A Software called Splunk

Splunk from www.splunk.com is a software that helps

* Index and search all of your IT data generated by your Windows
desktops, servers and applications.
* See all data – registry, event logs, network and security device
logs, system performance – in a single, related view.
* Track down who installed what, when and where. Save and schedule
searches as proactive alerts to improve monitoring coverage over time.
* Speed up root-cause analysis and pinpoin…

Splunk from www.splunk.com is a software that helps

* Index and search all of your IT data generated by your Windows
desktops, servers and applications.
* See all data – registry, event logs, network and security device
logs, system performance – in a single, related view.
* Track down who installed what, when and where. Save and schedule
searches as proactive alerts to improve monitoring coverage over time.
* Speed up root-cause analysis and pinpoint which system is the
problem. Reports and dashboards let you keep watch across the servers you manage.

You can use Splunk  in the following ( from the website)

Operations.

Improve service levels and recover from problems faster.

Security.

Thwart attacks with quick, in-depth incident response.

Compliance.

E-Discovery, FFIEC, FISMA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX without disrupting operations.

Business Intelligence.

See your transactions as they happen.

Its quite nice and should be tried by IT administrators and server managers for analysis of logs. It is also now available in all Windows editions -Downloadable here

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SplunkInc./17589c269e/2ba88cef29/54cbdb46ca

And it is free 🙂