Acme Packet

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{{Infobox company

| logo = Acmepacketlogo.png

| name = Acme Packet, Inc.

| type = Subsidiary

| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|APKT}}

| foundation = {{start date and age|2000|08}}

| location_city = Bedford, Massachusetts

| location_country = United States

| defunct = {{end date|2003}}

| fate = Acquired and folded into Oracle Corporation

| key_people = {{ubl|Andy Ory (CEO)|Patrick MeLampy (CTO)}}

| num_employees = 761 (Q3 2012)

| parent = Oracle Corporation

| industry = Networking hardware

| products = Session Border Controllers, Multiservice Security Gateways, Session Routing Proxies

| revenue = {{profit}} US$241 Million (FY 2010)[https://web.archive.org/web/20130210082250/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Acme_Packet_(APKT)/Data/Income_Statement Acme Packet (APKT) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest]

| operating_income = {{profit}} US$19.2 Million (FY 2009)

| net_income = {{profit}} US$17.1 Million (FY 2009)

| assets = {{increase}} US$247 Million (FY 2009)[https://web.archive.org/web/20130920141651/http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Acme_Packet_(APKT)/Data/Balance_Sheet Acme Packet (APKT) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest]

| equity = {{increase}} US$200 Million (FY 2009)

| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20020327022152/http://www.acmepacket.com/ www.acmepacket.com] |

}}

Acme Packet, Inc.{{Cite web |title=Acme Packet, Inc. SEC |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130258/000104746906012761/a2173793z424b4.htm |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.sec.gov}} was a company based in Bedford, Massachusetts that sold session border controllers (SBCs), multi-service security gateways (MSGs), and session routing proxies (SRPs) to service providers and enterprises. A public company incorporated in Delaware, Acme Packet employs over 761 individuals in 31 countries.

In 2002, the Acme Packet Net-Net family of Session Aware Networking products won the SUPERQuest award for most promising IP/application services technology for public networks at SUPERCOMM 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.creedopedia.com/topics/promising |title=Acme Packet Net-Net Products Win SUPERQuest Award |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115025311/http://www.creedopedia.com/topics/promising |archivedate=2014-01-15 }}

On February 4, 2013, Oracle Corporation announced that it was to acquire Acme Packet for US$2.1 billion.{{cite news|title=Oracle to buy network gear maker Acme Packet for about $2 billion|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-acmepacket-offer-idUKBRE9130H420130204|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216171158/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-acmepacket-offer-idUKBRE9130H420130204|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-16|last=Ghosh|first=Sayantani|date=2013-02-04|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2013-02-04}}{{cite press release|title=Oracle Buys Acme Packet|date=2013-02-04|publisher=Oracle Corporation|location=Redwood Shores, California, USA|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1903221|accessdate=2013-02-04}}{{cite press release|title=Oracle to Buy Acme Packet|date=2013-02-04|publisher=Acme Packet|url=http://www.acmepacket.com/company/press-releases/pr/oracle-to-buy-acme-packet|accessdate=2013-02-04|location=Bedford, Massachusetts, USA}} The deal closed in June 2013 and Acme Packet was folded into the Oracle Communications Global Business Unit.