Walleye Networks

Walleye Networks was a Canadian network and security intelligence solutions provider founded in 2016. The company specialized in real-time network analytics and advanced metadata, offering its technology to enhance existing network products and services.

The firm's core business model centered on licensing its technology to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Its flagship product was the "Walleye SDK," a software development kit that provided enterprise-grade network intelligence for consumer equipment. The technology was designed to be lightweight, making it suitable for integration into memory-constrained environments like consumer-connected devices. Key features included visibility into device usage, application traffic, and screen time, alongside capabilities for DDoS detection and network behavior anomaly detection. Walleye Networks aimed to help its partners contribute to the digital health and well-being of families by providing tools for advanced online management.

In November 2020, Walleye Networks was acquired by Plume, a smart home services company. The acquisition included all of Walleye Networks' intellectual property, technology, and its R&D facility. The transaction brought Walleye's co-founder, Derek Lownsbrough, and his engineering team to Plume. This move was intended to expand Plume's expertise in areas such as DNS infrastructure, DDoS detection, and application performance management, reinforcing its smart home security offerings.

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