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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...