<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
that	O
produces	O
software	O
for	O
searching	O
,	O
monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
analyzing	O
machine-generated	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
via	O
a	O
web-style	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
software	O
helps	O
capture	O
,	O
index	O
and	O
correlate	O
real-time	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
searchable	O
repository	B-Protocol
,	O
from	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
generate	O
graphs	O
,	O
reports	O
,	O
alerts	O
,	O
dashboards	O
and	O
visualizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
uses	O
machine	O
data	O
for	O
identifying	O
data	O
patterns	O
,	O
providing	O
metrics	O
,	O
diagnosing	O
problems	O
and	O
providing	O
intelligence	O
for	O
business	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
horizontal	O
technology	O
used	O
for	O
application	O
management	O
,	O
security	O
and	O
compliance	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
business	O
and	O
web	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Baum	O
,	O
Rob	O
Das	O
and	O
Erik	O
Swan	O
co-founded	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2007	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
had	O
raised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
had	O
its	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
,	O
trading	O
under	O
NASDAQ	O
symbol	O
SPLK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
BugSense	B-Application
,	O
a	O
mobile-device	O
data-analytics	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BugSense	B-Application
provides	O
"	O
a	O
mobile	O
analytics	O
platform	O
used	O
by	O
developers	O
to	O
improve	O
app	O
performance	O
and	O
improve	O
quality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supplied	O
a	O
"	O
software	O
developer	O
kit	O
"	O
to	O
give	O
developers	O
access	O
to	O
data	O
analytics	O
from	O
mobile	O
devices	O
that	O
it	O
managed	O
from	O
its	O
scalable	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Cloudmeter	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
network	O
data	O
capture	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
software	O
company	O
Metafor	O
that	O
uses	O
machine	O
learning	O
technology	O
to	O
analyze	O
data	O
generated	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Caspida	O
,	O
a	O
cybersecurity	O
startup	O
,	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
sealed	O
a	O
"	O
cybersecurity	O
alliance	O
"	O
with	O
U.S.	O
government	O
security	O
contractor	O
Booz	O
Allen	O
Hamilton	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
offer	O
combined	O
cyber	O
threat	O
detection	O
and	O
intelligence-analysis	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
pledged	O
to	O
donate	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
software	O
licenses	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
support	O
,	O
education	O
,	O
and	O
volunteerism	O
for	O
nonprofits	O
and	O
schools	O
over	O
a	O
10-year	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Drastin	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
search-based	O
analytics	O
for	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
SignalSense	O
which	O
developed	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
data	O
collection	O
and	O
breach	O
detection	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
it	O
was	O
using	O
machine	O
learning	O
about	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
technology	O
and	O
intellectual	O
property	O
from	O
smaller	O
rival	O
Rocana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Phantom	O
Cyber	O
Corporation	O
for	O
approximately	O
US$350	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
VictorOps	O
,	O
a	O
DevOps	O
incident	O
management	O
startup	O
,	O
for	O
US$120	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
KryptonCloud	O
,	O
an	O
industrial	O
IoT	O
and	O
analytics	O
SaaS	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
monitoring	O
company	O
,	O
SignalFx	O
,	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
for	O
$1.05	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
weeks	O
later	O
on	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Omnition	O
—	O
an	O
early-stage	O
startup	O
specializing	O
in	O
distributed	O
tracing	O
—	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
also	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
its	O
corporate	O
venture	O
fund	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Ventures	O
—	O
a	O
$100	O
million	O
Innovation	O
Fund	O
and	O
a	O
$50	O
million	O
Social	O
Impact	O
Fund	O
to	O
invest	O
in	O
early-stage	O
startups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
was	O
named	O
to	O
the	O
Fortune	O
1000	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
's	O
client	O
list	O
includes	O
92	O
companies	O
on	O
the	O
Fortune	O
100	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
Leader	O
in	O
the	O
2020	O
Gartner	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
SIEM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
analytics	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
monitoring	O
,	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
scale	O
and	O
index	O
original	O
,	O
raw	O
data	O
,	O
its	O
infosec	O
functions	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
multiple	O
deployment	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
reported	O
its	O
fiscal	O
2021	O
fourth-quarter	O
revenue	O
of	O
$745.1	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
