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Infoblox was co-founded in 1999 in Chicago, Illinois, by Stuart Bailey, Michael Ford, Greg Lanier, Tom Kowal, and Ivan Pulleyn.
In 2005, Infoblox launched SilverBox, an early nonstop DNS and DHCP appliance solution.
In 2007, Infoblox acquired French startup lpanto, which led to the development of IPAM Win Connect appliances. In 2010, Infoblox acquired Net Cordia which provided technologies for network task automation. Later in the same year, the company integrated Infoblox IP address management technology with Net Cordia's network configuration and change management technologies.
In 2012, Infoblox completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol BLOX.
In 2013, Infoblox released Tapestry, an open source tool designed to run on OpenFlow devices that collects data on network complexity. The tool was developed by Stu Bailey (Infoblox CTO at the time) and Professor Robert Grossman of the University of Chicago.
In February 2016, the company acquired IID, a cyber threat intelligence provider for $45 million. On September 19, 2016, Vista Equity Partners announced intent to purchase Infoblox for approximately $1.6 billion. The acquisition was finalized in November 2016, and Infoblox was thereby delisted from the NYSE.
In June 2017, Infoblox announced an expansion to its office in Tacoma, Washington, which focuses on cybersecurity research, threat intelligence and engineering.
In 2019 Infoblox acquired SnapRoute and their Cloud-Native Network Operating System (CN-NOS). The acquisition helped complete Infoblox's secure access service edge offerings, breaking into the SASE market. In December 2019, Infoblox was included in the list for the Top 25 Cybersecurity Companies of 2019 by The Software Report.
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On September 8, 2020, Infoblox announced a significant investment from Warburg Pincus. After necessary approvals, the investment closed on December 1, 2020, with Vista Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus holding 50% ownership in Infoblox.
On January 11, 2023, Infoblox appointed Scott Harrell as CEO and President.
In 2025, Infoblox launched managed rules for AWS Network Firewall, integrating its DNS-based threat intelligence natively into Amazon Web Services environments to detect and block connections to malicious domains before they impact cloud workloads. The integration automates rule updates and reportedly reduces downstream firewall alerts fivefold, saving organizations an average of 500 SOC analyst hours per month.
In August 2025, the company appointed Joshua Husk as Chief Revenue Officer. Husk had previously held executive positions at Software AG, Oracle, IBM, and Intel.
In September 2025, Infoblox appointed Justin Kappers as Chief Information Officer. Kappers previously held senior IT leadership roles at NetApp, Broadcom, and Deloitte.
In 2026, Infoblox announced a definitive agreement to acquire Axur, an AI-powered external threat detection and disruption company, with the transaction expected to close in Spring 2026. The acquisition aims to combine Axur's AI-driven phishing detection and takedown capabilities with Infoblox's DNS-layer security, reducing malicious infrastructure uptime from days to hours. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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