VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Nyansa
January 21 2020 - 04:05PM
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), today announced its intent to acquire
Nyansa, Inc. (“knee-ans-sah”), a fast-growing innovator of AI-based
network analytics. Nyansa will enable VMware to deliver an
end-to-end network visibility, monitoring and remediation solution
within VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud that can proactively predict
client problems, optimize application and network performance and
better assure the behavior of critical IoT devices. The addition of
Nyansa’s AI/ML capabilities to VMware’s existing network and
security portfolio will make it easier for customers to operate and
troubleshoot the Virtual Cloud Network and further VMware’s ability
to enable Self-Healing Networks.
“The acquisition of Nyansa will accelerate VMware’s delivery of
end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities for LAN/WAN
deployments within our industry-leading SD-WAN solution,” said
Sanjay Uppal, vice president and general manager, VeloCloud
Business Unit, VMware. “Nyansa is a proven solution that solves
many of the shortcomings of today’s vendor-specific solutions.
Nyansa currently analyzes user network traffic from more than 20
million client devices across thousands of customer sites at
companies including Tesla, Uber, Lululemon, Rooms To Go, GE
Healthcare, SF International Airport, Stanford, Northeast Georgia
Healthcare System and many others.”
“Joining forces with VMware provides an amazing platform for
Nyansa to continue executing on the vision of a new networking
paradigm: an analytic-powered and software-defined virtual cloud
network that connects clients to containers in dynamic and
distributed enterprises,” said Abe Ankumah, chief executive
officer, Nyansa. “Nyansa and VMware are perfectly aligned in
technology, products and culture. Following the close of the
acquisition, we will continue to advance our AI-driven multi-vendor
network analytics platform and double-down on end-to-end user
experience and IoT operational assurance.”
SD-WAN is a transformational approach to simplifying branch
office networking, enabling optimal application performance, and
accelerating cloud adoption. Unlike traditional wide-area networks,
SD-WAN delivers increased network agility and with lower costs. As
SD-WAN is becoming the de facto connectivity and security platform
for distributed enterprises, the overall scope of SD-WAN solutions
continues to expand. Customers are now looking for a single
platform to provide visibility into network and application
performance not only across the WAN, but into the wired/wireless
local area network, and back out to the cloud and on premises data
centers.
Nyansa Voyance is a vendor-agnostic, cloud-based AIOps platform.
The solution consolidates key functionality within conventional
network monitoring tools into a single, multifunction analytics
platform to deliver visibility into and behavioral analysis of
critical device performance across the entire infrastructure.
Consolidating network infrastructure monitoring into Voyance
dramatically simplifies the way network staff, engineers and
architects plan, deploy, and manage the evolving enterprise edge,
and can significantly reduce the cost and complexity of managing
enterprise networks. With Voyance, organizations can automate the
end-to-end analysis and correlation of critical infrastructure data
to improve the productivity, performance and security of critical
devices on the wired and wireless network.
The transaction is expected to close in VMware's fiscal Q1
FY2021, subject to customary closing conditions. This acquisition
is not expected to have a material impact on fiscal 2021 operating
results.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about the value to customers of VMware and Nyansa in
this blog from Sanjay Uppal
- Read this blog from Nyansa founders
- Learn more about VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud
- Read about VMware’s vision for the Virtual Cloud Network
- Follow the VeloCloud by VMware blog
- Keep up with VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud on Facebook, Twitter
and YouTube
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Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements including,
among other things, statements regarding VMware's intention to
acquire Nyansa, Inc.; the expected benefits of the acquisition; the
potential impact of the acquisition on FY21 operating results; and
the expected complementary nature and strategic advantages of
combined offerings and opportunities after close. These
forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor
provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain
risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) the ability of the
parties to satisfy closing conditions to the acquisition on a
timely basis or at all; (ii) market conditions, regulatory
requirements and other corporate considerations that could affect
the timing and closing conditions to the acquisition; (iii) the
possibility that the acquisition does not close; (iv) risks related
to the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed
acquisition, including the possibility that the expected benefits
from the proposed acquisition will not be realized or not realized
within the expected time frame; (v) the ability to successfully
integrate acquired companies and assets into VMware; (vi) the risk
of litigation or regulatory actions related to the proposed
acquisition; (vii) VMware's customers' ability to accept
emerging technology and to transition to new products and computing
strategies; (viii) changes to product and service development
timelines; (ix) VMware's ability to attract and retain highly
qualified employees; (x) adverse changes in general economic or
market conditions; and (xi) changes in VMware's financial
condition. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date
of this blog, are based on current expectations and are subject to
uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and
effect as well as other risks detailed in documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including VMware's most recent
reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K
that we may file from time to time, which could cause actual
results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to,
and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements after the date of this release.
Media Contact:Roger T. FortierVMware Global
CommunicationsPhone: 408-348-1569rfortier@vmware.com
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