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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