Splunk today unfurled its first major update to the SignalFx application performance management (APM) platform since acquiring it last October. Karthik Rau, general manager for application performance management (APM) at Splunk, said SignalFx Microservices APM combines for the first time the SignalFx platform with Omnition, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for implementing distributed tracing as an […]
Cloud Native Tracing and Observability: Why You Care
Is observability the new monitoring? Or is observability, and tracing, fundamentally different? Like any IT industry trend, it can be difficult to discern as many jump on the trend bandwagon, appropriately or not. The Splunk .conf 2019 event presented Splunk with the opportunity to bring clarity to the terms and the reasoning behind the acquisitions […]
DevOps Deeper Dive: DevOps Arms Race Heats Up
A massive amount of capital is pouring into DevOps companies as organizations finally begin to realize the extent to which they depend on software. While Marc Andreesen may have penned his famous “Software Is Eating the World” opinion piece way back in 2011, it’s only now that many organizations are starting to realize they are […]
Splunk Adds Omnition to DevOps Portfolio
Splunk followed up on its pending acquisition of SignalFx, a provider of an application performance management (APM), by also acquiring Omnition, a startup building a distributed tracing tool accessed as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application. Rick Fitz, senior vice president and general manager for the IT Markets Group at Splunk, said Omnition consists of a small […]
Splunk to Acquire SignalFx to Gain APM Platform
Splunk today announced it will acquire SignalFx as part of an effort to extend its reach beyond IT operational analytics and into the realm of application performance management (APM). Valued at approximately $1.05 billion, the deal to acquire an APM platform delivered as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering will expand and accelerate Splunk’s overall transition to […]
SignalFx Delivers Next Generation of Application Performance Monitoring The first to enable directed troubleshooting for applications and microservices
November 15, 2018 — San Mateo, CA – SignalFx, the leader in real-time cloud monitoring for infrastructure, microservices, and applications, today unveiled SignalFx Microservices APM, the industry’s first real-time application performance monitoring solution designed to accelerate troubleshooting for DevOps teams through advanced real-time analytics, instantly identifying problems wherever they may lie. Powered by the NoSample™ […]
DevOps Chat: Modern Applications with SignalFx CEO Karthik Rau
Monitoring has come a long way since the days of 2 a.m. alerts, with automation and analytics now integrated in—and integral to—the life cycle of modern applications. It’s a topic Karthik Rau, CEO of SignalFx, knows well, and one we discuss in this latest DevOps Chat. In its three years of selling, SignalFx has grown […]
SignalFx Raises $45 Million in Series D Funding
Industry Leader in Streaming Operational Intelligence Will Use Funds to Accelerate Product Innovation and Continue Market Expansion SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 22, 2018 – SignalFx, the leader in streaming operational intelligence for data-driven DevOps, today announced $45 million in Series D funding led by General Catalyst with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Charles […]