Arbor Networks

Infobox_Company | company_name = Arbor Networks
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Lexington, MA (2000)
industry = Technology
revenue =
num_employees = ~300
location =
key_people = CEO: Jack Boyle
products = Networking
homepage = [http://www.arbornetworks.com/ www.arbornetworks.com] |

About the Company

Arbor Networks Arbor Networks is a leading provider of secure service control solutions for global networks. Its customers include over 70 percent of the world’s ISPs and many large enterprises. Arbor solutions deliver best-in-class network security and visibility, along with the power to improve profitability by deploying differentiated, revenue-generating secure services. By employing flow-based and deep packet inspection (DPI) technologies, Arbor solutions measure and protect the entire network – from the service provider core to the broadband edge.

Arbor solutions include the Arbor Peakflow® family, the de facto standard for flow-based network security and analysis, and the Arbor Ellacoya eSeries platforms for broadband service optimization, ranked among the highest performance DPI systems. The combination of these solutions enables Arbor to detect and mitigate network-based attacks across the entire infrastructure, without the exorbitant cost of deploying inline devices pervasively throughout the network. Arbor Peakflow products are typically deployed in the core for comprehensive threat detection and mitigation. Arbor Ellacoya eSeries products, which are deployed at the broadband edge of wireline and wireless networks, utilize DPI and application classification – enabling providers to offer application- and subscriber-aware services.

Arbor is also one of the world’s experts on service provider security issues, including denial-of-service, botnets and other network-borne attacks. Leveraging its close relationship with the provider community, Arbor has developed the first globally scoped threat analysis network – ATLAS – which uses technology embedded in the world’s largest ISP networks to sense and report on comprehensive worldwide threat intelligence.

Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Arbor has R&D facilities in Ann Arbor, MI, and Merrimack, NH. Its EMEA operations are based in London, with its Asia operations in Singapore. Arbor offers the following product lines:

*PeakFlow IP Flow-Based Technology. Peakflow conducts network behavior analysis (NBA) to provide pervasive, cost effective network visibility and real-time threat detection.

* Optimize availability by proactively detecting and mitigating network-wide anomalies caused by DDoS attacks, botnets and other threats. * Enhance operational efficiency by modeling traffic across the entire network. * Increase profitability by delivering new secure managed services. * Improve capacity planning and simplify compliance via real-time network analysis and historical reporting.

*e30 traffic management The Arbor Ellacoya e30 broadband service optimization platform provides cost-effective, carrier-class capabilities. This DPI system enables service providers to:

* Support up to 64,000 subscribers at 4 Gbit/s speed. * Gain network visibility and control at the subscriber and application level. * Identify subscribers, measure usage and enforce network policies. * Achieve operational and revenue objectives for bandwidth management and new service plans.

*e100 traffic managementFeaturing unmatched scale and intelligence in a broadband service optimization platform, the Arbor Ellacoya e100 delivers the highest levels of subscriber density, throughput, service flexibility and carrier-class reliability. This DPI system enables providers to:

* Support up to 500,000 subscribers at 20 Gbit/s speed. * Manage traffic at the subscriber and application level. * Gain the capacity and performance to optimize a massive number of services. * Achieve operational and revenue objectives for bandwidth management and new service plans.

Arbor's products are sold by a wide variety of resellers in each region [http://www.arbornetworks.com/en/channel-partner-locator.html channel partners] , including Embarq Logistics in the United States, and Telus in Canada.

Bell Canada, an investor in Ellacoya before the Arbor acquisition [http://telephonyonline.com/access/finance/ellacoya_bce_capital_071805/ Ellacoya shovels in cash from Bell Canada] , deployed the technology [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=77386 Ellacoya Finds Deep Packets Up North ] for its P2P throttling [http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bell-Canada-Confirms-Throttling-92973 Bell Canada Confirms Throttling] .

Shaw Communications of Canada is also a customer of Arbor's Ellacoya product [http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12015375 Shaw President admits bandwidth throttling] .

British Telecom is another major customer [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=127186 BT Picks Ellacoya] , and the e30 devices can be seen in the network diagrams associated with the Phorm behavioural targetted advertising trials [http://wikileaks.org/wiki/British_Telecom_Phorm_PageSense_External_Validation_report British Telecom Phorm PageSense External Validation report] .

Arbor networks is also in the business of filtering copyrighted content from p2p filesharing networks, which is a distinct solution from throttling p2p networks [http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=148803 Internet Evolution - The Big Report - Peer-to-Peer Filters: Ready for Internet Prime Time? ] ] , working with SNEP (Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique, an organization that represents the interests of the French music industry, the RIAA of France) .

Corporate history

*1999: Ellacoya founded
*2000: Arbor Networks founded
*2008: Arbor Networks buys traffic management company Ellacoya

References

External links

* [http://www.arbornetworks.com Arbor Networks corporate Web site]
* [http://atlas.arbor.net ATLAS: the Internet's first globally scoped threat analysis network]
* [http://asert.arbor.net ASERT Security Blog]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/011708-arbor-networks-buys.html Arbor buys Ellacoya]
* [http://www.badphorm.co.uk/ BadPhorm]
* [http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bell-Canada-Offers-Proof-Throttling-Was-Necessary-95556 Bell Canada Offers 'Proof' Throttling Was Necessary]