IP Unity Names Motorola Exec to Board
IP Unity has appointed Cas Skrzypczak, general partner at Global Asset Communications, and Adrian Nemcek, an executive vice president of Motorola, Inc. and president of Motorola Networks, to its board...
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Critical Telecom Appoints Former Ciena Exec as its CEO
Critical Telecom announced that Nancy Macartney has been appointed President and CEO. Prior to Critical Telecom, Nancy was the Vice President, Supply Chain Management for CIENA, during which time she...
Venturi Wireless Raises $10M for its Optimization Platform
Venturi Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, secured $10 million in series C funding for its wireless network optimization solutions. Venturi Wireless' proprietary Adaptive Airlink Optimization technology is aimed...
AirMagnet Receives Intel Funding for Wireless Intrusion Prevention
AirMagnet, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, announced an investment from the Intel Communications Fund. This investment will be used to help expand the company's solutions to manage wireless in...
Meru Networks Names New CEO
Meru Networks named Ihab Abu-Hakima as its new President and CEO. Previously, Abu-Hakima served as a Senior Vice President at Proxim Corporation. Prior to Proxim, Abu-Hakima held several executive positions...
Chelsio Raises $25 Million for its 10GbE Adapters
Chelsio Communications, a start-up offering 10-Gigabit Ethernet server adapters and protocol acceleration technology, has completed its third round of private venture funding, raising $25 million. Chelsio said it has seen...
Bluesocket Raises $10 Million for WLAN Systems
Bluesocket, a start-up based in Burlington, Mass., closed $10 million in Series B equity financing. Bluesocket supplies systems to secure and manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises, institutions...
FlexLight Names CEO
FlexLight Networks, a developer of Gigabit PON (GPON; ITU-T G.984) optical access network solutions, named J. Michael Camp as its new CEO, replacing Gary Lee, who will remain with the...
Comcast Invests in RGB Networks for Video Processing
RGB Networks, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, raised more than $12 million from strategic investors Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC) and venture capital firm Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners...
Caspian Signs Development Deal with Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman awarded a multi-year contract to Caspian Networks for joint development of a critical element of the space communications system payload for the Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System...
Trellia Networks Raises $3 Million for Wireless Roaming
Trellia Networks, a start-up based in Montreal, raised US$3.3 million in Series A financing for its development of intelligent wireless roaming capabilities in cellular data and Wi-Fi networks. Trellia's Nomad...
Critical Path Raises $18M for Consumer Messaging
Critical Path, a provider of messaging solutions for mobile, broadband and fixed-line service providers, signed agreements for $18 million in debt financing led by Cheung Kong Group and General Atlantic...
Pure Networks Unveils "Magic" Home Networking Software
Pure Networks, a start-up based in Seattle, introduced its "Network Magic" software for home networking. Network Magic is consumer software that connects and unifies the many different PCs, routers, gateways,...
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