Start-ups

Tragedy struck on Friday afternoon at SiPort, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, when three senior executives were murdered by a disgruntled employee who had been laid off earlier...

IntelePeer, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, raised $18 million in third round funding for its hosted on-demand rich media communications. The funds will be used to expand IntelePeer's...

Mavenir Systems, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, announced the commercial availability of its IP SMSC Converged Messaging solution. The solution has been in numerous trials, globally, and is currently...

iSkoot, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $19 million in a Series C funding round for its mobile services. iSkoot is targeting a new class of highly integrated Web/mobile...

Amdocs agreed to acquire ChangingWorlds, a privately-held provider of personalization and intelligent portal solutions for mobile service providers, for $60 million in cash. Additional consideration may be paid later based...

WiChorus, a start-up based in San Jose, California, secured $18 million in series C funding for its scalable platforms for Smart 4G Networks. Pinnacle Ventures led the oversubscribed up-round, which...

ZeroG Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, closed $17 million in Series B funding for its development of low-power Wi-Fi chips. The company is focused on "Long Tail" market...

Arista Networks (formerly known as Arastra), a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, announced the appointment of Jayshree Ullal as President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andreas Bechtolsheim as Chief...

Kineto Wireless, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, announced an additional $15.5 million in funding for its fixed-mobile-convergence (FMC) solutions for mobile operators. The new funding includes a strategic investment...

Matisse Networks, a start-up specializing in optical burst switching (OBS) technology, announced that Craig Easley and Hank Zoeller have joined its executive management team. Craig Easley joins Matisse as the...

Cisco agreed to acquire Jabber, a start-up offering presence and messaging software. Financial terms were not disclosed. Jabber provides a carrier-grade presence and messaging platform. Its technology leverages open standards...

Microsoft closed its acquisition of DATAllegro, a supplier of data warehouse appliances, for an undisclosed sum. Microsoft said it will offer a new solution based on DATAllegro's technology that extends...

Carbonite, a start-up based in Boston, closed $20 million in C round funding for its Online Backup service, which was originally launched in May 2006. So far, the company said...