Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Performance was driven by a deliberate 'flywheel' motion where customers landing in SASE or Cortex expand into integrated platform architectures to reduce fragmented defense risks. Management attributes the record 110 net new platformizations to a market shift where enterprises are moving beyond AI experimentation toward embedding foundational models into real workflows. The strategy focuses on 'critical control points'—network, endpoint, cloud, browser, and identity—arguing that fragmented security i ...