Splunk Named a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor

Global Growth of IT Search Fueled by Technology Partner, SI and Reseller Channels

SAN FRANCISCO - June 23, 2009 - Splunk, the IT Search company, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. Splunk was selected as a result of its 100% year over year global growth and its creation of a unique partner ecosystem including technology partner, reseller and system integration channels. CRN's Emerging Technology Vendor list captures companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

Splunk IT Search is a disruptive new approach to troubleshooting, securing and auditing complex, dynamic IT environments. The concept is simple. If Google can index and let users instantly search billions of pages of Web content, why can't we do the same for billions of pieces of data from an IT environment? The result of thinking differently, Splunk indexes the data from any application, server or network device and lets organizations instantly search, alert and report across technical, functional and geographic IT silos. More than 1,000 enterprises, service providers and government agencies are Splunk customers and the free version of Splunk has been downloaded more than 350,000 times.

Splunk works with technology, system integration and value-added reseller partners allowing them to bring the real-time search, alerting, reporting and analytics of Splunk to partner solutions and enable their customers to successfully address critical operations, security and compliance requirements to reduce costs within their IT infrastructures. More than 50 Splunk Powered partners are fueling their products and services with Splunk.

"Solution Providers seek out innovative vendors that create new and innovative ideas to help them build revenue and customer loyalty. Our Emerging Tech list is where Solution Providers go to find these vendors. We congratulate all of the vendors for their innovation and creativity and their commitment to the technology sales channel," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.

"Splunk enables our partners to bring incredible cost reduction and increased availability to their customers utilizing a new and disruptive approach to managing, securing and auditing applications, servers, network devices, storage, security and virtualization infrastructures," said Michael Baum, co-founder and chief business development officer, Splunk. "Partners love the fact that they can leverage our free download and lead generation model, quick sales cycle and rapid customer ROI."

The vendors who make the CRN Emerging Technology Vendor list were founded in 2001 or later, have revenue under $1 billion and have an active U.S. channel strategy. Final selection to the Emerging Technology Vendor list was made by the CRN editorial team after a review of submitted information.

About Splunk

Splunk is the IT Search company radically changing the way organizations manage and secure their IT infrastructures. Only Splunk enables you to search, analyze, monitor and report on data from any application, server or network device in real time to troubleshoot outages, investigate security incidents, meet compliance requirements, and more, in minutes instead of hours or days. Over 1,000 enterprises, government organizations and service providers, and more than 350,000 users, use Splunk to achieve higher availability, investigate security incidents in record time, and realize new levels of IT operational efficiency. Partners such as BT and Cisco and over 50 OEM, System Integrator, Value Added Reseller and Managed Service Provider partners are driving new business and fueling their offerings with IT Search. Download your own free copy of Splunk today at www.splunk.com/download

Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.