McDATA - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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McDATA M&A Summary

McDATA has acquired 4 companies of its own.

McDATA’s largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Computer Network Technology for $235M. McDATA has acquired in 3 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (100%).

McDATA Ownership

Who owns McDATA?

McDATA is owned by Brocade Communications Systems. It was acquired on August 8, 2006.

McDATA Business Overview

Where is McDATA headquartered?

McDATA is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.

What sector is McDATA in?

McDATA is an information technology company.

When was McDATA founded?

McDATA was founded in 1982.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

McDATA Corporation

11802 Ridge Parkway,
Broomfield, Colorado 80021
United States,

McDATA is a provider of data access solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and WAN environments.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $612M $612M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Computer Network Technology Corp. 2005-01-19 235M USD Add-on Acquisition
Minneapolis, Minnesota · www.cnt.com
Inrange Technologies Corp. 2004-01-31 190M USD Divestiture
Lumberton, New Jersey
Nishan Systems Inc. 2003-08-25 85M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California
Sanera Systems Inc. 2003-08-25 102M USD Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 4 (100%) 612M (100%) - -
Total 4 $612M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 612M - -
  California 2 187M - -
  New Jersey 1 190M - -
  Minnesota 1 235M - -
Total 4 $612M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $527M
< $100M 1 $85M
TOTAL $612M
Largest Computer Network Technology Corp.
$235M (2005-01-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Information Technology

Established

1982

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