The Splunk Acquisition and Cisco Data Fabric

The $28B Splunk acquisition was the largest deal in Cisco's history and the single biggest signal of how the company plans to compete in the AI era. Eighteen months in, the integration has produced "Cisco Data Fabric" and "Cisco AI Canvas" — the unified data and observability layer that Cisco believes will be its moat. This module helps candidates discuss the acquisition with substance, not platitudes.