Start-ups

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

Start-ups starting to feel economic pain
Nov. 25, 2008
I spoke this week with Justin Perreault, a general partner of Commonwealth Capital Ventures in Waltham, Mass., about how enterprise IT start-ups are holding up against the tough economy. His investments include ...

Cybersecurity is focus of new University of Texas start-up incubator
Nov. 18, 2008
The University of Texas at San Antonio Tuesday announced a technology incubator aimed at fostering IT security-based start-ups within the state.

Network start-ups hurt as venture capital dries up
Oct. 23, 2008
Venture capital investment in network technology companies has hit its lowest point in a decade.

Can networking get real?
Oct. 22, 2008
If you looked recently at the companies started by venture capitalists and touted as the "next Cisco" or "next Google," you know the meaning of the term "bad ending."

Venture investor has high hopes despite economy
Oct. 21, 2008
At times, Tom Huseby almost sounded like he was giving a stump speech.

Virtual management start-ups weigh in on best practices
Oct. 20, 2008
Virtualization is a game-changing technology that has many IT managers looking for the best ways to roll out the technology on a large scale in their environments.

IPO dry spell could hurt tech start-ups
Oct. 06, 2008
There were zero venture capital-backed IPOs in the second quarter of 2008 - the first time that's happened in 30 years.

Free tools to manage, search virtual environments
Sep. 08, 2008
Start-up vendors looking to grab some of the management software spotlight at VMworld 2008 next week recently released free software downloads designed to help IT managers track and search data on virtual machines (VM).

Ex-Cisco exec launches video start-up; Federal government locks down networks
Aug. 11, 2008
A former Cisco executive pulled the curtains back on a start-up company developing a real-time IP video processing and collaboration platform. The federal government is locking down its networks through an ambitious and ...

ConSentry CEO talks up security issues
Jul. 07, 2008
Network-access-control start-up ConSentry Networks has filled its long-vacant CEO position with Joe Golden, a partner in Accel Partners, a ConSentry investor. Golden was a partner in Accel Partners' London venture- ...

Credit Suisse spin-off manages virtual infrastructure
Jun. 03, 2008
Credit Suisse spin-off DynamicOps offers virtual resource manager software to help companies keep virtual environments controlled, compliant and secure.

Cloud computing: what it will take for start-ups to succeed
May. 05, 2008
With Google's recent launch of its App Engine, and with the likes of IBM and Amazon having staked claims, cloud computing is clearly a major development in the IT landscape. The benefits are obvious, enabling ...

Storage start-up boasts speed of 1,000 disk drives in one small package
Mar. 31, 2008
A storage start-up called Fusion-io that claims it can deliver speeds 1,000 times faster than a single disk drive is making its first product generally available on April 7 and has secured $19 million in venture capital ...

Start-up secures virtual machine traffic
Mar. 26, 2008
A startup called Montego Networks is launching technology that secures traffic in virtual machines.

Amazon's cloud computing service fuels start-up's launch
Mar. 25, 2008
Start-up Elantra is launching Tuesday with software that helps customers build applications on top of Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.

Start-up Vertica goes after database market with column-oriented system
Feb. 19, 2008
Database start-up Vertica is set to release its column-oriented database optimized for business intelligence queries.

Making it as a management start-up
Feb. 18, 2008
Management technology is an ever-changing mainstay in enterprise IT shops. Network and systems management tools - whether commercial, home-grown or open source - have been put in place to: monitor device and system ...

Virtual management start-up snags $4.6M
Feb. 06, 2008
VKernel lands $4.6 million in Series A funding to further development on its virtual appliance technology designed to manage virtual server environments.

Investors wary of networking start-ups
Jan. 25, 2008
Venture capital money is scarce for networking start-ups, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report.

Like it or not, Web 2.0 is heading for your network
Jan. 16, 2008
The inevitability of Web 2.0, how to attract VC money and if the iPhone will always be cool are topics discussed by DEMO's Chris Shipley in a recent Network World Chat.

WebLOQ launches virtual private community service
Sep. 04, 2007
Start-up WebLOQ is launching a virtual private community service where businesses can securely conduct electronic communications, according to the company.

Vendor unveils iSCSI storage for SMBs
Sep. 25, 2007
Start-up StorMagic Tuesday announced software designed to make it easy for small- and mid-sized businesses to deploy iSCSI storage-area networks.

BreakingPoint unveils BPS-1000 network-test appliance
Jul. 31, 2007
BreakingPoint Systems BPS-1000 offered as Layer 2 to Layer 7 performance and security test tool.

Start-up debuts access-management tools, names Cigna as major adopter
Jun. 19, 2007
Role-base access control can be a management headache as healthcare giant Cigna has discovered. The company is using tools from Aveksa to relieve the pain.

Start-up targets 4TB storage device at consumers
May. 29, 2007
Next month, a start-up called Data Robotics will unveil a storage device for consumers that it claims is easy to install and maintain.