In October 2017, Splunk acquired technology and intellectual property from smaller rival Rocana. Splunk announced it was using machine learning about that time. In September 2017, Splunk acquired SignalSense which developed cloud-based data collection and breach detection software. In May 2017, Splunk acquired Drastin, a software company that provides search-based analytics for enterprises.

Īccording to Glassdoor, it was the fourth highest-paying company for employees in the United States in April 2017. In 2016, Splunk pledged to donate $100 million in software licenses, training, support, education, and volunteerism for nonprofits and schools over a 10-year period. to offer combined cyber threat detection and intelligence-analysis technology. government security contractor Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. In October 2015, Splunk sealed a 'cybersecurity alliance' with U.S. In July 2015, Splunk acquired Caspida, a cybersecurity startup, for US$190 million. In June 2015, Splunk acquired the software company Metafor that uses machine learning technology to analyze data generated from IT infrastructure and applications. In December 2013, Splunk acquired Cloudmeter, a provider of network data capture technologies.

It supplied a 'software developer kit' to give developers access to data analytics from mobile devices that it managed from its scalable cloud platform. BugSense provides 'a mobile analytics platform used by developers to improve app performance and improve quality'. In September 2013 the company acquired BugSense, a mobile-device data-analytics company. In 2012 Splunk had its initial public offering, trading under NASDAQ symbol SPLK. Venture firms August Capital, Sevin Rosen, Ignition Partners and JK&B Capital backed the company.īy 2007, Splunk had raised US$40 million. Michael Baum, Rob Das and Erik Swan co-founded Splunk Inc in 2003. The transaction was completed on March 18, 2024. In September 2023, it was announced that Splunk would be acquired by Cisco for $28 billion in an all-cash deal. It is a horizontal technology used for application management, security and compliance, as well as business and web analytics. The firm uses machine data for identifying data patterns, providing metrics, diagnosing problems and providing intelligence for business operations. Its software helps capture, index and correlate real-time data in a searchable repository, from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations. is an American software company based in San Francisco, California, that produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data via a web-style interface.

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