Hot Start-ups

RawFlow, a start-up based in London, launched its new managed live streaming service, iCDN, based on P2P technology. RawFlow said its iCDN is designed to cope with conditions specific to...

Plato Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California that is developing physical layer solutions based on a unique approach in signaling technology, has appointed Dr. Roubik Gregorian as its...

Gear6, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, reported breakthrough I/O performance results for large scale network-based caching designed for massive compute grid. Gear6 said throughput testing of its CACHEfx...

Sandia National Laboratories is deploying Woven Systems' EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch in a 128-node compute cluster. Woven's EFX 1000 delivered sustained 10 Gbps Ethernet throughput in a large remote...

NetXen, a start-up offering 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Intelligent NIC technology, announced iWARP support for its NICs. NetXen's iWARP solution supports uDAPL (User Direct Access Programming Library), popular MPI (Message Passing...

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in ViVOtech, a start-up offering contactless and mobile phone payment technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ViVOtech's platform is designed...

Iptivia, a start-up based in NYC, completed a Series A financing round for development of its real-time service assurance platform for IP networks that carry high-bandwidth multimedia applications. Iptivia has...

Cisco agreed to acquire Securent, a start-up offering policy management software for enterprises, for approximately $100 million in cash and assumed options. Securent, which is based in Mountain View, California...

Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in Siimpel Corporation, a start-up based in Arcadia, California that is developing silicon MICROELECTROMECHANICAL System (MEMS) based solutions for mobile imaging applications. Financial...

Agito Networks, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, unveiled its "RoamAnywhere" Mobility Router, an enterprise-class platform that uses RF-based, location-aware technologies to better mobilize voice and data applications, while remaining...

BitTorrent named Douglas Walker as its new CEO and Eric Klinker as its new CTO. BitTorrent inventor and current CEO, Bram Cohen, will assume the role of chief scientist and...

Mintera, a start-up based in Acton, Mass., raised a $19 Million in Series C funding for its high bit-rate optical transport systems for metro-core, regional, long-haul and ultra long-haul optical...

Firetide, a start-up based in Los Gatos, California, secured $14.4 million in Series D financing for its wireless mesh networking solutions. Firetide's wireless mesh infrastructure and access products have been...