Log data as collected from operating systems, appliances, and applications is extremely unstructured. You can’t imagine how much so. Unless you are an analyst working with logs or you have a past where you were “grepping” data in log files, you are probably not aware of the infinite variety of formats and lack of standardization. If this is the case, you likely have a less-than-complete understanding of the story logs can tell – be it security incidents, IT operations irregularities, and a myriad of other business insights.

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