Ixia has completed the acquisition of BreakingPoint. This page will keep you informed and answer many of the questions you might have.

Why is Ixia acquiring BreakingPoint Systems?

Ixia made this strategic move to further fulfill our vision of growth and value. With this acquisition you can now rely on Ixia for exclusive global visibility into emerging cyber threats and the actionable insight needed to harden and optimize converged networks. The addition of BreakingPoint to the Ixia portfolio of proven network test and visibility products helps you ensure business continuity by providing an end-to-end solution for pre-deployment and production network monitoring, testing, and optimization.

As a BreakingPoint customer or partner, what should I expect moving forward?

Protecting and maximizing customer's investments in BreakingPoint is one of Ixia’s top priorities. Ixia plans to continue to enhance BreakingPoint’s products and services, as well as support BreakingPoint solutions. Ixia and BreakingPoint will work hard to ensure BreakingPoint’s customers gain the full benefits of Ixia's global sales, support, services, and ongoing product innovations. Ixia and BreakingPoint will continue to communicate and update all of our customers.

What will happen to BreakingPoint people?

There were two key drivers behind Ixia’s desire to acquire BreakingPoint: people and technology. The critical shortage of security experts is an increasingly dangerous problem today. BreakingPoint provides an important wealth of security expertise as well as the technology platform to scale this expertise to support customers worldwide. Ixia is excited to leverage BreakingPoint’s tremendous talent pool, senior leadership, and products to deliver much-needed security intelligence solutions.

Your BreakingPoint representative remains the same. Connect with him or her or leave a comment below, if you have any questions.

What can I expect from my existing service and support contract?

Ixia is dedicated to building and supporting the highest-quality products. This commitment coupled with the retention of the BreakingPoint talent pool ensures that customers will receive the level of service and support they have come to expect from BreakingPoint.

If I have a BreakingPoint sales inquiry, whom do I contact?

Please continue to work with your BreakingPoint representative or contact us directly.

Why is Ixia making this series (Anue, BreakingPoint) of acquisitions?

The current threat landscape is changing everything, from the way we protect data and secure infrastructures to the way we test infrastructure devices and train cyber warriors. The divide between testing tools, threat intelligence, and monitoring products has created dangerous blind spots that continue to erode the security posture of businesses and government agencies. Ixia believes organizations deserve definitive answers, not best guesses and promises.

With this planned acquisition, Ixia will leverage BreakingPoint Actionable Security Intelligence solutions and Anue network monitoring optimization solutions to provide customers with an end-to-end solution to ensure business continuity for enterprises and government organizations. Customers will now have the exclusive ability to predict and prevent the impact of cyber attacks and any changes to network applications, equipment, or configurations.

Where can I get up-to-date information?

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Where can I provide feedback?

Both BreakingPoint and Ixia welcome your thoughts and opinions, and we have posted a customer feedback form below to capture your thoughts. As always you can also contact us directly at any time.