| Acme Packet, Inc. | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Traded As: | NASDAQ: |
| Location City: | Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Fate: | Acquired and folded into Oracle Corporation |
| Num Employees: | 761 (Q3 2012) |
| Parent: | Oracle Corporation |
| Industry: | Networking hardware |
| Products: | Session Border Controllers, Multiservice Security Gateways, Session Routing Proxies |
| Revenue: | US$241 Million (FY 2010)[1] |
| Operating Income: | US$19.2 Million (FY 2009) |
| Net Income: | US$17.1 Million (FY 2009) |
| Assets: | US$247 Million (FY 2009)[2] |
| Equity: | US$200 Million (FY 2009) |
| Homepage: | www.acmepacket.com |
Acme Packet, Inc.[3] was a company based in Bedford, Massachusetts that sold session border controllers (SBCs), multi-service security gateways (MSGs), and session routing proxies (SRPs) to service providers and enterprises. A public company incorporated in Delaware, Acme Packet employs over 761 individuals in 31 countries.
In 2002, the Acme Packet Net-Net family of Session Aware Networking products won the SUPERQuest award for most promising IP/application services technology for public networks at SUPERCOMM 2002.[4]
On February 4, 2013, Oracle Corporation announced that it was to acquire Acme Packet for US$2.1 billion.[5] [6] [7] The deal closed in June 2013 and Acme Packet was folded into the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit.
Acme Packet’s Net-Net product family consists of the Net-Net OS software platform 2600, 3000, 4000 and 9000 series systems, 4000 ATCA blade and the EMS and SAS management tools. The Net-Net OS can be configured to provide SBC, MSG or SRP functions on any of the hardware platforms. The brand name "Net-Net" reflects the role of these products in interconnecting IP networks for voice, video and multimedia services.
Acme Packet SBCs provide control functions to video and multimedia sessions — across IP network borders. They support multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks — from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence.