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Brocade Communications Systems acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Brocade Communications Systems bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Vistapointe, Inc. ("Vistapointe") Word for word“On September 11, 2014, Brocade completed its acquisition of Vistapointe, Inc. (“Vistapointe”), an early-stage start-up focused on developing software-based, carrier-grade network visibility and analytics solutions for mobile network operators who are embracing NFV and SDN architectures.” 10-K for 2014	acquisition	September 11, 2014	—
Vyatta, Inc. ("Vyatta") Word for word“In November 2012, we completed our acquisition of Vyatta. The total purchase price was $44.8 million, consisting of a $43.6 million cash consideration, $7.0 million of which was held in escrow for a period of 18 months from the closing of the acquisition, and $1.2 million related to prepaid license fees paid to Vyatta that was effectively settled at the recorded amount as a result of the acquisition.” 10-K for 2014	acquisition	—	The total purchase price was $44.8 million
network adapter business (host bus adapters and converged network adapters) sold to QLogic Corporation ("QLogic") Word for word“In January 2014, we completed the sale of our network adapter business to QLogic.” 10-K for 2014	divestiture	January 2014	—
Riverbed Technology, Inc.'s SteelApp product line (SteelApp) Word for word“On March 3, 2015, Brocade completed its acquisition of the assets of Riverbed Technology, Inc.’s SteelApp TM product line (“SteelApp”).” 10-K for 2015	agreed acquisition	On March 3, 2015	—
Connectem Word for word“On March 24, 2015, Brocade completed its acquisition of Connectem, a privately-held company in the long-term evolution (“LTE”) virtual evolved packet core market.” 10-K for 2015	agreed acquisition	On March 24, 2015	—
network adapter business Word for word“For example, Brocade sold its network adapter business to QLogic during the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.” 10-K for 2015	agreed divestiture	during the first quarter of fiscal year 2014	—
network adapter business (host bus adapters and converged network adapters) Word for word“The decrease in IP Networking product revenues primarily reflects lower revenues from IP routing, lower U.S. federal sales, the divestiture of our network adapter business (converged network adapters) in January 2014, and changes in our Brocade ADX product line and wireless business strategies.” 10-K for 2015	agreed divestiture	in January 2014	—
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. Word for word“With the acquisition of Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (“Ruckus”) on May 27, 2016, Brocade acquired a comprehensive family of wireless products for the network edge, significantly expanding its wireless products and solutions offerings.” 10-K for 2016	acquisition	May 27, 2016	—
a privately held developer of software for data center automation Word for word“On March 29, 2016, Brocade completed its acquisition of a privately held developer of software for data center automation.” 10-K for 2016	acquisition	March 29, 2016	—
Riverbed Technology, Inc.'s vADC product line Word for word“On March 3, 2015, Brocade completed its acquisition of the assets of Riverbed Technology, Inc.’s vADC product line, which is a vADC for enterprise, cloud, and e-commerce.” 10-K for 2016	acquisition	March 3, 2015	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-10-29	$564.9 million	$678.4 million

Deal filings since 2016

2017-11-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-11-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-10-30 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-08-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-05-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-05-27 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2016-04-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Brocade Communications Systems’s annual reports (10-K for 2016, 10-K for 2015, 10-K for 2014) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2016-12-16. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.