Splunkとシスコがひとつになり、世界トップクラスのソフトウェア企業としてお客様のデジタルレジリエンスの強化を支援

Splunkはこの20年間、データ活用に関するさまざまなアイデアを実現して、お客様が複雑な課題を解決しながらデジタルシステムのレジリエンスを強化できるよう支援してきました。近年ではAIが台頭し、デジタルトランスフォーメーションの需要も引き続き高まっています。これによって新たな可能性が広がる一方で、複雑な課題も次々に生まれています。ハイブリッドやマルチクラウドなどの分断された環境の中で、多くの企業では保護すべき攻撃対象が拡大し、管理するデータが飛躍的に増え続けています。

こうした課題に対処するために組織に進化が求められる中、Splunkもまた、お客様に最大限の価値を提供すべく進化を続けてきました。その過程で、Splunkがお客様への約束として常に守り続けてきた信念があります。それは、お客様のニーズを先取りし、ミッションクリティカルなシステムのセキュリティと信頼性を維持するための有意義なイノベーションを提供し続けることです。 

Splunkは、シスコと互いに協力してこのミッションを推進し、セキュリティとオブザーバビリティの未来に向けたビジョンを実現するための新たな一歩を踏み出しました。

シスコに加わることは、Splunkとそのお客様、パートナー、社員、株主にとって大きな転換点となります。シスコとSplunkは長年にわたって強力なパートナーシップを築いてきました。その成功は、両社の製品や機能を深いレベルで相互に補完し、お客様に提供する価値を高めてきたという実績に裏打ちされています。その2社がひとつになれば、業界トップクラスのソリューションを構築し、セキュリティ、オブザーバビリティ、ネットワーク運用のすべてをカバーして最高レベルの可視化とインサイトを提供できるはずです。両社の能力を合わせることで、業界の変革を加速させ、すべての関係者にさらなるメリットをもたらすことができるでしょう。

お客様への約束を果たすためにイノベーションを追い求め、実行し、向上し持ち続けることは、これからもSplunkのミッションの根幹であり続けます。そして、シスコとの統合は、イノベーションを推進し、お客様に価値を提供して、デジタルレジリエンスの強化を支援するためのリソースをさらに拡充するものです。シスコは、市場を開拓する世界トップクラスの能力と、信頼できるパートナーで構成された大規模なグローバルネットワークを有しています。Splunkは、これらを通じて、AIを活用したセキュリティとオブザーバビリティのためのエンタープライズグレードのソリューションを世界中のさらに多くのお客様に届けることができます。同時に、イノベーションのペースを加速させ、お客様がこれまで以上にすばやく安全にデータにアクセスし、データを分析して、アクションにつなげられる革新的なソリューションを開発する機会が広がります。Splunkの先進的なテクノロジーに、シスコのテクノロジーポートフォリオ、市場開拓力、そして世界レベルの事業規模という強みを掛け合わせることで、お客様、業界全体、ひいては社会全体に大きなメリットをもたらすことができると信じています。

シスコとひとつになったSplunkの今後が私自身も非常に楽しみです。今回の発表は、Splunkのテクノロジーによって世界中の組織がレジリエンスを高めながらその潜在力を最大限に発揮できるよう、各国のSplunk社員が日々取り組んできた努力の成果であり、Splunkの革新的なビジョンと信念の1つの結晶です。今日という日を実現したSplunk社員の才能と向上心は、今後ますます重要になります。 

Splunkは、この世代で最も先見の明のあるテクノロジーマインドを集結し、何年もかけて活気あるコミュニティとエコシステムを築き上げてきました。このたびの発表が、より安全でレジリエントなデジタル社会を作るというSplunkの揺るぎない決意をさらに強固にすると確信しています。そして、皆様とともにこの大きな転換点を祝い、Splunkの新たな歴史を紡いでいきたいと思います。  

詳しくは、こちらのプレスリリースをご覧ください。

Gary Steele
Splunk社長兼CEO

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In connection with the proposed transaction between Splunk LLC (“Splunk”) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), Splunk will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), the definitive version of which will be sent or provided to Splunk stockholders. Splunk may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This document is not a substitute for the Proxy Statement or any other document which Splunk may file with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the Proxy Statement (when it is available) and other documents that are filed or will be filed with the SEC by Splunk through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, Splunk’s investor relations website at https://investors.splunk.com or by contacting the Splunk investor relations department at the following:

Splunk LLC
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