Cribl Stream ‘Data Engine’ Now Available As Azure Cloud Service

Azure users can now deploy Cribl Stream’s data routing and processing on the Azure platform to better manage IT and security data in the cloud.

Data processing platform developer Cribl is extending its Cribl Stream data telemetry pipeline capabilities to Microsoft Azure, making it easier for partners and businesses to manage IT and security data in the Microsoft Cloud.

Cribl on Tuesday also unveiled updates to the rest of its product portfolio, including Cribl Search, Cribl Edge and Cribl Lake, with additional capabilities and improved integration with other systems from Snowflake, ServiceNow and DataDog.

News of the updates comes on the heels of Cribl’s completion of a Series E funding round in late August that raised $319 million. Having reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue in late 2023, Cribl describes itself as one of the fastest growing infrastructure software companies in the IT industry.

Cribl Stream collects, analyzes, processes and routes log, metric, trace, event and alert data from IT and security systems – a critical element of IT observability, systems management and cybersecurity operations.

“We are the data engine for IT and security. It's absolutely our area of focus. And as such, our integrations to the IT and security ecosystem are super important, because that's what drives value for our customers,” said Vlad Melnik, Cribl vice president of business development, alliances, in an exclusive interview with CRN.

In May Cribl launched the Cribl Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program with the goal of increasing the number of integrations and validated solutions with other vendors that Cribl could bring to its partners and customers. Melnik said the program already has more than 180 partners.

While processing data close to its source is seen as critical for managing latency, both in on-premises systems and in the cloud, that can add to costs and management overhead, Cribl said in a press release detailing the availability of Cribl Stream for Azure.

Until now Cribl users had to install, operate and maintain their own instance of Cribl Stream on Azure. With the latest release users can deploy Cribl Stream and its data routing and processing capabilities as a cloud service within Azure and scale up their deployment as needed. They also have more options for managing the system and connecting to additional data sources, Melnick said.

Cribl, in the press release, cited research on IT and security data management trends that found that businesses and organizations want to “share data across the broader Azure ecosystem.”

“It’s definitely a big deal, giving flexibility and optionality to our joint customers,” Melnick said of the benefits of Cribl Stream on Azure.

“As companies look to simplify managing their telemetry data, they need solutions that work with the tools they increasingly rely on. We continue to see a greater demand for Microsoft Azure both as a market trend and from our customers looking to expand their Azure infrastructure,” said Ledion Bitincka, Cribl co-founder and CTO, in the press release.

“With this release, we’re giving our customers what they need by enabling them to deploy Stream’s data plane capabilities as a service managed by Cribl, easily onboard and process data in Azure—or across clouds—choose their region and get the benefit of the reduced overhead of a managed cloud service,” Bitincka said.

Cribl Now On Microsoft Azure, AWS

Melnik said channel partners will benefit from the managed Cribl service on Azure from simplified integration and implementation, new cross-sell opportunities and more opportunities to sell joint-solutions with other solution providers.

Cribl’s software is already available on Amazon Web Services and Melnik hinted that support for Google Cloud Platform is in the works. “We're total Switzerland. We work with AWS. We work with Microsoft. And we will work with Google in the future,” he said.

Melnik said Cribl was not yet ready to make an announcement about the availability of its software through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and the applicability of purchase transactions to Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) spending.

In addition to its general availability on Azure, Cribl Stream also introduces support for DataDog’s Distribution API and ServiceNow Observability (formerly LightStep).

In updates to other Cribl software, enhancements to Cribl Search improve its links to the Snowflake data cloud while Cribl Edge now sports added health status monitoring for nodes and fleets. And Cribl Lake introduces Hybrid Worker Group support to expand data exploration with the ability to write, replay, and mix and match data workloads, the company said. All products are available through Cribl.Cloud.