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Elastic
Based on 175 reviews.
IBM
Based on 3187 reviews.
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Overview
Elasticsearch is a search server based on Lucene. It provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with a RESTful web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Elasticsearch is developed in Java and is released as open source under the terms of the Apache License. Elasticsearch is the second most popular enterprise search engine. Shay Banon created Compass in 2004. Elasticsearch BV was founded in 2012 to provide commercial solutions around Elasticsearch and related software.
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
Sample Customers
Elastic Search
T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
Elastic Security
Texas A&M, U.S. Air Force, NuScale Power, Martin's Point Health Care
Elastic Observability
PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)
ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)
IBM Security QRadar
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
Humio Log Management for IBM Cloud Paks
1. ABN AMRO 2. Accenture 3. Aconex 4. Adidas 5. Aetna 6. AIG 7. Air France KLM 8. Airtel 9. Allianz 10. Amadeus 11. American Express 12. AmerisourceBergen 13. Amgen 14. Aon 15. Apptio 16. Aramark 17. Arista Networks 18. ATT 19. Autodesk 20. Aviva 21. Bank of America 22. Bank of New York Mellon 23. BASF 24. Bayer 25. Bechtel 26. BHP Billiton 27. Boeing 28. BNP Paribas 29. Bristol-Myers Squibb 30. Cisco Systems 31. Coca Cola 32. Comcast
IBM Resilient
Golden Living, Health Equity, USA Funds
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM Cloud Monitoring
1. Coca-Cola 2. American Express 3. General Motors 4. Delta Airlines 5. Verizon 6. Citigroup 7. Ford Motor Company 8. AT&T 9. Procter & Gamble 10. Boeing 11. Walmart 12. General Electric 13. IBM itself 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. Microsoft 16. Amazon 17. Intel 18. Cisco Systems 19. Oracle 20. Adobe 21. Accenture 22. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 23. Dell Technologies 24. Siemens 25. BMW 26. Toyota 27. Samsung 28. Sony 29. ExxonMobil 30. Chevron 31. BP 32. Shell
IBM App Connect
United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
IBM Application Integration Suite
UMC Freiburg
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
CVS Health Corporation
webMethods.io
Cisco, Agralogics, Dreamforce, Cables & Sensors, Sacramento Kings
IBM StoredIQ
J.B. Hunt Transport, BBVA Compass
IBM Watson Discovery
Prudential, Bradesco, Woodside
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
19%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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