PLANO, Texas -- Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of Communications Test and Network Intelligence Solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arbor Networks, a leading provider of network security and management solutions for converged carrier networks and next-generation data centers. The acquisition is expected to close in September. The terms of the acquisition are not disclosed.

Arbor Networks, headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., provides mobile and fixed-line operators, cable and DSL providers, ISPs and other cloud-based infrastructure and service providers with industry leading solutions for the detection and mitigation of network security threats. The company's products include Arbor Peakflow®, the industry's first carrier-class Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention platform, which is the de facto standard for IP flow-based network security and analysis, and the Arbor eSeries platforms for broadband service optimization.

"Arbor Networks is ideally positioned to continue on its growth path by protecting the availability of networks and services around the world as the size, complexity and frequency of network security threats continues to grow," said Rich McBee, Danaher Group Executive. "Arbor Networks expands our portfolio of leading companies in the communications and enterprise markets. The addition of their superior solutions allows us to offer our fixed-line, mobile, converged/IP and enterprise customers solutions to deploy, measure, monitor and secure their networks."

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