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Network General

Logo: Network General Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct American networking company

Network General Corporation was an American technology company active between 1986 and 2007 and based in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1986 by Harry Saal and Len Shustek to develop and market network packet and protocol analyzers, the company's flagship product, the Sniffer was the market leader in its field for many years.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 13, 1986Founded1
  • Industrycomputer networking1
  • HeadquartersMenlo Park1

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Network General Corporation was an American technology company active between 1986 and 2007 and based in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1986 by Harry Saal and Len Shustek to develop and market network packet and protocol analyzers, the company's flagship product, the Sniffer was the market leader in its field for many years.2

Corporate structure

Network General is part of a group headed by NetScout Systems. 52 entities, 23 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • NetScout Systems Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • Network General Menlo Park
    • AirMagnet, Inc. Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Aran Communications Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • Arbor Networks UK Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Arbor Networks, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Ellacoya Networks, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Gigavation, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Green Sigma Holding Co., LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • NetScout Berlin GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Germany
    • NetScout Berlin Verwaltungs GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • NetScout Communications Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • NetScout Española S.L. Subsidiary · Spain
    • NetScout Network Systems GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • NetScout Padova S.r.l. Subsidiary · Italy
    • NetScout Systems (HK) Limited Subsidiary · China
    • NetScout Systems (UK) Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • NetScout Systems Argentina SAU Subsidiary · Argentina
    • NetScout Systems Canada Corp. Subsidiary · Canada
    • NetScout Systems Federal Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • NetScout Systems Germany GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • NetScout Systems India Pte Ltd Subsidiary · India
    • NetScout Systems Industrial Private Limited Subsidiary · India
    • NetScout Systems Italy S.r.l. Subsidiary · Italy
    • NetScout Systems Japan KK Subsidiary · Japan
    • NetScout Systems Norway AS Subsidiary · Norway
    • and 26 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Timeline

  1. Sep 2007Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. May 13, 1986Founded Founded1

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