In with the New!

Posted by Caroline Givnish on October 31, 2014 Function1 function1.com, function1, website redesign

As we welcome a new season, we invite you to enjoy the revitalized Function1.com! At Function1, we practice what we preach. We are constantly evaluating our brand communication efforts and decided it was time to focus on a modernized, refreshed look for our website. We’re still the same, first-rate enterprise technology firm you met seven years ago; we just needed a little facelift to aptly reflect our ever-expanding team and client base.

Our new home page showcases interactive components including a slider feature as well as the highlighted recent blog posts from every service line...

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Jazzing Up Your Dashboards: Dynamic Drilldown 101

Posted by Natalie Kalas on October 28, 2014 Operational Intelligence Splunk, dashboard, drilldown

Time and time again, our customers find the most value in Splunk when they can visualize their data. By using the tokenization of certain fields, customers have the ability to drilldown into certain elements of their data. Drilling down into maps, charts, and graphs within the same dashboard, gives customers the ability to pinpoint problems and solutions quickly and efficiently. Now that Splunk utilizes simple XML for dashboard design, jazzing up your dashboards is easier than ever before!

Using sample data, I will walk you through some of these dynamic features below.

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Project Management Myths or Facts? You be the judge.

Posted by Puja Katari on October 22, 2014 Best Practices project management, project manager, value

What does it take to manage a project?  You’d think by now the answer should be well established, but it’s still a gray area for many.  Even though it is integrated into most professional work environments, project management is still surrounded by a lot of misconceptions and myths. There are so many opinions out there as to what project management is about (or not about) and some are more common than others.  On a previous project I was working on, the customer saw no value in having a project manager.  He felt that project managers just got in the way of his team’s ability to complete...

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Acquia Certification Exam - Worth it?

Posted by Casey Fox on October 21, 2014 Drupal Acquia, Certification, Exam

I once read “Certifications are a useful indicator only when people don't know how to look for other indicators.” It’s great for recruiters to see, for future employers who not be completely familiar with Drupal, or developers new to Drupal and don’t have the strong presence or portfolio. However for the thousands of established developers, some may see it as an addition to their portfolio while others may see it as a waste of time and money, but at $250, it’s probably worth an attempt.

Since Acquia launched the exam one question I’ve been seeing a lot is: “Does Drupal need a...

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Extending the Power of Pivot

Posted by Rupak Pandya on October 16, 2014 Operational Intelligence Splunk 6, Splunk, data model

Data models were introduced with the release of Splunk 6 back in Oct of 2013. By now, Splunk users are aware of the pivot feature that allows them to build various types of reports that are fueled by data models without having to know the Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL). The Pivot Editor is a great way to build these reports, it allows users to simply point and click their way to creating reports/charts/graphs that provide great insight. This feature is great for users that only want to use the Pivot Editor to create their reports. However, you cannot add the Pivot Editor to a...

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