A Splunk executive explains why the company made its biggest acquisition ever with the $1 billion purchase of SignalFX

SignalFx was last valued at $500 million. Now, Splunk will acquire it for $1.05 billion. Here's why Splunk believes SignalFx's products are valuable.
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Splunk exec says Cisco acquisition has ignited platform expansion

In the 18 months since Cisco Systems Inc. finalized its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk Inc., the combined firms have focused on weaving Splunk’s machine data analytics technology with Cisco’s ...