Packeteer, Inc., founded in 1996 by Robert Packer, Brett Galloway and Bob Luxenberg was an I.T. company based in

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that was listed on the

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. Networking appliances focus on Application Traffic Management and optimization for wide area networks. They held at least 40

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for various network optimization methods. Packeteer was acquired by

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in 2008.Press release - Blue Coat Completes Acquisition of Packeteer
June 9, 2008 Packeteer was a contributing member of the Apdex Alliance. Their main product lines were: *PacketShaper (

Traffic shaping Traffic shaping is a bandwidth management technique used on computer networks which delays some or all datagrams to bring them into compliance with a desired ''traffic profile''. Traffic shaping is used to optimize or guarantee performance, improv ...

, compression, TCP & HTTP acceleration, analysis, reporting) *SkyX ( TCP acceleration and compression, high latency link optimization) via the Mentat acquisition. *iShared ( WAFS and TCP acceleration, optimization, compression and caching) via the Tacit Networks acquisition. *iShaper (Introduced: May 7, 2007. Combines PacketShaper and iShared technologies into a single appliance. *Mobiliti software (data protection and link optimization for mobile business users. via the Tacit Networks acquisition. *PolicyCenter (centrally manages the configuration, policy management, software distribution and adaptive response tracking of multi-unit deployments.)

History

* In 1996, Packeteer was founded. * In 1999, Packeteer had an initial public offering on

. * In 2000, Packeteer acquired the company Workfire Technologies and released their AppCelera product based on the Internet Web Acceleration technology developed by Workfire. * In 2004, Packeteer acquired the company Mentat, integrating their SkyX product into the Packeteer portfolio. * In 2006, Packeteer acquired the company Tacit Networks, maker of the iShared and Mobiliti product lines. * On April 21, 2008, Blue Coat System announced its intention to acquire Packeteer, Inc.{{cite web , url=http://www.bluecoat.com/news/pr/1527 , title=Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything * On June 9, 2008, Packeteer, Inc. was acquired by

. which in 2016 was acquired by Symantec

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1999 initial public offerings 2008 mergers and acquisitions American companies established in 1996 American companies disestablished in 2008 Companies based in Cupertino, California Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq Computer companies established in 1996 Computer companies disestablished in 2008 Defunct computer companies of the United States Defunct computer hardware companies Network performance Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area

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