Rob Lloyd Joins Hyperloop as CEO
Rob Lloyd, the former president of Sales and Development at Cisco, has joined Hyperloop Technologies as CEO. Hyperloop Tech is a visionary start-up working on a new mode of transportation...
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Agora Raises $20 Million for its WebRTC Platform
Agora, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, raised $20 million in Series B funding for its communications as a service (CaaS) for enterprises. Agora enables premium, Real-Time Communication (WebRTC)...
Plexxi Raises $35 Million for SDN
Plexxi, a start-up pioneering next-generation converged networking solutions, raised a $35 million round of financing . Plexxi’s products – Plexxi Control and the Plexxi Switch – and market solutions create...
Crossbar Raises $35 Million for Resistive RAM
Crossbar, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $35 million in Series D funding for its Resistive RAM (RRAM) technology. Crossbar said its RRAM technology is based on a...
Innovation Pact: Singtel, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica
The start-up innovation arms of Singtel (Singtel Innov8), Orange (Orange Fab), Deutsche Telekom (hub:raum) and Telefónica (Telefónica Open Future) have joined forces to bridge the start-up ecosystems across Southeast Asia,...
NoviFlow Raises $9 Million for SDN Switching
NoviFlow, a start-up based in Montreal, announced $9 million in Series A funding for its programmable, high-performance SDN forwarding plane solutions. The company's NoviSwitch is an OpenFlow v1.3/1.4 switching solution...
Paul Gampe: Console Uses ASN to Simplify Cloud Connect
Much like zip codes for the U.S. postal system, the Internet uses Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). Paul Gampe, CTO of Console Inc., explains the idea of automating of Layer 2...
Chef Raises $40 Million for DevOps Automation, Now Available via Azure
Chef, which offers DevOps automation tools, raised $40 million in Series E funding. The funding round was led by DFJ Growth and included Millennium Technology Value Partners, as well as...
Skyport Names Art Gilliland as CEO
Skyport Systems, a start-up offering "hyper-secured" servers, announced the appointment of Art Gilliland to the position of CEO. Gilliland most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of...
Tanium Raises $120 Million for its Endpoint Security
Tanium, a start-up which offers an endpoint security and management solution, secured $120 million in additional financing from TPG, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and funds and accounts advised by T....
Link Lab Raises $6 Million for Low-power WAN Wireless
Link Labs, a start-up based in Annapolis, Maryland closed a $6 million funding round for its work in low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT). The...
AirVM Raises $8.0 for Cloud Enablement for VMware
AirVM, a start-up based in Ottawa, announced $8.0 million in Series A funding for its cloud-enablement software. AirVM's AirSembly software is a cloud management platform purpose-built for VMware to make...
ZeroStack Targets All-in-One Scale-Out Private Cloud
ZeroStack, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, emerged from stealth and introduced a private cloud solution that combines on-premises deployment and a SaaS platform -- allowing customers to consume...
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