all	O
of	O
fiscal	O
2021	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
reported	O
revenue	O
of	O
$2.23	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
Smith	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
's	O
chairman	O
since	O
2019	O
,	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
interim	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
named	O
Gary	O
Steele	O
,	O
previously	O
at	O
Proofpoint	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
CEO	O
and	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
interim	O
chief	O
Graham	O
Smith	O
effective	O
April	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
's	O
core	O
offering	O
collects	O
and	O
analyzes	O
high	O
volumes	O
of	O
machine-generated	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
applications	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
Security	O
(	O
ES	O
)	O
provides	O
security	O
information	O
and	O
event	O
management	O
(	O
SIEM	O
)	O
for	O
machine	O
data	O
generated	O
from	O
security	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
network	O
,	O
endpoints	O
,	O
access	O
,	O
malware	O
,	O
vulnerability	O
,	O
and	O
identity	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
released	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Storm	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
version	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Storm	O
offered	O
a	O
turnkey	O
,	O
managed	O
,	O
and	O
hosted	O
service	O
for	O
machine	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Storm	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
completely	O
free	O
service	O
and	O
expanded	O
its	O
cloud	B-Architecture
offering	O
with	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
shut	O
down	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
Hunk	O
:	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Analytics	O
for	O
Hadoop	B-Application
,	O
which	O
supports	O
accessing	O
,	O
searching	O
,	O
and	O
reporting	O
on	O
external	O
data	O
sets	O
located	O
in	O
Hadoop	B-Application
from	O
a	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
Light	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
product	O
aimed	O
at	O
smaller	O
IT	O
environments	O
and	O
mid-sized	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
debuted	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
IT	O
Service	O
Intelligence	O
(	O
ITSI	O
)	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ITSI	O
leverages	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
data	O
to	O
provide	O
visibility	O
into	O
IT	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Security	O
Orchestration	O
,	O
Automation	O
and	O
Response	O
(	O
SOAR	O
)	O
free	O
community	O
edition	O
,	O
is	O
free	O
for	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
you	O
want	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
actions/day	O
to	O
automate	O
tasks	O
,	O
orchestrate	O
workflows	O
,	O
and	O
reduce	O
incident	O
response	O
times	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
on-premises	O
or	O
hybrid	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
its	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platform	O
would	O
integrate	O
with	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
to	O
expand	O
in	O
areas	O
like	O
IT	O
ops	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
received	O
FedRAMP	O
authorization	O
from	O
the	O
General	O
Services	O
Administration	O
FedRAMP	O
Program	O
Management	O
Office	O
at	O
the	O
moderate	O
level	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
enabling	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
to	O
sell	O
to	O
the	O
federal	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
customers	O
to	O
access	O
Google	O
's	O
AI	O
and	O
ML	O
services	O
and	O
power	O
them	O
with	O
data	O
from	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
by	O
integrating	O
with	O
Google	O
Anthos	O
and	O
Google	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Security	O
Command	O
Center	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
data	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
among	O
different	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
companies	O
manage	O
the	O
shift	O
to	O
a	O
multi	O
cloud	B-Architecture
environment	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
launched	O
its	O
Observability	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
combines	O
infrastructure	O
monitoring	O
,	O
application	O
performance	O
monitoring	O
,	O
digital	O
experience	O
monitoring	O
,	O
log	O
investigation	O
,	O
and	O
incident	O
response	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Google	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Platform	O
and	O
launched	O
an	O
initiative	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
to	O
help	O
customers	O
migrate	O
on-premises	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
workloads	O
to	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
on	O
the	O
AWS	B-Application
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
introduced	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Insights	O
for	O
ransomware	O
,	O
an	O
analytics	O
tool	O
for	O
assessing	O
and	O
investigating	O
potential	O
threats	O
by	O
ingesting	O
event	O
logs	O
from	O
multiple	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
launched	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Insights	O
for	O
AWS	B-Application
Cloud	B-Architecture
Monitoring	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
to	O
facilitate	O
