Start-ups

Your source for the latest news on start-up networking companies.

Security service protects PCs from attack
Nov. 17, 2009
Start-up InZero Systems Tuesday makes its debut with a security service that promises to protect PCs from possible malware, intrusions and other types of attacks.

Data center start-up offers energy saving software
Nov. 06, 2009
A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications.

How a start-up tried - and failed - to take supercomputing world by storm
Nov. 03, 2009
SiCortex built highly efficient high-performance computers, but couldn't survive the global recession.

'Insatiable demand' for Internet bandwidth could spur venture investment
Oct. 23, 2009
A look at the top 10 venture capital deals for IT networking companies in the third quarter.

Ex-Cisco exec's new start-up accelerates data access
Oct. 08, 2009
Former Cisco storage executive Mark Cree is back with a new vendor called Storspeed, which has built a caching product that accelerates access to frequently needed data.

Storage start-up Avere does tiering on the fly
Oct. 05, 2009
Start-up Avere Systems has unveiled a tiered network-attached storage product that automatically moves data among four different types of storage to improve performance and minimize wasted disk space.

Wireless and mobile companies worth watching
Oct. 05, 2009
We took a look at wireless and mobile companies whose product innovation and ambition reflect the mobile industry ferment, which is being expressed in all kinds of products from IT management services to unique Apple ...

Book of Odds opens eyes to new probabilities
Oct. 01, 2009
You're more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark, say the researchers behind a soon-to-debut, semantic-based Web start-up called Book of Odds. And, they add, you're more likely to die falling out of bed ...

A revised take on net neutrality
Sep. 29, 2009
In February 2006, we began a series of articles on net neutrality. In our archived introduction, we noted that there was a difference of opinion about how Internet access providers should offer users access to Internet ...

10 start-ups to watch in '09
Jan. 05, 2009
These 10 tech start-ups could change enterprise IT for the better.

Three data storage start-ups buck trend, grab $28 million in venture capital - Network ...
Sep. 15, 2009
Three data storage start-ups have landed more than $28 million in first-round funding from venture capitalists, a rare feat in an economy that has punished new vendors looking to obtain financing.

Kobe Bryant motivates tech companies in China
Sep. 14, 2009
NBA star Kobe Bryant, who is hugely popular in China, shared motivational words with Chinese technology start-ups and other small businesses at a forum in the country on Friday.

Nine data storage companies to watch
Aug. 10, 2009
Flash memory, virtualization and cloud storage options highlight an interesting crop of new storage vendors.

UnboundID adds proxy server to directory lineup
Jul. 30, 2009
Directory and identity start-up UnboundID completed its directory lineup with the release of a proxy server that provides users with load balancing, failover and extra security controls.

Schooner rakes in $20 million for data access appliances
Jul. 27, 2009
Second-round funding for start-up that builds high-powered data access appliances for Internet data centers.

Start-up set to take on Skype over video
Jul. 21, 2009
A U.S. company has upgraded its cross-platform videoconferencing service and at the same time launched a new plan designed to broaden its appeal to the small to medium business segment.

Venture cash for Internet companies takes a nosedive
Jul. 20, 2009
Venture capitalists dramatically scaled back investments in Internet-specific companies in the second quarter of 2009, even as the venture industry on the whole showed signs of rebounding.

Ixia to demo 100G Ethernet at Interop
May. 12, 2009
At Interop next week, test vendor Ixia says it will transmit and receive Ethernet traffic at 100Gbps through a CFP Multi-Source Agreement optical module.

Start-up HyTrust debuts policy enforcement for VMware
Apr. 06, 2009
Start-up HyTrust unveils its first product, a policy-enforcment appliance for VMware ESX servers and VirtualCenter.

Netscape alums tackle cloud storage
Apr. 06, 2009
Cloud storage start-up Zetta promises enterprise-class file system.

Start-ups air cable industry innovations
Apr. 02, 2009
A panel of five start-ups at The Cable Show '09 pitched technologies designed to change the cable industry.

Two start-ups, Egress and SafeMashups, make debut today
Mar. 16, 2009
Two start-ups, Egress Software Technologies and SafeMashups, each make their debut today with security products that have a crypto-tech edge to make data flowing across the Internet safer.

Ex-Google, Yahoo staffers release Hadoop distribution
Mar. 16, 2009
A start-up called Cloudera on Monday publicly released its distribution of the open source Hadoop distributed computing framework, hoping to sell enterprise users on the system employed by Google, Yahoo and others to ...

Data control console released for social-networking users
Mar. 10, 2009
Cliqset has developed a Web-based system that lets people manage from a central location their social-networking identity and data, becoming the latest company to address the portability problem for online social data.

Start-up Talis targets desktop security
Feb. 11, 2009
Start-up Talis Data Systems introduces PC hardware that controls use of USB storage devices and access to networks based on defined user privileges.