Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk in cash for $157 per share, a 31% premium on Splunk's September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B
https://www.reuters.com/... Chris Merkel / @chrismerkel@infosec.exchange : Scoop: Anonymous has hacked the neuralinks of the leadership teams at Splunk and Cisco. While I can't identify the specific ...
Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity company Splunk for $157 per share in cash, up 31% on Splunk's September 20 closing price, in a deal valued at ~$28B
- Acquisition is largest deal ever for networking stalwart — Cisco is trying to lessen dependence on one-time sales
Sources: PE firm Hellman & Friedman takes a 7.5% stake in data analytics service Splunk, worth about $1.4B, following Cisco's $20B takeover offer in February
Wall Street Journal :
Sources: Cisco recently made a takeover offer worth $20B+ for big data analytics software maker Splunk; the companies aren't currently in active talks
Offer was made recently though it isn't clear where things currently stand, according to people familiar with the matter
Splunk raises $1B from Silver Lake in exchange for convertible notes, and says it will use the investment to fund buybacks; Splunk stock up 11%
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Big data analytics service Splunk says it will acquire Flowmill, a Palo Alto-based cloud network observability startup, for an undisclosed sum
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B
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Big data analytics service Splunk says it will acquire security automation platform Phantom Cyber for $350M in cash and stock; Phantom has raised $22M
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Splunk acquires cybersecurity startup Caspida for $190M
Publicly traded log analytics company Splunk announced today that it has acquired Caspida, a cybersecurity startup, for a total of $190 million. — “Splunk customers now have out-of-the-box user beha...