14 DAY TRIAL // Tektronix Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arbor Networks, one of the leading provider of DDoS protection and mitigation solutions. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to be finalized in September.
Arbor Networks is a provider of security and network management solutions based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The company's primary products, the Arbor Peakflow DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) prevention system and the eSeries platforms for broadband service optimization, are used by around seventy percent of the world's ISPs.
Arbor are also the founders and maintainers of ATLAS, a real-time threat data sharing service, which sees the participation of over 100 Internet service providers. The system compiles statistics about top attacks types, attack origins, attacked services, botnet traffic, phishing and other such metrics.
"This is a great fit for Arbor Networks employees and our customers. Tektronix Communications has significant presence in the global carrier market, a worldwide support infrastructure and a strong financial position. This should help Arbor accelerate the delivery of infrastructure security solutions that are critical to the success of converged carrier network operators and next-generation data centers," Colin Doherty, chief executive officer, Arbor Networks, said.
Tektronix Communications is a company based in Plano, Texas, which provides network diagnostics and management solutions for a variety of network types. The company's products supports many architectures including LTE, fixed mobile convergence, IMS, broadband wireless access, WiMAX, VoIP and triple play, including IPTV.
"Arbor Networks is ideally positioned to continue on its growth path by protecting the availability of networks and services around the world as the size, complexity and frequency of network security threats continues to grow. Arbor Networks expands our portfolio of leading companies in the communications and enterprise markets. The addition of their superior solutions allows us to offer our fixed-line, mobile, converged/IP and enterprise customers solutions to deploy, measure, monitor and secure their networks," Rich McBee, executive of Danaher Group, the group of companies Tektronix Communications is part of.
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