ACQUISITIONS & DIVESTITURES

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS & DIVESTITURES

ACQUISITIONS & DIVESTITURES

Gigavation Acquisition

On February 5, 2020 (the Gigavation Closing Date), the Company acquired 100% of the common stock of Gigavation Incorporated, a cybersecurity company for $8.0 million. Gigavation's solutions provide security to device communication protocols, end point protection and security analytics. The Gigavation technology and engineering talent have been integrated into our service assurance products in order to support the ongoing enhancement of that products portfolio.

Goodwill of $3.8 million was recognized for the excess purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets recorded as part of the acquisition are not deductible for tax purposes.

Eastwind Acquisition

    On April 3, 2019 (the Eastwind Closing Date), the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of Eastwind for $5.2 million. Eastwind's breach analytics cloud analyzes data to identify malicious activity, insider threats and data leakage.

    Goodwill of $1.0 million was recognized for the excess purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets recorded as part of the acquisition are deductible for tax purposes.

HNT Tools Business Divestiture

    On September 14, 2018 (the HNT Divestiture Date), the Company divested its Handheld Network Tools (HNT) business. As part of the divestiture, the Company recorded contingent consideration which represents potential future earnout payments of up to $4.0 million over two years that are contingent on the achievement of certain milestones by the HNT business. The Company recorded a $0.5 million change in the fair value of the contingent consideration, which is included in other income

(expense), net within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2019. The fair value of the contingent consideration was $0 at December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2020.     In connection with the divestiture, the Company entered into a transitional services agreement with the buyer to provide certain services for a period of up to eighteen months. The transitional services agreement ended in fiscal year 2020. Income (expense) associated with the transitional services agreement for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $0.1 million, $(25) thousand, $0.2 million, and $1.2 million, respectively. Transitional services agreement income (expense) is included within other income (expense), net in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.