<s>
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
integration	B-General_Concept
platform	I-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
tools	O
for	O
connecting	O
cloud	B-Architecture
data	O
sources	O
,	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
applications	O
and	O
on-premises	O
business	O
software	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
headquarters	O
are	O
in	O
San	O
Mateo	O
,	O
CA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
is	O
headed	O
by	O
Ex-CEO	O
and	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Informatica	O
Gaurav	O
Dhillon	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
venture	O
backed	O
by	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
,	O
Ignition	O
Partners	O
,	O
Floodgate	O
Fund	O
,	O
Brian	O
McClendon	O
,	O
and	O
Naval	O
Ravikant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
10	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
$37.5	O
million	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Silver	O
Lake	O
Waterman	O
along	O
with	O
existing	O
investors	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
,	O
Ignition	O
Partners	O
,	O
and	O
Triangle	O
Peak	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
's	O
Elastic	O
Integration	O
Platform	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
Integration	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
prebuilt	O
connectors	O
called	O
Snaps	O
and	O
a	O
Snaplex	O
for	O
data	O
processing	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
or	O
behind	O
the	O
firewall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
products	O
have	O
been	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
targeting	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
marketplace	O
for	O
connecting	O
data	O
,	O
applications	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Integration	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
approaches	O
big	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
through	O
the	O
following	O
tools	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
:	O
An	O
HTML5-based	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
specifying	O
and	O
building	O
integration	O
workflows	O
,	O
called	O
pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manager	O
:	O
Controls	O
and	O
monitors	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
SnapLogic	B-General_Concept
orchestrations	O
and	O
administers	O
the	O
lifecycle	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
process	O
flows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snaplex	O
can	O
run	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
behind	O
the	O
firewall	O
and	O
on	O
Hadoop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snaps	O
are	O
modular	O
collections	O
of	O
integration	O
components	O
built	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
application	O
or	O
data	O
source	O
and	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
analytics	O
and	O
big	O
data	O
sources	O
,	O
identity	O
management	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
,	O
online	O
storage	O
,	O
ERP	O
,	O
databases	O
and	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
Oauth	O
,	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
REST	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snap	O
Patterns	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
connecting	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
like	O
Amazon	O
Redshift	O
,	O
Salesforce.com,	O
Workday	B-Application
and	O
ServiceNow	B-General_Concept
,	O
both	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
with	O
on-premises	O
applications	O
,	O
databases	O
and	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
Winter	O
2015	O
release	O
focused	O
on	O
adding	O
tighter	O
security	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Hadoop	O
and	O
big	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
to	O
its	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
