Beth Pariseau<p>At first glance, there are some obvious ways the two companies could come together, but analysts and IT pros also identify potential snags as Cisco prepares to absorb Splunk for $28B.</p><p><a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366552861/IT-pros-react-to-blockbuster-28B-Cisco-Splunk-deal" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techtarget.com/searchitoperati</span><span class="invisible">ons/news/366552861/IT-pros-react-to-blockbuster-28B-Cisco-Splunk-deal</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SIEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIEM</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/observability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>observability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/securityanalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityanalytics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Splunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Splunk</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/splunksecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>splunksecurity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cisco</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fullstackobservability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fullstackobservability</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/securityanalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityanalytics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/securityautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityautomation</span></a></p>