Cybersecurity
Splunk, a Cave Diver for Data, Lures $28 Billion Cisco Bid
- Company sought to make sense out of mass data collection
- Tie-up expected to help customers predict and prevent problems
The Splunk office in San Jose, California.
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If the deluge of data in the modern world is increasingly overwhelming, Splunk claims to have been ready for it for 20 years.
The company’s name reflects the act of burrowing deep down into the Earth to explore caves — the adventure of data spelunking.