Network General
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Network General is a company specializing in network and application performance analysis. The company developed the original network packet sniffer in 1986; it merged with McAfee Associates in 1997 to form Network Associates. In mid-2004, Network Associates sold off the Sniffer Technologies business to Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group for USD 275 million in cash to form Network General.
In early 2006, it acquired Fidelia, adding the NetVigil Business Service Monitoring technology to their range of network and application perfomance analysis tools.
The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.