Start-ups

PostPath, a start-up offering a Linux-based email and collaboration server, raised $15 Million in Series C funding. The PostPath Server is a drop-in and plug-compatible alternative to Exchange, providing full-featured...

Brightcove, a start-up based in Boston, announced $59.5 million in venture funding to support its rollout of Internet TV services. The company said the closing of its Series C financing...

Fluke Networks, which supplies solutions for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks, has acquired Crannog Software. Financial terms were not disclosed. Crannog Software, headquartered in Dublin,...

ARRIS launched a bid to acquire TANDBERG Television, a leading supplier of digital video and IPTV hardware, software and services for approximately US$1.2 billion in cash and newly issued ARRIS...

AsicAhead NV, a start-up based in Hasselt, Belgium, announced US$10 million in its series B round of funding, for its development of advanced mobile Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) for...

Cisco Systems agreed to acquire IronPort Systems, a start-up specializing in messaging security appliances, for approximately $830 million in cash and stock. IronPort, which is based in San Bruno, California,...

Verso Technologies has acquired the iMarc product line from Paradyne Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Zhone Technologies. Verso had previously served as a reseller of Zhone products. Under the deal,...

Amdocs agreed to acquire SigValue Technologies, a provider of a light-weight billing, customer care, and service control platform designed for service providers, for about $54 million in cash. Amdocs currently...

Level 3 Communications agreed to acquire the Content Delivery Network (CDN) services business of SAVVIS, for $135 million in cash. The deal includes certain network elements, customer contracts, and intellectual...

Intellon, a privately-held supplier of powerline communications technology, raised $18 million in new equity financing, including financial backing from Samsung. Intellon will use the new funds to accelerate the global...

Cisco agreed to acquire Tivella, a privately-held company specializing in digital signage software and systems. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tivella was founded 2001 and has 10 employees based primarily...

Aruba Networks, a start-up specializing in enterprise wireless solutions, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Goldman,...

CheckPhone, a start-up based in Paris, secured a US$10.2 million investment from Trio Capital for its telephony security solutions.