Acquisitions
On February 20, 2009, Riverbed completed the acquisition of Mazu Networks. The Mazu products, which were initially renamed Cascade (and in 2014 became part of Riverbed SteelCentral), analyze network traffic to provide information about the interactions of and dependencies between users, applications and systems.[19]
On October 21, 2010, Riverbed acquired CACE Technologies, and folded its Shark network analysis product and Pilot interface product into the Riverbed Cascade product suite. CACE was also the corporate sponsor of the open source network protocol analyzer product Wireshark. Riverbed assumed corporate sponsorship.[20]
In November 2010, Riverbed acquired Global Protocols, LLC, a provider of satellite optimization to the defense marketplace. Its SkipWare product, a proprietary commercial implementation of the Space Communications Protocol Specifications (SCPS), is used in US Department of Defense communications satellites.[21]
On July 19, 2011, Riverbed acquired Zeus Technology, a provider of high-performance software-based load balancing and traffic management for virtual and cloud computing environments. Its primary product was the Zeus Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) which evolved into Riverbed SteelApp.[22] On the same day, Riverbed acquired Aptimize Limited, a provider of web content optimization technology, based in Wellington, New Zealand.[23] Brocade announced its intent to acquire the Riverbed SteelApp business in February 2015, and that acquisition completed in March 2015.[24][25]
On January 11, 2012, Riverbed purchased assets of Expand Networks, including its intellectual property, out of liquidation in Israel.[26]
In December 2012, Riverbed acquired OPNET Technologies for $1 billion. OPNET, based in Bethesda, Maryland, provided performance analysis software for applications and networks, which evolved into Riverbed SteelCentral.[27][28][29][30]
On January 19, 2016, Riverbed Technology acquired Germany-based Ocedo, a provider of software-defined networking and SD-WAN technology.[31] Using software-defined networking technology acquired from Ocedo, Riverbed announced SteelConnect in April 2016.[32]
In August 2016, Riverbed acquired Aternity Inc., a company that provides end-user experience and application performance monitoring technology, to expand Riverbed's SteelCentral performance monitoring capabilities.[33][34]
In April 2017, Riverbed acquired Xirrus, a Wi-Fi technology company. The acquisition expanded Riverbed's SteelConnect technology with the integration of cloud-managed Wi-Fi service.[35][36]
November 22, 2017, Riverbed acquired FlowTraq.
