
Operations people love Splunk.. until the first invoice arrives.
Operations people are often quite fond of Splunk, because it gives them bucketloads of useful data about the performance of the kit they tend. Developers are often quite fond of New Relic, because it gives them bucketloads of useful data about the performance of the code they tend, and its impact on the user experience. So …
I remember reading exactly the same about integrating Splunk data with AppDynamics data before the Cisco acquisition. Splunk are desperate to find new friends to add value to an expensive tool.
I think the industry has already worked that one out and are rapidly overtaking single purpose tool vendors.