Acme Packet

Acme Packet, Inc.^[3] was a company based in Bedford, Massachusetts that sold session border controllers (SBCs), multi-service security gateways (MSGs), and session routing proxies (SRPs) to service providers and enterprises. A public company incorporated in Delaware, Acme Packet employs over 761 individuals in 31 countries.

Acme Packet, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	Nasdaq: APKT
Industry	Networking hardware
Founded	August 2000; 24 years ago (2000-08)
Defunct	2013 (2013)
Fate	Acquired and folded into Oracle Corporation
Headquarters	Bedford, Massachusetts , United States
Key people	Andy Ory (CEO) Patrick MeLampy (CTO)
Products	Session Border Controllers, Multiservice Security Gateways, Session Routing Proxies
Revenue	US$241 Million (FY 2010)[1]
Operating income	US$19.2 Million (FY 2009)[1]
Net income	US$17.1 Million (FY 2009)[1]
Total assets	US$247 Million (FY 2009)[2]
Total equity	US$200 Million (FY 2009)[2]
Number of employees	761 (Q3 2012)
Parent	Oracle Corporation
Website	www.acmepacket.com

In 2002, the Acme Packet Net-Net family of Session Aware Networking products won the SUPERQuest award for most promising IP/application services technology for public networks at SUPERCOMM 2002.^[4]

On February 4, 2013, Oracle Corporation announced that it was to acquire Acme Packet for US$2.1 billion.^[5][6][7] The deal closed in June 2013 and Acme Packet was folded into the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit.