VMware Acquires Nyansa for AI-Aided Networking Analytics
VMware has been on a buying jag in the past year, and its latest planned acquisition is the Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sanjay Uppal said in the acquisition announcement. CEO and co-founder blog post: First, Nyansa can proactively predict client problems, optimize their network, better enable the behavior of critical IoT devices, and justify infrastructure changes based on actual user, network and application data. Second, you will be able to use the breadth and depth of Nyansa’s data ingestion and analysis, including packet analysis and metrics via API across multivendor wired and wireless LAN environments. Finally, the combination of Nyansa’s AI/ML capabilities with VMware’s existing analytics, visibility and remediation capabilities will make it easier for you to operate and troubleshoot the virtual cloud network and accelerate the realization of a self-healing network. Nyansa was valued at around $65 million after its most recent funding two years ago and had raised about $26.5 million, Carbon Black. The transaction is expected to close within the next few months, subject to customary closing conditions. VMware is a sponsor of The New Stack. Feature image
