[3] Sumo Logic was founded in April 2010 by ArcSight veterans Kumar Saurabh and Christian Beedgen, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

[5] Sumo Logic was founded in 2010 by a technical leadership team with expertise in log management, scalable systems, Big Data and security.

[12] In September 2018, Sumo Logic announced the addition of a cloud SIEM solution to its machine data analytics platform.

[17] On 4th May 2021, the US Department of Justice announced that Michael Kail had been convicted on a number of counts related to the kick backs received from Sumo Logic and other vendors.

[21][16] While Sumo Logic remained in stealth mode for two years, it unveiled its cloud-based log management platform with Series B funding of $15 million in January 2012.

[24][25] Sumo Logic brands itself as a "continuous intelligence platform" that automates the collection, ingestion and analysis of various types of data into actionable insights for its users.

[29][30] That same year, the company announced DevSecOps tools on its continuous intelligence platform for infrastructure observability and telemetry data analytics of enterprise applications.

[33] A cloud-based approach overcomes the inherent problems of premises-based solutions, including limits on scalability, inefficient or haphazard analysis, and uncontrolled costs.