M&A Deal Summary

Blue Coat Systems Acquires Packeteer

On April 21, 2008, Blue Coat Systems acquired technology hardware company Packeteer for 268M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-21
Target Packeteer
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Blue Coat Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 268M USD

Target

Packeteer

Cupertino, California, United States
Packeteer is a developer of appliances that can identify different types of packets in the traffic going over a WAN and let administrators shape traffic to make critical applications perform better.

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Buyer

Blue Coat Systems

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Information Technology
Revenue 598M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Blue Coat is an enterprise security, providing on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions for protecting web connectivity, combating advanced threats and responding to security breaches. Blue Coat is the global market leader in securing connection to the web and counts nearly 80 percent of the Global Fortune 500 as its customers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 10
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 9
State (California) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 5 of 8
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-06-23 NetApp - NetCache Business

United States

NetCache uses proxy technology to enable secure and accelerated delivery of applications and content to users.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-17 Crossbeam Systems

Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States

Crossbeam is a provider of mission-critical security platforms designed to protect the networks of a variety of organizations including; very large enterprises and service providers, data centers and network perimeters of mid-market enterprises, and small remote offices.

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