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Pulse Secure, LLC completes acquisition of the virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC) Business from Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
August 2017 by Marc Jacob
Pulse
Secure, LLC ("Pulse Secure"), a provider of secure access solutions
to both enterprises and service providers, today announced that it has
completed the acquisition of assets associated with the Virtual Application
Delivery Controller (vADC) product family from Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc. ("Brocade").
The transaction includes a leased research and development facility in
Cambridge, UK and associated customer support and maintenance contracts. The
acquisition adds significant new capabilities to the Pulse Secure Access
Platform offering a complete end-to-end Secure Access solution designed to
reduce cost and complexity, increase security, and delight users.
Originally created as the world’s first fully virtualised application
delivery controller, the Brocade vADC solution has become one of the most
advanced virtual application delivery controllers in the market today. The
solution can be quickly and easily provisioned either on premise, in a
private/public cloud, or even through cloud service marketplaces such as
AWS, Google, and Azure. The Brocade vADC offering is recognized within the
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers and is used by
many organizations worldwide.
Joining the Pulse Secure team as VP and General Manager of the vADC business
unit, Marion Smith said, "Today, the vADC team starts to write a new chapter
in the life of a product we love. This is the next big step in the exciting
journey of building the best vADC on the market. We are now settling in to
our new home at Pulse Secure and look forward to the new opportunities that
vADC combined with the Pulse Secure portfolio will bring."
Pulse Secure has hired a number of Brocade employees associated with the
vADC business who will be working closely together with Pulse Secure to
ensure uninterrupted support for existing vADC customers.
