Avi Networks

DCD | June 25, 2019

VMware, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, announced its intention to buy cloud application delivery platform Avi Networks for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which is expected to close at the end of VMware's current fiscal quarter, will see the company looking to create the industrys only complete software-defined networking stack, VMware said in a statement. Avi networks is a privately owned, Santa-Clara based company that helps customers modernize and automate application delivery in the dat...

itworld | June 14, 2019

VMware punched up its data-center network virtualization capabilities by announcing it would buy Avi Networks load balancing, analytics and application-delivery technology for an undisclosed amount.Founded in 2012 by a group of Cisco engineers and executives, Avi offers a variety of software-defined products and services including a software-based application delivery controller (ADC) and intelligent web-application firewall. The software already integrates with VMware vCenter and NSX, OpenStac...

CRN | January 15, 2020

The industry's leading virtualization technology vendors—VMware and Citrix—have finalized a settlement that will avoid further litigation stemming from VMware's recent acquisition of Avi Networks. The two companies have “resolved the litigation” without taking their patent-infringement dispute to trial, confirmed Tony Gomes, Citrix executive vice president and chief legal officer. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. When it closed its deal for Santa Clara-based Avi Networks this past sum...

CRN | January 15, 2020

The industry's leading virtualization technology vendors—VMware and Citrix—have finalized a settlement that will avoid further litigation stemming from VMware's recent acquisition of Avi Networks. The two companies have “resolved the litigation” without taking their patent-infringement dispute to trial, confirmed Tony Gomes, Citrix executive vice president and chief legal officer. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. When it closed its deal for Santa Clara-based Avi Networks this past sum...