Splunk

Splunk Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
FoundedOctober 2003; 21 years ago (2003-10)
Founders
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Gary Steele
  • (Chairman & CEO)
Products
Revenue
  • Increase US$3.65 billion (2023)
  • Increase US$−236 million (2023)
  • Increase US$−278 million (2023)
Total assets
  • Increase US$6.34 billion (2023)
Total equity
  • Decrease US$−111 million (2023)
Number of employees
≈ 8,000 (January 2023)
ParentCisco
Websitewww.splunk.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
Financials as of January 31, 2023[1]
Splunk at AWS Summit

Splunk Inc. is an American software company based in San Francisco, California,[2] that produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data via a web-style interface.[3] 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.[4][5]

The firm uses machine data for identifying data patterns,[6] providing metrics, diagnosing problems and providing intelligence for business operations. It is a horizontal technology used for application management, security and compliance, as well as business and web analytics.[3]

In September 2023, it was announced that Splunk would be acquired by Cisco for $28 billion in an all-cash deal.[7] The transaction was completed on March 18, 2024.[8]

  1. ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Splunk Inc. (FY Jan. 31, 2023)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 23, 2023. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  2. ^ Waxmann, Laura (May 7, 2022). "Splunk lists S.F. corporate headquarters for lease". American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022. A spokesperson for the company said Friday that Splunk's headquarters will remain in San Francisco, but will be consolidated into an adjacent building leased by the company.
  3. ^ a b "How Splunk Is Riding IT Search Toward an IPO — Tech News and Analysis". Giga OM. December 17, 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Tam, Pui-Wing (September 9, 2009). "Start-Ups Aim to Help Tame Corporate Data". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
  5. ^ Woods, Dan (January 6, 2011). "Business Intelligence and the Data Center". citoresearch.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Central, CIO (December 15, 2010). "How CIOs Should Be Helping Marketers". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference splunk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Cisco Completes Acquisition of Splunk". Cisco. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.