Cisco folds Datadog into Splunk.
The chart convinces the board. So does the stock price. Your successor starts in May and takes Cisco's call.
The Buyer: Cisco is delighted. 1.5x revenue. Splunk always wanted a younger sibling. A quieter one.
The Buyer: Your dog will report to our dashboards. We have so many.
Outcome: Lost as a feature
Credits on top of usage bought one good year. Amazon spent it answering every alarm. You switched to per-incident pricing a year too late.
One path that gets here
A · Bits runs on AI Credits. On top of usageC · Kill the host meter. Bill per incident fixedA · Show the board what per-incident customers spend