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After Cloudflare Outage, Palo Alto Networks Moves to Acquire Observability Platform for $3.35 Billion
Acquisitions // November 21, 2025

On Tuesday (Nov. 18) morning, a configuration error at Cloudflare knocked major services offline, including ChatGPT, X and Spotify for several hours, the latest reminder of how vulnerable digital infrastructure has become as cloud systems grow more complex. One day later, Palo Alto Networks announced...

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Snowflake in Talks to Acquire Observe to Expand Range of AI Offerings

December 24, 2025
Snowflake is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe for about $1 billion to expand its range of artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this […]