nLayers Inc. | |
Fate: | Acquired |
Successor: | EMC Corporation |
Foundation: | 2003 |
Founder: | Gili Raanan |
Defunct: | 2006 |
Location City: | Cupertino, California; |
Location: | Herzliya, Israel |
Products: | Service discovery solutions |
Homepage: | www.nLayers.com |
nLayers was a company specializing in network discovery products; software designed to map the entirety of hosts, services, etc. that run on a given organization's network. Its primary product is "nLayers InSight".
nLayers was founded by Gili Raanan, in 2003 and was headquartered in Cupertino, California with a research and development center in Herzliya, Israel.[1] Initial funding was provided by Venture capital funds Gemini Israel Funds and Walden Israel.
Following its acquisition on June 7, 2006, nLayers was a subsidiary of EMC.[2] It was later merged into Vmware.[3] In June 2013 Vmware announced that end of life date for the original nLayers product would be March 8, 2017.[4]