Season 2 finale! In this episode, long-time SplunkTalk co-hosts, Hal and Burch, bid farewell to Season 2 by reflecting on the past five years of episodes. This episode features some behind-the-scenes commentary along with bits from the memories through the years. Plus Hal and Burch indulge in their own "orange story". You won't want to miss this episode...although if you do...you don't have to worry about falling behind. With love and admiration to all our listeners - thanks for keeping us going! Happy Splunking, Hal & Burch Video version: https://youtu.be/tGMIZqZe7bE

Hal and Burch sit down with Splunker extraordinaire, Clara Merriman, to talk about her journey from customer, to SPLing Bee champion, to SplunkTrust member, to engineer, and now manager of Splunk at Splunk. Clara's story is a dream come true for many and her story can't be missed! Video version: https://youtu.be/rS9jZpOoqDY

SplunkTalk hosts Hal and Burch connect with Joel Jacob to talk all things Splunk Edge Hub. Joel is the Principal Product Manager for IoT driving the product direction for Splunk Edge Hub. Learn more about how Splunk is helping others get data into Splunk faster and easier - on the edge - with the Splunk Edge Hub device. Video version: https://youtu.be/eJ1bwQMP80s P.S. Ignore Burch saying the wrong episode number at the top :)

While Hal and Burch hoped to cover baking tips in this episode, they instead learned all about Federated Search to Amazon S3 with Splunk's PM for Distributed Search, Luis Bosquez Gonzalez. ;) Luis helps Hal and Burch realize the immense potential when data stored in Amazon S3 becomes searchable in Splunk! Much more valuable than baking tips! Video version: https://youtu.be/j5sNpJnCYb0

Hal and Burch recap all they learned, experienced, and Splunked at .conf23. Original broadcast July 20, 2023 @: 10:15am PST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXHrGnZdxko Video version: https://youtu.be/my-LLh5XAkg

Robin Barre, head of Emerging Technologies, joins Hal and Burch to talk about all the mind-blowing product announcements related to her exciting domain! Original broadcast July 19, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QG8a5HnQiE Video version: https://youtu.be/t0HeAFgS0x4

Hal and Burch return LIVE at .conf23 to recap what went down at the two keynotes that kicked off .conf23 as well as what excites them about the events ahead. Original broadcast July 18, 2023 at 10am PST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eJO1zP35No Video version: https://youtu.be/_WR8j5QjfbY

Recorded in December of 2022 and held in the cold buckets until now... In this episode, Hal and Burch unpack a Splunk EdgeHub and learn all about SPL2 with special guest Jacob Stark! Video version: https://youtu.be/ZV4qgHe_tPE

After much delay Hal and Burch are back....in time! That's because this episode was actually recorded back in January of 2023 yet only released now! Eagle-eye viewers will also notice that episode 39 has been held...but that's no reason to continue to hold episode 40, so here it is! This episode features an explanation for the delay along with a compelling discussion with special guest Bryan Burns. Bryan joins Splunk from TwinWave and discusses the real-world security challenges that TwinWave's technology solves! Video version: https://youtu.be/g4zrmTUoeZg

Hal and Burch kick back with our dear old friend Jim Donn. Jim has worked with both Hal and Burch on various projects so this was a fun one to revisit old memories while also learning about the cool fun new hijinks that Jim's up to now. Video version: https://youtu.be/JTPbeYyAVtE

Hosts Hal and Burch take a ride back in time with super long time Splunker Deep Bains. Hear all about the origins of Splunk, some secrets on snacks, and how Deep accidentally started working at Splunk. This is one you don't want to miss. Video version: https://youtu.be/Z_IqzhwGxnU