Patents reveal crafty surveillance techniques from Verizon, AT&T, IBM, and more
Guest Post Nine patent filings reveal some of the ways in which telecommunications and computing companies might facilitate law-enforcement eavesdropping.
OpenStack-powered cloud startup Cloudscaling scores $10M from Trinity, Juniper, & Seagate
May 22, 2013 8:07 AM
Sean Ludwig
Elastic cloud infrastructure startup Cloudscaling has raised $10 million in its second round of funding so it can keep growing at a quick clip and innovating its cloud technology.
Fastback Networks raises $15M for juicing the capacity of mobile networks before they collapse
May 6, 2013 5:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
The movement toward "small cell" infrastructure requires wireless data networking tech like Fastback's
Juniper Networks said to be raising a PE round to boost its enterprise and security business
February 26, 2013 11:09 AM
Christina Farr
With talks falling through to sell off its assets, Juniper Networks is considering raising a private equity round to bolster its enterprise and security business, Reuters reports.
Vice or Versa? Either way, stealth networking startup gets $14.35M
November 27, 2012 8:29 AM
Rebecca Grant
Versa Networks raises $14.35 million for secret network infrastructure product.
Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery
July 16, 2012 8:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker than expected, then tech investors might run for the hills, the San Jose Mercury News reported.…
Vidyo scores strategic partner in Juniper Networks, raises additional funds
May 22, 2012 12:01 AM
Dylan Tweney
Updated 5/22/2012: This funding is not Vidyo’s fifth round, but rather an extension of its fourth round. A few details about the company’s technology have also been corrected in the story below.
Video conferencing and telepresence company Vidyo has raised …
Funding daily: eco-friendly plastic for electronics, mobile search, and flash memory
March 30, 2012 5:09 PM
Sarah Mitroff
At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we’re rounding up the quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in …
With $50M raised, Nicira disrupts Cisco and Juniper with network virtualization
February 5, 2012 10:15 PM
Dean Takahashi
Network virtualization start-up Nicira is coming out of stealth mode today and it has an impressive set of customers who evidently believe that it can disrupt the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. The idea is to become a …
Vinod Khosla says get rid of experts and invent the future you want (video)
August 31, 2011 7:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Editor's Pick
Vinod Khosla‘s advice for entrepreneurs is to ignore the experts and invent the future you want. That’s what he told the graduating class of Singularity University last week in a closing speech.
He said entrepreneurs will catch a lot of …
