Splunk .conf26: What Network Engineers Need to Know
NetworkWorld, Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
Network World assesses which Splunk .conf26 announcements actually matter for network operations teams.
Network World singles out the new Network Intelligence App for Splunk Observability as the most consequential .conf26 announcement for network engineers, because it pulls topology, device health and event data into one place so an alert can be traced to the affected device without dashboard hopping.
ThousandEyes integration extends visibility beyond enterprise-controlled infrastructure to third-party dependencies.
The article also treats AI observability as a network operations problem, since distributed agents impose reliability demands beyond uptime, and covers Splunk's Tokenomics cost controls. It closes with practical piloting advice.