blox industry computer networking founded chicago illinois united states usa 1999 founder stuart bailey headquarters santa clara california area served worldwide key people jesper andersen ceo number of employees 600 2012 1 website infoblox.com infoblox is a technology company in california s silicon valley . it was founded in 1999 in chicago illinois by stuart bailey who was at the time a technical lead for the laboratory for advanced computing national center for data mining at the university of illinois . 2 within the general field of it management tools the company focuses on software and hardware for managing internet addresses and identifying devices connected to networks specifically solutions for domain name system dns dynamic host configuration protocol dhcp and ip address management . 3 the company moved to santa clara california in 2003 to take advantage of the large pool of technical talent there . 4 contents 1 technology 2 market trends 3 growth and profits 4 references technology edit in 2010 infoblox acquired network automation vendor netcordia to complement its core network services products with technologies for network task automation . 5 later in the same year the company followed up by integrating infoblox ip address management ipam technology with netcordia s network configuration and change management nccm technologies . 6 as virtualization and cloud computing became increasingly prevalent in enterprise it the automation capabilities of the netcordia solution gave infoblox a role to play in reducing the time and effort involved in configuring networks to support complex and frequently changing distributed virtual infrastructures . 7 the company has since added dns security products to its line 8 9 and it also supplies hardware appliances to host its software . 10 in addition to its commercial research and development infoblox has stayed active in the it community at large with memberships in industry standards bodies commercial and government certifications 11 12 13 14 and independent research such as the network complexity index developed by cto stuart bailey and professor robert grossman at the university of chicago 15 and made generally available as open source software . 16 market trends edit the main entrance of infoblox inc. headquarters campus in santa clara california two factors have contributed to infoblox s position in the overall market for it management tools network management has become increasingly crucial 17 and there has been a sharp rise in hacking especially attacks that exploit dns servers such as dns spoofing and distributed denial of service ddos attacks . in 2012 7.8 million new malware threats emerged . 18 mobile threats grew by 1 000 percent and 865 successful breaches compromised 174 million records . 19 dns servers in particular are vulnerable to hacking attacks and often used in destructive attacks such as the syrian electronic army sea attack that hit the new york times and twitter in 2013 . 20 21 the applicability of its products in addressing these trends has given infoblox a market that spans vertical industries . 22 as of december 2013 it had more than 6 000 customers 23 which included government organizations as well as businesses . 24 14 growth and profits edit infoblox has received 80 million in five rounds of financing 2000 2001 2003 2004 and 2005 since its launch in 1999 . the company s main investor was sequoia capital which also funded netapp and netscreen . 25 the company went public on april 20 of 2012 with an ipo of 16 per share . the stock price advanced 40 percent in the first day of trading . 26 in 2012 after adding 250 employees in the space of a year infoblox outgrew its headquarters moving to a facility in santa clara that could accommodate up to 500 . 27 earnings leading up through q4 2013 showed financial as well as physical growth . total net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was 63.1 million an increase of 40 percent on a year over year basis . total net revenue for fiscal 2013 was a record 225.0 million an increase of 33 percent compared with the total net revenue of 169.2 million in fiscal 2012 . 28 immediately on the heels of this strong showing however first quarter results for 2014 fell short of wall street expectations causing a drop in share prices that analyst jason ader at william blaire & company attributed to a modest slowdown due to normal fluctuations of the business . 29 for its fiscal third quarter 2014 infoblox reported 61 million in revenue up a mere 5 % on a year over year basis . infoblox lost 7.4 million the period on a gaap basis a larger deficit than the year ago period . infoblox s non gaap earnings also slipped from 6.0 million to 3.8 million . on september 19th 2016 vista equity partners announced intent to purchase infoblox for 26.50 per share or approximately 1.6 billion . 30 on october 7th infoblox was acquired by india merger sub inc parent company delta holdco llc for 26.50 per share . 31 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retrieved 11 27 13 . trusted computing group members list contributors retrieved 11 1 13 infoblox joins pci security standards council as newest participating organization businesswire retrieved 11 1 13 . common criteria certified companies list retrieved 11 1 13 . a b infoblox earns approval for 2.25 billion federal e rate program commsolutions april 4 2011 retrieved 11 27 13 . how complex is your network fierce enterprise communications november 11 2013 retrieved 11 27 13 . infoblox s tapestry open source tool sizes up network complexity zdnet september 25 2013 retrieved 11 27 13 . the importance of network persistence plays to infoblox s strengths motley fool april 15 2013 retrieved 10 27 13 . mcafee threats report third quarter 2012 retrieved 11 27 13 . 2012 data breach investigations report verizon march 2012 retrieved 11 27 13 . half of dns servers vulnerable to attack zdnet november 20 2007 retrieved 11 27 13 . twitter and new york times still patchy as registrar admits sea attack the guardian august 28 2013 retrieved 12 1 13 . santa clara software company infoblox jumps higher in ipo san jose mercurynews retrieved 10 21 13 . the importance of network persistence plays to infoblox s strengths motley fool april 15 2013 retrieved 10 27 13 . infoblox netmri diagnoses root cause of u.s. army s network problems government security news april 8 2011 retrieved 11 27 13 . infoblox targets corporate ip services networkworld november 3 2003 retrieved 11 27 13 . santa clara software company infoblox jumps higher in ipo san jose mercurynews retrieved 10 21 13 . bay area commercial real estate boom on track for record year beyond marin november 18 2013 retrieved 11 27 13 . infoblox moves to profit on stronger sales bloomsberg businessweek news september 5 2013 retrieved 10 27 13 . infoblox sinks on outlook but no smoking gun investors.com november 27 2013 retrieved 12 2 13 . hedge funds starboard value and hound partners score in vista equity s infoblox buyout . 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