NEW YORK CITY: Computer networking giant Cisco has agreed to buy cybersecurity company Splunk in a $28-billion deal, its biggest ever acquisition, the companies said on Thursday.

Cybersecurity has grown into a huge business for tech companies, and the deal puts Cisco, known mostly for routers and network equipment, on par with rivals Palo Alto Networks, Check Point, CrowdStrike and Microsoft, analysts said.

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