Splunk, this week has unveiled Splunk® Enterprise 6.2, the latest version of its core enterprise machine data offering that extends Splunk Analytics to a broader user base with improved scalability. Splunk Enterprise 6.2 delivers simplified analysis and powerful pattern detection that enables more users across IT and business to discover relationships in their data and build advanced analytics. The new release will be available as software for on-premises, cloud or hybrid deployments, and as a cloud service through Splunk Cloud, and will be in the market from October 28.
Splunk, the provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, said that the new release reduces total cost of ownership by improving scalability of concurrent searches and eliminating shared storage requirements. The latest version with a new interface and intuitive wizard makes it easier for data onboarding and preparation, advanced field extractor, more powerful anaytics creation for even non-specialist users without knowledge of Splunk Search Processing Language.
"Splunk Enterprise 6.2 gives easier, more intuitive analysis to casual and less technical users, through enhanced automated discovery of valuable patterns in the machine data. It is the latest advancement in our focus to deliver stronger IT and business insights through powerful, yet easy-to-use, analytics that can be created and used across the organization. With improved scalability, elimination of shared storage requirements, and a new Distributed Management Console, Splunk Enterprise 6.2 will also drive greater efficiency for the thousands of organizations that rely on Splunk to gain operational intelligence.”
- Guido Schroeder, senior vice president of products, Splunk