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Opinion
Sumo Logic is 'taking down Splunk hard'
“So, you know, we have one competitor out there. I'll name them. They're called Splunk. So if you're familiar with Splunk, we're taking them down, and we're taking them down hard, and they know it.”
Vance Loiselle Sep 22, 2014 ▶ 15:33 Vance Loiselle, Sumo Logic // Data Driven #29 // Sep 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Opinion
Muglia: The underlying engine behind Splunk needs a refresh
“The engine underneath Splunk needs a refresh.”
Bob Muglia Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 29:46 Fireside Chat with Bob Muglia, CEO at Snowflake (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sherman: Expensive Splunk bills are one of Timber's most common customer complaints
“One of the most common complaints that we hear is how expensive people's Splunk bills are. Can't tell you how many times I've heard that.”
Zach Sherman Dec 5, 2018 ▶ 10:48 A New Kind of Logging System // Zach Sherman & Ben Johnson, Timber (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muglia: Snowflake customers combine Fluent and Snowflake to replace Splunk
“I mean, some of our customers are taking a combination of, for example, Fluent together with Snowflake and using that as an alternative to other technologies like Splunk.”
Bob Muglia Apr 9, 2018 ▶ 30:27 Fireside Chat with Bob Muglia, CEO at Snowflake (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Disclosure
Splunk never mentioned 'big data' during its pitch to Battery Ventures
“So we were late investors in Splunk. Splunk was a great company. At no point during Splunk's pitch did they ever talk to us about big data.”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 14:37 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Splunk and Tableau were the only public big data stocks before Hortonworks
“Prior to Hortonworks IPO, you could go buy some Splunk, or you could buy Tableau, and there was really nothing else that was big data.”
Mike Olson Dec 18, 2014 ▶ 34:10 Mike Olson, Cloudera // The Cloudera Story (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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