SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - December 17, 2014 - Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, today announced that Splunk® Enterprise has been named Best Business Application at the fifth annual V3 Technology Awards. The awards recognize the best products, vendors and individuals in the U.K. technology industry. Splunk Enterprise was shortlisted in the Best Business Application category by the V3 editorial team and the winners were decided based on votes from V3 readers.

“This win means a great deal to us because it is decided by the readers - the people who understand how use of our technology enables new insights that drive the business,” said Matt Davies, senior director, EMEA marketing, Splunk. “Splunk Enterprise enables organizations to improve service levels, reduce operations costs, mitigate security risks, enhance DevOps collaboration, create new product and service offerings and obtain deeper insight into customer behavior. Being named Best Business Application underlines the value Operational Intelligence delivers to our customers.”

“Splunk was up against tough competition in the Best Business Application category at this year's awards, against firms such as Oracle and Salesforce.com,” said Madeline Bennett, editor, V3. “The fact that Splunk Enterprise received the award is testament to the firm's caliber in the data analysis space. And as the awards are voted for by the V3 readership, it shows that Splunk customers and IT professionals highly rate the firm's products.” 

V3.co.uk provides an online audience of over 500,000 technology professionals with up-to-the-minute news, reviews and analysis written by a team of expert IT journalists in the U.K. and Silicon Valley. V3.co.uk is published in the U.K. by Incisive Media, the trading name of Incisive Financial Publishing.

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