Copyright	
  ©	
  2015	
  Splunk	
  Inc.	
  
Splunk	
  Cloud	
  and	
  
MindTouch	
  
Aaron	
  Rice	
  
COO,	
  MindTouch	
  
Bill	
  EmmeD	
  
Director	
  SoluFon	
  MarkeFng,	
  Splunk	
  
Make	
  machine	
  data	
  accessible,	
  
usable	
  and	
  valuable	
  to	
  everyone.	
  	
  
2	
  
Disrup've	
  Approach	
  to	
  Unstructured	
  Data	
  
Structured	
  
RDBMS	
  
SQL	
   Search	
  
Schema	
  at	
  Write	
   Schema	
  at	
  Read	
  
1980-­‐2010	
   2010+	
  
ETL	
   Universal	
  Indexing	
  
Unstructured	
  
Volume	
  |	
  Velocity	
  |	
  Variety	
  
COLLECT	
  DATA	
  
FROM	
  ANYWHERE	
  
SEARCH	
  
AND	
  ANALYZE	
  
EVERYTHING	
  
GAIN	
  REAL-­‐TIME	
  
OPERATIONAL	
  
INTELLIGENCE	
  
The	
  Power	
  of	
  Splunk	
  
Applica'on	
  
Delivery	
  
IT	
  
Opera'ons	
  
Security,	
  
Compliance	
  
and	
  Fraud	
   Industrial	
  
Data	
  and	
  
Internet	
  of	
  
Things	
  
Security,	
  
Compliance	
  
and	
  Fraud	
  
Business	
  
Analy'cs	
   Industrial	
  
Data	
  and	
  
Internet	
  of	
  
Things	
  
Splunk	
  for	
  Everyone	
  
Across	
  Data	
  Sources,	
  Use	
  Cases	
  and	
  Products	
  
Platform for Machine Data
Splunk	
  Cloud	
  
Fully	
  Featured	
  SaaS	
  PlaQorm	
  
7	
  
Instant	
   Secure	
   Reliable	
  
100%	
  UpFme	
  
Hybrid	
  
	
  
Hybrid	
  Deployment	
  Architecture	
  
8	
  
Search Head(s)
Indexer(s)
On
Premises
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Search Head(s)
Indexer(s)
On
Premises
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Hybrid	
  Search	
  
Single	
  Pane	
  of	
  Glass	
  Visibility	
  
9	
  
Forward data
Search
Monitor
Get value fast
What You Do
Hardware setup
Storage
Scaling
Monitoring
What We Do
10	
  
Splunk	
  Cloud	
  Available	
  Worldwide	
  
Sustained hyper-growth with 0% downtime!
!
Aaron Rice!
COO!
!
•  Our product vision!
•  Our service vision!
•  Obstacles to achieving our goals!
•  The selection process!
•  Why Splunk won!
•  How Splunk has delivered!
Agenda!
•  MindTouch, COO!
•  Specialized in transformation
of operations!
•  Big 4 Audit Background!
Introducing Aaron Rice!
Accelerate customer success:!
o  capture and serve knowledge to
their customers in new ways !
o  gain insight on customer behavior
to improve customer experience!
!
Businesses that use MindTouch: !
o  enjoy shorter sales cycles!
o  increase organic site traffic!
o  accelerate user adoption and
product expertise!
The MindTouch Product Vision!
!
!
!
MindTouch is cloud-delivered SaaS!
The MindTouch Vision!
!
!
!
MindTouch is cloud-delivered SaaS!
The MindTouch Vision!
•  Performance as a feature!
•  Weekly code release!
•  NO scheduled maintenance!
•  NO service interruptions!
The MindTouch Service Vision!
•  How can we ship product live with 0% downtime?!
•  How can we manage hyper-growth and still keep
systems stable?!
•  How can we ensure that we are learning from the
customer experience?!
•  How can we measure and how can we demonstrate
the impact we are having for our customers?!
Problems to be addressed!
•  Assessed close to a dozen vendors!
•  Narrowed to 4 for further investigation!
•  Performed extended POC with 3!
•  Finally selected Splunk!
Vendor selection!
•  Performance, performance, performance!
•  Focus on that second S!
•  Responsiveness to feedback !
•  Data flexibility!
Why Splunk won!
PRE-SPLUNK!
•  Reading the Matrix
Ops!
•  Baseline 400ms!
•  99.8% uptime commit!
•  Classic product
pricing!
!
How Splunk has delivered!
POST-SPLUNK!
•  Data driven decision
Ops!
•  Baseline 30ms!
•  99.9999% commit!
•  Value driven product
pricing!
•  MARKETING – macro client metrics !
•  ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT – micro metrics, usage
analysis, account health metrics!
•  DEV. OPS – Stability monitoring and rapid incident
resolution!
•  PRODUCT – Usage of product and feature!
•  SALES – proliferation of reference clients,
understood use cases and enviable SaaS metrics!
Impact across our organization!
Splunk invades our kitchen!
Redefined how we measure value to our client…!
…and how we sell our product!
Thank you!!
!
mindtouch.com!
!

