Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems     by Manlio Allegra       Home         Topics: Main | M&A | Funding | Earnings | Jobs | People | Bankruptcy | Silicon | Europe | Japan | Most Acquisitive | Archive   Riverbed to Acquire Mazu for Application Management Software Riverbed Technology agreed to acquire Mazu Networks, a privately-owned company that supplies WAN management software, for $25 million in cash at closing plus up to an additional $22 million in cash if certain sales targets are met. Mazu Networks' software provides a holistic, real-time view of application usage and performance. This perspective is critical to understanding the application environment and taking the right steps to validate and ensure delivery of business-critical applications across the wide area network (WAN). Mazu is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Riverbed said the acquisition of Mazu Networks allows it to meet enterprise and service provider customer demands by extending its suite of WAN optimization products to include global application performance, reporting and analytics. "The market for WAN optimization is fast becoming more mainstream and increasingly our enterprise and service provider customers are demanding more visibility, reporting and analytics capabilities from us as they seek to deploy more robust infrastructure for managing their global applications," said Jerry M. Kennelly, president and CEO of Riverbed. "This requirement is driven by the enterprise's need to reduce costs via consolidation, improve end-user productivity, and leverage technology to streamline business processes." http://www.riverbed.com 20-Jan-09 Mazu Networks is headed by Paul Brady, who previously was president and chief operating officer of Guardent, a leading Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) that was acquired by Verisign in February of 2004. Mazu's investors include Greylock Partners, Matrix Partners, Pilot House Ventures, StarVest Partners, Benchmark Capital and Symantec. Recent Financial News Cisco to Acquire Arch Rock for Wireless Energy Sensors 9/2/2010 Alcatel-Lucent Acquires OpenPlug, Extending its Application Enablement Strategy 9/1/2010 NSN Partners with Telefónica on Smartphone Experience Lab 8/30/2010 Intel Confirms Acquisition of Infineon Wireless 8/30/2010 Cisco to Acquire ExtendMedia for Video Content Management 8/26/2010 Nimbula Raises $15 Million for Cloud OS 8/25/2010 HP Bids $24 per Share for 3PAR, Topping Dell 8/23/2010 Nokia to Acquire Motally for Mobile Analytics Service 8/20/2010 ZTE Reports 1H 2010 Revenue of US$4.5 Billion 8/19/2010 China Mobile Appoints Mr. Li Yue as CEO 8/19/2010 China Mobile Tops 554 Million Customers 8/19/2010 Airband and Sparkplug Announce Merger -- Fixed Wireless Operators 8/19/2010 Marvell Acquires DS2 for Powerline Chips 8/19/2010 Marvell Posts Revenue of $896 Million, Up 5% Sequentially 8/19/2010 Brocade Posts Revenue of $504 Million, up 2% YOY 8/18/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton