I agree that there are a lot of patents that are not factors and generally frivolous. I would argue though that at Arbor the patents / algorithms around classification of flows and DoS detection are a cornerstone of the business being competitive and protected, and should someone else step on their space, they were positioned well for staying competitive. Before InfiniDB I was a Principal Engineer at Tektronix Communications who acquired Arbor and know them very well too (nice company and sounded nice to work at too)
btw, dont get me wrong in saying that if they had their patents they would have been successful. Just one cog in the whole machine. And the timeline I am referring to is there are things back 5-6 years ago that could have been filed before others were doing it, and it would have provided a nice differentiator in the market. It would have helped, but it was not the sole reason.
btw, dont get me wrong in saying that if they had their patents they would have been successful. Just one cog in the whole machine. And the timeline I am referring to is there are things back 5-6 years ago that could have been filed before others were doing it, and it would have provided a nice differentiator in the market. It would have helped, but it was not the sole reason.