Start-ups

Nokia will acquire imaging specialists as well as all technologies and intellectual property from Scalado AB for an undisclosed sum. Scalado's portfolio includes imaging technologies for capturing, viewing, processing and...

Acme Packet has acquired privately held IPTEGO GmbH, an IP communications network management software company, for approximately $21 million in cash. IPTEGO, which is based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in...

Terascala, a start-up based in Avon, Mass., raised $14 million in venture funding for its storage I/O optimization for big data applications. The Terascala Integrated Storage Information System (TISIS) provides...

Spirent Communications agreed to acquire Mu Dynamics, which offers a network security and application performance testing tools, for $40.0 million in cash. Mu Studio, the company's flag ship product line,...

Ascent Corporation has closed on $107 million in debt financing from a lending group headed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch with participant banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Cole...

CloudPassage, a start-up based in San Francisco, secured $14 million series B financing round, for its cloud security solution. CloudPassage said its key innovation is its Halo architecture, which automates...

PureWave Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, secured $5 million in Series C funding from existing and new investors for its 4G wireless base stations. The funding will...

Pertino, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, announced $8.85 million in Series A funding to back its cloud networking innovations. The company is working on software-defined networking for enterprises. Product...

Symantec agreed to acquire Nukona, a privately-held provider of mobile application management (MAM), for an undisclosed sum. Nukona, which is based in Solana Beach, California, offers an enterprise-grade mobile management...

Exinda, a start-up based in Boston, raised $12 million in series B funding for its WAN optimization solutions incorporating Unified Performance Management. Unlike conventional approaches to WAN optimization which focus...

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) agreed to acquire U.S.-based Amobee, a premium provider of mobile advertising solutions to operators, publishers and advertisers globally, for about US$321 million. SingTel said its ambition...

Juniper Networks has acquired Mykonos Software, which supplies an Intrusion Deception System for protecting websites and web applications, for approximately $80 million in cash. The Mykonos intrusion deception system, which...

Nicira, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP) and announced initial deployments with AT&T, eBay, Fidelity Investments, NTT and Rackspace. Nicira is offering a...