Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Observability Platform Provider Embrace
Acquisition follows January's Chronosphere deal, deepening Palo Alto Networks' push beyond core security into observability. The post Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Observability Platform Provider Embrace appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) on Tuesday announced its intent to acquire Embrace, a provider of user-focused observability, in a move to add Real User Monitoring (RUM) capabilities to its Observability platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Alongside the acquisition, the company introduced Synthetics, a new capability developed in-house by its Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) team for proactively validating application performance from locations around the globe. Together, the additions extend Palo Alto Networks’ Observability platform into Digital Experience Monitoring, giving customers a unified view spanning end-user interactions, application validation, and backend infrastructure.
According to the company, Embrace’s RUM technology is built for modern, cloud-native environments, while Synthetics leverages Palo Alto Networks’ globally distributed infrastructure to validate application availability before problems reach users.
Source: https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-to-acquire-observability-platform-provider-embrace/
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