Start-ups

AOptix Technologies,which specializes in ultra-high capacity wireless communications based on Composite Optical-RF (COR™) technology, named Michael Klayko as its new CEO. Klayko is the former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems...

Ionic Security, a start-up based in Atlanta, has raised $40.1 million in Series C funding for its distributed data protection platform. Ionic's platform combines protection, visibility, attribution, and granular control...

Citrix has acquired Sanbolic, a start-up specializing in workload-oriented storage virtualization technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sanbolic, which is based in Waltham, Mass., developed a scale-out software architecture for...

MongoDB, a start-up with headquarters in New York City and Palo Alto, has secured an additional $80 million in funding for its next-gen database. MongoDB stores data using a flexible...

Facebook has acquired QuickFire Networks, a start-up based in San Diego that specializes in video encoding technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. QuickFire developed a 1-RU, Intel-based appliance for processing...

Elemental Technologies, a start-up focused on software-defined video (SDV) solutions for multiscreen content delivery, announced a $14.5 million series D round of funding led by Telstra and joined by Sky...

Shares in Hortonworks, which offers enterprise Apache Hadoop solutions, soared on Friday from an IPO price of $16.00 to close at $26.48 - up 65% for the first day.  The...

Avi Networks, a start-up founded by key engineers behind Cisco's Nexus data center platforms, unveiled its hyperscale application delivery controller (ADC) for helping enterprise customers deliver for on-premise and cloud-based...

Sckipio Technologies, a start-up based in Israel, has raised US$17 million in a Series B round for its G.fast modem chipsets and software. Sckipio's G.fast solution includes chipsets bundled with...

Pica 8, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California with R&D in Beijing, China, has added Mitsui & Co. Global Investment to its previously announced Series B funding round. Pica...

Akanda, a start-up offering an open source Network Function Virtualization (NFV) platform for cloud service providers, appointed Mark McClain as founding Chief Technology Officer. McClain joins Akanda from his former...

CoreOS released Rocket, a new portable container format, as an alternative to the Docker runtime. The idea is to provide a “standard container” that can be used for moving workloads...

Primary Data, a start-up based in Los Altos, California, announced that Steve Wozniak has joined the company as Chief Scientist. Primary Data is developing data virtualization technology that aligns applications,...