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Juniper Networks, Inc. is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996.

By 2001, Juniper had made only a few acquisitions of smaller companies, due to the leadership's preference for organic growth. The pace of acquisition picked up in 2001 and 2002 with the purchases of Pacific Broadband and Unisphere Networks. In 2004 Juniper made a $4 billion acquisition of network security company NetScreen Technologies. Juniper revised NetScreen's channel program that year and used its reseller network to bring other products to market.

Juniper made five acquisitions in 2005, mostly of startups with deal values ranging from $8.7 to $337 million. It acquired application-acceleration vendor Redline Networks, VOIP company Kagoor Networks, as well as wide area network (WAN) company Peribit Networks. Peribit and Redline were incorporated into a new application products group and their technology was integrated into Juniper's infranet framework.

From 2010 to September 2011, Juniper made six acquisitions and invested in eight companies. Often Juniper acquired early-stage startups, developing their technology, than selling it to pre-existing Juniper clients. Juniper acquired two digital video companies, Ankeena Networks and Blackwave Inc., as well as wireless LAN software company Trapeze Networks. In 2012, Juniper acquired Mykonos Software, which develops security software intended to deceive hackers already within the network perimeter. and a developer of software-defined network controllers, Contrail Systems. In 2014 Juniper acquired the software-defined networking (SDN) company WANDL.

Acquisitions

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)References
1November 15, 1999Layer Five, Palo Alto, CA. Founded : 1997Intellectual property development and licensing United States19,000,0001516
2January 18, 2000Pacific Advantage Ltd (PAL), Hong Kong. Founded : 1994Sales and marketing organization Hong Kong$4 million in stock1718
3December 11, 2000Micro Magic Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. Founded : 1995ASIC design firm United States$260 million in stock and cash1920
4November 12, 2001Pacific Broadband Communications, San Jose, CA. Founded : 1999CMTS and broadband solutions United States200,000,0002122
5July 2, 2002Unisphere Networks, Westford, MA, a subsidiary of Siemens. Founded : 1999Networking equipment manufacturer, Edge routers United States$585 million, which includes $375 million in cash and 36.5 million shares2324
6April 16, 2004NetScreen Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA. Founded: 1997Network security and access solutions and appliances. United States4,000,000,0002526
7May 2, 2005Kagoor Networks, San Mateo, CA. Founded: 2000Provider of session border control (SBC) products for VoIP networking United States65,700,000272829
8July 6, 2005Peribit Networks, Santa Clara, CA. Founded: 2000Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization technology United States$337 million in cash, stock and assumed stock options.303132
9May 2, 2005Redline Networks, Campbell, CA. Founded : 2000Development of Application Front End (AFE) technology. United States$132 million in cash and assumed stock options.333435
10October 25, 2005Acorn Packet Solutions, Mc Lean, VA. Founded : 2002Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and other circuit-based applications across next-generation IP networks. United States$8.7 million3637
11November 14, 2005Funk Software, Cambridge, MA. Founded : 1982Network access security solutions United States$122 million3839
12April 8, 2010Ankeena Networks, Santa Clara, CA. Founded : 2008New media infrastructure technology United States$100 million

4041

13November 8, 2010Blackwave Networks, Acton, MA. Founded : 2008Video Storage and delivery United StatesUndisclosed

42

14November 16, 2010Trapeze Networks, Pleasanton, California Founded : 2002WLAN systems and management software United States$152 million

4344

15December 6, 2010Altor Networks, Redwood Shores, California Founded : 2007Virtual network security United States$95 million

4546

16February 21, 2011Brilliant Telecommunications, Campbell, CA Founded: 2004Synchronization technology United States$4.5 million47
17February 22, 2012Mykonos Software, San Francisco CA Founded : 2009Intrusion Deception Systems United States$80 million

48

18December 12, 2012Contrail Systems, Santa Clara, CA. Founded: 2012Software-defined network controllers United States$176 million4950
19February 3, 2013Webscreen Systems, Bracknell UK Founded : 2002dDoS United Kingdom$10 million

51

20December 16, 2013WANDL, Piscataway NJ Founded : 1986Network software solutions for design, planning and operations United States$60 million

52

21January, 2016BTI Systems, Kanata, ON, Canada

Founded: 2000

DWDM and Optical Transmission Canadanot disclosed
22December 1, 2016AppformixCloud operations management and optimization technology United States$47.9 million
23Sept 2, 2017CyphortSecurity analytics for advanced threat defense United Statesnot disclosed53
24November 29, 2018HTBASESoftware-Defined Enterprise Multicloud Canadanot disclosed

54

25March 4, 2019Mist SystemsAI Driven WLAN United States$405 million

55

26September 28, 2020NetroundsIntent-Based Networking and Automated Closed Loop Assurance United Statesnot disclosed

56

27October 19, 2020128 TechnologyAccelerating the Industry Transformation from Network-Centric SD-WANs to User-Centric AI-Driven WANs United States$450 million

57

28December 7, 2020ApstraIntent-Based Networking for Data Center Networks United Statesnot disclosed

58

Acquisitions summary

Juniper Networks, Inc. has made 22 acquisitions, although it has not taken stake in any companies. Juniper made 1 divestiture in 2006.

YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
2019100
2018100
2017100
2013200
2012200
2011100
2010300
2009000
2008000
2007000
2006001
2005500
2004100
2003000
2002100
2001100
2000200
1999100
Total2201
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  52. 31 January 2019, 31 January 2019 (31 January 2019). "Juniper Networks to Acquire WANDL, Inc".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) https://investor.juniper.net/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2013/Juniper-Networks-to-Acquire-WANDL-Inc/default.aspx ↩

  53. "Juniper Announces Intent to Acquire Cyphort". https://www.juniper.net/us/en/dm/cyphort/ ↩

  54. "Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire HTBASE". Juniper Networks. Nov 29, 2018. Retrieved 9 Jan 2019. https://investor.juniper.net/investor-relations/press-releases/press-release-details/2018/Juniper-Networks-Announces-Intent-to-Acquire-HTBASE/default.aspx ↩

  55. "Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Mist Systems to Bring AI to IT, Delivering on Promise of Software-Defined Enterprise". Mar 4, 2019. Retrieved 4 Mar 2019. https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/juniper-networks-announces-intent-acquire-mist-systems-bring-ai-it-delivering ↩

  56. "Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Netrounds to Bring Assured Service Experience, Operational Simplicity to Service Providers". Dec 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 Dec 2020. https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/juniper-networks-announces-intent-acquire-netrounds-bring-assured-service-experience ↩

  57. "Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire 128 Technology – Accelerating the Industry Transformation from Network-Centric SD-WANs to User-Centric AI-Driven WANs". Oct 19, 2020. Retrieved 19 Oct 2020. https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/juniper-networks-announces-intent-acquire-128-technology-accelerating-industry ↩

  58. "Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Apstra to Transform Data Center Operations with Leading Intent-Based Networking and Automated Closed Loop Assurance". Dec 7, 2020. Retrieved 7 Dec 2020. https://newsroom.juniper.net/press-releases/juniper-networks-announces-intent-acquire-apstra-transform-data-center-operations ↩