| Type: | Division |
| Foundation: | Waltham, Massachusetts United States |
| Founder: | Eddie Sullivan |
| Fate: | Acquired by Cisco Systems |
| Location: | Billerica, Massachusetts United States |
| Industry: | Computer networking |
| Successor: | Cisco Systems |
| Num Employees: | 85 |
| Parent: | Cisco Systems |
Hammerhead Networks was a computer networking company based in Billerica, Massachusetts.
It produced software solutions for the delivery of Internet Protocol service features.
It was founded in April 2000 by Eddie Sullivan, who also served as its CEO.
It was acquired by Cisco Systems on May 1, 2002, in a stock transaction worth up to US$173M.[1] [2] Cisco had previously owned a minority interest. It had 85 employees at the time of the acquisition.[3]