Spirent Acquires MU Dynamics for $40M

 
As I had some posts on Spirent (see "Spirent Announces 10GE Mobility, Bandwidth Management and Network Intelligence Testing Module" -here) and Mu Dynamics (see "Policy/DPI Testing Announcements: MU Dynamics Tests Carriers' Application Aware Networks" - here), I thought their merger may be interesting:

Spirent announced that it has ".. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Mu Dynamics, Inc. (“Mu”), based in Sunnyvale, California, for a cash consideration of $40.0 million. Mu is a security testing pioneer, offering innovative solutions that enable faster, higher quality deployments of Cloud applications and applications-aware networks".

Dave Kresse (pictured), CEO of Mu Dynamics said: “Mu has built a powerful software solution set for our customers, enabling them to test security and application-aware networks .. We’re excited that this transaction will accelerate the global deployment of our solutions, and enable their integration into Spirent’s leading performance test solutions”.

"Spirent expects to consolidate $9.0 to $10.0 million in revenue post-acquisition in 2012, with a positive return on sales. For the first full year post-acquisition in 2013, revenues are expected to be in the range of $17.0 to $19.0 million operating at Spirent’s average return on sales, resulting in a positive enhancement to earnings and achieving an attractive return on investment, in line with Spirent’s objectives".

See "Spirent communications plc signs definitive agreement to acquire Mu Dynamics, inc." - here.

Policy/DPI Testing Announcements: MU Dynamics Tests Carriers' Application Aware Networks

       

Mu Dynamics announced "..the only testing solution on the market capable of immediately and accurately recreating applications to determine how they affect networks .. Tier-1 service providers and leading network equipment manufacturers like Juniper Networks are using Mu’s unique solution [TestCloud and here] to quickly test new application policies that govern security, scalability and functionality"

See "Tier-1 Service Providers, Vendors Deploy Mu Dynamics for Testing Application-Aware Networks" - here.

" .. testing today’s complex policies has become a significant challenge. With hundreds of thousands of Web and mobile applications including P2P (such as BitTorrent), streaming video (such as Netflix and Hulu), social media (such as Facebook and Twitter), games (such as Farmville and Mafia Wars), and instant messaging (such as Skype and Google Chat), service providers are struggling to manage their networks effectively. In addition, rules around Net Neutrality provide guidelines on how service providers can manage and create application-specific policies"

"In response to this, many service providers and their equipment vendors are incorporating "application awareness" into their products and services to enable a far more granular classification and control of application traffic. These app-aware products and services help detect and classify applications for a number of functions including deep packet inspection (DPI), lawful intercept, traffic shaping and prioritization across the network  .. Mu’s unique solution gives service providers and equipment vendors the ability to immediately recreate and accurately test network policies using real application flows"