enterprises	O
 '	O
migration	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
 '	O
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
introduced	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Industrial	O
Asset	O
Intelligence	O
,	O
which	O
extracts	O
information	O
from	O
IIoT(Industrial Internet of Things )	O
data	O
from	O
various	O
resources	O
and	O
presents	O
its	O
users	O
with	O
critical	O
alerts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
new	O
capabilities	O
to	O
its	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
general	O
availability	O
of	O
Data	O
Fabric	O
Search	O
and	O
Data	O
Stream	O
Processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Fabric	O
Search	O
uses	O
datasets	O
across	O
different	O
data	O
stores	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
Splunk-based	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Stream	O
Processor	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
processing	O
product	O
that	O
collects	O
data	O
from	O
various	O
sources	O
and	O
then	O
distributes	O
results	O
to	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
or	O
other	O
destinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
access	O
,	O
process	O
,	O
and	O
route	O
real-time	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
rolled	O
out	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Connected	O
Experiences	O
,	O
which	O
extends	O
its	O
data	O
processing	O
and	O
analytics	O
capabilities	O
to	O
augmented	O
reality	O
(	O
AR	O
)	O
,	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
8.1	O
and	O
the	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
include	O
stream	O
processing	O
,	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
and	O
multi-cloud	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
its	O
security	O
tools	O
-	O
including	O
security	O
information	O
and	O
event	O
management	O
(	O
SIEM	O
)	O
,	O
user	O
behavior	O
analytics	O
(	O
UBA	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
orchestration	O
,	O
automation	O
,	O
and	O
response	O
(	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Phantom	O
)	O
—	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
Mission	O
Control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
introduced	O
an	O
application	O
performance	O
monitoring	O
(	O
APM	O
)	O
platform	O
,	O
SignalFx	O
Microservices	O
APM	O
,	O
that	O
pairs	O
“	O
no-sample	O
’	O
monitoring	O
and	O
analysis	O
features	O
with	O
Omnition	O
's	O
full-fidelity	O
tracing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
also	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
capability	O
called	O
Kubernetes	O
Navigator	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
through	O
their	O
product	O
,	O
SignalFx	O
Infrastructure	O
Monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunkbase	O
is	O
a	O
community	O
hosted	O
by	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
where	O
users	O
can	O
go	O
to	O
find	O
apps	O
and	O
add-ons	O
for	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
can	O
improve	O
the	O
functionality	O
and	O
usefulness	O
of	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
provide	O
a	O
quick	O
and	O
easy	O
interface	O
for	O
specific	O
use	O
cases	O
and/or	O
vendor	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integrations	O
on	O
Splunkbase	O
include	O
the	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
App	O
for	O
New	B-Application
Relic	I-Application
,	O
the	O
ForeScout	O
Extended	O
Module	O
for	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
App	O
for	O
AWS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
McLaren	O
Formula	O
One	O
team	O
,	O
sponsoring	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
working	O
with	O
them	O
to	O
provide	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
insight	O
on	O
racing	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
worked	O
with	O
McLaren	O
Racing	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
evaluating	O
the	O
performance	O
data	O
pulled	O
from	O
the	O
nearly	O
300	O
sensors	O
on	O
every	O
racecar	O
,	O
before	O
becoming	O
McLaren	O
's	O
official	O
technology	O
partner	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partnership	O
resulted	O
in	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
deployed	O
across	O
the	O
McLaren	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
included	O
using	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
to	O
interpret	O
data	O
from	O
McLaren	O
's	O
e-sports	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
's	O
logo	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
sidepod	O
and	O
cockpit	O
surrounds	O
of	O
the	O
MCL35	O
racecar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
signed	O
a	O
sponsorship	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
Trek-Segafredo	O
professional	O
road	O
cycling	O
team	O
;	O
the	O
partnership	O
started	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
replaced	O
CA	O
Industries	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
technology	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
provides	O
data	O
analysis	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
including	O
analysis	O
on	O
riders	O
,	O
coaches	O
,	O
and	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
jerseys	O
,	O
bikes	O
,	O
and	O
vehicles	O
carry	O
Splunk	B-General_Concept
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splunk	B-General_Concept
also	O
participates	O
in	O
Trek	O
's	O
race	O
hospitality	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
