Exinda

Exinda

Company type	Private
Industry	Networking hardware
Founded	2002 (2002)
Founder	Con Nikolouzakis, Chris Siakos, Anthony Bodin
Defunct	2017
Fate	Acquired by GFI Software
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Michael Sharma (CEO from 2008), Con Nikolouzakis (former CEO and chief product officer)
Products	WAN optimization appliances, Network Orchestrator
Parent	GFI Software

Exinda was a company specializing in networking hardware with a focus on optimizing wide area network (WAN) performance. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm concentrated on providing WAN bandwidth management solutions tailored mainly for small to medium-sized businesses. In 2017, GFI Software acquired Exinda.

Services

By 2008, Exinda had developed WAN optimization appliances equipped with features such as application visibility, traffic regulation, and acceleration tools. Their products employed policy-driven throttling and packet compression techniques to allocate bandwidth efficiently and control peer-to-peer (P2P) as well as leisure internet traffic. The company marketed its offerings through commercial value-added resellers (VARs), aiming at enterprises seeking enhanced network performance.

History

Founded in 2002 in Melbourne, Australia by Con Nikolouzakis, Chris Siakos, and Anthony Bodin under the name Exinda Networks, the company’s origins trace back to research conducted at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

In 2007, OpenView Venture Partners from Boston, Massachusetts invested $6 million to facilitate expansion into the US market. At that time, Nikolouzakis served as CEO and planned to establish a sales office in Boston. Prior to this, sales had predominantly occurred across Europe and Asia. That same year, Exinda secured a $1.1 million deal with the Malaysian government. In August 2008, Michael Sharma, formerly associated with PlateSpin, was appointed CEO while Nikolouzakis transitioned to chief product officer.

By 2010, Exinda maintained operations in Toronto alongside its US headquarters and operated several modest international sales offices. In March 2012, the company completed a $12 million Series B funding round including participation from Greenspring Associates. A notable customer was the city of Richmond, California, which implemented Exinda’s solutions to regulate video streaming traffic from sites like YouTube.

In November 2014, Exinda released an update for its Network Orchestrator product incorporating features such as embedded captive portal policies, adaptive response quotas, and HTTP caching aimed at improving WAN orchestration and user management.