Big Data Analytics Using Splunk is a hands-on book showing how to
process and derive business value from big data in real time. Examples
in the book draw from social media sources such as Twitter (tweets) and
Foursquare (check-ins). You also learn to draw from machine data,
enabling you to analyze, say, web server log files and patterns of user
access in real time, as the access is occurring. Gone are the days when
you need be caught out by shifting public opinion or sudden changes in
customer behavior. Splunk's easy to use engine helps you recognize and
react in real time, as events are occurring.
Splunk is a powerful, yet simple analytical tool fast gaining traction
in the fields of big data and operational intelligence. Using Splunk,
you can monitor data in real time, or mine your data after the fact.
Splunk's stunning visualizations aid in locating the needle of value in
a haystack of a data. Geolocation support spreads your data across a
map, allowing you to drill down to geographic areas of interest. Alerts
can run in the background and trigger to warn you of shifts or events as
they are taking place.
With Splunk you can immediately recognize and react to changing trends
and shifting public opinion as expressed through social media, and to
new patterns of eCommerce and customer behavior. The ability to
immediately recognize and react to changing trends provides a tremendous
advantage in today's fast-paced world of Internet business. Big Data
Analytics Using Splunk opens the door to an exciting world of real-time
operational intelligence.
- Built around hands-on projects
- Shows how to mine social media
- Opens the door to real-time operational intelligence
