Start-ups

Captus Networks, a start-up based in Woodland, California, raised $12.4 million in a fourth round of financing for its network intrusion prevention technology. The company's Network Integrity Systems (NIS) are...

Salira Optical Network Systems named Ross Bernard Lau as its new president and CEO. Prior to joining Salira, Lau was president and CEO of Qwest Asia. Before that, he was...

Acme Packet, a start-up based in Woburn, Massachusetts, raised $15 million in second round funding for its session border controllers for service providers. Acme Packet's Net-Net products solve the critical...

West Ridge Networks, a start-up based in Littleton, Massachusetts, closed an $8 million Series A round of funding. The company is developing technology to enable large network service providers to...

Ericsson will market and sell Atreus Systems' "xAuthority" as the service fulfillment engine within its IP service solution worldwide. The Atreus platform unifies front-end, customer-facing self-service portals with the back...

TeleSym, a start-up based in Bellevue, Washington, raised $12.5 million in second round funding for its Wi-Fi phone software. The TeleSym software enables voice calling from mobile computers or PDAs...

InfiniCon Systems, a start-up based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, secured an additional $15 million in series C funding for its shared I/O and switching solutions for next-generation server networks....

Pedestal Networks, a start-up based in Fremont, California, named Greg Daily as its new CEO, replacing Dan Kohn, general partner of Skymoon Ventures, who served as the interim CEO during...

Telica unveiled its new PLexus Unified Service Architecture (PLUS), a second generation, carrier-grade softswitch supporting a mix of legacy TDM, packet, Class 4, Class 5, wireline and wireless services. Telica...

Nuasis, a star-up based in San Jose, California, secured an additional $17.4 million in funding for its software solutions for the IP contact center market. The Nuasis NuContact Center is...

Bell Net Corp., a Japanese systems integrator and provider of wholesale SIP services, has invested $2 million in SnowShore Networks, a developer of advanced multimedia servers. The strategic investment comes...

Lumeta, a supplier of enterprise network management and security solutions, secured $3.5 million in new funding. Lumeta's IPsonar software discovers, analyzes and reports on the operational state of IP networks....

Atreus Systems, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, raised $13.0 million in Series C venture financing for its software solutions for the creation and activation of IP network and application...