Splunk: derived from ‘spelunking’, the hobby or practice of exploring caves. Splunk envisions an IT world where big data makes sense and does not require any headlamps or helmets to crawl through the digital muck. In this world, data is both valuable and usable and can offer key insights for critical areas of a business, such as application management, security and compliance. In order to make this vision a reality, Splunk needed its own customized identity management solution – Okta. Given the company’s enthusiasm for simplifying, securing and making easier access for intelligent data, we were thrilled to sit down with Douglas Harr, Splunk’s CIO, to find out more about their own IT adventure. To hear our full interview with Douglas, watch Splunk’s customer testimonial video below or on our customer testimonial website. How did you design your IT systems as you expanded in the cloud? We.