTalk podcast, we interview Arijit Mukherji, distinguished architect at Splunk, and former CTO of SignalFx. We talk about his journey to building great software, as well as the importance of observability in the industry. Video version: https://youtu.be/JfP7-df52uU