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6/23/04 - News Media Web Sites Vary Dramatically in Speed and Reliability, Reports Keynote
Keynote Systems broadened its index coverage with the announcement of a news media Web transaction index. Named “The Keynote News Media Web Transaction Performance Index,” it measures the transaction speed and reliability of 19 leading news media Web sites...more>

6/23/04 - New Retail Futures Trading Service, TradeInside, to Launch from Equinix Data Center
Inside Trading has partnered with Equinix to launch Inside Trading's new online futures trading service in Equinix's Chicago Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center...more>

6/23/04 - PivX and NCX Group Partner To Reach Reseller Community
PivX Solutions, Inc.,  Proactive Threat Mitigation solutions for the enterprise security market, has executed a strategic partnership with NCX Group, a business risk management
consulting firm...more>

6/23/04 - VocalData Upgrades Application Server to Enhance Legacy and SIP Interoperability and Boost Residential and Web Portal Features
VocalData, Inc., hosted IP telephony solutions, introduced Version 5 of its industry-leading application server, with several new features designed to meet the needs of its service provider customers. Upgrades Application Server to enhance Legacy and SIP interoperability and boost residential and webportal features...more>

6/23/04 - Cerberian and SonicWALL Web Usage Survey Reveals 75% Accidentally See Porn at Work
More than 75 percent of people have accidentally visited a pornographic Web site while at work; 15 percent have visited such sites more than 10 times, according to a new Web usage survey conducted by Cerberian, Inc., intelligent Web filtering solutions, and SonicWALL Inc., integrated security, productivity and mobility solutions...more>

6/23/04 - Netrake and SS8 Networks Partner to Deliver Interoperable, Carrier-Class CALEA Solution for VoIP Networks
Netrake, session controllers interconnecting global VoIP networks, is partnering with SS8 Networks, developer of signaling and enhanced solutions. The two companies are delivering a solution that enables Tier 1 carriers to meet Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) regulatory requirements...more>

6/22/04 - F-Secure PICKS SPEEDERA for Global Load Balancing To Ensure Site availability during virus outbreaks
F-Secure Corporation, centrally managed security solutions,  selected Speedera's Traffic Balancer service to ensure global load balancing between its multiple data centers in Europe and North America...more>

6/22/04 - Entrust Completes Acquisition of Anti-Spam and E-Mail Compliance Products
Entrust, Inc.,  Identity and Access Management solutions, completed its planned purchase of the intellectual property and certain other assets of AmikaNow! Corporation, advanced anti-spam, e-mail content scanning and analysis technology...more>

6/22/04 - Nortel Networks Sets Stage for Mass Deployment of Multimedia Communications with Open Client Strategy
DataPower, XML-aware networking infrastructure, extended its relationship with IBM by integrating DataPower's XS40 XML Security Gateway with IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business...more>

6/21/04 - Phoenix Newspapers Drives Information Lifecycle management Strategy with EMC ControlCenter
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. has implemented the latest version of the EMC ControlCenter family of integrated storage management software to monitor, report, plan and provision storage resources across tiered, multi-vendor environments...more>

6/21/04 - EMC ControlCenter Expands Management Capabilities for Tiered Storage Environments
EMC Corporation announced significant enhancements to its flagship EMC ControlCenter family of integrated storage management software, extending the capabilities to monitor, report, plan and provision resources across tiered storage environments to support customers' information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies...more>

6/21/04 - iAnywhere and Servoy Simplify the Development of Database-Powered Applications for Mac OS X
iAnywhere and Servoy partner to provide developers with an integrated solution for creating cross-platform applications...more>

6/21/04 - Turin Networks Announces TraverseEdge 100
Turin Networks, multiservice transport platforms, announced the TraverseEdge 100, next-generation SONET/SDH and Ethernet edge system to push SONET/SDH to the edge...more>

6/21/04 - Blue Coat Launches ProxyAV Appliance for High-Performance Web Anti-Virus
Blue Coat Systems, proxy appliances, introduced ProxyAV, a high-performance Web anti-virus appliance for "real-time" Web traffic virus scanning...more>

6/21/04 - Sarvega Announces XML Context Router
Sarvega, XML networking products, announced Sarvega XML Context Router, enabling loosely coupled multipoint XML Web Services across wide area networks...more>

6/21/04 - DataPower Certified Tivoli Ready
DataPower, XML-aware networking infrastructure, extended its relationship with IBM by integrating DataPower's XS40 XML Security Gateway with IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business...more>

6/21/04 - Entrust Completes Acquisition of Anti-Spam and E-Mail Compliance Products
Entrust, Inc.,  Identity and Access Management solutions, completed its planned purchase of the intellectual property and certain other assets of AmikaNow! Corporation, advanced anti-spam, e-mail content scanning and analysis technology...more>

6/21/04 - Trend Micro Continues Support for Cisco Network Admission Control Program
Trend Micro, Inc., network antivirus and Internet content security software and services, announced its continuing support for the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Program, through the release of its latest NAC-compliant enterprise client solution, Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition version 6.5...more>

6/14/04 - Singlestep Technologies Announces Availability of Singlestep Unity 2.0
Singlestep Technologies released Singlestep Unity 2.0, its Adaptive, IT Process Automation and Information Management software. Unity 2.0 adds advanced dashboard and reporting modules to give IT executives and service providers better visibility and control of their network information...more>

6/22/04 - Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes Industry Recommendations to Help Stop Spam
The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp. , EarthLink and America Online Inc. unveiled a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the scourge of spam. These recommendations primarily focus on two key issues: helping solve the e-mail forgery problem by eliminating domain spoofing through Internet Protocol (IP)-based and signature-based solutions; and best practices to help prevent ISPs and their customers from being sources of spam...more>

6/21/04 - RouteScience Announces Open Platform Strategy
RouteScience Technologies, the leading provider of adaptive networking software, announced the global availability of its flagship ANS version 5 (ANS5) adaptive wide area network management software on select IBM eServer xSeries hardware...more>

6/21/04 - AmberPoint Secures $8.2 Million in Third-Round Funding
AmberPoint, service management software, completed an $8.2 million third round of funding from existing investors Crosslink Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures, as well as new investor Motorola Ventures. To date, the service-oriented management leader has raised $30.8 million in funding...more>

6/21/04 - Carrius Technologies Raises $14.5M in Series B Financing
Carrius Technologies completed a $14.5M Series B financing led by Sevin Rosen Funds with Star Ventures, Centerpoint Ventures and Chisholm Private Capital Partners...more>

6/21/04 - Mobixell Networks Raises $4 Million in Venture Funding
Mobixell Networks Inc., mobile multimedia adaptation and optimization solutions, raised $4 million from Apax Partners, Siemens Mobile Acceleration, Comverse Technology Inc. and Optibase Ltd...more>

June 2004 - OpenNetwork Technologies, identity management solutions, names Cosmo Santullo president and CEO...more>

June 2004 - QPass, mobile commerce solutions, appointed Thomas Enochs as vice president professional services...more>

June 2004 - Narad Networks, business broadband access solutions, names James Norrod as CEO...more>

June 2004 - Systinet, service oriented architectures, appoints David Butler as vice president of marketing and Rick Akie as vice president of sales...more>

June 22, 2004 - Netilla Networks, SSL VPN solutions, selected Anthony Rocca as director of western region sales...more>

June 22, 2004 - Air2Lan, end-to-end Internet services, named Mark Rodgers as executive vice president of business development and Bill Walker as chief operating officer...more>

June 22, 2004 - VeriWave, peformance test equipment for wireless LAN, hired Rob Johnson as vice president of sales...more>

June 22, 2004 - Q1 Labs, security company, has expanded its executive team with the addition of security industry veterans Kurt Lee, Area Vice President, and Michael Lanagan, Vice President of Business Development and European Operations...more>

