Start-ups

Blackwave, a start-up based in Acton, MA., closed $7 million in series C funding to support its integrated storage and delivery platform. The Blackwave R6 platform allows Content Delivery Networks...

Vuclip, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, announced a Series B funding round of $6 million supporting its cloud-based, real-time transcoding service. Vuclip said it is already delivering more than...

XConnect, which specializes in neutral and secure next-generation interconnection and ENUM-registry services, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The financing will enable London-based XConnect to continue expanding its...

Avere Systems, a startup based in Pittsburg, secured $15 million in Series A funding from Menlo Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners for its work in Demand-Driven Storage solutions. Avere is...

EMC has acquired FastScale Technology, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, for an undisclosed sum. FastScale's technology simplifies application and server stack management and optimizes deployment for physical, virtual...

Ubidyne, a start-up with offices in Ulm, Germany and Scottsdale, Arizona, closed $14.4 million in new funding for its antenna embedded digital radio technology. Ubidyne's micro-radio technology is integrated within...

ClearAccess, a start-up based in Vancouver, closed $6 million in Series B financing for its broadband device management and advanced data services. ClearAccess' ClearVision Management System enables service providers to...

Teranetics, a start-up offering 10GBASE-T physical layer solutions enabling higher speed Ethernet over-copper, named Dr. Nersi Nazari as President and CEO. Dr. Nazari served in R&D positions at Digital Equipment...

VMware agreed to acquire SpringSource, a start-up offering enterprise and web application development and management software, for approximately $362 million in cash and equity plus the assumption of approximately $58...

Rayspan, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $12.5 million in venture funding for its work with metamaterial air interface for wireless communications. Rayspan said its metamaterials provide breakthrough improvements...

Solarflare Communications, a start-up developing low-power 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, appointed Danny Shamlou as senior vice president of engineering. Prior to Solarflare, Shamlou served as general manager and engineering...

Nokia has agreed to acquire cellity, a start-up based in Hamburg, Germany, for an undisclosed sum. cellity currently offers a solution to collect and securely store users' contacts in one...

iControl Networks, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, raised $23 million in Series C funding for its broadband home management solution. iControl's broadband home management solution allows homeowners to...