implementing powerful it search on the cloud
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Partners in Cloud Computing
Management: Splunk
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Your Panel Today
RightScale• Josh Fraser – VP, Business Development• Ed Goldberg - Evangelist• On Q&A: Matthew Small – Sr. Account Manager• On Q&A: David Welch – Sales Engineer
Splunk• Michael Wilde – Director of Powered Associate
Program• On Q&A: Simon Shelston – Solutions Architect
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Welcome Brief Demo: Follow the Break-in RightScale & Splunk Partnership Splunk IT Search Splunk Tour How to add Splunk to RightScale
Deployment Q&A – Getting StartedPlease use chat to ask questions anytime!
Agenda
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Logs
Demo: Follow the Break-in
US Cloud
EU Cloud
Statistics
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AUTOMATEDMANAGEMENTAUTOMATED
MANAGEMENTCOMPONENT
LIBRARIESCOMPONENT
LIBRARIESEXPERTISE
& SUPPORTEXPERTISE
& SUPPORT
EXPERTISE
RIGHTSCRIPTS
MYSQL MGR
WEB SITE
GRID
Cloud ApplicationsCloud Applications
AmazonAmazon FlexiScaleFlexiScale RackspaceRackspace GoGridGoGrid Other CloudsOther Clouds
Righ
tSca
leCloud Management Platform
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Cloud Deployment Life Cycle
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Customer Needs• Drivers to RightScale
– Fast On-ramp to Clouds
– Automate systems management
– Platform to manage complexity of cloud infrastructure
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RightScale & Splunk Partnership• RightScale ISV Program
– Fill the gaps– Traditional, static approaches aren’t agile enough– Reduces barriers to entry for deploying in the cloud through
pre-integrated ServerTemplates and RightScripts
• Customers were looking for better tools around logging, compliance, security, and business analytics
• Customers were asking for Splunk– Real-time IT search for a dynamic world– Complementary, cloud-friendly pricing model– Splunk Powered Associate Program
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Imagine
Splunk lets you search your entire IT infrastructure from one place in real time.
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“With Splunk we investigate incidents in
seconds not hours or days. We’ve already
reassigned five analysts”
Dave HazekampSecurity Architect
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One Splunk. Many Uses.
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Splunk Search
• Real time, ad-hoc Splunk Search delivers relevance in a variety of contexts
• Follow the connection between related data across different hosts
• Search for errors, keywords, events, hosts, sources, fields, transactions and statistics
• Distribute searches across multiple Splunk Servers in different clouds and geographies – and instances that are offline!
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Find information across silosof hard to understand IT data/
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Splunk Alerts
• Scheduled searches for real time alerts
• Trigger notifications and actions based on content of search results
• Notify via RSS, Email or SNMP to other security or management consoles
• Take actions by triggering scripts to automate routine IT activities
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Proactive monitoring with notifications and actions.
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Splunk Reports
• Combines interactive reporting with the speed, flexibility and scale of Splunk Search
• One click, ad-hoc reports across volumes of IT data lets anyone visualize results
• Pivot on any fields without complicated schemas or re-indexing of data
• Schedule and distribute reports via RSS or Email
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Summarize, visualize and analyze search results.
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Download and install in minutes. Easy to Get Started
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Immediate Business ImpactDownload and install in minutes. Deploy in hours. ROI in days.
Use Case Benefits Business Impact
Operations Problem troubleshooting
Speed MTTR up to 70%Cut escalations up to 90%
Higher service levelsLower operations costs
Security Security investigationFaster response timeIncreased productivity
Eliminate exposure & riskLower security costs
Compliance Control reportingComprehensive inputsEasy to setup & maintain
Broader complianceLower compliance costs
Business Analytics Transaction tracingEnd to end visibilityNo new instrumentation
More informed decisionsCost effective analytics
Service Providers Customer self serviceFaster response timeFewer escalations
Customer satisfactionLower support costs
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Demonstrations
• Splunk Tour
• Adding Splunk to RightScale Deployment
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Contact a RightScale representative for a live demo or request presentation slides at: [email protected] (866) 720 – 0208
Sign up for a free developer account at: RightScale.com/FreeTrial
Splunk is accessible in Partner Templates section of the RightScale Free Trial
Q&A - Getting Started
Thank you for listening!
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Best Practices in the Cloud: Managing the Deployment Life Cycle