June 22, 2004 - D. Craig Young appointed chairman and CEO of Netifice Communications, flexible IP VPN solutions...more>

June 22, 2004 - 2Wire, broadband service platforms, selects Hunt Norment as vice president of business development...more>

June 22, 2004 - Addamark Technologies, enterprise log aggregation and analytics for compliance and security management, selects Jim Pflaging as president and CEO...more>

June 21, 2004 - Gary Cuccio appointed CEO of mBlox, mobile messaging infrastructure...more>

6/17/04 - Cisco Systems to Purchase Assets from Procket Networks
Cisco to purchase the intellectual property, majority of the engineering team and select assets from Procket Networks, concurrent services routers...more>

6/16/04 - EmailLabs Introduces Advanced Bounce Handling Technology
EmailLabs, email marketing automation solutions, has expanded its core technology to include advanced bounce handling and reporting and developed in response to inconsistent adherence throughout the industry to SMTP recommendations...more>

6/15/04 - Seranoa Networks Continues Momentum Adding Two New Customers to Its Portfolio
Seranoa Networks, Service Edge Concentrators,  announced two new service provider customers – Switch Advanced Communications and MECnet. Both customers are using Seranoa’s IPeX Service Edge Concentrators to aggregate IP business subscribers, streamline and simplify network operations, and deliver increasingly popular IP business services...more>

6/15/04 - Broadcom to Acquire Zyray Wireless Inc. Broadcom Corporation, integrated semiconductor solutions, agreed to acquire Zyray Wireless Inc., a lprovider of baseband co-processors addressing WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) mobile devices...more>

6/15/04 - Computer Associates Designates SSH Tectia Certifier as ca smart for Integration with eTrust Admin
SSH Communications Security Corp., managed security middleware, tannounced that its SSH Tectia Certifier has been certified ca smart with eTrust Admin from Computer Associates International, Inc....more>

6/15/04 - Network Appliance Collaborates with InfiniBand Leaders to Form OpenIB Alliance
Network Appliance announced its participation in the OpenIB Alliance, an industry association chartered to deliver a single open source Linux software stack for deployment of the InfiniBand architecture...more>

6/14/04 - Rendition Networks Releases Significant Updates to TrueControl
Rendition Networks, risk mitigation solutions, announced a new version of TrueControl, to address compliance, security and disaster prevention...more>

6/14/04 - NetScaler's High-End 9900/9950 Systems Exceed Expectations
NetScaler, application delivery systems, announced that its highest-end 9900 Gateway and 9950 Switch products have enhanced capability to now handle up to 2 million SYN attacks per second...more>

6/14/04 - Redline E/X 3670 Exceeds Milestone
The Redline E/X 3670, the first Web-enabled application delivery platform, delivers more than 10,000 new SSL connections per second...more>

6/14/04 - AlterPoint Unveils Full Potential of Network Change & Configuration Management with DeviceAuthority 3.0
AlterPoint, network change and configuration management solutions, announced the availability of DeviceAuthority Suite 3.0, solution for automating and managing device configurations...more>

6/14/04 - Active Reasoning Announces New Data Center Software Solutions that Manage IT Professionals and the Delivery of IT Services
Active Reasoning, policy-based data center management software, unveiled three new software solutions (Operations Monitoring, Change Management and Compliance) designed to help companies better manage the delivery of everyday IT services...more>

6/14/04 - ENDFORCE Tackles Endpoint Security Challenge with debut of ENDFORCE ENTERPRISE
ENDFORCE, definition and enforcement of network endpoint security policies, announced the official release of ENDFORCE Enterprise, a unified enforcement framework to maximize the effectiveness of the investments in stand-alone security applications...more>

6/14/04 - Acopia Networks Ships First Adaptive Resource Switches
Acopia Networks, Adaptive Resource Networking,  introduced the ARX6000 and ARX1000 switches work across the heterogeneous, multi-vendor systems already in use today...more>

6/14/04 - FaceTime Communications Acquires India-based Development Organization to Meet Growing Demand for Leading Solutions
FaceTime Communications, solutions that secure, manage and extend instant messaging (IM) and other forms of real-time communications, completed the acquisition of a Bangalore, India-based development and quality assurance organization from messaging security solutions provider Tumbleweed Communications...more>

6/14/04 - Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite Provides Integrated Web Security Solution For Enterprises
Trend Micro, network antivirus and Internet content security software and services, introduced Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite v2.0, brings together antivirus, anti-phishing, anti-spyware and URL filtering capabilities into one integrated platform, providing new levels of performance and security for Web traffic...more>

6/14/04 - TippingPoint's UnityOne IPS Prevents 10,000 Cyber Attacks Per Week at Bergen Community College
Bergen Community College has implemented TippingPoint's UnityOne intrusion prevention systes...more>

6/14/04 - Netilla Networks, Alternative Technology, Inc. Unveil “Netilla-Alternative Partner Campaign”
Netilla  Networks and Alternative Technology, Inc. have announced a comprehensive marketing campaign to provide Alternative’s nationwide network of value-added resellers (VARs) with streamlined access to Netilla’s unique SSL VPN solution...more>

6/14/04 - Internap and TeleBermuda International Limited Team Up
Internap Network Services has entered into an alliance with TeleBermuda Intenrational Ltd. for the delivery of high-performance Internet service for TBI's customers...more>

6/14/04 - Juniper Networks Delivers New Platforms to Connect and Secure the Customer Edge
Juniper Networks announced the J-series Services Router family of products and the NetScreen-5GT ADSL security appliance designed to meet the evolving demands of widely distributed, business-critical applications...more>

6/14/04 - LinkPoint, an FDC Company, Selects Ingrian Networks’ DataSecure
LinkPoint, a First Data Merchant Services business unit, has selected Ingrian DataSecure Platforms as an additional layer of security for the privacy and protection of their customers’ credit card data...more>

6/14/04 - Kentucky Government Selects Network Appliance and CyberGuard's Webwasher
CyberGuard Corporation, network security, and Network Appliance, networked storage solutions, announced that the Kentucky Governor's Office for Technology has selected the companies' joint solution to provide Internet filtering and security for more than 40,000 employees in the state's executive branch agencies...more>

6/14/04 - C-Cor Agrees to Purchase Stargus
C-COR.net Corp., provider of broadband transport products, software systems, and technical services, has agreed on the terms to acquire all of the outstanding securities of Stargus, Inc. for a cash payment of approximately $17 million. Stargus is a provider of comprehensive network and service management solutions...more>

6/04 - Verio Europe Warms Up for UEFA EURO 2004 Kick Off With Increased Server Capability
Verio Europe will be working with Network Appliance to deliver rich media content including live video streaming and on-demand viewing in real time via the global Smart Content Delivery (SCD) network...more>

6/04 - FaceTime Partners with Brightmail to Eliminate Instant Messaging Spam
FaceTime Communications, solutions that secure, manage, and extend instant messaging (IM),  announced a new strategic partnership with Brightmail, the global leader in anti-spam technology, that will allow FaceTime to offer Brightmail's anti spam technology with its IM security products...more>

6/04 - University of Connecticut School of Business Deploying Converged Multimedia solution from Nortel Networks
University of Connecticut School of Business is deploying Nortel Networks converged network infrastructrure allowing the duplication of real-time information of several stock exchanges...more>

6/04 - Verio Europe Warms Up for UEFA EURO 2004 Kick Off With Increased Server Capability
Verio Europe will be working with Network Appliance to deliver rich media content including live video streaming and on-demand viewing in real time via the global Smart Content Delivery (SCD) network...more>

6/14/04 - IronPort Systems Introduces 'Virus Outbreak Filters' to Predict New Outbreaks, Protect Customer Networks
IronPort Systems, email security, announced IronPort
Virus Outbreak Filters, a high-performance preventive security solution that protect a customer's network from infections during the critical initial stages of a virus outbreak...more>

