In this way the coffee and donut chain was able to decrease food waste and drive revenues. There are many more examples of Splunk in action, including financial services looking at risk and compliance, online services boosting their security posture, transport and utilities companies enhancing efficiency, and retailers automating actions to get better at what they do. In time, with more companies creating more data streams and looking for ways to make it actionable, it appears that if tools like Splunk can keep up they will only continue to grow in value.