Exfo, network test, data and analytics specialist, announces the company has acquired privately held Ontology Systems, technology provider in real-time network topology discovery and service-chain mapping, for a total consideration of US$7.6 million, net of cash.
UK-based Ontology Systems uses graph-data and semantic searches to build real-time views of network services and related network elements. Network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) technologies render communications infrastructures highly agile to deploy new services on the fly. This has created the need for an automated network inventory solution fully integrated with probing agents to accelerate fault discovery, root-cause analysis and eventually closed-loop automation in hybrid physical-virtual environments.
The combination of Ontology Systems’ expertise in mapping complex, cross-domain, multi-layer network topologies with Exfo’s end-to-end service assurance and real-time 3D analytics solutions will deliver a comprehensive view across physical, virtual and hybrid networks.
Ontology Systems, founded in 2005 , generated approximately US$4.0 million in revenue during the last 12 months, including sales to tier-1 CSPs. The acquisition is expected to be neutral to Exfo’s adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2017 and accretive thereafter.