6/18/04 - Blueslice Networks Announces New Financing
Blueslice Networks, SIP-based mobile network infrastructure, announced today that is has secured several million CAN $ add-on funding to its first round of financing with Howard Stotland and William Lassner with strong participation from Brinvest Capital, the Company's current investor...more>

6/18/04 - Clarus Systems Announces Additional Funding
Clarus Systems Inc.,automated testing solutions for IP Telephony systems, received $10 million in Series B funding led by Trident Capital, with participation from Trinity Ventures...more>

*6/15/04 - Tarai Momentum Increases with $13.8M Series B Funding
Tarari, acceleration solutions, completed a Series B round of financing for $13.8M led by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners with Crosspoint Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Miramar Venture Partners and XML Fund...more>

6/15/04 - Finjan Closes $10 Million Strategic Investment
Finjan Software, content security and management solutions, raised $10 million in an investment round led by Cisco Systems with Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Israel Seed Partners...more>

6/15/04 - Unveil Technologies Raises Additional $6.5M in Financing
Unveil Technologies, voice self service applications for contact centers, secured $6.5 million from investors Sevin Rosen Funds, TD Capital Ventures and Solstice Capital...more>

6/14/04 - Ario Data Networks Secures $17M Series D Round of Venture Financing
ARIO Data Networks, OEM building blocks for SATA and SAS storage subsystem solutions, completed a $17 million series D round of venture financing led by Mellon Ventures with Anthem Venture Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners, Partech International, Evercore and Sunsino Funds. This most recent round raises ARIO Data's total funding to date to $34.3 million...more>

6/14/04 - Mahi Networks Secures $70M
Mahi Networks, metro packet switching, closed $70M in new funding. Total capital raised to date is more than $225M. The company also announced the acquisition of Photuris..more>

6/14/04 - Orbital Data Lands $12M
Orbital Data Corp., delivers predictable application response time over networks of any distance, closed a $12 million round of financing and launched its flagship product, Orbital 5500, led by Redpoint Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds...more>

6/14/04 - cVidya Networks Secures $7M in Second Round of Financing
cVidya Networks, software company that offers revenue and profit maximization services, secures $7 million in its second round of financing led by Carmel Ventures, Hyperion Venture Partners and Stage One Ventures...more>

6/14/04 - MFORMA Raises $44M
MFORMA Group Inc., wireless entertainment, raised $44 million in its first institutional round of financing co-led by General Catalyst Partners, eFund LLC, and Bessemer Venture Partners...more>

6/14/04 - Powerllel Raises $5.6M in First Round
Powerllel Corp., software that improves the performance of applications, raised $5.6M in its first institutional round of financing...more>

June 2004 - Layer 7 Technologies,  Web services security and policy management, named David Oiler as vice president of sales...more>

June 2004 - Arthur O'Donnell appointed chief quality officer at Symbol...more>

June 17, 2004 - Action Engine, advanced data services solutions, selected Scott Silk as president, CEO and director...more>

June 17, 2004 - Klocwork, automated solutions to develop and deliver software, names Michael Laginski as CEO...more>

June 16, 2004 - Scalix Corporation, Linux-based email, appointed Glenn Winokur as president and CEO, Don Bradford as vice president of product development and Andrew Palay as chief technology officer...more>

June 16, 2004 - Apparent Networks, network support software, named Curt Fisher as executive vice president sales and business development...more>

June 16, 2004 - Michael Williams appointed vice president of finance at Westbridge Technology, security infrastructure solutions...more>

June 15, 2004 - BlueArc, network storage solutions, hires Mike Gustafson as president...more>

June 14, 2004 - Hatteras Networks, last-mile Ethernet access and service platforms, selects Christopher Cook as executive to lead worldwide sales and marketing...more>

June 14, 2004 - Atemp, information lifecycle strategies for data protection, adds Bas Broekarts as vice president of global sales...more>

June 14, 2004 - Robert Shoenfield joins Aeris.Net, wireless machine-to-machine communications, as senior vice president marketing and business development...more>

6/11/04 - Macromedia and Speedera Deliver Flash Video Streaming to Spur Interactive Video Revolution on the Web
Speedera Networks, on-demand distributed computing services, and Macromedia announced the availability of Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service powered by Speedera...more>

6/10/04 - Wi-Fi Alliance Designates TerraWave Solutions as an Official Test Bed Fulfillment Source for Wireless Networking Products
TerraWave Solutions, a value-added distributor of Wi-Fi Solutions, has been selected by the Wi-Fi Alliance as an official Alliance test bed fulfillment source. TerraWave will assemble, configure and ship test beds as a service to Wi-Fi Alliance members that want to certify Wi-Fi products for interoperability..more>

6/10/04 - EMC Expands Information Lifecycle Management with ADIC Tape Solutions
EMC Corporation and Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) announced that EMC will resell ADIC Scalar tape libraries to expand its information lifecycle management portfolio, and ADIC will resell EMC CLARiiON CX networked storage...more>

6/9/04 - wIPphone Launches VoIP Services
Worldwide Telco launches Worldwide IP Phone wIPphone Internet telephony service for residential and small business customers...more>

6/8/04 - Bluefire Showcases Enhanced Solution for Protecting and Managing Wireless Handheld Devices
Bluefire Security Technologies announced enhancements to its solution for protecting and managing wireless handheld devices combining multilayered handheld security features of Bluefire Mobile Firewall Plus with XcelleNet Afaria...more>

6/7/04 - XO Communications Relaunches Concentric Brand
XO Communications announced a new market penetration strategy for its Web hosting and related services with the relaunch of the Concentric brand. Concentric, a service of XO Communications, provides small and medium-sized business (SMBs) with business-grade Web hosting solutions...more>

6/7/04 - MidAmerica Bank Implements Information Lifecycle Management with EMC  
MidAmerica Bank is using a comprehensive information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy based on EMC's tiered networked storage, information management software and professional services...more>

6/7/04 - EMC Announces Improved Centera Performance and Enhanced Functionality to Address an Even Broader Range of Compliance Requirements 
EMC Corporation announced new compliance functionality for its EMC Centera CAS (content addressed storage) solution. EMC Centera addresses electronic fixed content and the regulatory issues that customers in markets such as financial services, healthcare and government face...more>

6/7/04 - EMC Helps Adirondack Electronics Markets Comply With SEC and NASD Regulations 
Adirondack Electronics Markets (AEM) has implemented EMC's Proven Solution for E-mail Archiving to help comply with U.S. government mandated e-mail archiving requirements...more>

6/7/04 - EMC Launches E-mail Archiving Solution for Compliance 
EMC Corporation announced the EMC Proven Solution for E-mail Archiving, uniting e-mail archiving functionality from its LEGATO Software division with tiered storage platforms...more>

6/3/04 - John Lewis Uses Redline Networks to Accelerate Applications and Reduce Bandwidth Costs
John Lewis Partnership, United Kingdom's leading retail groups, is using the Redline Networks T|X enterprise application processor to improve the performance and availability of its customer service applications. The product is being used to decrease connection times and increase performance between the company's shops and head office...more>

6/9/04 - Continuous Computing Successfully Closes $15 Million in New Venture Financing
The round was led by China Development Industrial Bank (Taiwan) with Harbinger Venture Management and CDIB Ventures, Technology Crossover ventures, Intel Capital, Palomar Ventures and Viterbi Group. Total equity raised is about $45M...more>

6/7/04 - Force10 Networks closes $75 Million mezzanine funding round
Force10 Networks, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing, closed a $74.9 million mezzanine round of funding co-led by Crosslink Capital,  Meritech Capital Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures with U.S. Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Worldview Technology Partners...more>

6/7/04 - Determina Announces Breakthough "Memory Firewall" Intrusion Prevention System and $19Million in Funding
Determina (formerly Araksha) secured a total of $19M of venture funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund and U.S. Venture Partners..more>

