Arista Networks acquired Untangle (Untangle Incorporated / Untangle Holdings), a transaction completed in January 2022.
Untangle (Untangle Incorporated / Untangle Holdings) operates in Network security / edge threat management, is based in San Jose / Sunnyvale, California, USA. Untangle was a network-security and edge-threat-management vendor serving small and mid-sized organizations. Arista folded Untangle's security assets into its Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) commercial and branch offering. Arista's FY2022 10-K discloses only that the acquisition was completed 'in 2022' without a specific date or purchase price, so the date shown here is a year-only placeholder (2022-01-01). Related net operating loss carryforwards from Untangle Holdings and Pluribus Networks were noted in the FY2022 tax disclosure.
Arista acquired Untangle's security technology to supply the security layer of its Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) offering for commercial and branch customers.
Provided ready-made edge security assets for Arista's Cognitive Unified Edge platform. Security foundation for the CUE 'edge as a service' offering. Integrated into the Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) offering; now marketed as Arista Edge Threat Management
In 2022, we completed the acquisitions of Untangle Incorporated, a security asset for edge threat management for integration into our Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) commercial and branch offering.Arista Networks FY2022 Form 10-K (MD&A)
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.