Anagran gets $8.6 million for network traffic management
Anagran, a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that builds “flow management” products to help handle traffic on Internet service provider (ISP) and corporate networks, has taken $8.6 million in a fourth funding round.
Fairly often, flow management simply means handling peer to peer (P2P) traffic between users. The company’s first product, the FR-1000 Flow Router, is well known for being one of the tools companies like Comcast use to slow down P2P — a contentious issue, but profitable… Continue Reading
Internet co-founder gets $12M more for “flow-based” router
Larry Roberts, credited for co-founding the Internet (as developer of the early ArpaNet), has raised $12 million more in financing for his latest networking company, Anagran.
Roberts is swinging for the fences again, saying he has devised a new “flow-based” networking to get around the limitations of today’s Internet packet technology — something he says is needed for today’s massive transmission of of video, voice and wireless communication.
Swinging for the fences is good, and let’s hope… Continue Reading
Internet co-founder unveils new “flow-based” router
Larry Roberts, who is credited for co-founding the Internet (as developer of the early ArpaNet), today launched the first product of his latest networking company, Anagran.
Called the FR-1000 Flow Router, its designed to meet the demands of the new generation of video, voice, data and wireless applications, and use less energy. Notably, in pitching the product, Robert talks about the need for “flow-based” networking to get around the limitations of today’s Internet packet technology. That’s… Continue Reading