splk founded 2003 founders michael baum rob das and erik swan headquarters san francisco california united states key people michael baum founding ceo rob das co founder erik swan co founder doug merritt ceo and president products splunk enterprise splunk light splunk cloud hunk revenue us 668.4 million 2015 number of employees 1700 2015 website www.splunk.com splunk is an american multinational corporation based in san francisco california that produces software for searching monitoring and analyzing machine generated big data via a web style interface . 1 splunk the product captures indexes and correlates real time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs reports alerts dashboards and visualizations . 2 3 splunk has a mission of making machine data accessible across an organization by identifying data patterns 4 providing metrics diagnosing problems and providing intelligence for business operations . splunk is a horizontal technology used for application management security and compliance as well as business and web analytics . 1 as of early 2016 splunk has over 10 000 customers worldwide . 5 splunk is based in san francisco with regional operations across europe the middle east africa and asia and has over 1700 employees . contents 1 history 2 products 3 splunkbase 4 customers 4.1 it operations 4.2 web analytics 4.3 predictive analytics 4.4 internet of things 4.5 computer security 4.6 regulatory compliance 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit michael baum rob das and erik swan co founded splunk inc in 2003 . 6 venture firms august capital seven rosen ignition partners and jk & b capital backed the company . by 2007 splunk had raised 40 million usd ; 7 it became profitable in 2009 . 8 in 2012 splunk had its initial public offering trading under nasdaq symbol splk . 9 in september 2013 the company acquired bugsense a mobile device data analytics company . 10 bugsense provides a mobile analytics platform used by developers to improve app performance and improve quality . it supplied a software developer kit to give developers access to data analytics from mobile devices that it managed from its scalable cloud platform . 11 the acquisition amount was undisclosed . in july 2015 splunk acquired caspida a cybersecurity startup for 190 million . 12 in october 2015 splunk sealed a cybersecurity alliance with u.s. government security contractor booz allen hamilton inc. to offer combined cyberthreat detection and intelligence analysis technology . 13 products edit splunk s core offering splunk enterprise collects and analyzes high volumes of machine generated data . it uses a standard api to connect directly to applications and devices . 14 it was developed in response to the demand for comprehensible and actionable data reporting for executives outside a company s it department . 15 16 in 2011 splunk released splunk storm a cloud based version of the core splunk product . splunk storm offers a turnkey managed and hosted service for machine data . 17 in 2013 splunk announced that splunk storm would become a completely free service and expanded its cloud offering with splunk cloud . 18 in 2013 splunk announced a product called hunk splunk analytics for hadoop which supports accessing searching and reporting on external data sets located in hadoop from a splunk interface . 19 in 2015 splunk announced a light version of the core splunk product aimed at smaller it environments and mid sized enterprises . 20 in 2016 google announced its cloud platform will integrate with splunk to expand in areas like it ops security and compliance . 21 splunkbase edit splunkbase splunkbase is a community hosted by splunk where users can go to find apps and add ons for splunk which can improve the functionality and usefulness of splunk as well as provide a quick and easy interface for specific use cases and or vendor products . examples of these applications are splunk add on for microsoft windows cis critical security controls cisco security suite gigamon visability app for splunk splunk apps and add ons can be developed by anyone including splunk themselves . 22 customers edit splunk was designed for use in information technology operations ; it is also used in other ways . 