SenSage
Encyclopedia
SenSage Inc. is a privately held data warehouse
software provider headquartered in San Francisco, California
. SenSage serves enterprises who use the software to capture and store event data
so that it can be consolidated, searched and analyzed to generate reports that detect fraud
, analyze performance trends, and comply with government regulations.
SenSage competitors include traditional data warehouse vendors Oracle
, Teradata
and Netezza
. In the security event and information management SIEM market, SenSage also competes with ArcSight
, Assuria Log Manager
, eIQNetworks, LogLogic
, LogRhythm, NetIQ, NitroSecurity
, Q1 Labs and Splunk
.
According to The451 Group, SenSage generates more than 70% of its revenue through global and local partners, which include EMC
, HP, Cerner
and McAfee
.
The company is backed by venture capital
firms Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners
, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, FTVentures and Sand Hill Capital.
SenSage’s financial backers include Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners
, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners Inc., FTVentures and Sand Hill Capital.
SenSage holds U.S. patent #7,024,414 for parsing table data into columns of values, formatting each column into a data stream, and transferring each data stream to a storage device in a continuous strip of data. In this architecture, the data is stored in columns instead of rows, which eliminates the need for indices when storing event data to increase data compression and retrieval speeds.
The event data warehouse software uses an extraction, transformation and loading tool to pull records into the data warehouse, where it is compressed and spread across server nodes
. Data queries are distributed across data warehouse nodes as well.
SenSage provides support for SAP, Oracle (PeopleSoft and Siebel), Lawson, Cerner and other packaged application providers, and its technology supports precise analytics needed for use cases, such as fraud detection.
As its customers have shifted resources into cloud computing
platforms, SenSage announced software that supports clustering
and configuration in a VMware environment with hypervisor
for using CPU cores, memory
and other virtualized hardware resources. The event data software includes support for storage virtualization
, providing integration of SANs (storage area networks), NAS (network-attached storage
) and CAS (content addressable storage) as online storage in a cloud-based or VMware environment.
Through much of its history, SenSage customers have used its event data warehouse software to analyze system logs for security information and event management (SIEM) to collect, store, manage and analyze log records for security and forensic purposes. In a survey, SenSage customers reported the need to retain logs and archive archiving records for a minimum of one year as a hedge against future audits. SenSage customer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida mentions using SenSage tools for proactive monitoring that allow administrators to see and prevent security threats as they occur.
SenSage has OEM arrangements with HP (the HP Compliance Log Warehouse (CLW) appliance) and Cerner (healthcare applications).HP uses SenSage software as the log management engine in the HP CLW, which is used by customers to collect and analyze log data to trigger compliance reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI and other federal record retention rules. Customers such as Choice Hotels have deployed the HP CLW to automate network analysis and compliance reporting to meet Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) regulations. More than 5,800 Choice brand hotels worldwide rely on the HP CLW to identify internal violations and external threats in real time.
SenSage combines its event data warehouse software with EMC
Centera long-term storage units to store, manage and analyze call detail record
s (CDRs) for telephone and wireless carriers and ISPs that must comply with the European Union Data Retention Directive
. The regulation was established to ensure service providers could assist law enforcement officials investigating bombings, leading to a requirement to keep records for up to three years.
Telefónica O2 Ireland has deployed SenSage with EMC Centera storage hardware to meet the Data Retention Direction mandate, which requires storage and managing an average of 50 million CDRs per day.
Data warehouse
In computing, a data warehouse is a database used for reporting and analysis. The data stored in the warehouse is uploaded from the operational systems. The data may pass through an operational data store for additional operations before it is used in the DW for reporting.A data warehouse...
software provider headquartered in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. SenSage serves enterprises who use the software to capture and store event data
Event data
Event data is a antonym to an audit trail. Modern computer software applications and IT infrastructure have adopted the term event data over audit trail...
so that it can be consolidated, searched and analyzed to generate reports that detect fraud
Fraud
In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation...
, analyze performance trends, and comply with government regulations.
SenSage competitors include traditional data warehouse vendors Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, Teradata
Teradata
Teradata Corporation is a vendor specializing in data warehousing and analytic applications. Its products are commonly used by companies to manage data warehouses for analytics and business intelligence purposes. Teradata was formerly a division of NCR Corporation, with the spinoff from NCR on...
and Netezza
Netezza
Netezza designs and markets high-performance data warehouse appliances and advanced analytics applications for uses including enterprise data warehousing, business intelligence, predictive analytics and business continuity planning....
. In the security event and information management SIEM market, SenSage also competes with ArcSight
ArcSight
ArcSight, an HP company, was founded in 2000 and is a technology company that provides security information and event management solutions. ArcSight headquarters are located in Cupertino, California, USA, with sales offices around the globe including the United States, the United Kingdom, France,...
, Assuria Log Manager
Assuria Log Manager
Assuria Log Manager is a product used for securely collecting and managing audit logs from across the enterprise. Logs are collected and stored in their original formats, thus retaining forensic soundness, and all analysis, reporting and management functions work off these original formats...
, eIQNetworks, LogLogic
LogLogic
LogLogic is a technology company that specializes in Security Management, Compliance Reporting, and IT Operations products. LogLogic developed the first appliance-based log management platform. LogLogic's Log Management platform collects and correlates user activity and event data...
