Start-ups

Skyera, a start-up specializing in enterprise solid state storage systems, announced that Michael Klayko, former CEO of Brocade Communications, has joined its Board of Directors.  Klayko had previously served the...

Nutanix closed $101 million in Series D financing co-led by Riverwood Capital and SAP Ventures. The company, which is based in San Jose, California, said it has exceeded $100 million...

Peak (formerly PeakColo) secured $4 million in new funding for its enterprise-class IaaS cloud services for channel partners. Peak offers cloud computing to its large ecosystem of value-added resellers (VARS),...

Facebook will acquire Little Eye Labs, a start-up based in Bangalore, India, offering software tools to measure, analyze, and optimize the performance of Android apps.  Financial terms were not disclosed....

Vistapointe, a start-up based in San Ramon, California, closed a second round of funding for its cloud-based and real-time network intelligence solutions for mobile operators. Vistapointe specializes in data extraction,...

Palo Alto Networks has acquired Morta Security, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company operating in stealth mode since 2012.  Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Palo Alto Networks said...

Infinio, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., closed a $12 million Series B funding round to support its NAS data storage accelerator for virtualized environments. Infinio's Accelerator is a software-only...

Nimble Storage priced an initial public offering of 8 million shares at $21, or $168 million for the company. Shares will begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol NMBL...

Sckipio Technologies, a start-up based in Israel, raised $10 million in funding to support its development of ultra-high speed G.fast broadband modem semiconductors. The company has not yet announced any...

Big Switch Networks named Jeffrey Wang as Vice President of Engineering, a position where he will lead development of the company's pipeline of SDN Fabric solutions, including its Unified Physical...

Box announced $100 million in new venture funding and strategic partnerships with with Itochu Technology Ventures, Macnica, Mitsui USA, MKI, Telefónica Digital and Telstra.  Coatue, DST Global, and existing Box...

Vello Systems announced two key hires:  Alan McKee, VP – Engineering and Jeff Paine, VP – Marketing. Before joining Vello, McKee was Vice President of Engineering at Intelliden, where he...

Akamai agreed to acquire Prolexic, a start-up based in Hollywood, Florida, for a net cash payment of approximately $370 million. Prolexic offers a FIPS 140-2 SSL/TLS Layer 7 DDoS detection,...