Packeteer
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Robert Packer, Brett Galloway, Bob Luxenberg |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Fate | Acquired by Blue Coat Systems |
| Headquarters | Cupertino, California , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | PacketShaper, SkyX, iShared, iShaper, Mobiliti software, PolicyCenter |
| Parent | Blue Coat Systems (from 2008) |
Packeteer, Inc., established in 1996 by Robert Packer, Brett Galloway, and Bob Luxenberg, was an information technology firm located in Cupertino, California and traded publicly on the NASDAQ. The company concentrated on networking devices dedicated to Application Traffic Management and optimizing wide area networks. Packeteer owned more than 40 patents related to network optimization innovations. In 2008, it was acquired by Blue Coat Systems.
Packeteer participated as a member of the Apdex Alliance.
Its principal product offerings comprised:
- PacketShaper (providing traffic shaping, compression, acceleration for TCP & HTTP, along with analysis and reporting)
- SkyX (offering TCP acceleration and compression tailored for high-latency connections), obtained through the acquisition of Mentat
- iShared (delivering wide area file services enhanced with TCP acceleration, optimization, compression, and caching), acquired from Tacit Networks
- iShaper (launched May 7, 2007; a fusion of PacketShaper and iShared technologies)
- Mobiliti software (focused on data protection and link optimization for mobile users), also acquired via Tacit Networks
- PolicyCenter (a centralized platform for configuration, policy management, software deployment, and adaptive response monitoring across multiple units)
History
- 1996: Formation of Packeteer.
- 1999: Completed initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
- 2000: Acquired Workfire Technologies and introduced AppCelera based on Workfire’s Web Acceleration technology.
- 2004: Purchased Mentat and integrated its SkyX solution.
- 2006: Acquired Tacit Networks for $78 million, adding the iShared and Mobiliti products to its portfolio.
- April 21, 2008: Blue Coat Systems declared its intention to acquire Packeteer.
- June 9, 2008: Finalization of acquisition by Blue Coat Systems; subsequently, Blue Coat was acquired by Symantec in 2016.
See also
Categories:
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- 1999 initial public offerings
- 2008 mergers and acquisitions
- American companies established in 1996
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- Companies based in Cupertino, California
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- Defunct computer hardware companies
- Network performance
- Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area