Silver Lake is an investment firm focused on large-scale investments in technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries. It seeks to achieve superior financial returns by investing with the strategic and operating insights of an experienced industry participant. The firm's mission is to function as a value-added partner to the management teams of major technology franchises. Its portfolio includes or has included Avago, Avaya, Flextronics, Gartner, IPC Systems, NASDAQ, NetScout, NXP, Sabre, Serena, SunGard and Thomson.