RuggedCom buys WiMax equipment provider WiNetworks
RuggedCom, a public company that makes networking equipment that works in unfavorable environments, has acquired WiMax equipment developer WiNetworks for $9 million. It will also take on $5 million in debt from the Israeli company. Rugged hopes that the deal will add to its arsenal… Continue Reading
Orsus raises funds for risk management software, buys rival Cinario
Orsus, a Mountain View, Calif. company that makes both software and hardware for risk assessment and security purposes, announced it has raised a round of capital and has acquired smaller rival Cinario. The financial terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed. All that… Continue Reading
PeerApp takes $8M for peer-to-peer traffic policing
PeerApp, an infrastructure company for Internet service providers that helps them deal with peer-to-peer traffic, has raised an $8 million second round of funding less than a year after taking its first.
The company’s UltraBand caching system stores chunks of P2P files locally, so that repeated… Continue Reading
Iamba Networks raises $7 million for networking tech
Iamba Networks has raised $7 million in in funding to expand its business of making chips and software for telecommunications companies.
The Cupertino, Calif., company’s chips are used to enable telecommunications companies to implement gigabit passive optical network, or GPON, access. That’s a standard for enabling… Continue Reading
PeerApp raises $3M for streamlined peer-to-peer sharing
PeerApp, a company based in Newton, Mass., claims that its infrastructure solutions for internet service providers can reduce the costs for ISPs when dealing with peer-to-peer traffic, a claim that, if true, should get it plenty of business.
Many ISPs grumble about the cost of dealing… Continue Reading