What CGS Tower Networks Ltd does

CGS Tower Networks Ltd is an Israeli private company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Rosh Haayin that designs and sells network packet broker (NPB) and network visibility infrastructure for enterprise, telecommunications, financial-services, high-tech and critical-infrastructure buyers. The company sells under the Tera-Pro platform brand and offers a full visibility stack: passive Network TAPs, Network Bypass switches, NPBs and CPU-based Advanced NPBs, a Virtual Advanced NPB for cloud and Kubernetes environments, a Smart Matrix test-lab optimisation appliance, and the Tera-Pro Manager centralised management plane that can cluster up to 100 NPBs.

The product architecture is built around a proprietary Unified Visibility Architecture (UVA) that decouples packet-broker software from hardware, running on commercial-off-the-shelf servers from Dell, Silicom and Super Micro with Broadcom, X86, PowerPC and ARM silicon. This disaggregation, combined with deep buffers 500X larger than competing products, line-rate 3.2 Tbps MPLS stripping, 100 Gbps DPI/Regex, NetFlow/IPFIX metadata generation (>1000X data reduction), sub-8 ms bypass switchover and 12.8 Tbps forwarding in a 1 RU form factor, is the basis of the company's claimed 3X cost reduction, 10X rack-space reduction and up to 20X lower power consumption versus legacy chassis-based NPBs.

CGS makes money through three streams: hardware appliance sales (NPBs, TAPs, bypass switches, management systems), one-time software licences for advanced features such as DPI, deduplication and metadata generation, and professional services for consulting, deployment and lifecycle maintenance. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by channel partners including Dimension Data and other system integrators, plus strategic technology alliances with F5 (SSL/TLS Orchestration) and Cisco Tail-f (Conf-D management), and an NPB Test Drive free-trial programme for bottom-of-funnel evaluation. Pricing is not publicly listed and is quote-based for enterprise deployments. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, operates globally through partners and has not announced an IPO or acquisition.

Name

CGS Tower Networks Ltd

Legal name

CGS Tower Networks Ltd

Website

https://cgstowernetworks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CGS Tower Networks Ltd, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel, sells the Tera-Pro family of network packet brokers, TAPs, bypass switches and virtual NPBs that deliver disaggregated, COTS-based network visibility to enterprise, telecom, financial-services and critical-infrastructure buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Visibility Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Packet Brokers & Network Traffic Visibility (TAPs, NPBs) (HDADABAM)

Keywords

• Network packet brokers
• Network visibility infrastructure
• Network monitoring tools
• Network traffic aggregation
• Cybersecurity visibility

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosh Ha'ayin

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Appliances: Sale of physical network visibility appliances including NPBs, TAPs, bypass switches, and management systems. Hardware platforms from mass-production vendors including Dell, Silicom, and Super Micro.
2. Software Licenses: Software licenses for network packet broker functionality, advanced features like DPI, deduplication, and metadata generation
3. Professional Services: Consulting, deployment, and maintenance services including full cycle consulting from identifying needs through R&D support to deployment and maintenance

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CGS Tower Networks designs, manufactures and sells network packet brokers (NPBs), Advanced NPBs, Virtual NPBs, Network TAPs, bypass switches and the Tera-Pro Manager under its Unified Visibility Architecture (UVA). The portfolio filters, aggregates, deduplicates and load-balances network traffic from 10 Mbps to 400 Gbps so that cybersecurity and performance monitoring tools receive only the relevant data in the right format, supporting both inline and out-of-band deployments across physical and virtual environments.

Product overview

CGS Tower Networks offers a unified Tera-Pro platform for network visibility, encompassing hardware components (Network TAPs, Network Bypass switches), software-based Network Packet Brokers (NPBs, Advanced NPBs, Virtual NPBs), test lab optimization tools (Smart Matrix), and centralized management (Tera-Pro Manager). The architecture enables organizations to deploy a single solution for both virtual and physical environments, leveraging disaggregated hardware and software to optimize cyber security and monitoring tool performance by ensuring they receive only required data in the correct volume and format.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tera-Pro™: Product family brand for network visibility solutions including Network Bypass, Network Packet Brokers, and related management systems

