appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message aerohive networks inc. type public traded as nyse hive founder changming liu headquarters milpitas california u.s. key people david flynn ceo total assets us 144.254 million 2014 number of employees 520 2013 website aerohive.com aerohive networks is an american multinational computer networking equipment company headquartered in milpitas california with additional offices in the united kingdom and china . 1 founded in 2006 it provides wireless networking to medium sized and larger businesses . 1 2 3 in the years since founding the company has been focusing on venture capital funds and expanding in international markets which have included its 2011 s acquisition of competitor pareto networks which entered the company into cloud management . 1 4 5 6 the period of 2009 to 2012 saw rapid asset expansion experiencing triple digit growth each year . 7 however currently the company has not been expanding as much as seen with financial filings with the sec . 4 the company has gone public in 2013 . 1 before the ipo many analysts mentioned the company was an ideal company to ipo and or be acquiried by a larger company such as hp or dell . however no company has expressed interest in an acquisition . the company has garnered attention by being on the wall street journal s list of top 50 start ups . contents 1 controller less wi fi cooperative control architecture 2 acquisitions 3 investors 4 references 5 external links 6 see also controller less wi fi cooperative control architecture edit this section may have been copied and pasted from http www.aerohive.com solutions technology cooperative control wlan architecture.html dupdet copyvios possibly in violation of wikipedia s copyright policy . please remedy this by editing this article to remove any non free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly or flagging the content for deletion . please be sure that the supposed source of the copyright violation is not itself a wikipedia mirror . august 2016 aerohive developed a controller less wireless lan architecture called cooperative control which provides all the performance availability management mobility and security needed in a large campus deployment and with the elimination of controllers in the architecture 8 is appropriate even in small branch office and warehouse deployments . this controller less architecture also enables secure scalable high performance and mission critical wireless networking in a manageable and cost effective way to industries such as education healthcare state and local government manufacturing distribution and retail . 9 acquisitions edit aerohive acquired privately held cloud based networking vendor pareto networks in january 2011 . pareto s cloud based networking technology was integrated with aerohive s operating system hiveos and cloud services platform hivemanager online resulting in the br100 and br200 branch routing products . investors edit aerohive most recently received 22.5 million in mezzanine equity financing led by institutional venture partners ivp a later stage venture capital and growth equity firm . existing investors kleiner perkins caufield & byers kpcb lightspeed venture partners new enterprise associates nea northern light and four rivers also participated in the round . references edit a b c d ludwig sean september 11 2012 . cloud based networking startup aerohive networks readies for ipo with 22.5 m funding grab . venturebeat . retrieved 28 november 2012 . rao leena march 28 2011 . cloud based networking company aerohive networks raises 25 million . techcrunch . retrieved 28 november 2012 . company overview of aerohive networks inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 28 november 2012 . a b berndston chad november 20 2012 . cisco competitors say meraki move makes them more attractive . crn magazine . retrieved 28 november 2012 . the daily start up aerohive buzzes with 22.5 m led by ivp amid sweet mobile connectivity demand . wall street journal . september 12 2012 . retrieved 30 november 2012 . ward lisa september 6 2012 . the funded aerohive networks . san jose business journal . retrieved 28 november 2012 . shawber gloria wang october 12 2012 . fast private aerohive is all the buzz with wi fi solutions . silicon valley san jose business journal . retrieved 30 november 2012 . berndtson chad aug 5 2012 . aerohive gains partners and finally a buzz in wlan channel . crn . retrieved oct 31 2012 . graychase naomi apr 21 2008 . aerohive announces new 802.11 n portfolio . wi fi planet . retrieved oct 31 2012 . external links edit official site altai technologies super wifi see also edit ruckus wireless retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aerohive networks & oldid 742658768 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