uses see allot disambiguation . allot communications type public nasdaq allt ; tase allt industry technology communication systems founded 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 key people ceo rami hadar cto jay klein vp operations pini gvili products networking qos solutions bandwidth optimization revenue us 117.2 million 2014 net income us 10.5 m non gaap basis 2014 total equity us 175 million 2014 number of employees 500 website www.allot.com allot headquarters in hod hasharon near tel aviv allot communications is a provider of ip service optimization solutions for service providers carriers and enterprises based in hod hasharon israel . 2 allot solutions use deep packet inspection dpi technology to change broadband pipes into smart networks offering complete network visibility application control and subscriber management . 3 in 2010 it reported 57 million in sales . 2 contents 1 corporate history 2 acquisitions 3 products 3.1 controversy 4 partners in different countries 5 references 6 external links corporate history edit allot communications was founded in 1996 by michael shurman and yigal jacoby who served as chief executive and chairman until 2006 . 4 jacoby previously founded armon networking a manufacturer of rmon based network management solutions which was sold to bay networks for 33 million in 1996 . 5 in november 2003 deloitte & touche named allot the fourth fastest growing company on its israel technology fast 50 list . this ranking represented revenue growth of nearly 1 900 % in a year s time . 4 by 2004 allot raised 38 million in several rounds of funding from several venture capital funds including genesis partners gemini walden israel jafco investment bancboston capital jerusalem venture partners and tamar technology ventures . 4 in 2006 rami hadar was appointed president and chief executive officer and the company began trading publicly on the nasdaq global market under the ticker symbol allt following an ipo that raised 78 million . 6 in 2011 it was revealed that allot equipment had illegally been sold to iran . 7 however in january 2012 allot was cleared by the ministry of defense of any wrongdoing . 8 in 2011 allot settled a class action lawsuit regarding securities fraud involving its stock whereby it agreed to pay 1.3 million usd . 9 10 acquisitions edit in september 2002 allot acquired netreality a provider of network application priority switches naps in order to enhance its quality of service qos and bandwidth management solutions . 11 in january 2008 allot acquired esphion a new zealand based developer of network protection solutions for carriers and internet service providers . 12 in may 2012 allot acquired ortiva wireless a san diego based developer of youtube video traffic reduction equipment . 13 in july 2012 allot acquired oversi networks a provider of rich media caching and content delivery solutions for internet video and peer to peer p2p traffic . 14 products edit allot provides intelligent ip service optimization solutions for dsl wireless broadband carriers service providers and enterprises . allot s portfolio of hardware platforms and software applications employs dpi to turn broadband pipes into smart networks so that value added internet services can be rapidly deployed or for surveillance of individuals . 15 allot solutions are also used to support the need of service providers to charge more from heavy users of peer to peer voip and video applications . 3 controversy edit in may 2011 bloomberg businessweek revealed that allot s netenforcer product was being used in iran to conduct surveillance on its dissidents and activists . allot did not directly market and sell its product to iran ; rather rantek a s a distributor based in randers denmark stripped the equipment of labels and repackaged it before shipping it to iran . the trade was legal under danish law but israel has a ban on trade with iran ; bloomberg reported that former allot employees stated that it was well known inside the company that the equipment was headed for iran . 2 in january 2012 israel s defense ministry closed the probe into allot s alleged iran sales as its investigation concluded that the company was unaware that the equipment it sold to a distributor may have ended up in iranian hands . 16 in 2014 the marriott hotel chain was fined by the us fcc for using allot s netenforcer to block wifi access of guests . 17 information on the use was published in an allot whitepaper . 18 partners in different countries edit authorized partner in russia is impuls telecom llc . web site authorized partner in the dominican republic is redesip srl . web site references edit company profile for allot communications ltd allt . retrieved 2008 10 20 . a b c elgin ben 23 december 2011 . israel didn t know high tech gear was sent to iran . bloomberg businessweek . a b grigonis richard march 17 2009 allot communications sigma service gateway tmcnet.com a b c dar zuri 2004 08 25 allot communications wraps up 8 million financing round the marker bay networks acquires armon networking israel business today march 24 1996 krawitz avi november 17 2006 allot raises 78m . in nasdaq listing the jerusalem post israeli company sold surveillance equipment to iran haaretz december 23 2011 allot cleared by israel defense ministry in iran sales probe bloomberg 26 january 2012 summary notice of pendency of class action and proposed settlement with all defendants businesswire january 3 2011 allot communications ltd. filed case pdf stanford june 8 2007 allot communications acquires netreality ; combines teams and technologies to form solid base for continued growth . business wire september 24 2002 allot acquires esphion light reading january 3 2008 allot snaps up ortiva wireless light reading may 1 2012 allot posts 43 % revenue rise ; buys oversi networks globes 31 july 2012 allot surveillance who s who july 8 2012 defense ministry closes probe into allot s alleged iran sales globes january 25 2012 1 fcc february 20 2015 2 gaylord hotels use allot netenforcer to provide 5 star wifi service external links edit allot communications v t e israeli companies traded on nasdaq healthcare alcobra biolinerx biondvax pharmaceutical compugen enzymotec given imaging kamada mazor robotics medigus oramed pharmaceuticals perrigo company pluristem therapeutics rewalk robotics rosetta genomics syneron medical communication & networks allot communications alvarion audiocodes b communications ceragon networks dsp group ezchip semiconductor gilat satellite networks internet gold golden lines orckit communications partner communications company radcom radvision rit technologies rr media software attunity bluephoenix solutions b.o.s. better online solutions check point software technologies clicksoftware technologies commtouch software cimatron cyberark formula systems 1985 jacada magic software enterprises mind c.t.i. nice systems perion network radware sapiens international corporation n.v. verint systems wix electronics camtek ceva eltek kornit digital mellanox technologies nova measuring instruments orbotech solaredge tower semiconductor security & defense arotech elbit systems ituran location and control magal security systems pointer telocation rada electronic industries tat technologies consumer goods caesarstone sdot yam sodastream international conglomerates ampal american israel corporation elbit imaging isramco this company is american based but is traded on the tase as a result of a merger with israeli drug maker agis . v t e ta 100 companies of the tel aviv stock exchange africa israel investments allot communications alvarion alrov group babylon bank hapoalim bank leumi bank mizrahi tefahot brack capital properties bazan oil refineries bezeq the israel telecommunication corp cellcom ceragon networks delek group delta galil industries discount investment corporation el al elco holdings evogene elbit systems ezchip semiconductor elron electronic industries first international bank of israel frutarom fox group gazit globe given imaging harel insurance and financial services housing & construction holding hot israel chemicals israel corporation israel discount bank isramco ituran kenon holdings kamada liveperson magic software enterprises mazor robotics mellanox technologies migdal insurance and financial holdings mivtach shamir nice systems ormat technologies osem rami levy hashikma marketing partner communications company paz oil company perion network perrigo company plasson strauss group shufersal sodastream union bank of israel teva pharmaceutical industries tower semiconductor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allot communications & oldid 723366799 categories network performancedeep packet inspectionnetworking hardware companiestelecommunications companies of israelelectronics companies of israelcompanies listed on nasdaqcompanies listed on tasehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 2 june 2016 at 16 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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