Start-ups

Motorola Mobility agreed to acquire 4Home, a developer of a software and services platform for digital homes, for an undisclosed sum. 4Home's carrier-grade software platform, ControlPoint, enables home services such...

Cisco agreed to acquire LineSider Technologies, a start-up specializing in network management software for cloud computing. Financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed. LineSider's software creates an abstraction layer help...

PARC (Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated) has spun out its latest start-up -- PowerCloudSystems, which is initially focusing on offering cloud-managed networking solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Walden Venture...

nlyte Software, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, received $12 million in Series C funding for its performance-based solutions for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). nlyte Software's DCIM solution...

AT&T has begun offering the MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform (VSP) to help businesses better manage and secure smartphones within their organizations. MobileIron, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, provides...

Layar, a start-up based in Amsterdam, secured EUR 10 million (about US$14 million) in a funding round led by Intel Capital joined by existing investors Sunstone Capital and Prime Ventures....

BTI Systems raised $11 million in new financing from existing investors as well as increases in credit facilities, working capital and a significant reduction in long term liabilities. The new...

Novatel Wireless agreed to acquire Enfora, Inc., a privately-held developer of machine-to-machine (M2M) intelligent asset-management solutions, for approximately US$64.5 million in cash at closing, subject to certain working capital adjustments,...

T-Mobile USA is launching a live video communications, sharing and messaging service to customers of its new "myTouch 4G" handset. The integrated T-Mobile Video Chat is powered by Qik, a...

ASSIA, which supplies software for Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) of DSL networks, has secured $20.8 million in strategic investment financing. New investors Telefonica, AT&T, and Sandalwood Partners join current investors...

BroadSoft agreed to acquire Casabi, a privately-held developer of cloud-based, personalized content and messaging applications for approximately $1.95 million. Casabi offers a "CasaCenter" hosted application to help families keep organized....

AT&T will build innovation centers in Palo Alto, California, Plano, Texas, and Ra'anana, near Tel Aviv, Israel to accelerate new networking technologies and applications. Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs and Ericsson are initial...

Motorola acquired Aloqa GmbH, a privately-held, leading developer of location-based software and technologies, for an undisclosed sum. Aloqa will become part of Motorola Mobility, which is comprised of Motorola's Mobile...