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nLayers Inc.
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded2003 (2003)
FounderGili Raanan
Defunct2006 (2006)
FateAcquired
SuccessorEMC Corporation
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
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United States
Number of locations
Cupertino, California and Herzliya, Israel
Productsnetwork service discovery software
Websitewww.nlayers.com [dead link]

nLayers was an American/Israeli software company specializing in network discovery products; software designed to map the entirety of hosts, services, etc. that run on a given organization's network. Its primary product was "nLayers InSight". The company was acquired in 2006 by EMC Corporation.

History

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nLayers was founded by Gili Raanan, in 2003 and was headquartered in Cupertino, California with a research and development center in Herzliya, Israel.[1] Initial funding was provided by Venture capital funds Gemini Israel Funds and Walden Israel.[2]

Following its acquisition on June 7, 2006, nLayers became a subsidiary of EMC.[3] It was later merged into Vmware.[4] In June 2013 Vmware announced that end of life date for the original nLayers product would be March 8, 2017.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Walden Israel and Gemini Israel Funds Lead $3M Series A Round in nLayers, a Software Company Specializing in Applications Management" (Press release). nLayers. July 9, 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  2. ^ Griml, Guy, "EMC pays $50m for startup nLayers", The Marker
  3. ^ Preimesberger, Chris; Paula Musich (June 8, 2006). "EMC Swallows Application-Mapping Company nLayers". eWeek. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  4. ^ "EMC N-Layers Resource Management". www.emc.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  5. ^ "VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager: Works Across Physical and Virtual Infrastructures". www.vmware.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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