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Gigamon Acquired By Private Investors

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

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Gigamon Acquired By Private Investors

Gigamon CEO Paul Hooper. Photo: Gigamon

The network monitoring solutions firm Gigamon, Inc., last week was acquired by the private investment firm Elliott Management and Qatar’s state-owned management fund Qatar Investment Authority for $1.6 billion.“With the acquisition complete, our team will continue to execute strategic initiatives that will both empower our customers with new, rich functionality and drive Gigamon to the next level of growth,” Paul Hooper, the company’s CEO, said in a statement on Dec. 27. “As a private company, we will continue to build…

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