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Organized Chaos

Posted by Avani Cheriathundam on Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 08:39 Best Practices, Function1 project management, tools, organization, task management, pmo, process improvement

As a project manager, choosing the right project management tool for your company isn’t an easy task and organizations can take months (sometimes even years!) before deciding on a solution that fits best. You want a tool that can do it all; from internal projects, to client work, and tracking time - without the process having a huge impact on the company. After all, the goal is to help your team get organized, not cause more chaos.

So, how do you even begin your search? With the millions of tools available it can seem like a daunting task, but following the simple steps below can...

Using Splunk to Predict the Weather

Posted by Alex Wade on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 12:22 Cool Tools Splunk, Weather, DarkSky API, tools

Planning a camping trip can take a lot of time. You have to figure out how many tents you need, what kind of tents, how much food to pack, what tools you need to bring, what clothes you need to wear, etc. A lot of the plans can be based off of one thing, the weather. Going to a rain forest? Pack a heavy rain jacket, a couple of tarps, and waterproof everything. Going to the desert? Pack a sun hat, shorts, and containers for water. Unfortunately, unless you know you’re going to a place with extreme weather, you might not be able to perfectly predict the weather.

This is where Splunk...

Introducing Luna, Combining the Power of Splunk and Slack!

Posted by Anshu Rastogi on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 10:01 Operational Intelligence function1, Products, Splunk, Slack, tools, Bots

Introducing Luna

We're excited to announce the launch of Luna, the tool that lets teams interact with Splunk from within Slack. Luna allows organizations to access reporting and analytics from Splunk without ever leaving the Slack application. Luna's users can enter Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) queries or Splunk report names in Slack and the results (in the form of data visualizations) are then displayed inside of their Slack channel.

What can Luna do for you?

Let's take a look at the features that make Luna so...

Meet the Slack App for Splunk

Posted by Neena Bhutiani on Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 10:01 Cool Tools, Operational Intelligence Slack, Splunk, App, tools, function1, Operational Intelligence, productivity

We're excited to announce the release of our new Slack App for Splunk! The Slack App for Splunk helps to gain insight into your company’s Slack environment.

The app seamlessly monitors your team's Slack activity by leveraging the Slack App for Splunk’s modular inputs. The messages generated in your public Slack channels are collected and indexed into Splunk, ready for reporting!

The Slack App for Splunk also provides prebuilt dashboards for Slack monitoring. The app effortlessly track metrics including: where and how often your users are logging in and what channels are being...

No Take Backs – Tips on Email Etiquette

Posted by Puja Katari on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 10:50 Best Practices etiquette, tips, tools, communication, email

I’m sure you send and receive so many messages each day and have made a mistake or two that you wish you could take back. We’ve all been there and it’s something that sticks with us for days. You think about the all the other different ways you should’ve written the message whether it’s right before you go to bed or when you’re taking a shower.

In face-to-face communication, we rely heavily on non-verbal information like facial expression, body posture, gestures, and the tone on one’s voice to interpret a message. None of this exists when communicating electronically. Without...