Elastic vs IBM
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 Elastic Based on 48 reviews. |  IBM Based on 1618 reviews. |
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| 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. |
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ELK Kibana: Sprint, Grab, Volkswagen, Autopilot, Voyages-SNCF.com, Just Eat, Accenture, Dell, Verizon Wireless, Kaidee, Green Man Gaming, Compare Group, Tango, Quizlet Elastic X-Pack [EOL]: Sprint, Travelport, Grab, Autopilot, Just Eat, Accenture, Dell, Verizon Wireless, Guidestar, Influence Health, Shopback, Kaidee, Compare Group, Tango ELK Logstash: Sprint, Grab, Autopilot, Just Eat, Verizon Wireless, Green Man Gaming, Compare Group, Tango, Perceivant, Quizlet Elastic Beats: Sprint Elastic SIEM: Harel Insurance & Financial, Delhivery, Voxpopme, POSCO, Fairfax Media, EO Media Group, Netshoes, BPCE, MM Karton, KPN, NS1, Ctcue, Forcura, Engadget, Roanoke College, St. Mary's University, ndiana University, E*Trade, Adobe, Cisco Elastic APM: PSCU, Entel, VITAS, Mimecast, Barrett Steel, Butterfield Bank | IBM QRadar: Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar. IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager: Michelin Tire Corp IBM Application Performance Management: Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor |
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