SonicWALL

History

2016: Dell was sold by SonicWall

On June 20, 2016 it became known of sale of software business of Dell. Within the transaction Quest Software affiliated firms (the developer of tools for management of IT systems of the enterprises) and SonicWall for which the corporation paid in total $3.6 billion Read more here in due time were sold to private investment firms Francisco Partners and Elliott Management, in particular.

2012: Dell was absorbed by SonicWall

In 2012 signed with Dell the final agreement about acquisition of SonicWALL, one of the leading players of the market of solutions of network security and data protection with the headquarters in California, the USA. The companies do not disclose transaction amount, but analysts estimate it at $1.2 billion.

First of all, the company is known for SuperMassive firewalls for large enterprises and service providers and the Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems for needs of small and medium business. Its software Global Management System (GMS) allows administrators to exercise centralized operation of thousands of devices in geographically distributed networks.

The solution portfolio of Dell in the field of IT security quickly grew, and in this regard merger of SonicWALL is represented quite justified. Products of this developer are intended for protection of wired and wireless networks, users, applications and end devices, scanning of all data stream in and outside perimeter of corporate network. They are designed to add already available solutions of management of vulnerabilities and patches of Dell KACE, data encryption, cloud solutions and Dell SecureWorks services.

In inheritance from SonicWALL of corporation of Michael Dell got intellectual property (over 130 patents) demanded in the market of technology and the customer base (300 thousand positions). Besides, SonicWALL located well built up sales channel in which about 15 thousand resellers in 50 countries of the world were involved.