Telecom Lead Europe: Acme Packet, a provider of
session delivery networks, has acquired privately held IPTEGO GmbH, an IP
communications network management software company, for approximately $21
million in cash.
Acme Packet believes that the addition of IPTEGO’s
software to the Acme Packet portfolio will enable them to help customers get
the most out of their IP communications networks with unique, real-time
management capabilities.
“IPTEGO was founded on the belief that our
technology could help customers dramatically improve customer experience, while
allowing them to operate their IP communications networks in a far more
efficient manner,” said Alex Hoffman, IPTEGO co-founder and chief
executive officer.
Based in Germany, IPTEGO is a provider of software
solutions that offer real-time, end-to-end communications network intelligence,
voice and video operations monitoring, customer experience management and fraud
prevention and detection.
Acme Packet expects to incorporate the Palladion software
suite into its product portfolio and will offer it to service provider and enterprise
customers through existing IPTEGO and Acme Packet channel partners as well as
through direct sales.
“Both enterprise and service provider customers are
looking for ways to optimize their IP communications networks — not only to
reduce cost and complexity, but also to better deploy new value-adding
applications and services,” said Andy Ory, Acme Packet’s president and
chief executive officer.
Acme Packet and IPTEGO have more than 30 customers in
common and the integration of Acme Packet session delivery network solutions
with IPTEGO’s real-time intelligence engine will enable customers to move
beyond individual element management and give them real-time, network wide
visibility into their multi-vendor IP communications networks.
Based in Berlin, Germany, IPTEGO was founded in 2006 and
currently has 28 employees. All IPTEGO employees will become employees of Acme
Packet.
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provider M-net Telekommunications (M-net) deployed the Acme Packet Net-Net
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