Riverhead Networks was a
computer security company based in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
,
Israel and
Cupertino, California. The company was acquired by
Cisco Systems on March 22, 2004.
History
Riverhead Networks was founded by
Yehuda Afek,
Anat Bremler-Barr
Anat Bremler-Barr (Hebrew: ענת ברמלר-בר), is an Israeli computer scientist. She is a professor at Tel Aviv University who is known for her contributions in network security, specifically in Denial of Service attacks and scalable protect ...
, Dan Touitou, and Yuval Rachmilevitz in 2000 in
Tel Aviv, Israel. Initial funding was provided by Gemini Israel Funds, KUR ventures, and Intel Investment. On March 22, 2004
Cisco Systems paid $44 million to acquire full control of the company ($5 million of which were Cisco's own round B invested money). Following the acquisition by Cisco the company's development center was relocated and merged with the existing Cisco Israel Development Center in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
Technology
Riverhead Networks provided solutions for
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) by using a series of complex
algorithms to alert and prevent them. Riverhead Networks's technology would allow company's
IT systems to continue operating, even in the midst of an unauthorized or DDoS malicious assault.
See also
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Distributed Denial of Service
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Silicon Wadi
External links
Riverhead NetworksGemini Israel Funds
References
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Cisco Systems acquisitions
Software companies of Israel
Electronics companies of Israel
Companies based in Tel Aviv