In Case You Missed It Feb. 16, 2026: Cisco sees massive campus opportunity, Palo Alto closes CyberArk deal

Today is Monday, February 16, 2026. Welcome to In Case You Missed It, our weekly five-minute rundown of important channel news stories that might have flown under the radar last week.

In this edition:

  • Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says we’re in the early stage of a multi-year, multi-billion dollar campus refresh opportunity as customers look to redesign their networks for growing AI tasks.
  • Palo Alto Networks completes its deal to purchase CyberArk for $25 billion, adding crucial identity management capabilities to its security stack.
  • Global sovereign cloud technology spend will jump by more than 30% this year according to Gartner as geopolitical tensions stoke a desire for companies and regulators to insist that data stays close to home.
  • Emerging networking service vendor Meter introduces former Meraki channel leader Pete Atkins as its global partner leader.
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