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Feb 14 2022 6:23AM

No longer in active talks.

Cisco made $28 billion-plus takeover offer for Splunk

Cisco Systems made a takeover offer worth more than US$20 billion (A$28 billion) for software maker Splunk, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The offer was made recently and the companies are not in active talks, the newspaper said, citing some of the ...

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