Data Analytics is an important field for businesses around the globe. Companies are collecting more data than ever before. Through a variety of different techniques, companies are able to make qualitative and quantitative observations about behavioral and data patterns. From these observations they are able to make better and more competitive business decisions.
Partnership with Splunk
Splunk has recently updated their offering for Splunk Pledge. As UConn is a member of Splunk Pledge, UConn receives select free training from Splunk. Below is the summary of the free trainings that anyone at the University may receive. In order to access the free training, and also find information about jobs related to Splunk, please visit https://workplus.splunk.com/universities and register for an account with your uconn.edu e-mail address.
Please note that after registering for an account, you may need to wait up to one business day for your approval to take the free training. During that time you may see "pending approval" listed under courses during that waiting period.
Splunk Fundamentals 1
Course Title: Splunk Fundamentals I
Estimated Time to Complete: 5 Hours
Course Cost: Free to anyone with a uconn.edu e-mail address
Splunk Fundamentals II
Course Title: Splunk Fundamentals 2
Estimated Time to Complete: 14 Hours
Course Cost: Free to anyone with a uconn.edu e-mail address
Splunk>4good
Splunk influences its partners, employees, and user to inspire and participate in global social change.
Through Splunk4Good, Splunk makes machine data accessible, usable, and valuable to everyone. Splunk works with their community partners to utilize machine data in powering social change and offers free licenses to all university affiliates.
Tech Kits
Tech Kits are part of the walk-in service provided by OPIM Innovate. There are three levels of difficulty meant for different users and their experience with the different technologies. Many of the Tech Kits build off each other as you progress.
Beginner
Introducing Splunk
Length: 30 - 60 Minutes
Description: Over the last decade, there has been exponential growth in machine data, due in part to the rise of IoT devices. Now, in the “Big Data” era, Splunk is used for searching, monitoring, analyzing, and visualizing machine-generated big data. This tech kit provides an overview of the Splunk interface and reviews Splunk Fundamentals 1 training.
*Ensure you complete Splunk Fundamentals 1 as a prerequisite for Splunk Beginner.
Intermediate
Generating Dashboard Visualizations in Splunk
Length: 30 - 60 Minutes
Description: Building upon Splunk Beginner, this tech kit provides an avenue to test and further deepen skills gained. With an emphasis on statistical analysis, it reviews basic searching commands and principles, using fields in searching, leveraging transforming commands, and aggregating data visualizations to create dashboards.
*Ensure you complete Splunk Fundamentals 1 as a prerequisite for Splunk Intermediate.
Advanced
Validating the Power of Statistical Analysis in Splunk
Length: 30 - 60 Minutes
Description: Splunk Advanced examines more advanced statistical analysis concepts. These include outlier detection principles, correlation matrices, aggregate functions, T-tests, 3D bubble charts, macros, the eval command, data models, and more. It is designed as a review of the Splunk Fundamentals 2 training.
*Ensure you complete Splunk Fundamentals 1 and Splunk Fundamentals 2 as a prerequisite.
Resources
Splunk 7.2.1
With Splunk Enterprise, you can search, analyze, and visualize data derived from your IT infrastructure. The data is taken from websites, applications, devices, sensors, etc. Splunk Enterprise then analyzes your data stream into individual events for your viewing and searching purposes.