6/7/04 - Kineto Wireless Secures $35 Million for Global Deployment of MoWLAN
Kineto Wireless, Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, closed $35 million Series C financing, bringing the total investment in the company to more than $59 million. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners with 3i, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, SeaPoint Ventures, Storm Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Venrock Associates...more>

6/7/04 - PacketFront Secures $18M (15 EUR)
PacketFront, next generation broadband infrastructure provider, completed a 15 million Euro round of venture funding, led by new investor Amadeus Capital Partners with European Equity Partners (EP) and TLcom Capital Partners...more>

6/7/04 - eEye Digital Security Closes $15 Million Series D Funding Round
eEye Digital Security, vulnerability management software solutions, closed its Series D funding round of $15 million. The round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, brings the total amount of funding to date to $30 m/llion. Insight Venture Partners led the Series C round...more>

6/1/04 - MegaPath Networks Obtains $16.5 Million in Venture Funding
MegaPath Networks, secure access and managed network solutions, raised $16.5 million of equity funding led by GM Capital Partners and Comcast Interactive Capital with US Venture Partners, Centre Palisades Ventures and Austin Ventures...more>

6/1/04 - Bluefire Secures $10 Million in Series C Financing
Bluefire Security Technologies, mobile and wireless security software,  raised $10M in Series C financing led by Grotech Capital Group, JK&B Capital, Walker Ventures, Maryland's Dept. of Business & Economic Development and the Maryland Angels Council...more>

5/26/04 - WebSideStory Files Registration Statement with the SEC for Initial Public Offering
WebSideStory Files Registration Statement with the SEC for Initial Public Offering...more>

5/26/04 - Symbium Receives $6.75M
Symbium closed $6.75M in Series A financing from VenGrowth Capital Partners...more>

5/25/04 - MessageOne Secures $11.25 Million in Oversubscribed New Financing
MessageOne, enterprise business continuity, crisis communication and disaster recovery solutions, received $11.25 million in new funding led by QuestMark Partners with RRE Ventures, Impact Venture Partners and StarVest Partners...more>

5/24/04 - Tacit Networks Secures $16.9M in Seris B Funding
Tacit Networks, remote office IT solutions, secured $16.9 million in its second round of financing led by JPMorgan Partners with CTTV Investments LLC, Canaan Partners, RRE Ventures, and SAS Investors. The new round brings the total amount of financing raised to $24.2 million...more>

5/24/04 - Millennial Net Closes $15M Series B Funding Round
Millennial Net, wireless mesh networking systems, closed $15M in Series B funding led by BCE Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and Kodiak Venture Partners...more>

5/24/04 - GroundWork Open Source Solutions Raises $3M
GroundWork Open Source Solutions, open source IT management software, raised $3M in Series A funding...more>

5/24/04 - Secure Software Closes Series "A" Round of Financing for $5.25 Million
Secure Software, application security technology and services, closed a $5.25 million series "A" round of financing from Charles River Ventures and Valhalla Partners...more>

June 2004 - Red Bend Software names Nick Morse vice president of EMEA Region...more>

June 10, 2004 - Joel Lisker joins Cyota, security and anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions...more>

June 9, 2004 - Cendura Corporation, Blueprint-based application management solutions provider, named Sarah Carpenter vice president finance and administration...more>

June 9, 2004 - Intoto, integrated security, selected Doug Makishima as vice president of marketing and promoted Subramanyam Dronamraju to vice president of worldwide sales and business development...more>

June 9, 2004 - Xiotech appointed Karl Schubert as chief technology officer...more>

June 8, 2004 - Intrusion prevention appliances maker, V-Secure, hired Izhar Shay as chairman and CEO...more>

June 7, 2004 - Allot Communications, traffic management, announced that Larry Schmidt has joined Allot as vice president of channel sales for North America...more>

June 7, 2004 - Former Brocade executive, Greig Patton has joined Maranti, intelligent storate infrastructure solutions...more>

June 7, 2004 - GoldenGate Software, data synchronization, appointed Ali Kutay president and CEO...more>

June 7, 2004 - XO Communications appointed Barbara Branaman as vice president and general manager of its hosting business unit...more>

June 7, 2004 - Hammerhead Systems, data migration edge switch, said that John Yu, co-founder, stepped down as chief technology officer...more>

June 4, 2004 - Diatem Networks, Metro-Ethernet services control, appointed Daryl Rasquinha as vice president of marketing and product management and Jeffrey Stoss as chief financial officer...more>

June 3, 2004 - DataCenter Technologies, data  life cycle management software, named Peter Shambora CEO...more>

June 3, 2004 - Preventsys, network security software for wireless networks, named Alex Lazar vice president of sales and Tom Kuhr vice president of marketing...more>

June 2, 2004 - Sean Martin appointed vice president of event-driven architectures at KnowNow, event-driven solutions...more>

June 2, 2004 - Denise Senter-Loyola has joined Peakstone as vice president of marketing...more>

June 2, 2004 - Syntricity, web-native software and services for semiconductor yield improvement, hired Alan Deeter as senior vice president of sales and marketing...more>

June 2, 2004 - Ray Solnik joins New Edge Networks, secure multi-site managed data networks, as chief development officer...more>

June 2, 2004 - Randy Schirman becomes vice president of sales at DeepNines Technologies, security platform...more>

June 2, 2004 - Atempo, backup and restore services, named board member Rick Wojcik CEO...more>

June 1, 2004 - Pivia Software, web application delivery and optimization software, added Steve Clarence as vice president of sales...more>

June 1, 2004 - Elantic Telecom, wholesale fiber bandwidth and carrier services, appointed Brett Lindsey as president...more>

June 1, 2004 - Boingo Wireless hires former EarthLink executive, Jon Irwin to head operations and customer support as senior vice president...more>

June 1, 2004 - InPhonic, wireless voice and data communications, named Richard Calder as president and chief operating officer...more>

May 27, 2004 - Cast Iron Systems, application integration appliance, named Simon Peel as vice president of worldwide marketing...more>

May 26, 2004 - Email security company, BlackSpider Technologies, has appointed Phil Lawler to the board as Non-Executive Chairman...more>

May 26, 2004 - Michael Madden becomes president and CEO of Service Integrity...more>

May 26, 2004 - Ed Ogonek selected as president and CEO at Bridgewater Systems, provider of dynamic IP and data service fulfillment and assurance solutions...more>

May 26, 2004 - Pedestal Networks, universal broadband solutions, named Corey Geiger as vice president of marketing...more>

May 25, 2004 - DoubleWide Software appointed Jim Bailey president and CEO...more>

May 24, 2004 - Seven Networks, mobile software for real-time access to critical information, appointed Thomas Hoster as chief financial officer...more>

May 24, 2004 - Diarmid Massey joins NexTone Communications, products that provide scalable control of real-time IP services, as managing director of Asia-Pacific operations...more>

6/3/04 - Network Appliance Debuts New Midrange Unified Storage Models: NetApp FAS920 and FAS920c
Network Appliance, networked storage solutions, added to its unified storage platform: the FAS920 and FAS920c. The FAS920 is based on the proven FAS900 series architecture and replaces the F825 storage system, completing the transition of all NetApp filers to unified storage systems...more>

6/2/04 - NetScaler Launches in Korea with Key Customer Wins and Outlines Future Plans
NetScaler, application delivery systems, launched operations in Korea with key customer wins announced such as Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF), and Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA), and Seoul National University...more>

6/2/04 - Jibe Networks and Intrusion Inc. Sign Strategic Agreement
Jibe Networks, network aware server software, announces a strategic partnership agreement with Intrusion Inc.,  provider of intrusion prevention and detection and regulated information compliance solutions. Intrusion will integrate the Jibe Communication Server into its Intrusion SecureNet System to provide more secure and efficient two-way communications between sensors and management applications...more>