Products and services

• Network TAPs Passive network Test Access Points (TAPs) that provide identical copies of network traffic for security, monitoring, and recording tools. The CGS Tower TAP family offers a wide range of rates and split ratios with high-density design in 1RU enclosures, intended for enterprise and telecom environments.
• Tera-Pro Network Bypass Solution High-performance bypass switch under the Tera-Pro brand providing fail-safe inline protection for network security and monitoring tools. Supports port rates from 1 Gbps up to 400 Gbps with remote monitoring and control, sub-12.5W per 1RU power consumption, and seconds-level recovery.
• Network Packet Brokers (NPB) High-density network packet brokers that optimize cyber security and performance monitoring by delivering required data in the right volume and correct format. Support all network rates from 10 Mbps to 400 Gbps with forwarding capacity up to 12.8 Tbps in 1RU form factor, targeted at enterprise, telecom and financial services customers.
• Advanced Network Packet Brokers (ANPB) CPU-based NPB appliances with compute and memory resources for CPU-intensive network analysis. Offer full flexibility of packet header parsing and payload processing with advanced features including DPI, Regex filtering at 150K keywords at 100G line-rate, and GTP subscriber correlation, targeted at security and analytics teams.
• Virtual Advanced Network Packet Brokers (vANPB) Pure software and complete visibility solution for virtual environments, deployed on VM or container. Supports ESXi, OpenStack, Docker Container, and Kubernetes environments to provide full visibility into cloud infrastructure for enterprise and telecom customers.
• Smart Matrix Streamlines lab test automation by enhancing network traffic generators with additional ports and rates via N x M port mapping at multiple rates. Eliminates expensive upgrades of traffic generator gear and adds test ports at a fraction of the price, targeted at high tech and manufacturing test labs.
• Tera-Pro Manager Centralized management system providing a single pane of glass for the holistic view of devices across network topology. Enables configuration, monitoring, management and operation of network visibility deployments with auto discovery and clustering of up to 100 NPBs, plus Kibana and Grafana dashboards.
• Tera-Pro Portable Appliances Portable, reliable and affordable network visibility solution for low-capacity environments (5-20 Gbps). Designed for edge deployments, branch offices, mobile units and remote sites requiring portability and flexibility, targeted at distributed enterprise and field operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10X reduction in rack space required compared to traditional solutions
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• System Integration and Consulting FirmscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCGS partners with leading system integration and consulting firms to provide customers with outstanding services across multiple geographies, helping optimize network infrastructure and achieve business objectives.
• Cybersecurity and Network Monitoring VendorscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnerships with leading cyber security, network monitoring and Big Data analytics vendors to deliver superior solutions that provide full network visibility.
• Hardware Vendors (OEM)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerPartnerships with leading hardware vendors including Dell, Silicom, and Super Micro to provide optimized servers for Big Data, cyber security, network and performance management tools. Includes CGS Smart NIC that offloads network access.
• F5 NetworksflagshipTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership with F5 Networks for SSL/TLS Orchestration. F5 provides decryption point of control capabilities integrated with CGS packet brokers, enabling centralized certificate and encryption key management, layered security solutions, and unparalleled Price/Performance.
• Cisco Tail-f (Conf-D)coreTechnology or IntegrationCGS uses Cisco Tail-f's Conf-D as the NPB management engine, providing robust management interface supporting CLI, SNMP, NETCONF and WebUI through a single YANG-based model.
• Dimension DataminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal system integrator partner that sells CGS solutions to enterprise customers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gigamon: Market-leading vendor of network packet brokers and visibility fabric for enterprise and service provider networks. Directly competes with CGS across NPB, advanced DPI, and inline bypass, and is the reference benchmark for the disaggregated architecture CGS promotes.
• Keysight Technologies: Owner of the Ixia portfolio (acquired NetOptics, where CGS's founder previously worked) and a leading provider of network test, visibility, and security solutions. Competes with CGS in NPBs and network taps, and represents the incumbency CGS seeks to disrupt.
• Viavi Solutions: Provides network visibility, test, and assurance solutions including packet brokers and taps for service providers and enterprises. Overlaps with CGS in NPB and TAP offerings targeting telecom and large enterprise buyers.
• Niagara Networks: Vendor of network visibility solutions including packet brokers, bypass switches, and TAPs with a similar open-architecture philosophy to CGS. Closely comparable on product breadth, target customers, and go-to-market motion in mid-market and Tier-2/3 telcos.
• Garland Technology: Specialist in network TAPs and packet broker aggregation hardware, with growing NPB and bypass offerings. Comparable to CGS in product category and target buyer (network and security operations teams), though with less depth in advanced DPI/software.
• APCON: Long-standing provider of network visibility and packet broker solutions, particularly strong in enterprise and government segments. Direct competitor to CGS in NPB and aggregation chassis.

Broad incumbents

• NetScout Systems: Broader network performance management and cybersecurity assurance vendor whose visibility fabric overlaps with CGS's NPB positioning. Competes more at the assurance platform level than at the pure NPB hardware layer, but addresses the same enterprise buyers.
• Cisco Systems: Diversified networking giant with visibility and packet broker capabilities embedded in broader security and analytics portfolios (including former Corvil). Sells into the same enterprise buyers CGS targets but as part of a much wider solution set rather than as a dedicated NPB specialist.

Others

• F5 Networks: Strategic technology partner of CGS for SSL/TLS orchestration. While not a direct NPB competitor, F5's decryption orchestration is complementary to packet broker deployments and shapes CGS's go-to-market positioning in enterprise security.
• Broadcom: Supplier of the Trident 3 silicon that underpins CGS's Tera-Pro platform. Functions as a key technology enabler and ecosystem dependency rather than a competitor, but influences CGS's roadmap and margin structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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