Start-ups

CloudPassage, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $14 million series B financing round, for its cloud security solution. CloudPassage said its key innovation is its Halo architecture, which automates...

Pertino, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, announced $8.85 million in Series A funding to back its cloud networking innovations. The company is working on software-defined networking for enterprises. Product...

PureWave Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, secured $5 million in Series C funding from existing and new investors for its 4G wireless base stations. The funding will...

Symantec agreed to acquire Nukona, a privately-held provider of mobile application management (MAM), for an undisclosed sum. Nukona, which is based in Solana Beach, California, offers an enterprise-grade mobile management...

Exinda, a start-up based in Boston, raised $12 million in series B funding for its WAN optimization solutions incorporating Unified Performance Management. Unlike conventional approaches to WAN optimization which focus...

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) agreed to acquire U.S.-based Amobee, a premium provider of mobile advertising solutions to operators, publishers and advertisers globally, for about US$321 million. SingTel said its ambition...

Juniper Networks has acquired Mykonos Software, which supplies an Intrusion Deception System for protecting websites and web applications, for approximately $80 million in cash. The Mykonos intrusion deception system, which...

Nicira, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP) and announced initial deployments with AT&T, eBay, Fidelity Investments, NTT and Rackspace. Nicira is offering a...

EYE IO, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, announced the first commercial license of its Internet video streaming technology with Netflix. eyeIO said its video encoding is fully compliant...

Solera Networks, a start-up based in Salt Lake City, raised $20 million in Series D financing for its Network Security Analytics. Solera leverages its patented DeepSee platform to collect, index...

Solera Networks, a start-up based in Salt Lake City, raised $20 million in Series D financing for its Network Security Analytics. Solera leverages its patented DeepSee platform to collect, index...

Talari Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $4.5 million in new funding from current investors for its enterprise WAN virtualization technology. Talari supplies a line of WAN...

Sensory Networks has extended and optimized its "HyperScan" pattern matching and deep packet inspection (DPI) acceleration software to provide high-speed content inspection on a range of low-cost, low-power processors used...