Platform Consolidation

Vendor Decoder: Dragos/Microsoft Partnership Turns OT Security Into Cloud Workload Telemetry

Feb 12, 2026

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10 min read

Vendor Decoder: Dragos/Microsoft Partnership Turns OT Security Into Cloud Workload Telemetry

A platform dependency agreement declares standalone OT security distribution-insolvent. The outcome determines whether operational technology remains a separate security discipline or collapses into a cloud consumption line item.

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M&A

Vendor Decoder: Palo Alto/Chronosphere Close Forces Observability Category Sovereignty Question

Feb 2, 2026

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7 min read

Vendor Decoder: Palo Alto/Chronosphere Close Forces Observability Category Sovereignty Question

A $3.35 billion acquisition declares observability a security platform dependency. The outcome determines whether telemetry remains engineering-owned or collapses into the security vendor stack.

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Platform Consolidation

Vendor Strategy Decoder: Delinea StrongDM Acquisition / PAM Admits It Cannot Govern What It Cannot See

Jan 21, 2026

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7 min read

Vendor Strategy Decoder: Delinea StrongDM Acquisition / PAM Admits It Cannot Govern What It Cannot See

Runtime authorization becomes the contested control plane as PAM vendors acquire what they failed to build

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Platform Consolidation

Vendor Pressure: Authorization Becomes the Control Plane

Jan 14, 2026

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5 min read

Vendor Pressure: Authorization Becomes the Control Plane

CrowdStrike–SGNL Acquisition

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Platform Consolidation

Elastic/CISA SIEMaaS: The Federal Analytics Layer Gets an Owner

Dec 23, 2025

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3 min read

Elastic/CISA SIEMaaS: The Federal Analytics Layer Gets an Owner

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Asset Visibility

ServiceNow's $7 Billion Armis Bet: The CMDB Finally Grows Teeth

Dec 16, 2025

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3 min read

ServiceNow's $7 Billion Armis Bet: The CMDB Finally Grows Teeth

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