# APCON

> APCON designs network packet brokers, TAPs, packet-capture appliances, and management software that collect, filter, and distribute traffic to monitoring and security tools. Founded in 1993 in Wilsonville, Oregon, it serves enterprise and midsize organizations internationally and has extended into AI-assisted security investigation with ThreatGuard.

- **Founded:** 1993
- **Headquarters:** Wilsonville, United States
- **Founders:** Richard Rauch (Founder; publicly identified as President and CEO)
- **Products:** IntellaView, IntellaView 400G EdgeSwitch and multi-function blades, IntellaView Enterprise, IntellaTap-VM, ApconTap
- **Notable:** Operating since 1993., Reports serving customers in more than 40 countries., Introduced a high-density 9RU Series 4000 configuration in June 2019.

## Products & services

- **IntellaView** — Network visibility platform combining modular packet broker chassis, blades, packet processing, and switch management. Supports port rates up to 400G on selected hardware.
- **IntellaView 400G EdgeSwitch and multi-function blades** — A 32-port 400G EdgeSwitch and 28-port and 16-port blade options announced in February 2024. Hardware configurations determine processing capabilities.
- **IntellaView Enterprise** — Centralized management of up to 200 APCON switches, with connection management, scheduled maintenance, health monitoring, and virtual traffic controls.
- **IntellaTap-VM** — Mirrors and filters virtual machine traffic for delivery to physical monitoring tools; includes VM monitoring and VMware NSX integration options.
- **ApconTap** — Passive optical network TAPs for copying traffic to monitoring systems, including models for speeds from 1G to 400G.
- **HyperEngine** — IntellaView packet-processing blade supporting application filtering, deduplication, pattern matching, traffic shaping, and NetFlow generation. Current documentation specifies up to 400G total throughput using up to four concurrent service engines.
- **IntellaStore IV** — Packet-capture and security appliance with up to 100G monitoring ports, up to 32TB internal storage, and integrated compute for ThreatGuard or other analysis tools. Includes a 60-day ThreatGuard trial.
- **ThreatGuard** — Announced April 1, 2026; AI-assisted network security software with live and recorded traffic analysis, intrusion detection, connection graphs, packet evidence, and mobile alerts. Available standalone or on IntellaStore IV.
- **Technical support and solution engineering** — Deployment guidance, integration assistance, training, and technical support for enterprise visibility installations.

## Achievements

- Operating since 1993.
- Reports serving customers in more than 40 countries.
- Introduced a high-density 9RU Series 4000 configuration in June 2019.
- Announced 400G EdgeSwitch and blade products in February 2024.
- An APCON aerospace case study reports an approximately 50% reduction in the anonymous customer’s monitoring budget; this is a vendor-reported result.
- Expanded from traffic delivery into AI-assisted threat detection and investigation with ThreatGuard in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — ThreatGuard launch press release published April 1; the page was updated May 13, 2026.
- **2026-09** — September 3 blog post describes ThreatGuard’s role in investigating internal traffic and presenting packet evidence, alerts, and session context together.

## Links

- Website: https://apcon.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apcon
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/APCON
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/apcon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APCONInc

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