, LogRhythm, NetIQ, NitroSecurity
NitroSecurity
NitroSecurity Inc. is a privately held United States-based provider of security information and event management technology. NitroSecurity headquarters are located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, with sales offices throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. In 2010, Inc. magazine...
, Q1 Labs and Splunk
Splunk
Splunk is enterprise software used to monitor, report and analyze the machine data produced by the applications, systems and infrastructure that run a business. Splunk lets users search, monitor and analyze machine-generated data via web-style interface...
.
According to The451 Group, SenSage generates more than 70% of its revenue through global and local partners, which include EMC
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
, HP, Cerner
Cerner
Cerner Corporation is an international health care information technology corporation that specializes in providing complete systems for hospitals and other medical organizations to manage and integrate all electronic medical records, computerized physician order entry , and financial...
and McAfee
McAfee
McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...
.
The company is backed by venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firms Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners is a multi-billion dollar global venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors....
, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, FTVentures and Sand Hill Capital.
Corporate history
SenSage Inc. was founded as Addamark Technologies Inc. in 2000. In October 2004, Addamark changed its name to SenSage and simultaneously announced version 3.0 of its flagship security information management product (SIM).SenSage’s financial backers include Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners is a multi-billion dollar global venture capital firm focusing on investments in early stage companies in the technology and healthcare sectors....
, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners Inc., FTVentures and Sand Hill Capital.
Technology
The company uses a columnar database architecture instead of the relational database architecture that is more common in the industry.SenSage holds U.S. patent #7,024,414 for parsing table data into columns of values, formatting each column into a data stream, and transferring each data stream to a storage device in a continuous strip of data. In this architecture, the data is stored in columns instead of rows, which eliminates the need for indices when storing event data to increase data compression and retrieval speeds.
The event data warehouse software uses an extraction, transformation and loading tool to pull records into the data warehouse, where it is compressed and spread across server nodes
Node (networking)
In communication networks, a node is a connection point, either a redistribution point or a communication endpoint . The definition of a node depends on the network and protocol layer referred to...
. Data queries are distributed across data warehouse nodes as well.
SenSage provides support for SAP, Oracle (PeopleSoft and Siebel), Lawson, Cerner and other packaged application providers, and its technology supports precise analytics needed for use cases, such as fraud detection.
As its customers have shifted resources into cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
platforms, SenSage announced software that supports clustering
Clustering
Clustering can refer to the following:In demographics:* Clustering , the gathering of various populations based on factors such as ethnicity, economics or religion.In graph theory:...
and configuration in a VMware environment with hypervisor
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
for using CPU cores, memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
and other virtualized hardware resources. The event data software includes support for storage virtualization
Storage Virtualization
Storage virtualization or storage virtualisation is a concept and term used within computer science. Specifically, storage systems may use virtualization concepts as a tool to enable better functionality and more advanced features within the storage system.Broadly speaking, a 'storage system' is...
, providing integration of SANs (storage area networks), NAS (network-attached storage
Network-attached storage
Network-attached storage is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to heterogeneous clients. NAS not only operates as a file server, but is specialized for this task either by its hardware, software, or configuration of those elements...
) and CAS (content addressable storage) as online storage in a cloud-based or VMware environment.
Products & Services
SenSage's products are built on its event data warehouse software that consolidates a complex stream of business transactions and communications from any network source, analyzes and stores the data, and gives users an interface to search through events from a single console. In 2008, SenSage added new user interface features to its software to make it usable by non-technical staff.Through much of its history, SenSage customers have used its event data warehouse software to analyze system logs for security information and event management (SIEM) to collect, store, manage and analyze log records for security and forensic purposes. In a survey, SenSage customers reported the need to retain logs and archive archiving records for a minimum of one year as a hedge against future audits. SenSage customer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida mentions using SenSage tools for proactive monitoring that allow administrators to see and prevent security threats as they occur.
SenSage has OEM arrangements with HP (the HP Compliance Log Warehouse (CLW) appliance) and Cerner (healthcare applications).HP uses SenSage software as the log management engine in the HP CLW, which is used by customers to collect and analyze log data to trigger compliance reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI and other federal record retention rules. Customers such as Choice Hotels have deployed the HP CLW to automate network analysis and compliance reporting to meet Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) regulations. More than 5,800 Choice brand hotels worldwide rely on the HP CLW to identify internal violations and external threats in real time.
SenSage combines its event data warehouse software with EMC
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
Centera long-term storage units to store, manage and analyze call detail record
Call detail record
A call detail record , also known as call data record, is a data record produced by a telephone exchange or other telecommunications equipment documenting the details of a phone call that passed through the facility or device...
s (CDRs) for telephone and wireless carriers and ISPs that must comply with the European Union Data Retention Directive
Data Retention Directive
The Data Retention Directive, more formally "Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications...
. The regulation was established to ensure service providers could assist law enforcement officials investigating bombings, leading to a requirement to keep records for up to three years.
Telefónica O2 Ireland has deployed SenSage with EMC Centera storage hardware to meet the Data Retention Direction mandate, which requires storage and managing an average of 50 million CDRs per day.
Further reading
- SenSage Website
- The silent explosion of log management, CNET
- Enterprises Rolling on Logs, Dark Reading
- PCI forces companies to seek log management help, SearchSecurity
- Growing Dependence on Log Data for Compliance and Threat Response, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
- Meeting The PCI DSS Requirements, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal