Canopus Networks was founded by Professor Vijay Sivaraman and Himal Kumar from UNSW's School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, who are leaders in Software Defined Networking. The company is based on technology researched and developed over many years at UNSW, Sydney. Canopus' mission is to embed itself in the heart of every global network to transform network user experience and re-define the way networks are operated. Canopus' patented FlowPulse technology is encryption proof, scalable and able to analyse network flows at unprecedented speeds of over 400 Gbps.