Packeteer Explained

Packeteer, Inc.
Founded:	in Cupertino, California, United States
Type:	Public
Industry:	Information technology
Fate:	Acquired by Blue Coat Systems

Packeteer, Inc., founded in 1996 by Robert Packer, Brett Galloway and Bob Luxenberg was an I.T. company based in Cupertino, California that was listed on the NASDAQ. Networking appliances focus on Application Traffic Management and optimization for wide area networks.^[1] They held at least 40 patents for various network optimization methods.^[2] Packeteer was acquired by Blue Coat Systems in 2008.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Packeteer was a contributing member of the Apdex Alliance.

Their main product lines were:

• PacketShaper (Traffic shaping, compression, TCP & HTTP acceleration, analysis, reporting)
• SkyX (TCP acceleration and compression, high latency link optimization) via the Mentat acquisition.
• iShared (WAFS and TCP acceleration, optimization, compression and caching) via the Tacit Networks acquisition.
• iShaper (Introduced: May 7, 2007. Combines PacketShaper and iShared technologies into a single appliance.
• Mobiliti software (data protection and link optimization for mobile business users. via the Tacit Networks acquisition.
• PolicyCenter (centrally manages the configuration, policy management, software distribution and adaptive response tracking of multi-unit deployments.)

History

• In 1996, Packeteer was founded.
• In 1999, Packeteer had an initial public offering on NASDAQ.^[6]
• In 2000, Packeteer acquired the company Workfire Technologies and released their AppCelera product based on the Internet Web Acceleration technology developed by Workfire.^[7]
• In 2004, Packeteer acquired the company Mentat, integrating their SkyX product into the Packeteer portfolio.^{[8] [9]}
• In 2006, Packeteer acquired the company Tacit Networks, maker of the iShared and Mobiliti product lines.^{[10] [11]}
• On April 21, 2008, Blue Coat System announced its intention to acquire Packeteer, Inc.^[12]
• On June 9, 2008, Packeteer, Inc. was acquired by Blue Coat Systems. which in 2016 was acquired by Symantec

See also

• Traffic shaping
• Bandwidth management
• WAN optimization
• Allot Communications
• NetEqualizer

References

1. http://www.packeteer.com/company/ Packeteer > Company - About Packeteer
2. http://www.packeteer.com/company/patents.cfm Packeteer > Company
3. News: Blue Coat to buy Packeteer Traffic shaping, application visibility, customer list are the reasons. Greene. Tim. April 21, 2008. Network World. 27 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090628181010/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/042108-blue-coat-buys-packeteer.html. 28 June 2009. dead.
4. News: Blue Coat to Acquire Packeteer for $268 Million . Lawson. Stephen . April 21, 2008 . PC World. 27 December 2009.
5. http://www.bluecoat.com/news/pr/1731 Press release - Blue Coat Completes Acquisition of Packeteer
6. Web site: Packeteer files for IPO. 2020-10-05. www.bizjournals.com.
7. News: Bloomberg News. 2000-07-14. Company News; Packeteer in Stock Deal for Workfire Technologies. en-US. The New York Times. 2023-01-10. 0362-4331.
8. Web site: Dubie. Denise. 2004-12-22. Packeteer grabs Mentat. 2020-10-05. Network World. en.
9. Web site: Reardon. Marguerite. Packeteer buys IP optimization company for $16.5 million. 2020-10-05. CNET. en.
10. Web site: Packeteer Makes Server Consolidation Play With Tacit Acquisition Network Computing. 2020-10-05. www.networkcomputing.com. en.
11. Web site: Packeteer acquires Tacit for $78 million. 2020-10-05. eetimes.com.
12. Web site: Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything .