M&A Deal Summary

Tektronix Communications Acquires Arbor Networks

On August 9, 2010, Tektronix Communications acquired test/measurement equipment company Arbor Networks

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tektronix Communications’ 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Tektronix Communications’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tektronix Communications’ 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-08-09
Target Arbor Networks
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Tektronix Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Arbor Networks

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States
Arbor Networks, Inc. a service provider networks from DDoS attacks and advanced threats. Arbor is the world’s leading provider of DDoS protection in the enterprise, carrier and mobile market segments, according to Infonetics Research. Arbor’s advanced threat solutions deliver complete network visibility through a combination of packet capture and NetFlow technology, enabling the rapid detection and mitigation of malware and malicious insiders. Arbor also delivers market leading analytics for dynamic incident response, historical analysis, visualization and forensics. Arbor strives to be a “force multiplier,’ making network and security teams the experts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Tektronix Communications

Plano, Texas, United States
Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Tektronix Communications is uniquely positioned as the communications industry’s first Telecommunications Intelligence Provider (TIP) offering both service assurance and monitoring and network intelligence solutions that uniquely cover all four dimensions of the service provider’s environment: subscriber behavior, the services and applications they consume, the network environments they occupy and the technologies that enable them.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-07 Aran Technologies

Co. Dublin, Ireland

Arantech is the world leader in end-to-end customer experience management (CEM) software for wireless operators that is enabling a revolution in revenue generation possibilities in real time, for individual and corporate customers, for any service, in any location from any network, protocol or device.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-23 Newfield Wireless

Berkeley, California, United States

Newfield Wireless offers next-generation mobile network optimization with geoanalytics intelligence.

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