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FLOW
Observability Simplified. See everything, control everything.

INTRODUCTION
FLOW aims to simplify and optimize pipeline control H I G H L I G H T S
through the use of artificial intelligence and machine
learning. It allows users to design, execute, and monitor
pipelines through a visual interface, making it easier to Flow helps identify noise and redundant data in data streams
understand and manage complex workflows. to significantly lower cost and help with faster remediations.

FLOW is your Swiss Army knife for observability data. Prepares your organization for scale by disproportionately
Collect all your logs and metrics from multiple sources, reducing resource requirements and keeps costs from
shed unwanted events and attributes, augment data spiraling even when data grows exponentially every year.
for better analysis, and ship them to any observabilty
platform of your choice such as Splunk, Apica, Elastic- Ensures compliance with security standards and regulations
search, etc. through PII masking and data transformations

Enriches and augments observability and security data to

CAPABILITIES
supercharge analytics for faster and better quality insights
Apica’s FLOW capabilities
include: Ships highest quality data to Apica’s LAKE and other
Pipeline control simplification and optimization through operational data lakes like Snowflake, BigQuery to enable
the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. decision making at the speed of business.

Automatic optimization of the flow of tasks in a pipeline

based on real-time data and performance metrics. It enables users to design, execute, and monitor pipelines with
a visual interface for better understanding of complex data
Multiple data sources and formats support, schedule, flows.
and automate pipelines and integration with a range of
tools and platforms.
Apica's FLOW simplifies and optimizes pipeline control through
Filter/Reduce: Optimizing spend and remediation the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
faster, 100% data control to maximize data value, Collect,
optimize, store, transform, route, and replay your
Controls and optimizes multiple data flows across diverse
observability data.
data sources, data formats from a centralized location.
Mask/Transform: Improving compliance and inter
preting better, Mask and obfuscate PII, build user-de-
fined extraction, removal, or obfuscation rules, and on-demand collection, or collection according to
visualize data pipeline in real-time.
a schedule that is easily configurable.
Enrich: Supercharging analytics and improving
predictions, Rule packs for data optimization, Trimming These capabilities help to simplify and optimize the
off excess data, and Augmenting log attributes.
pipeline control, ensure maximum efficiency, and
Route: Send the right data to the right target every minimize the risk of bottlenecks or errors, improve
time, Concentrate on optimizing your observability and compliance and data interpretation, supercharge
security efforts, and Send high-value data to costly analytics and improve predictions, and enable sending
analytics tools while simultaneously storing a full-fidelity
replica of the data in less expensive object storage. the right data to the right target every time.
Apica is an observability pipeline that you can easily
plug into the center of an existing system. Additionally, it optimizes spend and remediation faster,
Replay: Replay observability and security data improves data quality integration, and lower licensing
whenever you require insights. Get Real-time streaming, and infrastructure costs.

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One of the key advantages of FLOW is its ability to Enrich

automatically optimize the flow of tasks in a pipeline Supercharge analytics and improve predictions
based on real-time data and performance metrics.
By continuously monitoring the pipeline and adjusting Rule packs for data optimization
the flow of tasks as needed, FLOW can help ensure User pre-built rule packs to optimize data flow into target
that the pipeline is running at maximum efficiency and systems.
minimize the risk of bottlenecks or errors.
Rule packs bundle rules for data filtering, extraction,
In addition to its real-time optimization capabilities, tagging, and rewriting.
FLOW also provides a range of other features that can
help improve pipeline control. These include support for Rule packs include fine-grained control and allow users
multiple data sources and formats, the ability to schedule to apply the entire pack and pick and choose specific
and automate pipelines, and integration with a range of rules to create custom data optimization scenarios.
tools and platforms.
Trim off excess data
Mask/Transform Reduce system costs and improve performance using
Improve compliance and interpret better powerful filters. FLOW helps remove unwanted events
and attributes from your log data that offer no real value.
Mask and obfuscate PII
Build user-defined extraction, removal, or obfuscation Augment log attributes
rules to protect PII data in your log stream. Normalize your log data with additional attributes.
FLOW also ships with built-in Sigma SIEM rules so your
Visualize data pipeline in real-time logs can automatically be enhanced with security events
Parse incoming log data to extract time-series metrics for that were detected.
anomaly detection and facilitate downstream dashboard
creation, monitoring, and log visualization.

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BENEFITS Lower licensing, and infrastructure cost

100% data control and flexibility blog/data

The key benefits of FLOW include: source and type
AI/ML-based dynamic pattern recognition and
Collect all your logs and metrics from multiple sources log volume optimization
and ship them to any observability platform
of your choice such as Splunk, Apica, Elasticsearch, 100% of data is indexed and ready for instant replay,
etc. search, and reporting
Build robust data pipelines for improving data
quality.
Route
Take control of your data by aggregating logs from
multiple sources and forwarding them to one or Send the right data to the right target every time
more destinations of your choice.
Indexed logging systems and SIEM tools are ideal for
Trim off excess data to reduce system costs and
improve performance using powerful filters. examining observational data and finding the needle
in the haystack. However, these tools can be costly and
Convert log data to time series visualizations for require a lot of computing power and storage to function.
anomaly detection in your data pipeline. You can use these methods to submit data with high
analytical value to Apica, and then delete that data when
Create data lakes with highly relevant data that is
partitioned for optimal query performance. your real-time analysis is complete.

Mask and obfuscate PII in real-time using user-de- You can shorten the retention period of data in your
fined extract, remove, or obfuscate PII data in your analytics tools by using Apica to send that data to
logs.
any tool at another time. You can retain more data
Augment logs with Security Events by shipping with built- for longer periods of time and for much less money
in Sigma SIEM rules that sample your log data streams in by redirecting to object stores.
real-time and automatically augment with security
events that were detected. Replay
Save storage costs with built-in data compression Instantly replay historical data to any target
at rest.
With Replay, you can not only process streaming data,
but also collect data from a variety of data sources,
including object stores and REST APIs. Although most of
the data you examine is real-time, by enabling batch
Filter/Reduce
processing and Replay, you can dramatically expand
Optimize spend and remediate faster
both the types of data you can analyze and the sources
Collect, optimize, store, transform, route, and replay your of that data.

Schedule recurring data collection activities from

observability data – however, whenever and wherever numerous sources, as well as replay to an analysis tool.
you need it.

In terms of cost and remediation, Logflow provides the SUMMARY

following benefits: Improved cost and complexity control: Identify and
eliminate noisy and redundant data and attributes, leading
Higher data quality integration powered by Intelli- to lower data volumes and licensing and infrastructure costs.
gent Optimization
Improved troubleshooting and incident response: Quickly
Highly compliant data in your data streams identify and diagnose issues in their pipeline, reducing
downtime and improving incident response times.
Only essential log data is streamed leading to
Enhanced visibility and understanding: Gain a
smaller indexes, lowering EPS comprehensive view of the pipeline, enabling organizations
to better understand and optimize
Faster and accurate remediation of operations and
security incidents

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