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Cisco Buys Splunk and Tech IPOs

Bloomberg Tech

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Tech News, News, Business News

4.470 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow break down Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk in a $28 billion dollar deal as it pushes into AI. Plus, they get a read on the state of the IPO market with Jeff Thomas from Nasdaq as companies see their trading debut pop begin to fade.

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0:28.0

From the heart of where innovation, money and power collide in Silicon Valley and beyond,

0:37.0

this is Bloomberg Technology with Caroline Hyde and Edna Edla Loa. Live from Bloomberg's World Headquarters in New York, come Caroline High.

0:58.2

And I'm Ed Ludlow right next door. This is Bloomberg Technology.

1:00.9

Coming up, Cisco buying Splunk in a $28 billion deal that pushes it into AI.

1:06.9

We'll bring you the terms of the deal and what it means for M&A.

1:09.3

And from M&A to IPOs will get a read on the state of the market with Jeff Thomas from Nasdak as

1:14.0

companies see their trading debut pop begin to fade.

1:18.0

Plus we'll bring you the latest in the media world.

1:20.3

Robert Murdoch steps down from the Fox News Corp and writers and studios that engine... world.

1:23.0

Robert Murdoch steps down from the Fox News Corp and writers and studios

1:24.4

they're inching closer to a deal.

1:26.3

All that and so much more ahead.

1:27.9

Let's bring in Jim Fish, analyst at Piper Sanler, who has a neutral rating on

1:30.8

Cisco, $57 price target.

1:32.4

And ultimately, is this a good deal

1:34.2

despite the amount that they're paying in terms of premium?

1:37.3

Yeah, thanks for having me first off.

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