M&A Deal Summary

F5 Acquires Traffix Communication Systems

On February 20, 2012, F5 acquired communications company Traffix Communication Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is F5’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is F5’s 1st transaction in Israel.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-02-20
Target Traffix Communication Systems
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) F5
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Traffix Communication Systems

Tel Aviv, Israel
Traffix Systems, the leading provider of 4G Diameter signaling products for telecommunications service providers. The Diameter protocol has gained industry-wide acceptance by the 3GPP and GSMA as the standard for network signaling in all 4G/LTE networks.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

F5

Seattle, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Information Technology
Employees6,056
Revenue 2.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
F5 Networks' corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
F5 Networks' corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

F5 is a provider of Application Delivery Networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources. The company's products collectively function as a dynamic control plane that simplifies the management of data center operations and the delivery of services across diverse data center resources. F5 was founded in 1996 and is based in Seattle, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 13
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 13
Country: Israel M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Louisville, Colorado, United States

LineRate Systems, based near Boulder, Colorado, provides software that offers layer 7+ network services. LineRate’s software defined solution is an early-stage product, which will become an important part of F5’s broad range of development initiatives focused on software defined data centers.

Buy $125M