6/2/04 - LightSand HP and FLE Create Breakthrough 1000-Kilometer Synchronous Mirroring Solution
LightSand, storage connectivity products, successfully deployed a precedent‑setting long distance synchronous mirroring system with partners HP and FLE...more>

6/2/04 - Internap and 365 Main Partner
365 Main, Bay Area data center, announced a strategic partnership with Internap Network Services Corporation, routing technology over the Internet, to offer critical IP services to Bay Area businesses...more>

6/1/04 - European Weather Service deploys Force10 E-Series
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has deployed the Force10 E-Series to increase the reliability of its data center network and increasing the speed with which it analyzes meteorological observations to forecast the evolution of weather for up to 10 days...more>

5/27/04 - Allot's NetEnforcer Controls SoftEther to Prevent Unauthorized Use of Internet Access
Allot Communications, the Traffic Management Company, today announced the availability of the industry’s first solution for monitoring and controlling the SoftEther tunneling protocol.  NetEnforcer can auto-discover, monitor, block and restrict SoftEther traffic over the network, whether it is generated via HTTP Proxy, Socks Proxy or directly through the firewall...more>

5/26/04 - Royal Netherlands Army Awards Intelliden Multi-Million Dollar Contract
Intelliden Corporation, intelligent networking, announced that the Royal Netherlands Army has awarded it a multi-million dollar contract to provide the foundation for its elite Threatre Independent Army and Airforce Network project, carried out in the Command Control Support Centre supporting Network Centric Warfare concept...more>

5/25/04 - Cisco Delivers the Foundation for Next-Generation IP Networks: A New Carrier Routing System
Cisco Systems announced the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System, a new class of routing system designed to deliver continuous system operation, service flexibility and extended system longevity to telecommunications service providers and research organizations...more>

5/25/04 - Blue Coat Closes Back Door for Porn Opened by Google and Yahoo! Image Search
Blue Coat Systems announced that its ProxySG appliances safeguard organizations from a Web back door that allows employees to search and view pornographic images over the Internet using corporate computers...more>

5/25/04 - Internap Enhances Industry-Leading Service Level Agreements
Internap Network Services Corporation, provider of performance-based routing technology over the Internet, announced that the company has enhanced its industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs), to define IP network performance necessary to support migration of key enterprise applications to the Internet...more>

5/24/04 - Chicago Stock Exchange Selects FaceTime for Two-Pronged Approach to Instant Messaging Management and Security
Chicago Stock Exchange is the latest organization to deploy both FaceTime IM Auditor and FaceTime IM Guardian for the complete management, security and regulatory compliance of multi-network instant messaging and peer-to-peer communications...more>

5/24/04 -Lucent Technologies to acquire Telica
Lucent Technologies agreed to acquire Telica, a provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communications systems for next-generation networks, for $295M in stock and options...more>

5/24/04 - Sarvega Announces Integration of XML Guardian Gateway and Accelerator Appliances with CA’s WSDM and Unicenter NSM
Sarvega, provider of high-performance XML networking solutions, announced the integration of its XML Guardian Gateway with Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) from Computer Associates International, Inc...more>

5/24/04 - Network Appliance Demonstrates Enterprise Storage Solutions For Microsoft Environments
Network Appliance SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange and SnapManager for SQL Server are comprehensive data management solutions for hosting and automating backup and restore of Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server...more>

5/24/04 - Venation Introduces V-WEB 4.0, V-SERVE Software at TechEd 2004
Venation announced the North American availability of its V-WEB and V-SERVE software products that accelerate the retrieval and provisioning of Web content...more>

5/24/04 - Global 2000 Companies Rely on Pivia Software to Accelerate Web Applications
Pivia Software, Inc., Web Application Optimization, announced that industry leading companies have implemented the Pivia Performance Server (PPS) solution to deliver quality of service for mission critical Web applications and portals...more>

5/24/04 -Increased Operational Efficiencies and Faster Claims Processing Among Many Benefits to be Gained From Mobilization of Claims Adjustors
Sprint announces plans to launch Sprint Mobile Claims Adjustor allowing insurance claims adjustors to process claims on-site using wireless handheld devices...more>

5/24/04 - Xtelesis And Akonix Partner to Deliver Secure And Compliant Instant Messaging Solutions
Xtelesis, network integration and management company, has included Akonix Systems Inc.'s instant messaging (IM) management tools as part of its enterprise-class networking line...more>

5/24/04 - Lucent Technologies to Acquire Telica
Lucent Technologies agreed to acquire Telica, a provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communications systems for next-generation networks for $295 million in stock and options and cash payments. Telica strengthens Lucent's Accelerate portfolio for large-scale VoIP networks...more>

5/24/04 - Quarry Introduces First Web-Based Customer Self-Management Tool
Quarry Technologies, supplier of carrier-class security service routers, introduced iQCSM application, web-based customer self-managaement system that allows service providers give their customers visibility and control over network-based VPN security services...more>

5/24/04 - Authentica Extends Microsoft Rights Management Services
Authentica, Enterprise Digital Rights Management (E-DRM) software, announced planned support for Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS). Authentica will partner with Microsoft to extend Windows RMS capabilities beyond the user desktop level...more>

5/24/04 - Norvergence to Integrate Fortinet's FortiGate High-Performance Antivirus Firewall Platforms in T1 Fortress Offering
Norvergence and Fortinet have entered into a strategic partnership...more>

5/04 - Tandberg Acquires Ridgeway Systems & Software for $16M
Tandberg ASA, systems and software for voice, data and video has acquired Ridgeway Systems and Software, firewall technology, for $16M...more>

5/04 - Cometa Networks to Shut Down
Cometa Networks, nationwide wireless Internet network based on Wi-Fi technology, will suspend operations. The company was founded in 2002 by AT&T, IBM, Intel and investment firms of 3i and Apax Parterns. The company currently employs 40 people...more>

5/04 - Lantern Communications to be sold to C-COR.net Corp
Lantern Communications, optical equipment company, will be sold to C-COR.net Corp. for $20M...more>

5/04 - GlassHouse Technologies Acquires CycleBridge Technologies
GlassHouse Technologies, storage consulting and services, acquired CycleBridge Technologies, data management and integration solutions...more>

5/20/04 - Network Physics Introduces First Product To Manage End-To-End Application Performance Across MPLS Networks
Network Physics, eliminating response-time problems across converging networks, announced a Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) technology for its NP-2000 appliance dubbed Automatic Autonomous System Discovery (AASD), technology allows enterprises with MPLS networks to understand how the MPLS network is affecting application performance for remote offices...more>

5/20/04 -EMC Introduces Simple, Low-Cost NAS Gateway for Microsoft Windows Environments
EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage and management, today extended its NetWin" family of network attached storage (NAS) products with a low-cost model targeted at the entry-level NAS market...more>

5/20/04 - Aicent Inc. to Establish Network Point-of-Presence in Equinix's Singapore Internet Business Exchange (IBX) Center
Aicent, mobile data network services and solutions for global mobile operators, has deployed a network point-of-presence within Equinix's Singapore Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center to enhance their connectivity infrastructure...more>

5/20/04 - Force10 Networks Software  
Force10 Networks announced availability of new software FTOS version 5.3.1.1 release...more>

5/19/04 - Cerner, EMC to Deliver Electronic Patient Record Solutions
Cerner Corp., healthcare information technology, and EMC Corporation, information storage and management, announced a global reseller agreement enabling Cerner to offer the full-range of EMC networked storage systems, software and services to healthcare providers for its electronic patient record (EPR) solution...more>

