Silver Peak Systems

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Silver Peak Systems, Inc.
TypePrivate
Industry Networking hardware Software
Founded2004;20 years ago (2004), in California
Defunct2020;4 years ago (2020)
FateAcquried by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Successor Aruba Networks
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • David Hughes (CEO)
  • Eric Yeaman (CFO)
  • John Vincenzo (CMO)
  • Chris Helfer (SVP Sales)
  • Damon Ennis (SVP Products)
Website www.silver-peak.com

Silver Peak Systems, Inc. was a company that developed products for wide area networks (WANs), including WAN optimization and SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN). The company was founded in 2004 by David Hughes. Silver Peak shipped its first product, the NX-series hardware appliance, in September 2005, and their first SD-WAN solution, EdgeConnect, in June 2015.

Contents

On July 13, 2020, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its intent to acquire Silver Peak for $925 Million. [1] [2] This acquisition was completed on September 21, 2020, with Silver Peak becoming part of HPE subsidiary Aruba Networks. [3]

Products and services

As of 2019, Silver Peak's major product lines [4] were:

Partnerships

Dell

Before their acquisition, Silver Peak was a Dell partner for WAN optimization in over 30 countries, where Dell resold Silver Peak to improve the performance of Dell storage (EqualLogic and Compellent), networking (Force10), server, and virtual desktop (VDI) implementations over the wide area network. [5] [6]

VMware

Silver Peak partnered with VMware to offer its virtual WAN optimization products as part of the VMware vCloud Air offering.

EMC

EMC Corporation resold Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which were available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak was also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo. [7] Silver Peak’s WAwan optimization products were E-lab qualified on Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy, Celerra Replicator, Isilon SyncIQ, RecoverPoint, and Atmos. [8]

Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) resold Silver Peak's WAN optimization products. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication products. [9]

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References

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  2. Hu, Krystal; Bera, Ayanti (13 July 2020). "HP Enterprise to buy Silver Peak for about $925 million". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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  6. "Silver Peak's Data Center Class WAN Optimization Solution Now Available Through Dell". Reuters. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012.
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