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🚀 Tech Industry Shake-Up: Major Merger Announced! 🚀 The tech world is buzzing with the latest news of a major merger between Cisco Systems and Splunk! This shake-up is set to redefine the industry landscape, bringing together cutting-edge innovations and resources to drive unprecedented growth and development. As these companies unite, we can expect to see enhanced capabilities in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. This merger not only signifies a strategic move for both entities but also highlights the importance of collaboration and innovation in staying ahead of the curve. What are your thoughts on this game-changing merger? How do you think it will impact the tech industry and beyond? #TechIndustry #Merger #Innovation #TechNews #BitCloud #BitCloudSolution

Overall, this merger showcases how security analytics platform vendors continue to face headwinds on ensuring completeness of offering while competing with innovation coming from other vendors, including hyper-scalers like Microsoft, AWS, and Google and cybersecurity stalwarts like Palo Alto Networks. Expect more consolidation in the security analytics platform market in the years to come, as well as increased competition from extended detection and response vendors that are pushing into the #SecOps space. #mergersandacquisitions #cybersecurity

Is your organization considering a merger, acquisition, or restructuring? Have you weighed the associated data exposure and compliance risks? You may want to before taking the leap. Sentra

For our Omdia SecOps subscribers: We've published our new report on the Exabeam-LogRhythm merger. It's a major alarm bell for mid-tier NG-SIEM vendors; the rise of Microsoft is effectively squeezing them out. Our exclusive Omdia SecOps market tracker data shows that, for the mid-tier, their piece of the pie is getting smaller and smaller. https://bit.ly/4dWvp0H

The #SIEM market has been shaken by recent acquisitions - #CISCO #Splunk, IBM #Qradar #PaloAlto, #Logrhythm- #Exabeam an 18-minute interview with #Forrester’s Principal Analyst, Allie Mellen provides some insights into the reasoning, consequences and risks and opportunities that come with these acquisitions. As for #QRadar customers, the recommendation was clear: start looking for a product alternative NOW. While IBM may still claim to support the on-prem version, from a long-term perspective that may not be the most likely thing to happen. Also, the QRadar deal is a #CustomerAcquisition, NOT a #TechnologyAcquisition. PaloAlto is not likely to invest into that product, but wants customers to migrate to their portfolio. IBM’s motivation behind the deal appears to be re-focusing their strategic portfolio more on AI and hybrid cloud. For those QRadar customers who consider switching to the PaloAlto product portfolio, the switch is going to be drastic, particularly in terms of interaction with the PA product suite. When it comes to the #LogRhythm/#Exabeam deal, the major (Leadership) challenge will be the huge difference between the two organizations in terms of geographical presence, go-to-market strategy, customer size, product portfolio strengths and corporate culture. https://lnkd.in/d-GudvjU

IBM continues to strengthen its position in the tech landscape with strategic acquisitions. By investing in companies that drive innovation in cloud computing, AI, and cybersecurity, IBM is not only expanding its portfolio but also enhancing its ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions to businesses globally. These acquisitions underscore IBM’s commitment to staying ahead of the curve and providing tailored, scalable solutions for the digital age. It’s exciting to see how these moves will shape the future of technology.

As your organization grows, so does the risk of introducing gaps in network visibility. Whether through mergers and acquisitions, network upgrades, a cloud migration, or address changes, can you be sure you’re maintaining 100% visibility? FireMon Asset Manager helps you: - Reduce Risk: Accurately detect and identify assets and networks to secure your environment - Improve Operational Efficiency: Enrich asset data systems of record, reduce time and resources, and accelerate business - Achieve and Maintain Compliance: Streamline asset inventory for accurate compliance reporting Learn more: https://ow.ly/iXPt50REHLI #AssetManager #FireMon #FireMonAssetManager #visibility #networkvisibility #blindspots #breaches #avoidbreaches #SIEMSolutions #SIEM #IPAM #IPAMsolutions #eliminateblindspots #Incidentresponse #assetvisibilty #assetdiscovery

Your financial organization works hard to stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace. While you might invest in building some of your own new products, your organization may also have merged with or acquired other companies to realize value sooner. If your organization is making plans for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) this year, here is how Citrix can help in delivering compliance at scale, onboard new users quickly, and protect applications and data for newly acquired businesses and existing businesses. 

As the security solutions market consolidates, organizations need to carefully evaluate their choices. Large-scale mergers in the security software industry can come with hidden pitfalls. Learn why independent security platforms offer significant advantages over those tied to big tech conglomerates. https://ow.ly/CUu650S22QB #security #SIEM #SecOps

Fortinet made 16 acquisitions before, but Lacework is different because it’s not a small technology purchase but rather an enterprise-class solution provider with roughly 750 employees that commanded an undisclosed but meaningful price. Lacework previously raised $1.3B in a Series D round in November 2021 at an $8.3B valuation, and promptly severed 20% of its workforce in May 2022 amidst the market slowdown. This is clearly an opportunistic acquisition considering Lacework’s revenue growth deceleration, and the VCs likely wanted out, so the only question is how deep the discount was. An April 18 article in TechCrunch suggested Lacework was being shopped at a $150M to $200M valuation which would be a wipeout for Lacework investors. Fortinet’s technology solutions are all built upon the Fortinet Security Fabric which simplifies integration of the individual component tools into a cohesive security platform. Lacework will be integrated into that solution matrix and will strengthen the product portfolio, where it should get more traction with the Fortinet salesforce behind it. The only concern is that management has not previously integrated an acquisition of this size, so the risk is how long it takes and how smoothly it goes.