New RUM and Synthetics capabilities unify infrastructure, application and user experience insights, catching problems before a user does

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NASDAQ:PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced its intent to acquire Embrace, a leading provider of user-focused observability, to add high-fidelity Real User Monitoring (RUM) capabilities to the Palo Alto Networks Observability platform. Palo Alto Networks is also introducing Synthetics, a new capability built with its world-class Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) team, for proactively validating application performance from anywhere. These new capabilities will extend Palo Alto Networks Observability to Digital Experience Monitoring. Customers will gain a complete, unified view, from end-user interactions and proactive app validation to backend software and infrastructure, all on the industry's leading, innovative, cost-effective platform.

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks first quarter of fiscal 2027.