(iTers News) - Splunk Inc., the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence, and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. today announced a reseller agreement with Hitachi Solutions to distribute Splunk Enterprise across Japan. Japan is long recognized as one of most advanced and largest IT markets in the world.

“Organizations like Hitachi Solutions recognize the tremendous value in achieving business insight from machine-generated big data,” said Robert Lau, general manager and vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan, Splunk. “Splunk customers tell us that they generate a significant return on their investment from Splunk software. The Japanese IT market is world renowned for recognizing and utilizing superior software. We are pleased Hitachi Solutions has joined with Splunk to help further educate the Japanese market about the profound impact Splunk software makes in organizations.”

“Japanese businesses are constantly seeking out cutting edge technology, and Splunk Enterprise has proven itself a standard for IT monitoring, security, business analytics and more,” said Hideaki Sakaue, Executive Officer, Hitachi Solutions. “We are excited to offer Splunk Enterprise to our reseller network and customers.”

Splunk Enterprise collects, indexes, monitors, analyzes and visualizes machine data being generated by websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors, mobile devices and more. Customers typically gain real-time visibility and insights from Splunk Enterprise in multiple use cases including IT operations, application management, security, compliance, digital intelligence and business analytics