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• Splunk to lay off 4% of workforce to reduce costs

  The data observability software provider will incur $28 million in charges on the planned downsizing plan, primarily related to severance payments.

• Deloitte expands managed XDR platform with CrowdStrike and Splunk

  Deloitte has announced an update to its XDR platform, designed to boost capabilities to collect intelligence, hunt for threats, and secure mobile devices.

• Splunk appoints Gary Steele as new CEO

  Splunk has named ex-Proofpoint leader Gary Steele as its new CEO, three months after the surprise resignation of long-time CEO Doug Merritt.

• MongoDB recruits Splunk’s Simon Eid to drive APAC growth

  MongoDB has named Splunk’s former group vice president in Australia and New Zealand, Simon Eid, as its new Asia Pacific senior vice president.

• New security technique could pinpoint supply chain compromises

  Researchers at Splunk outline a technique that could detect malicious activity in the software supply chain, but with some limitations.

• Splunk enters the ‘Partnerverse’ with new channel program

  Splunk has revealed details of its new partner program, which comes with a new badge system that includes focus areas on cloud migration and zero trust services.

• Splunk bundles ‘smart’ telemetry dashboards for cloud-native development

  Splunk has released Obervability Cloud, to help customers gain end-to-end observability across a range of enterprise systems and applications.

• Splunk bolsters Observability Suite with Flowmill buy

  Splunk has inked an agreement to acquire Californian cloud network observability specialist Flowmill in a move expected to further expand Splunk’s existing observability capabilities.

• Splunk Cloud comes to Google Cloud

  Splunk Cloud, the cloud-based implementation of Splunk’s logging and analysis services, will soon be made available on Google Cloud.

• How the Phantom acquisition changed Splunk's approach to automation

  Since its acquisition of Phantom, Splunk has been folding the start-up's automation and orchestration expertise into its IT and security monitoring portfolio.

• "Data silos are good" according to Splunk CEO Doug Merritt

  The CEO of Splunk is doubling down on his belief that data silos are not the enterprise bogeyman they are often made out to be.

• Splunk makes partner enhancements and acquires Streamlio

  Splunk has made new enhancements to its Partner+ Technology Alliance Program to increase the value of partners in building connectors, apps and add-ons.

• Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Splunk and Accenture are serial AI acquirers

  Acquisitions within the artificial intelligence market continue to increase at pace with technology giants accounting for the bulk share of spending.

• Why one university CIDO aligned with Splunk

  As a research-intensive Russell Group university with around 22,000 students and 4,500 staff, the University of Exeter collects a lot of valuable information.

• Deloitte snaps up Sydney-based Splunk specialists

  Deloitte has acquired Converging Data Australia, a Sydney-based risk consulting business with expertise in Splunk technologies.