Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Splunk, marking a significant step towards providing unparalleled visibility and insights across the entire digital landscape of organizations.
In today’s digital era, organizations must ensure connectivity and protection across all aspects of their operations. This includes connecting people, applications, data, and devices, while also safeguarding against cybersecurity threats, downtime, and other critical risks.
Cisco aims to leverage its network capabilities along with leading security and observability solutions to offer a unified, real-time view of the entire digital infrastructure. This holistic approach will enable teams to proactively defend critical assets, prevent outages, and enhance the overall network experience.
Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO of Cisco, expressed excitement about officially welcoming Splunk to Cisco, emphasizing their shared vision of revolutionizing data utilization to connect and safeguard every aspect of organizations. He highlighted the potential to drive and protect the AI revolution through this collaboration.
Gary Steele, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Splunk, echoed Robbins’ sentiments, emphasizing the value that the combined capabilities of Cisco and Splunk will bring to customers worldwide. The integration will provide comprehensive visibility and insights across organizations’ digital footprint, enhancing resilience through an extensive security and observability product portfolio.
The adoption of AI is rapidly accelerating, and organizations require the right infrastructure, data, security, and observability platforms to fully leverage its benefits. With the acquisition of Splunk, Cisco aims to address all these requirements seamlessly, empowering organizations to unlock unprecedented business value.
According to Stephen Elliot, Group Vice President at IDC, the combination of Cisco and Splunk creates transformative solutions that were previously not possible. This unique offering, combined with Cisco’s channel and AI investments, presents customers with new opportunities for unlocking higher levels of business value.
Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture, congratulated Cisco on the acquisition of Splunk and expressed anticipation for the collaborative opportunities it presents to clients in the future. Accenture looks forward to leveraging its long-term partnerships with both companies to drive innovation and value for clients.
