Splunk
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Splunk is enterprise software used to monitor, report and analyze the machine data produced by the applications, systems and infrastructure that run a business. Splunk lets users search, monitor and analyze machine-generated data via web-style interface. Splunk captures indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts and dashboards.
Splunk aims to make machine data accessible across an organization and identifies data patterns, provides metrics, diagnoses problems and provides intelligence for business operation. Splunk is a horizontal
technology used for application management, security
and compliance
, as well as business and web analytics
. Splunk has over 2,300 licensed customers in 74 countries, including almost half of the Fortune 100.
The name "Splunk" is a reference to exploring caves, as in spelunking
. The company is based in San Francisco, with regional operations across EMEA and Asia and has 275 employees. Their CEO since 2008 is Godfrey Sullivan. Splunk is venture funded, having raised 40 million USD by 2007 and becoming profitable since 2009.
version (proprietary software
, not free software
) is limited to 500 MB of data a day, and lacks some features of the Enterprise license edition. The product features include: indexing any type of machine-generated data, real-time and historical search, reporting and statistical analysis and dashboards.
application number 11,459,632 for "A method for building a machine data web from machine data" on Jul 24, 2006. The application has not yet been issued as a patent.
Splunk aims to make machine data accessible across an organization and identifies data patterns, provides metrics, diagnoses problems and provides intelligence for business operation. Splunk is a horizontal
Horizontal market
A horizontal market is a market which meets a given need of a wide variety of industries, rather than a specific one.-Examples:In technology, horizontal markets consist of customers that share a common need that exists in many or all industries...
technology used for application management, security
Information security
Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction....
and compliance
Compliance (regulation)
In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and...
, as well as business and web analytics
Web analytics
Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage....
. Splunk has over 2,300 licensed customers in 74 countries, including almost half of the Fortune 100.
The name "Splunk" is a reference to exploring caves, as in spelunking
Caving
Caving—also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems...
. The company is based in San Francisco, with regional operations across EMEA and Asia and has 275 employees. Their CEO since 2008 is Godfrey Sullivan. Splunk is venture funded, having raised 40 million USD by 2007 and becoming profitable since 2009.
Products
Splunk offers its software in two license types—an Enterprise License designed for companies and large organizations, and a "Free License" designed for personal use. The freewareFreeware
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
version (proprietary software
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
, not free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
) is limited to 500 MB of data a day, and lacks some features of the Enterprise license edition. The product features include: indexing any type of machine-generated data, real-time and historical search, reporting and statistical analysis and dashboards.
Patents
Splunk filed U.S. patentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
application number 11,459,632 for "A method for building a machine data web from machine data" on Jul 24, 2006. The application has not yet been issued as a patent.
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