5/19/04 - Cyota to Enhance Lloyds TSB's Online Payment Security
Lloyds TSB, the 3rd largest credit card issuer and largest debit card issuer in the UK, selected Cyota to add MasterCard SecureCode to the service and roll it out in a phased basis to Lloyds TSB’s 15 million credit, debit and chargecard holders...more>

5/19/04 - Lancope Integrates with GuardedNet to Enhance Security Posture and Improve Network Health of Enterprises
Lancope, behavior-based network integrity solutions, and GuardedNet, advanced security management and incident response software, announced the integration of StealthWatch by Lancope with GuardedNet's neuSECURE security information management platform to enhance network security and availability...more>

5/19/04 - UK Online Legal Content Provider Selects Sarvega
The Practical Law Company, a business law publisher in the UK, has deployed the Sarvega XML Speedway Accelerator to meet the mission-critical acceleration, scalability, and reliability demands of its Web-based legal know-how subscription services...more>

5/18/04 - Alaska Railroad Corporation Chooses Actelis Networks MetaLIGHT Platform
Actelis Networks, supplier of solutions that enable carrier-grade broadband services over local-loop copper, announced that Alaska Railroad Corporation has deployed its MetaLIGHT Ethernet-over-Copper platform to provide high-bandwidth Ethernet services between corporate buildings connected only by copper...more>

5/18/04 - XOsoft Extends Reach to SMB Market
XOsoft, continuous application availability software solutions, announced a new partner program aimed at storage service providers. Inflow, managed IT outsourcing services, has signed onto the program...more>

5/18/04 - Shavlik Technologies' OEM Relationships Help to Expand Patch Management
Shavlik Technologies, security software and services provider, announced that NetIQ, systems and security management, has formed an OEM agreement with Shavlik and will rebrand Shavlik's flagship security patch management application...more>

5/17/04 - Sygate Introduces First EndPoint Security Solution For Windows XP Embedded-Based Devices
Sygate Technologies, enterprise endpoint security solutions, introduced the Sygate Security Agent for Windows XP Embedded, value-added endpoint security solution for Microsoft Windows XP embedded-based devices such as point-of-sale terminals, public kiosks, ATMs, and other network-connected systems including medical, gaming, and manufacturing control systems...more>

5/17/04 - Trend Micro Network VirusWall Helps Stop Spread of “Sasser” Network Virus
Trend Micro Network VirusWall 1200 outbreak prevention appliance helps stop the spread of recent “Sasser” network virus variants that have been seen in several countries trying to penetrate Windows-based computer systems through random Internet Protocol (IP) addresses...more>

5/17/04 - Rendition Networks Joins Extreme Networks' Go Purple Extreme Soution Partners Program
Rendition Networks, network configuration control solutions, has joined Extreme Networks' Go Purple Extreme Solution Partners Program to provide configuration control solutions...more>

5/17/04 - Clearing Arm of International Banking and Insurance Conglomerate Moves to Equinix Chicago Center
Fortis Clearing Chicago, LLC, a unit of Fortis, the
European insurance and banking conglomerate, has relocated the company's data center operations to Equinix's Chicago Internet Business ExchangeT (IBXR) center in order to leverage the benefits of operating in close proximity to its strategic partners...more>

5/17/04 - ENDFORCE and Shavlik Technologies LLC Announce Licensing Agreement
As part of the agreement, ENDFORCE will integrate Shavlik's security patch assessment application into the ENDFORCE Enterprise software, allowing companies to assess patch compliance status on devices running Microsoft Windows operating systems...more>

5/17/04 - FineGround Extends Automated Optimization Solution For Enterprise Web Implementations
FineGround Networks, web application optimization, announced the availability of its next-generation Performance Suite. Version 6.0 provides deep hooks into existing APM (application performance management) and NSM (network system management) solutions...more>

5/18/04 - Sheer Networks Secures $15M in Fourth Round
Sheer Networks, service management solutions, secured $15M in fourth round of financing led by Star Ventures with JVP, JK&B, Rein Capital, Morton L. Topfer, Ray Lane, Nokia and 3Com...more>

5/18/04 - NetCell Closes $13.7M Funding Round
NetCell Corporation closed a $13.7 million funding round, led by Allegis Capital, Granite Ventures, LLC., August Capital and APV Technology Partners also invested in the round...more>

5/18/04 - TrustWave Raises $10 million in Series A Financing
TrustWave, security assessment and compliance solutions, secured $10 million in funding from FTVentures...more>

5/18/04 - Ingate Systems Receives $5.8M in Funding
Ingate Systems AB, Session Initiation Protocol-capable enterprise firewalls, received $5.8M in funding from Bell Net Corp., systems integrator in Tokyo, Japan...more>

5/19/04 - Last Mile Connections Receives $28 Million in Third Round of Funding
Last Mile Connections received $28 million in additional financing from One Equity Partners (OEP). This third round of financing since the company's founding in November of 2001 brings total financing to $41 million...more>

5/19/04 - PathScale Secures $15M in Series C Financing
PathScale, developer of software and hardware solutions to accelerate Linux clusters, closed an additional $15 million in funding led by Adams Street Partners, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, CMEA Ventures, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures, and the Dow Employees Pension Plan. This follows A and B rounds totaling $14 million to equal $29 million now invested in PathScale...more>

5/18/04 - iVivity Closes $26M Series C Financing
iVivity, intelligent storage networking systems, closed $26M Series C preferred stock financing led by Grotech Capital Group and JK&B Capital with Mellon Ventures, H.I.G. Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Kinetic Ventures, Cordova Ventures, Yamacraw and Bergman & Associates. Total investment to date is over $50M...more>

5/18/04 - IMlogic Gains $16 Million In Oversubscribed Financing
IMlogic, Inc., enterprise infrastructure software solutions for Instant Messaging (IM) market, raised $16 million investment led by Crosslink Capital, with Venrock Associates, Goldman Sachs, General Catalyst Partners and Kodiak Venture Partners...more>

5/18/04 - Tasman Networks Secures $14.4 Million in Funding
Tasman Networks, intelligent, multi-service edge routers, secured $14.4 million in new equity financing led by Parker Price Venture Capital and Harbinger Venture Management with Mayfield, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and Tasman employees. This latest round brings Tasman’s total funding to $93 million...more>

5/18/04 - MSV Receives $21 Million in Additional Financing
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed additional optional funding rounds with its original investor group, which includes affiliates of Telcom Ventures and Columbia Capital, providing $21.3 million...more>

5/17/04 - RLX Technologies Secures $12 Million Investment
RLX Technologies, managed blade and dense servers, closed a $12 million Series D financing. The round was led by ABS Capital Partners, Austin Ventures, GM Capital Partners, Soros Private Equity Investors LP, Sternhill Partners, Ignition LLC, ComVentures, Erwin Investments, and Cockrell Investment Partners...more>

5/17/04 - Cendura Corporation Closes Series B Funding
Cendura Corporation, a Blueprint-based application management solutions provider, closed its Series B round of financing, securing $8 million dollars. The round was led by NeoCarta with New Enterprise Associates, Crosslink Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. To date, Cendura has raised a total of $16 million dollars...more>

5/17/04 - Network Appliance Announces Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2004
Revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter 2004 were $337.0 million, an increase of 39.5% compared to revenues of $241.6 million for the same period a year ago and a 13% increase compared to $297.3 million in the prior quarter. Net income for the fourth fiscal quarter increased 47% to $36.4 million. Revenues for fiscal year 2004 were $1.17 billion, an increase of 31% compared to revenues of $892.1 million for fiscal year 2003...more>

5/17/04 - Good Technology adds over $45 Million in Funding
Good Technology, wireless messaging and corporate data access, closed an over-subscribed $45m+ round of financing, led by Crosslink Capital with BA Venture Partners, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Benchmark Capital...more>

5/17/04 - Purcell Systems Closes $16.6 Million of Funding
Purcell Systems, customized, modular outdoor power cabinetry that provides wireless carriers with increased uptime and equipment protection, completed a $16.6 million financing led by Weston Presidio...more>

