Stay Connected: Your Guide to May Tech Talks, Office Hours, and Webinars!

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What are Community Office Hours?

Community Office Hours is an interactive 60-minute Zoom series where participants can ask questions and engage with technical Splunk experts on various topics. Whether you're just starting your journey with Splunk or looking for best practices to take your deployment to the next level, Community Office Hours provides a safe and open environment for you to get help.

If you have an issue you can’t seem to resolve, have a question you’re eager to get answered by Splunk experts, are exploring new use cases, or just want to sit and listen in, Community Office Hours is for you!

What are Tech Talks?

Tech Talks are designed to accelerate adoption and ensure your success. In these engaging 60-minute sessions, we dive deep into best practices, share valuable insights, and explore additional use cases to expand your knowledge and proficiency with our products.

Whether you're looking to optimize your workflows, discover new functionalities, or troubleshoot challenges, Tech Talks is your go-to resource.

OBSERVABILITY

Tech Talk | Best Strategies to Optimize Observability Costs	May 6, 2025 at 11am PT	We’ll cover how to: Reduce log ingestion for new use cases and optimize licensing​ Centralize pipeline management​ Gain visibility into metric volume and usage to identify waste​ Overcome tool sprawl​ And much more!
Office Hours | Data Management in Observability Cloud	May 20, 2025 at 11am PT	What can I ask in this AMA? What capabilities does Splunk have to balance costs and data volume? How does the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector help filter out data to reduce ingestion costs? What are some ways that I can scale confidently without breaking the bank? How can I filter, aggregate, and archive data for optimal storage and analytics? Anything else you'd like to learn about!

PLATFORM

Tech Talk | Mastering Data Pipelines: Unlocking Value with Splunk	May 8, 2025 at 11am PT	Join this Tech Talk to learn how Splunk can help you unlock the value of your security and observability data by building an effective data management strategy. Understand how Splunk’s approach to federated data management can help you maximize the value of data. Build effective pipelines using our latest SPL2-powered data processing capabilities to collect, transform and route data based on your business needs. Run effective searches on data in Amazon S3 without having to ingest or index data into Splunk.
Tech Talk | Advanced Splunk Data Management Strategies	May 14, 2025 at 11am PT	Join us for an insightful Tech Talk where we explore key learnings and best practices learned from a recent study of SOC practitioners on data management: What are the current challenges with data ingestion? What to think about as you consider data relevance in a finely tuned TDIR practice? What outcomes can you expect by deploying advanced data management strategies?
Office Hours | Platform: Splunk + Cisco Integrations	May 22, 2025 at 1pm PT	What can I ask in this AMA? What Splunk and Cisco integrations are available today? What tools/TAs can I use to integrate my Splunk and Cisco data? How can we ingest ASA, IOS, Meraki, or ThousandEyes data? How can I view and analyze incidents within Splunk ES using Cisco XDR as a data source? How do AppDynamics and Splunk Observability Cloud work together? Anything else you’d like to learn!