Arbor Networks is a software development company which specializes in network security applications. Founded in 2000. Headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts, the United States. Arbor Network solutions are deployed in 107 countries worldwide.
The main directions of development of equipment includes corporate networks security protection solutions from denial-if-service (DoS) attacks and botnets.

The well-known solutions by Arbor Networks are PRAVAIL (solution for corporate network), PEAKFLOW (complex protection from network attacks), ARBOR CLOUD (denial-of-service attacks protection using cloud technologies), ATLAS 2.0 (network monitoring system).

On 2010 Arbor Networks was acquired by Tektronix Communications which is a member of Danaher Corporation`s Test & Measurement solutions division.

On 2015 Netscout Systems acquired Arbor Network as well as Tekronix Communications, Fluke Networks Enterprise (former Danaher Corporation`s business unit) and VSS Monitoring. Upon completion of the acquisition, Arbor Networks joined the security devision of Netscout Systems.

Arbor Networks has strategic partnerships with Cisco, Juniper Networks and IBM.

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enerprise company (formerly Aruba Networks, Inc). is a networking vendor focusing its sales on enerprise market. Founded in 2002. Headquarters in  Sunnyvale, California, the United States. Number of employees is 1,200 (2012) people.
The main directions of development of products are an enterprise wireless LAN and edge access. Products includes access points (APs), mobility controlles and network management system (Airwave). Network equipment by Aruba Networks run ArubaOS operating system.

On 2015, Aruba Networks was acquired by Hewlett-Packard and joined the HP Networking business within HP’s Enterprise Group organization. The name after acquisition changed to  "Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enerprise company".

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational company founded in 1984. It is the worldwide leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer. It keeps #1 and #2 in most market segments for years. Headquarters in San Jose, California, the United States. Number of employees exceed 70,000 (2015) people of which 35% are engineers. Representative offices opened in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Nearly 70,000 channel partners worldwide.Eequipment manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc marketed in 165 countries worldwide.

The main directions of product development includes solutions for high-speed datanetworks, video and audio processing, data storage and security.

Since 1993 Cisco Systems inc. did more that 170 acquisitions. The largest acquisitions are StrataCom ($4B), Cerent ($6.9B), Arrowpoint Communications ($5.7B), Scientific-Atlanta ($6.9B), NDS Group ($5B).

D-Link Corporation is a well-known multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation. Founded in 1986 as Datex Systems Inc. and in 1994 changed its name to D-Link Corporation. Headquartes in Taipei, Taiwan. Company employes more than 2,700 (2015) people.

Company mainly serves the small and midsize business (SMB) market. Products by D-Link Corporation marketed in more than 100 contries using a broad network of distributors and retailers.

Main directions of product development inclues solutions for wired and wireless packet transmission, IP video surveillance and IP voice processing.

Dell is a multinational technology company founded in 1984. Company is known worldwide for its wide range of IT products. Dell develops, produces and sells personal computers, data storage devices, networking equipment, computer peripherials and software.

Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, the United States. Company employs 101,800 (2016) people and is #4 America's Largest Private Companies (Forbes, 2016).

On September, 2016 Dell acquired the enterprise software and storage company EMC Corporation. A new holding company named Dell Technologies was created, with subsidiaries named Dell and Dell EMC. Dell as a subsidiary company continue developing and producing computer technology products while Dell EMC focuses on data storage products and solutiuons.

Ekinops is one of the leading supplier of next generation optical transmission network equipment for carriers and service providers. Founded in 2003. Headquarters in Lannion, France. Representative offices are in Europe, North America and Asia.

Main directions of product development are the wavelength-division multiplexing systems (CWDM, DWDM). Based on the  company`s innovative, programmable T-Chip® (Transport on-a-Chip) Ekinops provides flexible transport solution for CWDM and DWDM networks. Using carrier-grade Ekinops 360 system a telecommunications service providers can quickly  increase transport capacity of their networks including CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet, ESCON, Fiber Channel, SONET/SDH, uncompressed video (HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI) through the efficient aggregation of services.

Extreme Networks is one of the leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. Founded in 1996. Headquarters in San Jose, California, the United States. Number of employees is more than 1,300 (2015) people. Main directions of development of the equipment include switching, wireless transmission, SDN.

The well-known products by Extreme Networks are Summit series and Black Diamond series switches that run self-developed ExtremeXOS operating system.

F5 Networks, Inc. is one of the leading manufacturer of the solutions based on Application Delivery Networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and network resources availability. Founded in 1996. Headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. The company employs more than 4,000 (2015) people. Representative offices opened in South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Main directions of product development include delivery of web-based applications, acceleration of web-services, security, load balancing, high availability solutions, network traffic management, virtualization, cloud technologies.  

The well-known solution is BIG-IP series equipment ensures throughput up to 320 Gbit/s and offers a broad range of web-based applications acceleration capabilities.
Equipment by F5 Networks is operating under the F5 TMOS operating system

Fortinet, Inc is a multinational corporation founded in 2000 that specializes in network security solutions. Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, the United States. The company employs more than 4,000 people.

On 2015, IDC reported that Fortinet, Inc. took the fourth place on security appliance market after Cisco, Check Point, Palo Alto. The main directions of development of the equipment are the network security solutions. The well-known products are the Fortigate series that offers service providers a broad rage of security services including protection from network attacks, protection from unathorized access, network applications contol, web-content filtering, data leak prevention, anti spam.

Security equipment produced by Fortinet Inc. is operating under the self-developed FortiOS operating system.

Grandstream Networks is one of the leading manufactures of IP voice, video and video surveillance equipment. Founded in 2002. Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, the United States. Company mostly serves the small and midsize business (SMB) market.

Main directions of product development includes IP voice, IP video, voice gateways.