So I was interested in finding out more about Beats. From the product page I click 'View More' beside 'Beats Overview & Demo Video'... and get taken to a registration form with all fields mandatory... eh... no... forget it then.
Please take a look at Heka (http://hekad.rtfd.org) - it's a fairly complex tool, but I'm convinced that it's infinitely better than anything Elastic will put out anytime soon for log shipping.
What the hell has happened to Elastic?!