Start-ups

Tacit Networks began shipping its Wide Area File Services (WAFS) solution based on Windows Storage Server 2003. The company already offered a UNIX implementation of the file sharing solution, which...

TransDimension, a start-up based in Irvine, California, raising a total of $18.35 million in new funding for its peripheral connectivity solutions. TransDimension's product lines include the integrated circuits, IP cores...

Cisco Systems agreed to acquire Actona Technologies, a start-up developing software that facilitates data management across geographically distributed offices, for approximately $82 million in cash. The Actona ActaStor file caching...

Qovia has filed a patent application for a method to identify and block VoIP Spam and prevent security problems such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks that have the potential...

Vernier Networks, a start-up specializing in adaptive security products for wired and wireless networks, appointed Simon Khalaf as president and CEO. Before joining the company, Khalaf led Connectus Management Group,...

Top Layer Networks, a start-up providing intrusion prevention solutions, appointed Mike Cooper as vice president of engineering. Previously, Cooper founded New England Project Services (NEPS), a project management consultancy. Before...

The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. is using Cavium Networks' NITROX II Security Macro Processor to deliver what the companies claim is the world's fastest performing VPN system to date. The...

Narad Networks named James D. Norrod as its new CEO. Norrod previously worked for Telebit Corporation, a public company that manufactured and distributed high-end data communication equipment to enterprise markets....

Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE), a start-up based in San Jose, California and Palaiseau, France, secured $7.2 million in a second round of funding for its silicon emulations and verification...

Motia, a fabless semiconductor start-up, secured $12 million in third round funding for its smart antenna technology. Motia's standards-compliant Javelin semiconductor works with any existing baseband and RF chipset, enabling...

Turin Networks introduced its "TraverseEdge 100" (TE-100), a compact next-generation SONET/SDH and Ethernet edge system for metro access networks. The platform can be used to aggregate a combination of DS1...

sentitO Networks named Dennis Chateauneuf as its new CEO. Chateauneuf has held senior management positions at Sun Microsystems and Shiva Corporation.In 1998, Chateauneuf became the CEO of DTI Networks. In...

Mahi Networks and Covaro Networks announced a strategic alliance to promote intelligent interoperable solutions for Ethernet over SONET. Separately, Mahi Networks and ANDA Networks have also formed an alliance to...