M&A Deal Summary

Juniper Networks Acquires Acorn Packet Solutions

On October 25, 2005, Juniper Networks acquired technology hardware company Acorn Packet Solutions for 9M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Juniper Networks’ 5th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Juniper Networks’ 19th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Juniper Networks’ 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Juniper Networks’ 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-10-25
Target Acorn Packet Solutions
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Juniper Networks
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 9M USD

Target

Acorn Packet Solutions

Frederick, Maryland, United States
Acorn Packet Solutions develops products and technologies that natively connect legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and other circuit-based applications across next-generation IP networks.

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Buyer

Juniper Networks

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees10,191
Revenue 5.3B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Juniper's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Juniper's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.

Juniper Networks designs, develops, and sells products and services for high-performance networks to enable customers to build networks for their businesses. Juniper Networks was founded in 1996 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 30
Sector (Technology Hardware) 5 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 26
State (Maryland) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 25
Year (2005) 4 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 19 of 20
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-02 Kagoor Networks

San Mateo, California, United States

Kagoor is a supplier and innovator of session border control technology that ensures customers fast, expert delivery of IP communications services (voice, video, multimedia). Kagoor's award-winning VoiceFlow series of session border controllers overcomes technical roadblocks typically encountered at VoIP network borders. With leading telecom partnerships and a rapidly growing base of over 100 worldwide customers, including 14 Tier 1 carriers, Kagoor's VoiceFlow is the most popular, scalable family of session border controllers available.

Buy $68M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-14 Funk Software

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Funk Software is a provider of network access security solutions for networks of any size, from enterprise to operator, wired or wireless. The company's family of RADIUS/AAA and WLAN security products allow an organization to enforce a uniform security policy across all network access methods, including WLAN, remote/VPN, dial, and identity-based (wired 802.1X) - with the performance and reliability to handle any traffic load, and with full support for any network infrastructure.

Buy $122M
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