Gartner Catalyst 2015 Customer Presentation - MindTouch

  • 1.
    Copyright  ©  2015  Splunk  Inc.   Splunk  Cloud  and   MindTouch   Aaron  Rice   COO,  MindTouch   Bill  EmmeD   Director  SoluFon  MarkeFng,  Splunk  
  • 2.
    Make  machine  data  accessible,   usable  and  valuable  to  everyone.     2  
  • 3.
    Disrup've  Approach  to  Unstructured  Data   Structured   RDBMS   SQL   Search   Schema  at  Write   Schema  at  Read   1980-­‐2010   2010+   ETL   Universal  Indexing   Unstructured   Volume  |  Velocity  |  Variety  
  • 4.
    COLLECT  DATA   FROM  ANYWHERE   SEARCH   AND  ANALYZE   EVERYTHING   GAIN  REAL-­‐TIME   OPERATIONAL   INTELLIGENCE   The  Power  of  Splunk  
  • 5.
    Applica'on   Delivery   IT   Opera'ons   Security,   Compliance   and  Fraud   Industrial   Data  and   Internet  of   Things   Security,   Compliance   and  Fraud   Business   Analy'cs   Industrial   Data  and   Internet  of   Things   Splunk  for  Everyone   Across  Data  Sources,  Use  Cases  and  Products   Platform for Machine Data
  • 6.
  • 7.
    Fully  Featured  SaaS  PlaQorm   7   Instant   Secure   Reliable   100%  UpFme   Hybrid    
  • 8.
    Hybrid  Deployment  Architecture   8   Search Head(s) Indexer(s) On Premises Private Cloud Public Cloud Search Head(s) Indexer(s) On Premises Private Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid  Search   Single  Pane  of  Glass  Visibility  
  • 9.
    9   Forward data Search Monitor Getvalue fast What You Do Hardware setup Storage Scaling Monitoring What We Do
  • 10.
    10   Splunk  Cloud  Available  Worldwide  
  • 11.
    Sustained hyper-growth with0% downtime! ! Aaron Rice! COO! !
  • 12.
    •  Our productvision! •  Our service vision! •  Obstacles to achieving our goals! •  The selection process! •  Why Splunk won! •  How Splunk has delivered! Agenda!
  • 13.
    •  MindTouch, COO! • Specialized in transformation of operations! •  Big 4 Audit Background! Introducing Aaron Rice!
  • 14.
    Accelerate customer success:! o capture and serve knowledge to their customers in new ways ! o  gain insight on customer behavior to improve customer experience! ! Businesses that use MindTouch: ! o  enjoy shorter sales cycles! o  increase organic site traffic! o  accelerate user adoption and product expertise! The MindTouch Product Vision!
  • 15.
    ! ! ! MindTouch is cloud-deliveredSaaS! The MindTouch Vision!
  • 16.
    ! ! ! MindTouch is cloud-deliveredSaaS! The MindTouch Vision!
  • 17.
    •  Performance asa feature! •  Weekly code release! •  NO scheduled maintenance! •  NO service interruptions! The MindTouch Service Vision!
  • 18.
    •  How canwe ship product live with 0% downtime?! •  How can we manage hyper-growth and still keep systems stable?! •  How can we ensure that we are learning from the customer experience?! •  How can we measure and how can we demonstrate the impact we are having for our customers?! Problems to be addressed!
  • 19.
    •  Assessed closeto a dozen vendors! •  Narrowed to 4 for further investigation! •  Performed extended POC with 3! •  Finally selected Splunk! Vendor selection!
  • 20.
    •  Performance, performance,performance! •  Focus on that second S! •  Responsiveness to feedback ! •  Data flexibility! Why Splunk won!
  • 21.
    PRE-SPLUNK! •  Reading theMatrix Ops! •  Baseline 400ms! •  99.8% uptime commit! •  Classic product pricing! ! How Splunk has delivered! POST-SPLUNK! •  Data driven decision Ops! •  Baseline 30ms! •  99.9999% commit! •  Value driven product pricing!
  • 22.
    •  MARKETING –macro client metrics ! •  ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT – micro metrics, usage analysis, account health metrics! •  DEV. OPS – Stability monitoring and rapid incident resolution! •  PRODUCT – Usage of product and feature! •  SALES – proliferation of reference clients, understood use cases and enviable SaaS metrics! Impact across our organization!
  • 23.
  • 24.
    Redefined how wemeasure value to our client…!
  • 25.
    …and how wesell our product!
  • 26.