Most organizations will start using Splunk in one of three areas: IT operations management, information security, or development operations (DevOps).
Common organizational use cases
IT operations
IT operations have moved from predominantly being a cost center to also being a revenue center. Today, many of the world's oldest companies also make money based on IT services and/or systems. As a result, the delivery of these IT services must be monitored and, ideally, proactively remedied before failures occur. Ensuring that hardware such as servers, storage, and network devices are functioning properly via their log data is important. Organizations can also log and monitor mobile and browser-based software applications for...
