LiveAction

LiveAction, Inc.
Private
Founded Honolulu, HI (2007)
Headquarters Palo Alto, CA
Key people
 Darren Kimura; CEO
Dana Matsunaga; COO
John Smith; CTO
Website www.liveaction.com

LiveAction, Inc. (formerly known as ActionPacked! Networks) is a network monitoring software company based in Palo Alto, CA. The company produces software that analyzes the performance of local and wide area networks. LiveAction is privately held and backed by venture investors including Insight Venture Partners, Accelerate IT Ventures (AITV), Cisco Investments and Enerdigm Ventures.

Technology

LiveAction software combines a patented graphical interface with an intelligent device knowledgebase that eliminates the need to use the Cisco command line interface (CLI) for complex NetFlow and QoS operations. LiveAction™ software was originally developed for the U.S. Marine Corps to simplify Quality of Service configuration and to reduce manpower required to manage mobile tactical networks. Today, the software is fully commercialized and enables engineers to perform advanced Cisco network design, deployment, troubleshooting, and device management without extensive training.[1] The software platform combines detailed network topology, device, and flow visualizations with direct interactive monitoring and configuration of Quality of Service, NetFlow, LAN, Routing, IP SLA, Medianet, and AVC features embedded inside Cisco Systems devices.[2] LiveAction provides QoS management with an integrated display providing centralized access to devices and policies. The performance of traffic supported by each device can be assessed using live traffic displays, such as that provided directly from router interfaces.[3]

History

The company was founded in 2007 as a Referentia Systems, Inc. company by John Smith who had worked on the LiveAction project for Referentia.[7] LiveAction (then ActionPacked Networks) received a $500K seed investment in 2013 by Enerdigm Ventures.[8] In 2014, LiveAction completed a $5.35 million Series A round of financing. AITV led the investment round with participation from Cisco Investments and Enerdigm Ventures.[9] In 2016, LiveAction completed a $36 million Series B round of financing led by Insight Venture Partners. Accelerate-IT Ventures and Cisco Investments also participated in the funding round.[10]

Recognition

Channel Reseller News (CRN) recognized LiveAction (then ActionPacked Networks) in 2012 as a communications infrastructure product to keep an eye on. In 2013 LiveAction (then ActionPacked Networks) became the first Cisco management partner to support the MSI’s REST-based management interface (v3.1).[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Referentia Spin-Off Company "ActionPacked! Networks" Named One of the Top 25 "Coolest Emerging Tech Vendors" by Channel Reseller News". Referentia Systems. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Kerravala, Zeus (17 March 2014). "Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility". NetworkWorld. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Underwood, Mark (30 November 2010). "LiveAction QoS tool demystifies the management of Cisco devices". TechRepublic. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ↑ US patent 9003292, Smith; John Kei (Honolulu, HI), Pierce; Robert (Honolulu, HI) & Pierce, Robert, "System and method for network topology and flow visualization", issued 2015-04-07, assigned to LiveAction, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
  5. ↑ US patent 9240930, Smith; John Kei (Honolulu, HI), Pierce; Robert (Honolulu, HI) & Pierce, Robert, "System for network flow visualization through network devices within network topology", issued 2016-01-19, assigned to LiveAction, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
  6. ↑ US patent 9246772, Smith; John Kei (Honolulu, HI), Pierce; Robert (Honolulu, HI) & Pierce, Robert, "System and method for network topology and flow visualization", issued 2016-01-26, assigned to LiveAction, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
  7. ↑ "ActionPacked Networks Rebrands and Launches as LiveAction". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Company Overview of Enerdigm Ventures, LLC". BloombergBusiness. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "LiveAction Secures $5.35 Million Series A Financing from AITV and Cisco Investments". VentureBeat. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "LiveAction Secures $36m Funding Round". RedHerring. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "ActionPacked! Networks Completes Interoperability Verification and Testing of the Live Action Software". Cisco Blogs. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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