Well, it finally happened folks, and I guess the third time is the charm. If rumors are to be believed, Cisco had approached Splunk on two separate occasion to talk about acquisition, but their offers were rebuffed for unknown reasons. This time it appears that all the planets and comets have aligned and Splunk has entered into a definitive agreement with Cisco to be acquired for $28B.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:45 - Welcome to the Rundown
1:44 - Palo Alto in Advanced Talks to buy Talon and Dig
3:00 - Solidigm Unveils DT-P5810 SCL SSD
6:42 - Open ToFu Joins Linux Foundation
10:14 - CoreWeave Chooses VAST Data for Next Gen Public Cloud
12:40 - Mirantis Announces Lens AppIQ
15:25 - Sierra Forest Coming Soon from Intel
20:08 - Cisco Set to Acquire Splunk
28:22 - The Weeks Ahead
29:23 - Thanks for Watching
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