Splunk : Good Teams Up with Children’s Discovery Museum

SAN FRANCISCO - July 26, 2016 -Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced that Splunk4Good is helping the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose advance its mission to inspire creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning. Children's Discovery Museum uses Splunk® Enterprise as its very own idea factory to continuously find new ways to drive greater IT operations efficiencies and improve security across its IT infrastructure. The software is provided through Splunk4Good, Splunk's community and nonprofit support initiative. See how Splunk helps Children's Discovery Museum put a smile on kids' faces in the Splunk Children's Discovery Museum video or read the Splunk Children's Discovery Museum case study.

Serving children, families and schools as a center for learning and discovery, Children's Discovery Museum is a nonprofit that has welcomed more than eight million visitors and offers new exhibits yearly to continuously respond to children's diverse educational needs.

'Splunk's technology is like an 'operational idea factory' that continuously gives us new ideas about how to do more with less and to identify and cut unnecessary costs,' said Gregg Daly, visiting principal engineer, Children's Discovery Museum. 'We are a nonprofit organization with a small but dedicated IT team. Splunk Enterprise is an intuitive platform that enables our IT staff to work more effectively and overcome resource constraints faced by many nonprofits.'

Children's Discovery Museum uses Splunk Enterprise to get real-time operational visibility and insights from the museum's IT systems and networks. In doing so, the museum has realized many benefits:

• IT staff can visualize high-level IT and security improvements for senior management and the board of directors.
• The museum can reduce the risk of fraud and malicious IT security threats and help safeguard the museum's assets and information.
• Staff productivity has been enhanced as the time to identify IT issues has been reduced from hours to minutes.
• The museum has eliminated underperforming applications, saving thousands of dollars annually.
• Reduced spam by 98 percent.

'We are proud to help Children's Discovery Museum focus on its core mission of building and sharing exhibits for children's learning, discovery and exploration,' said Steve Sommer, chief marketing officer, Splunk. 'Data can be a powerful ally for nonprofits around the world - helping them to do more social good and deliver programs with more efficiency and effectiveness. Using Splunk solutions, nonprofits around the world not only can improve IT operations and security, but also can discover new ways to leverage machine data to benefit the communities they serve.'

To learn more about Splunk4Good and how to apply for a nonprofit license, visit the Splunk4Good website.