SonicWall

SonicWall Inc
Company typePrivate
IndustryNetwork security, security appliances, Internet security, WAN optimization
FoundedAugust 1991
HeadquartersMilpitas, California
Key people
  • Bob VanKirk (President & CEO)
  • Bill Conner (Executive Chairman of the Board)
ProductsNext-generation firewall; UTM; firewalls; virtual firewall; VPN; wireless security; SD-WAN; zero-trust security; security appliance filtering spam, spyware, viruses and other malware
OwnerFrancisco Partners and Elliott Management
Number of employees
1600 (April 2020)[1]
Websitewww.sonicwall.com Edit this at Wikidata

SonicWall is an American cybersecurity company that sells a range of Internet appliances primarily directed at content control and network security. These include devices providing services for network firewalls, unified threat management (UTM), virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual firewalls, SD-WAN, cloud security and anti-spam for email. The company also markets information subscription services related to its products.[2] The company also assists in solving problems surrounding compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).[3]

Originally a private company headquartered in Silicon Valley, it went public in 1999, before delisting in 2010. On March 13, 2012, USA Today said that Dell had announced its intent to acquire SonicWall, which then had 130 patents and 950 employees.[4] Dell's acquisition of SonicWall became official on May 9, 2012.[5][6]

On June 20, 2016, Dell sold SonicWall (part of its Dell Software division) to private equity firms Francisco Partners and Elliott Management.[7]

  1. ^ SEC – SONICWALL INC (FORM 10-K)
  2. ^ "SNWL: Profile for SonicWALL, Inc". Yahoo!. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  3. ^ "SonicWall PCI Compliance Case Study" (PDF). SonicWall. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  4. ^ Perez, Sarah (2012-03-13). "As Dell Shifts To Software & Services, Announces Plans To Buy SonicWall". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ USA Today, page B1, published March 14, 2008, "Dell buys security specialist SonicWall"
  6. ^ "Dell completes acquisition SonicWall". Businesswire.com. May 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Francisco Partners and Elliott Management to Acquire the Dell Software Group". www.sonicwall.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23.