Is Splunk Cloud a Cop-Out?
October 7, 2013
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Darryl K. Taft.
Splunk recently announced Splunk Cloud, a new service that delivers Splunk Enterprise in the cloud. However, at least one competitor is asking whether Splunk Cloud is a cop-out. In a blog post, Charlie Oppenheimer, CEO of Spunk competitor Loggly, claims that Splunk has given up on Software as a Service (SaaS).
“It appears that Splunk has thrown in the towel on Software as a Service (SaaS) and replaced Splunk Storm with a hosted software model,” Oppenheimer said in his post. “We were always skeptical that a company with such a phenomenally successful enterprise software business would disrupt its own business with a serious SaaS offering. And with today’s announcement of Splunk Cloud now it seems that the doubts were justified.” Splunk officials declined to comment on Oppenheimer’s claims…
Splunk Storm is a cloud-based service that turns machine data into valuable insights, Splunk officials said. Machine data is generated by web sites, applications, servers, networks, mobile devices, and more. Splunk Storm consumes machine data and allows users to search and visualize it to monitor and analyze everything from customer clickstreams and transactions to network activity to call records…
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