Brocade Completes Acquisition of SteelApp Business

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. has completed its acquisition of the assets of the SteelApp business unit from Riverbed Technology, Inc.

The addition of the SteelApp product line strengthens Brocade’s software networking portfolio for New IP data center deployments.

“Brocade is committed to open and emerging New IP technologies,” said Kelly Herrell, SVP, software networking, Brocade. “SteelApp’s virtual ADCs enhance our open Vyatta Platform offering for NFV and SDN, which plays a major role in transforming traditional network infrastructure for enterprise, cloud and telco customers through the power of virtualization.“

SteelApp is one of the top virtual ADCs providing scalable, secure, and elastic delivery of enterprise, cloud, and e-commerce applications. The SteelApp product line controls traffic to and from applications and enables fast, reliable, and secure application delivery to users anywhere from the cloud or data center.

SteelApp and SteelApp Firewall development and field personnel will join Brocade after closing.

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In unundisclosed all-cash asset transaction