5/17/04 - Softricity Secures $7.5 Million in Oversubscribed Series D Venture Funding
Softricity completed an oversubscribed $7.5 million round from FA Technology Ventures, Prism Venture Partners, TD Capital Ventures, Technology Link Capital, Hunt Ventures and Markpoint Ventures This brings Softricity's total funding to date to $47.5 million...more>

5/17/04 - Astaro raises USD6.7 million in second round Venture Funding
Astaro Corp., Open Source-based security product, raised a Series B round of USD6.7 million from co-investors Insight Venture Partners and Wellington Partners. The  total amount raised to date is USD12.9 million...more>

May 19, 2004 - GlassHouse Technologies, independent storage consulting and services provider, adds Janie Tremlett as vice president of corporate development...more>

May 19, 2004 - NFR Security, intelligent intrusion defense, named David Sutor, as chief financial officer...more>

May 19, 2004 - Vikram K. Desai appointed president and CEO at KaVaDo, Web application protection...more>

May 2004 - Mobile Satellite Ventures selected Alexander Good as vice chairman and CEO...more>

May 18, 2004 - Tom Erickson appointed CEO at Systinet, service-oriented architectures...more>

May 18, 2004 - Pacom Systems, security solutions, appointed Greg Keele to Western Region account manager, Glen De Young, Central Region account manager, and Dale Gigandet, eastern Region account manager...more>

May 17, 2004 - Jim Johnson named CEO of Tripwire, change monitoring and reporting software...more>

May 17, 2004 - ClearForest, text-driven business intelligence, appointed Randy Clark as vice president of marketing and Marty Siewert as vice president sales...more>

May 17, 2004 - Mobile Diagnostix, customer care for wireless carriers, named Yves Le  Goff as vice president client services...more>

5/12/04 - Packeteer Offers Free Data Compression Software for Leading Application Traffic Management Solution
Packeteer, Application Traffic Management solutions, announced that PacketShaper Xpress, the compression component of its solution would be made available at no charge to those deploying its PacketShaper 1550 and 2500 appliances in combination with purchases of Xpress on 6500, 8500 and 9500 PacketShaper appliances...more>

5/12/04 - Forum Systems releases Forum XWall 3.0 for Developers with WS-I compliance
Forum Systems, trust management and threat protection Web services security solutions, announced version 3.0 Web Services Firewall. Forum XWall V3.0 implementation of WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 conformance detection and enforcement for design-time and real-time at the edge of the network...more>

5/12/04 - WARP Solutions Continues Growth Initiatives with Key Customer Wins and Partner Alliances
WARP, and application acceleration software, has added several customers, including Virgin Megastores, Education Networks of America (ENA), Holiday Autos, lastminute.com, Forbes.com, TrailFinders, and GM.TV...more>

5/12/04 - Sybari Previews Advanced Spam Manager
Sybari Software, developer of security solutions for messaging and collaboration systems, previewed its Advanced Spam Manager (ASM) incorporating the Mail-Filters SpamCure engine, multiple filtering methods, and spam signatures to provide companies with unsurpassed antispam protection for their mission-critical messaging and collaboration servers...more>

5/12/04 - TippingPoint’s UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems Block ‘Cycle’ Worm with Virtual Software Patches
TippingPoint Technologies, intrustion prevention, announced that UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System block the Cycle worm...more>

5/12/04 - EmailLabs Enhances Behavioral Segmentation Tool
EmailLabs, email marketing automation solutions, announced its Click-Through Activity Tool...more>

5/11/04 - Education Networks of America (ENA) Selects WARP’s DataReactor Software
Education Networks of America (ENA) has selected WARP’s DataReactor product to improve the speed and performance of Web-based content, curriculum, and courses delivered over their network. ENA’s network infrastructure serves 250,000 computers in 1,900 locations, and reaches nearly 1,000,000 students and 60,000 teachers...more>

5/11/04 - SSH Managed Security Middleware Achieves Entrust Ready Status
SSH Communications Security, managed security middleware, announced that its SSH Tectia client/server solution 4.1 for integrated, multi-platform secure communications has achieved Entrust Ready status...more>

5/11/04 - airBand Acquires Go-Comm to Support its VoIP Solutions
airBand Communications, a broadband services provider, acquired Go-Comm, delivers VoIP services to both retail and wholesale markets. With this acquisition airBand is acquiring both the technology and expertise to deliver Voice-over-IP (VoIP) solutions to its customers...more>

5/11/04 - PriceMinister Selects Speedera to Deliver Faster Online Consumer Shopping Experience
PriceMinister, France’s largest e-commerce site for selling previously owned goods, has selected Speedera’s comprehensive SpeedSuite family of services to enhance performance and scalability of its Web site...more>

5/11/04 - Schering Benelux Improves Application Performance and Reduces Bandwidth Usage Using Packeteer Solution
Schering Benelux, a division of pharmaceutical manufacturer Schering AG, has selected Packeteer to ensure performance of mission-critical applications including Cognos and Lotus Domino improving application performance and bandwidth usage by 60 percent...more>

5/11/04 - Grand Central and Forum Systems announce developer alliance for secure XML-based Web services
Forum Systems, trust management web services security, and Grand Central Communications, integration on demand, announced an alliance to advance the development and deployment of secure web services...more>

5/11/04 - Ipsum’s RouteDynamics Extends IP Routing Management Across Multiple Domains and Multiple Protocols
Ipsum Networks, the emerging leader in end-to-end IP-layer management solutions, today announced that it has added multi-domain, multi-protocol, in addition to its existing multi-user support as part of its RouteDynamics 2.3 release...more>

5/11/04 - Video Streaming on Leading News Web Sites Hits Its Stride, Says Keynote
Streaming video on the most popular news sites has reached new levels of reliability and quality, according to a study conducted by Keynote Systems.  ABCNews gets top score for stream availability with BBC behind in stream quality. Streaming news video measured ABCNews, BBC News, CBC News, CBSNews, CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews...more>

5/11/04 - Mercury Interactive Acquires Appilog
Mercury Interactive, business optimization, acquired Appilog, business service management software for $49M...more>

5/11/04 - Crescendo Networks selects Altera solution to deliver high performance for new Maestro platform
Crescendo Networks has selected Altera Corporation’s Nios processors implemented in Stratix FPGAs for its new Maestro platform, designed to provide superior server acceleration and resource optimization by removing deployment barriers along the entire application delivery chain...more>

5/11/04 - Signiant Enhances Enterprise-Wide Remote Data Management with Mobilize 5.0
Signiant launched Mobilize 5.0 enabling organizations to centrally control and securely move data among up to thousands of remote (edge) and central (core) locations...more>

5/11/04 - Signiant's New Remote Data Management Product Suite Eliminates Backup Bottlenecks
Signiant, remote data management solutions, announced the first integrated software product set, the Mobilize remote data management product suite to allow companies to truly manage and control remote data...more>

5/11/04 - DiskSites launches new line of DiskSites Appliances
DiskSites, network optimization solutions for branch offices, launched the DiskSites line of appliances providing technology to centralize data, eliminating branch office servers...more>

5/11/04 -ADTRAN Expands Access Router Offering With Dual T3 Solution
ADTRAN, network access equipment,  announced the NetVanta 5000 Series of access routers...more>

5/11/04 -Allot Showcases Latest Application Traffic Management Technology
Allot Communications, the traffic management, unveiled the latest versions of its LAN-connected NetReality, and LAN-based NetEnforcer traffic management offerings...more>

5/11/04 - Force10 Networks introduces management system to simplify network operations and reduce associated costs
Force10 Networks, high performance switching and routing, introduced the Force10 Management System (FTMS), graphical management tool with management functionality and inventory control features to track and manage network devices...more>