23 it operations edit sony 24 metropcs 25 ceryx 26 denver water 27 web analytics edit cars.com 28 29 domino s pizza 30 national public radio 31 predictive analytics edit sports illustrated 32 internet of things edit bangkok metropolitan administration department of drainage and sewage to send alerts 33 eglin air force base for energy conservation 34 nest labs to analyze thermostat data 35 irhythm to check on product performance 35 unnamed elevator company to monitor elevator usage 35 computer security edit university of connecticut 36 various federal and state agencies 37 regulatory compliance edit barclays bank 38 39 credit suisse 40 monster.com 41 sportsbet.com.au 42 see also edit alert logic appdynamics appneta ca inc. dynatrace loggly new relic riverbed technology sumo logic references edit a b how splunk is riding it search toward an ipo tech news and analysis . gigaom.com . 2010 12 17 . retrieved 2013 04 22 . start ups aim to help tame corporate data pui wing tam wall street journal september 08 2009 woods dan 2011 01 06 . business intelligence and the data center . citoresearch.com . archived from the original on 2012 03 20 . central cio 2010 12 15 . how cios should be helping marketers . forbes . splunk inc. announces fiscal third quarter 2016 financial results . splunk . 2015 11 19 . retrieved 2016 03 08 . data center search party computerworld splunk search engine raises 25 million it pro 12 sep 2007 it search company splunk reaches profitability . venturebeat . retrieved 2013 04 22 . rusli evelyn 2012 04 19 . splunk soars as investors embrace data boom . the new york times . retrieved 2016 03 08 . splunk announces agreement to acquire bugsense . splunk . retrieved 2013 09 16 . splunk acquires bugsense . techcrunch . splunk acquires cybersecurity startup caspida for 190m . venturebeat . angela messer booz allen splunk cyber alliance blends data experience . govcon . olavsrud thor 23 september 2015 . splunk updates platform adds monitoring and analytics services . cio . retrieved 24 march 2016 . franklin jr. curtis 16 october 2015 . sap splunk dashboards aim to satisfy data hunger . informationweek . retrieved 24 march 2016 . darrow barb 13 january 2012 . splunk ipo explained and why it matters . gigaom . retrieved 24 march 2016 . splunk storm brings log management to the cloud . infoworld . 2012 08 28 . splunk announces general availability of splunk cloud . wall street journal marketwatch . 2013 10 01 . splunk spawns hunk hadoop tool . information week . 2013 06 18 . splunk announces lower cost light version of its log analyticsl . infoworld . 2015 03 10 . lunden ingrid . google ramps up hybrid cloud security strategy with splunk bmc and tenable partnerships . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 03 23 . splunk . splunk enterprise admin manual . splunk . retrieved 2016 07 03 . splunk ceo unintended use cases important to machine data business . computer weekly . 2013 04 30 . sony uses splunk for application availability . 2015 08 11 . carriers call up mobile data . financial times . 2013 03 18 . splunk enterprise helps ceryx achieve roi of 200 percent . information technology . 2013 01 17 . sdenver water uses big data to improve efficiency . government technology magazine . 2013 10 04 . big data drives high performance for cars.com . information world . 2013 10 24 . big data drives high performance for cars.com . fierce cio . 2012 10 24 . security tool delivers surprise insights to domino s pizza . network world . 2012 12 02 . npr deploys splunk for web analytics . cio magazine . 2011 03 24 . taylor tom 2016 01 20 . ok computer how computers will and won t change the nfl . sports illustrated . retrieved 2016 03 15 . erecting operational intelligence using machine data . datanami . 2013 04 09 . eglin air force base deploys sensors to save energy . energy manager today . 2013 05 06 . a b c our connected future what to expect when elevators and toys start phoning home . gigaom . 2013 05 10 . can big dats help universities tackle security byod . cio magazine . 2012 07 31 . can automated security put agencies a step ahead of the hackers . gcn . 2013 06 14 . barclays tackles complex regulatory environment with splunk . computerworld uk . 2013 04 18 . without splunk we might be taken out of the market says barclays . computing magazine uk . 2013 04 19 . shah sooraj 2014 10 07 . credit suisse saves 500k a month using splunk with oracle database set to be decommissioned . computing magazine . retrieved 2016 04 03 . subscription required help . monster chooses splunk for big data security . information week healthcare . 2012 11 14 . sportsbet reduces pain of pci compliance . cio magazine . 2013 05 09 . external links edit 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