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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Networking hardware,software |
| Founded | 2004; 22 years ago (2004), inCalifornia |
| Defunct | 2020; 6 years ago (2020) |
| Fate | Acquired byHewlett Packard Enterprise |
| Successor | Aruba Networks |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | silver-peak |
Silver Peak Systems, Inc. was a company that developed products forwide area networks (WANs), includingWAN optimization andSD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN). The company was founded in 2004 by David Hughes. Silver Peak shipped its first product, the NX-series hardware appliance, in September 2005, and their first SD-WAN solution, EdgeConnect, in June 2015.
On July 13, 2020,Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its intent to acquire Silver Peak for $925 Million.[1][2] This acquisition was completed on September 21, 2020, with Silver Peak becoming part of HPE subsidiaryAruba Networks.[3]
As of 2019, Silver Peak's major product lines[4] were:
Before their acquisition, Silver Peak was aDell partner for WAN optimization in over 30 countries, where Dell resold Silver Peak to improve the performance of Dell storage (EqualLogic and Compellent), networking (Force10), server, and virtual desktop (VDI) implementations over the wide area network.[5][6]
Silver Peak partnered withVMware to offer its virtual WAN optimization products as part of the VMware vCloud Air offering.
EMC Corporation resold Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which were available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak was also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo.[7] Silver Peak’s WAwan optimization products were E-lab qualified onSymmetrix Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy, Celerra Replicator, Isilon SyncIQ, RecoverPoint, and Atmos.[8]
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) resold Silver Peak's WAN optimization products. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication products.[9]
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