{"id":5015,"date":"2017-04-05T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/splunk-translating-machine-data-into-business-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2017-04-05T20:33:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:33:34","slug":"how-splunk-could-make-the-vision-of-a-seamless-user-experience-in-the-iot-world-come-true","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/how-splunk-could-make-the-vision-of-a-seamless-user-experience-in-the-iot-world-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"How Splunk could make the vision of a seamless user experience in the IoT world come true??"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a decade from now, in a world of connected devices, controlled by a variety of human inputs (voice \/ touch \/ gesture), Splunk could be the brain behind these connected machines providing an efficient, synchronous and seamless experience to the end user.<\/p>\n

One of the things, Splunk owes its immense potential is to its singular focus on its mission to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.\u00a0 Let us deep dive into how does this amazing company create value, how does it capture value, it\u2019s amazing growth story and most importantly what does the future hold in store for Splunk.<\/p>\n


\nHow does Splunk create value? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Before that let us first understand what is machine data and what makes its interesting to handle. For any interaction that occurs in running a business, there is data generated by the website \/ app \/ servers \/ sensors \/ devices involved. This \u201cmachine data<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is inherently unstructured, huge in size<\/em><\/strong> and the format is unsuitable for analyzing or visualization<\/em><\/strong>. [1] And not to mention, the data format varies based on the type of machine generating the data. Splunk also provides use case specific machine learning capabilities for better predictive analytics, anomaly detection and business optimization. [2]<\/p>\n

Let us look at customer examples from three different industries-<\/p>\n

Myriad Genetics: It uses Splunk to get results for its patients faster. The content and the format of the data (the primary data here is biological) changes constantly. Myriad sees Splunk as a platform for operational intelligence. For them, being able to constantly react and readjust to the questions for drawing new conclusions without going back to the start of the development pipeline is very helpful (this is achieved since Splunk has the capability to modify the schema at search time). [3]<\/p>\n

Intuit: It uses Splunk to collect, monitor and visualize the data that it generates from a variety of financial management solutions. By enabling Intuit\u2019s employees to gain the right insights across the entirety of business, Splunk helps Intuit to get another level of understanding about its customers, thus helping Intuit serve customers better. [4]<\/p>\n

City of Los Angeles: It uses Splunk to consolidate and analyze data from a variety of sources (firewall logs, threat intelligence feeds, switches and routers etc.) Using Splunk, the city has brought the activities of 40 different agencies under a single umbrella, helping it gain visibility into suspicious activities, assess citywide risks and prioritize and mitigate threats. Apart from being able to get real time threat intelligence the city has reduced its operational costs and has created a cohesive and singular city level cyber security strategy thus better protecting its digital assets. [5]<\/p>\n

As we see Splunk is being used by organizations in very different industries to analyze data (varying in format, total size and rate of generation) from disparate sources to gain operational intelligence<\/em><\/strong> about their operations, make them more secure and provide better service. Splunk also has apps and add-ons which can run on top of the Splunk platform for various use cases \u2013 these have been created by Splunk or members of the Splunk community. [6]<\/p>\n


\nHow does Splunk capture value?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The core products of Splunk are offered in two ways: an on-premise enterprise offering and a cloud offering and the pricing is based on the amount (Gb) of data you index per day and the rate is per Gb indexed. The pricing for the Splunk Premium Solutions (for security, service intelligence and user behavior analytics) is decided on a case by case basis by interacting with the Splunk team.<\/p>\n


\nSplunk Growth Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Splunk, founded in 2003, today provides operational intelligence to 13,000 customers in over 110 countries enabling their digital transformation. Its revenue has grown by over 3 times in the last 3 years demonstrating its value in solving an acute pain point for organizations. [7]<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>What does the future hold in store? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The world is moving towards more powerful and connected devices in a variety of places. From our homes, to offices in high rise buildings, factory floors to vehicles on roads and ships in sea, the devices will become intelligent and much more integrated with each other.<\/p>\n

Two key points<\/em><\/strong> to note for understanding the potential for Splunk in this world:<\/p>\n

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  1. Significant computing will happen at the edge (made possible by various technological advancements) at an individual device level and between devices, to bring about a great experience for the end user and we will see a shift from cloud to edge computing. [8] [9] For better understanding please watch this amazing talk by Peter Levine (a seasoned tech professional and currently a partner at a16z) goo.gl\/QU7aPT<\/a>. Edge computing would be necessitated by the real time criticality of the operations and the goal of optimum utilization of network bandwidth.<\/li>\n
  2. Splunk today can access a variety of data types from disparate sources to help its users solve a myriad of problems. [10] A pictorial depiction of the same can be found here –\u00a0goo.gl\/uQmbcA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If we combine the two points, Splunk, by analyzing the data being received by one device from another device\u00a0and providing intelligent responses, can enable a world of Cognitive Devices-as-a-Service (CDaaS) <\/em><\/strong>(intelligent and coordinated experience from one’s devices as per one’s need).<\/p>\n

    A small illustrative example of how would this world operate: suppose 10 years from now just as your self-driving car is nearing a traffic signal, your car’s brakes fail and the car cannot stop abruptly to avoid serious injuries to you by shutting down the engine. The Splunk instance in your car recognizes that (based on data about your body and the current speed of the car) and via close area network the Splunk instance on the traffic signal also recognizes that your car cannot stop. This instance accordingly directs the lights so that your car can pass through and then shut down more gradually.<\/p>\n

    In this Cognitive Devices-as-a-Service world, devices would communicate within themselves to ensure that a human being gets an orchestrated, thoughtful, secure and delightful experience as depicted in the picture.<\/p>\n

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    Source of images: [11] to [20]<\/p>\n

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    References:<\/p>\n

    [1] https:\/\/www.edureka.co\/blog\/what-is-splunk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    [2] https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/resources\/machine-learning.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    [3] https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/resources\/video.c1bGw5ODE6rlFH2qWdzw6ewgrZ5UL5qQ.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    [4] https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2013\/intuit-standardizes-on-splunk-software.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    [5] https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/customers\/success-stories\/city-of-los-angeles.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    [6] https:\/\/splunkbase.splunk.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    [7] http:\/\/csimarket.com\/stocks\/single_growth_rates.php?code=SPLK&rev<\/a><\/p>\n

    [8] http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/edge-computing-is-the-next-multi-billion-tech-market-2016-12<\/a><\/p>\n

    [9] https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2017\/02\/03\/the-end-of-cloud-computing-with-peter-levine\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    [10] https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/resources\/machine-data.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    [11] https:\/\/thecliparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/free-3d-clipart-1.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

    [12] http:\/\/cdn.bgr.com\/2012\/11\/mobile-icon.jpg?quality=98&strip=all<\/a><\/p>\n

    [13] https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2013\/07\/12\/18\/58\/laptop-154091_960_720.png<\/a><\/p>\n

    [14] http:\/\/www.radio.net\/inc\/v2\/images\/landing\/hero\/devices\/single\/ipad.png<\/a><\/p>\n

    [15] https:\/\/www.technobuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fitbit-Alta-HR_Front_Black_TimeForBed.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

    [16] http:\/\/kingofwallpapers.com\/vehicle\/vehicle-005.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

    [17] http:\/\/wavelengths.freewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Traffic-IoT-Blog-image.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

    [18] https:\/\/richmedia.channeladvisor.com\/ImageDelivery\/imageService?profileId=12026540&id=743078&recipeId=728<\/a><\/p>\n

    [19] https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NhlS6WmN7T4\/hqdefault.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

    [20] https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-jDAdfD_0w-4\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAADo\/U7AEYP4fBCM\/s0-c-k-no-ns\/photo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

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