Silver Peak Systems

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Silver Peak Systems, Inc
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryNetworking hardware Software
FoundedCalifornia 2004
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David Hughes (CEO)

Eric Yeaman (CFO)
John Vincenzo (CMO)
Chris Helfer (SVP Sales)

Damon Ennis (SVP Products)
Websitewww.silver-peak.com

Silver Peak is a company that develops products for wide area networks (WANs), including WAN optimization and SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN). The company was founded in 2004 by David Hughes. Silver Peak shipped its first product, the NX-series hardware appliance, in September 2005, and their first SD-WAN solution, EdgeConnect, in June 2015.

On July 13, 2020, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its intent to acquire Silver Peak for $925 Million.[1][2] This acquisition was completed on September 21, 2020, with Silver Peak becoming part of HPE subsidiary Aruba Networks.[3]

Products and services[]

As of 2019, Silver Peak's major product lines[4] are:

  • WAN optimization
    • NX series network appliances
    • VX series virtual appliances
    • GMS Global Management System — Management software for NX and VX
  • Unity
    • Unity EdgeConnect — Physical and virtual appliances for SD-WAN implementation
    • Unity Boost — Optional WAN optimization package
    • Unity Orchestrator — Management software/service, available as a virtual appliance, cloud-hosted, or Software as a service (SaaS) subscription

Partnerships[]

Dell[]

Silver Peak is a Dell partner for WAN optimization in over 30 countries, where Dell resells Silver Peak to improve the performance of Dell storage (EqualLogic and Compellent), networking (Force10), server, and virtual desktop (VDI) implementations over the wide area network.[5][6]

VMware[]

Silver Peak partners with VMware to offer its virtual WAN optimization products as part of the VMware vCloud Air offering.

EMC[]

EMC Corporation resells Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which are available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak is also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo.[7] Silver Peak’s WAwan optimization products are E-lab qualified on Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy, Celerra Replicator, Isilon SyncIQ, RecoverPoint, and Atmos.[8]

Hitachi Data Systems[]

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) resells Silver Peak's WAN optimization products. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication products.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bary, Emily. "Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire Silver Peak for $925 million". Marketwatch. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. ^ Hu, Krystal; Bera, Ayanti. "HP Enterprise to buy Silver Peak for about $925 million". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. ^ "HPE completes acquisition of SD-WAN leader Silver Peak". September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Products". Silver Peak web site. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  5. ^ "Silver Peak expands reach with Dell to global markets". Data Centre Solutions Europe. May 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "Silver Peak's Data Center Class WAN Optimization Solution Now Available Through Dell". Reuters. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Silver Peak integrates with EMC VPLEX Geo for private clouds". SearchNetworking.com. May 19, 2011.
  8. ^ "Silver Peak attacks big data WAN latency with new EMC collaboration". SearchEnterpriseWAN. April 18, 2012.
  9. ^ "Silver Peak Tightens Partnership With HDS". Network Computing. May 19, 2010.
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