Splunk announced updates to several products including Splunk MINT, Splunk Light and Hunk.
“At .conf2015, we are showcasing innovations across our entire portfolio of software and cloud solutions, and Hunk, Splunk Light and Splunk MINT are important pillars of our customers’ overall data strategy,” said Shay Mowlem, VP Product Management and Product Marketing, Splunk. “Splunk MINT and Hunk help organizations gain value from two of the fastest-growing sources of data, mobile data and historical data in Hadoop. Small IT teams can also now utilize Splunk Light as a cloud service.”
Hunk - Splunk Analytics for Hadoop: Hunk 6.3 is a full-featured, integrated analytics platform used to interactively explore, analyze and visualize big data in Hadoop and Amazon S3. Go to the Hunk page on the Splunk website to download the Hunk sandbox or to sign up for a free trial. Benefits include:
- Drive down total cost of ownership for Splunk users who can archive historical data from Splunk Enterprise to HDFS and Amazon S3 on commodity hardware for low-cost long-term storage and use Hunk to perform analytics on the historical data transferred to Hadoop.
- Splunk users can leverage the advanced analytics and visualization capabilities they know and love in Splunk Enterprise on the data stored in Hadoop without needing to learn a new solution.
- Analyze data transferred from Splunk Enterprise to Hadoop using third-party Hadoop tools such as Hive and Pig without needing to transform or replicate data.
Splunk Light: Now available as a cloud service, starting at just $90 per month, and delivers the power of Splunk to small IT environments. This full-featured log search and analysis solution makes harnessing machine data even more accessible to small IT environments by eliminating the time and expense of server purchasing, setup and maintenance. Try the free trial of Splunk Light as a cloud service. Benefits include:
- Gain real-time log search and analysis for tactical troubleshooting by collecting, indexing, monitoring, searching, alerting and analyzing any log data in real time from one place.
- Priced for small IT environments, with access to global support and a passionate community of users.
- Easily upgrade to the full Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud for seamless transition to the platform for real-time Operational Intelligence.
Splunk MINT: Runs as an application on top of Splunk Enterprise and now, Splunk Cloud, to deliver enhanced Operational Intelligence with mobile data for developers, operations and product management. Splunk MINT delivers Mobile Intelligence to improve the mobile app user experience. Learn more about Splunk MINT on the Splunk website. Benefits include:
- More developer insight with Stacktrace graphs and screen tracking that offers real-time insight into how users are engaging your app and how many users are affected by performance problems.
- Detailed user analytics including events, screen tracking and user flows that provide powerful feedback to Splunk MINT users.
- Additional mobile app support for hybrid mobile applications that integrate HTML5 web browsers with native mobile OS capabilities.
The Latest
According to Auvik's 2025 IT Trends Report, 60% of IT professionals feel at least moderately burned out on the job, with 43% stating that their workload is contributing to work stress. At the same time, many IT professionals are naming AI and machine learning as key areas they'd most like to upskill ...
Businesses that face downtime or outages risk financial and reputational damage, as well as reducing partner, shareholder, and customer trust. One of the major challenges that enterprises face is implementing a robust business continuity plan. What's the solution? The answer may lie in disaster recovery tactics such as truly immutable storage and regular disaster recovery testing ...
IT spending is expected to jump nearly 10% in 2025, and organizations are now facing pressure to manage costs without slowing down critical functions like observability. To meet the challenge, leaders are turning to smarter, more cost effective business strategies. Enter stage right: OpenTelemetry, the missing piece of the puzzle that is no longer just an option but rather a strategic advantage ...
Amidst the threat of cyberhacks and data breaches, companies install several security measures to keep their business safely afloat. These measures aim to protect businesses, employees, and crucial data. Yet, employees perceive them as burdensome. Frustrated with complex logins, slow access, and constant security checks, workers decide to completely bypass all security set-ups ...
In MEAN TIME TO INSIGHT Episode 13, Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, at EMA discusses hybrid multi-cloud networking strategy ...
In high-traffic environments, the sheer volume and unpredictable nature of network incidents can quickly overwhelm even the most skilled teams, hindering their ability to react swiftly and effectively, potentially impacting service availability and overall business performance. This is where closed-loop remediation comes into the picture: an IT management concept designed to address the escalating complexity of modern networks ...
In 2025, enterprise workflows are undergoing a seismic shift. Propelled by breakthroughs in generative AI (GenAI), large language models (LLMs), and natural language processing (NLP), a new paradigm is emerging — agentic AI. This technology is not just automating tasks; it's reimagining how organizations make decisions, engage customers, and operate at scale ...
In the early days of the cloud revolution, business leaders perceived cloud services as a means of sidelining IT organizations. IT was too slow, too expensive, or incapable of supporting new technologies. With a team of developers, line of business managers could deploy new applications and services in the cloud. IT has been fighting to retake control ever since. Today, IT is back in the driver's seat, according to new research by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) ...
In today's fast-paced and increasingly complex network environments, Network Operations Centers (NOCs) are the backbone of ensuring continuous uptime, smooth service delivery, and rapid issue resolution. However, the challenges faced by NOC teams are only growing. In a recent study, 78% state network complexity has grown significantly over the last few years while 84% regularly learn about network issues from users. It is imperative we adopt a new approach to managing today's network experiences ...
From growing reliance on FinOps teams to the increasing attention on artificial intelligence (AI), and software licensing, the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report digs into how organizations are improving cloud spend efficiency, while tackling the complexities of emerging technologies ...