Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. The arrival of real-time operational intelligence is now a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive companies, technologies and usage models. The Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix was in my hometown of Austin back ...

Organizations can now add machine-generated data to their palate of information sources that can be aggregated and analyzed, thanks to a new connector jointly developed by Tableau Software, a provider ...

Besides Google, Splunk is perhaps the only other technology company whose name is being used as a verb that defines its value to users. In Splunk’s case, it is about splunking – or turning data into ...

Splunk continues to enhance its flagship machine data search engine so it can be used by business analysts and managers, in addition to its typical audience of system and network administrators. The ...

If you deal with machine data, chances are you’re familiar with Splunk, a big data tool geared specifically for machine data. Splunk collects, indexes and correlates real-time data generated by ...