BreakingPoint Systems
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BreakingPoint Systems provides network simulation
and testing tools and services for testing network equipment and application servers. BreakingPoint was listed as one of the top private technology companies in AlwaysOn's 2009 Global 250 and Frost & Sullivan's emerging technology company of the year in 2007 and product of the year for 2008 and 2009.. BreakingPoint products can be commonly found in cyber ranges, such as those at Northrup Grumman.
The company was founded by Dennis Cox and Craig Cantrell in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas
with offices in San Francisco, Paris, France and Beijing, China. The company received $15 million in funding in 2007 from Genesis Inventions and Austin Ventures
. Representative customers include Cisco
, Juniper Networks
, Fortinet
, Enterasys, Stonesoft, NetQoS
and Qosmos.
Network simulation
In communication and computer network research, network simulation is a technique where a program models the behavior of a network either by calculating the interaction between the different network entities using mathematical formulas, or actually capturing and playing back observations from a...
and testing tools and services for testing network equipment and application servers. BreakingPoint was listed as one of the top private technology companies in AlwaysOn's 2009 Global 250 and Frost & Sullivan's emerging technology company of the year in 2007 and product of the year for 2008 and 2009.. BreakingPoint products can be commonly found in cyber ranges, such as those at Northrup Grumman.
The company was founded by Dennis Cox and Craig Cantrell in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
with offices in San Francisco, Paris, France and Beijing, China. The company received $15 million in funding in 2007 from Genesis Inventions and Austin Ventures
Austin Ventures
Austin Ventures is a private equity firm focused on venture capital and growth equity investments in business services and supply chain, financial services, new media, Internet, and information services companies nationally with a focus on Texas. The firm, which is based in Austin, Texas, was...
. Representative customers include Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...
, Fortinet
Fortinet
Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and specializes in network security appliances. Fortinet’s flagship product line is sold under the brand name of FortiGate.-Corporate Overview:...
, Enterasys, Stonesoft, NetQoS
NetQoS
NetQoS Inc. provides network management software and services, including applications for performance management and response time analysis. "QoS" refers to "quality of service." NetQoS Ranked Number 184 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2007 Technology Fast 500...
and Qosmos.
Key people
- Des Wilson - Chief executive officerChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
- Dennis Cox - Co-Founder and Chief technology officer
External links
- BreakingPoint's Web Site
- BreakingPoint Labs — BreakingPoint's company blog