Infoblox Agreed to Acquire Kentik for Network Observability and DNS Context

Infoblox entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kentik, bringing together authoritative network services and real-time network intelligence under one planned platform. The deal centers on improving operational visibility and creating a data foundation intended for AI-guided workflows across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The acquisition responds to operational complexity across networks, cloud environments, applications, AI workloads, and digital services, where teams depend on deeper visibility and actionable intelligence. The organizations described plans to strengthen the data quality used by AI tools and to support more continuous understanding of infrastructure activity while prioritizing issues.

Infoblox technology covers DNS, DHCP, IP address management, and network identity services, along with preemptive, DNS-based threat intelligence. Kentik provides real-time visibility by ingesting full-fidelity flow data, routing and path intelligence, cloud VPC logs, synthetic testing, and device telemetry, enabling teams to see where traffic traveled, how it performed, and where the experience broke down.

The companies said the combined platform would correlate traffic with DNS names, asset context, and user identity for hybrid and multi-cloud observability, and would pair preemptive DNS threat intelligence with flow data for security intelligence. They also described an AI-ready shared data fabric updated continuously, with integration through the Infoblox Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server to connect the fabric to orchestration and AI tools. “Infoblox sits at a unique intersection. Every device, application and cloud workload on a customer's network runs through our technology, generating unparalleled context. With Kentik, we expand and enrich that context, allowing us to provide networking, cloud and security teams the real-time hybrid cloud intelligence they need to act with confidence,” said Scott Harrell, chief executive officer, Infoblox.

“Kentik's vision has been to help organizations operate increasingly complex networks with intelligence rather than intuition, and Infoblox is the trusted source of truth and identity that provides the foundation for the infrastructure our customers depend on every day,” said Avi Freedman, chief executive officer, Kentik. “Combining that authoritative infrastructure context with Kentik's network intelligence platform creates powerful new opportunities to automate operations, accelerate troubleshooting, strengthen security and support the velocity of networking today.” The planned acquisition was subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

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