> Further, though Mr. Kail complained of problems with Sumologic (as one would see with any new startup), the product itself was “useful,” according to Ashi Sheth. (R.T. Vol. 8, p. 1670-71). As described below, at the time, Sumologic saved Netflix from paying for a far more expensive and inferior product called Splunk.

Wow! I was evaluating SumoLogic and Splunk in Netflix back then. Neither of them was suitable for our use cases. We ended up rolling out our own solutions. As far as I recall, the eng org didn't use Splunk or SumoLogic. Kail headed the IT department, though. Maybe they used SumoLogic.