Cisco brings Splunk to the data, wherever it is

"The biggest announcement at .conf25 is actually a Cisco announcement. Cisco Data Fabric is a new turn-key framework with which Cisco wants to make all data, from edge to cloud, available for (agentic) AI. Not just any and all data that happens to be stored or passes by somewhere, but only data that actually has added value. Splunk's role in Cisco Data Fabric is fundamental."

"At the time of Cisco's acquisition of Splunk, there was a strong emphasis on the security component of Splunk that made the company interesting. That was logical, because Cisco was pushing security very hard at the time. We noted at the time that the security part certainly had and still has value for Cisco, but that we actually saw much more value in what Cisco could do with Splunk in the area of data."

Splunk and Cisco announced two major initiatives: Cisco Data Fabric and a Snowflake integration. Cisco Data Fabric is a turn-key framework designed to make selected, value-bearing data available for agentic AI across edge-to-cloud environments. Splunk functions as the core engine within Cisco Data Fabric, enabling distributed access while allowing data to remain in place rather than centralized in a single lake. The fabric aims to expose useful datasets to AI and applications selectively. The Snowflake integration expands data accessibility and interoperability. The initiatives extend previous observability and security capabilities toward broader data-driven use cases across Cisco's ecosystem.

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