5/11/04 - Internap Delivers Enhancements to its Intelligent Route Control Products
Internap Network Services Corporation, performance-based routing technology, announced the latest version of its Flow Control Platform (FCP) software, Version 3.3, as well as two additional FCP models, the FCP-120 premise-based routing solution and the company's new remote flow collector, the FCR-85...more>

5/10/04 - Packeteer Launches New Software Further Enhancing Data Compression for its Industry-leading Application Traffic Management Solution
Packeteer, Application Traffic Management solutions, announced the availability of new software that includes the newly-developed "CNA" compression, improved compression reporting and increased ease of deployment in complex environments....more>

5/10/04 - FaceTime IM Auditor Integrates with EMC Centera for Storage of Instant Messages
FaceTime Communications completed the integration of its IM Auditor with EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) system...more>

5/10/04 - Pivia Software Speeds British Land's Portal Infrastructure
The British Land Company PLC, the largest real estate company in the UK, has deployed the Pivia Performance Server to improve the performance of three portals used to conduct British Land's property asset management business processes...more>

5/10/04 - Pivia Software Accurately Measures Web Application Performance
Pivia Software, Web Application Optimization, announced the general availability of the Pivia Performance Measurement Tool (PPMT) for tracking application performance from an end-users' perspective...more>

5/10/04 - Network Appliance to Provide Integrated Data Solutions for SAP's Adaptive Computing Infrastructure
Network Appliance, enterprise network storage solutions, announced it will provide seamlessly integrated storage products for SAP's Adaptive Computing Infrastructure. NetApp storage offers layered data management for SAP solutions, mapping data requirements to the right storage infrastructure over the entire lifecycle of the data...more>

5/10/04 - iAnywhere Database Powers High Performance Solutions for Global Recruitment Consultancies
iAnywhere Solutions, announced that Microdec Plc selected SQL Anywhere Studio, database and enterprise synchronization solution for mobile....more>

5/10/04 - Dartmouth College Protects Healthcare Research with Secure Storage from Decru and Network Appliance
Decru, networked storage security, and Network Appliance, provider of enterprise network storage solutions, announced a secure storage solution developed for the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) at Dartmouth....more>

5/10/04 - TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System Blocks Cyber Threats at ALON USA
ALON USA has purchased TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems to protect their networks...more>

5/10/04 - Crescendo Networks selects Alacritech gigabit tnics for new Maestro platform to boost server-side performance
Crescendo Networks has selected the Alacritech Accelerator to supply a high-speed server interconnect for Crescendo’s new Maestro platform...more>

5/10/04 - Crescendo Networks eliminates network level burdens for data center applications with new Maestro platform
Crescendo Networks unveiled the Maestro platform to address both front-end and back-end application delivery issues for today's evolving data center requirements...more>

5/10/04 - Fortinet Expands Security Solution Portfolio with New FortiGuard Web Filtering Service
Fortinet, ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems, introduced the FortiGuard Web Filtering service, for deployment on Fortinet's family of FortiGate and FortiWiFi Antivirus Firewall devices...more>

5/04 - Netli Adds Thomson Financial, Dell, Nokia, and Kimberly Clark to Customer Roster as it Marks First Year of Service Operation
Netli announced customer wins across multiple industries including Dell, Kimberly-Clark, Nokia and Thomson Financial...more>

5/04 - Netli Takes Application Delivery Network to the Next Level
Netli announced NetliView and NetliContinuity. These new services, in conjunction with Netli's flagship offering NetLightning, enable global sub-second response times from a centralized data center, end-to-end visibility of Netli optimized applications and global traffic control...more>

5/10/04 - Ingrian Announces Solution for Securing Sensitive Data in Microsoft Envrionments
Ingrian introduced new software enabling organizations to securely and effectively offload all cryptographic functions from Microsoft application and Web servers...more>

5/10/04 - DataPower First to Break Gigabit Barrier for XML Processing with its XG4 WML Chip
DataPower announced the XG4 (XML Generation 4) product family of XML chips and modules...more>

5/12/04 - Nevis Networks Raises $10M Series B
Nevis Networks, enterprise security, raised $10M second round funding led by Nokia Venture Partners...more>

5/12/04 - Omniture Closes $14.5M Venture Capital
Omniture, web analytics, closed $14.5M round led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners...more>

5/11/04 - Cambridge Broadband raises new funding of $15.25 million
Cambridge Broadband Limited, fixed wireless access technology, closed its Series C financing round totalling $15.25 million led by Accel Partners with existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Gilde IT Fund, Latin Rim and Techno Venture Management...more>

5/11/04 - DiskSites announces series C funding
DiskSites, network optimization solutions for branch offices, closed an initial Series C funding securing $3.5M from Tamir Fishman Ventures. Total funding to date is $9.0M...more>

5/10/04 - Investors Increase Stake in Blazent to $23 Million
Blazent, Inc. closed a $10 million, third investment round, bringing total invested capital in the enterprise software company to $23 million. The round led by StarVest Partners, includes all prior investors, including Bain Capital, Benchmark Capital, Dali Hook Partners, and Pequot Ventures...more>

5/10/04 - Airimba Wireless Secures Private Equity Funding
Airimba Wireless, wireless ISP, expanded operations into five new markets with $6M in first round funding  from Sevin Rosen Funds, Noro-Moseley Partners, Harbert Management Corporation and STARTech Ventures...more>

5/10/04 - VoiceObjects Raises $13M Investment
VoiceObjects AG, voice application management systems, raised $13M (EUR 10.4M)  led by T-Venture, Wellington Partners and SAP Ventures...more>

5/10/04 - Simpler Networks secures $15.5 million (USD) in Series A round
Simpler Networks, automated distribution frames, received $15.5M co-led by Highland Capital Partners and Kodiak Venture Partners with BCE Capital, Solidarity Fund QFL and Innovatech Montreal...more>

5/10/04 - Sensory Networks Inc., completes US$6M Series B investment
Sensory Networks Inc., hardware acceleration technology for network security applications, closed USD $6M in Series B funding led by JAFCO Investments Asia with Technology Venture Partners and DB Capital Partners Ericsson-Deutsche Technology Fund...more>

5/10/04 - Pure Networks Closes $7 Million in Venture Funding For Home Networking Software
Pure Networks, home networking software, secured $7 million Series A round of funding led by Mayfield with Ignition Partners...more>

5/10/04 - IQS Closes Series A Funding
IQS, quality performance software, closed its Series A round of funding totaling $3M from Apex Venture Partners...more>

May 2004 - Questra, intelligent device management solutions, named Emil Wang as president and CEO...more>

May 12, 2004 - Netli appoints Gary Messiana as president and chief executive officer...more>

May 10, 2004 - Intellisync, synchronization and mobilization solutions, named Rip Gerber as chief marketing officer...more>

May 10, 2004 - MontaVista Software, software and development tools for intelligent devices, appoints Kelly Herell as senior vice president, strategic operations...more>

May 11, 2004 - Ken Denman, president & CEO of iPass, and Jeffry Allen, executive vice president of business operations at Network Appliance, were appointed to Board of Directors at Brightmail, anti-spam technology provider...more>

May 10, 2004 - Airimba Wireless, wireless ISP, named Terry Scott as its new president and CEO...more>

May 2004 - David Puglia appointed vice president of marketing at Packeteer...more>

May 2004 - DiskSites names Hudi Zack as chief executive officer...more>

5/6/04 - BridgeWave Communications Introduces First 60GHz Wireless Gigabit Ethernet Link Under $20,000
BridgeWave Communications, technology in upper millimeter-wave wireless communications, announces the availability of the GE60 wireless gigabit Ethernet link...more>

5/6/04 - NaviSite to Acquire Surebridge, Inc.
NaviSite, technology services provider, will acquire Surebridge, managed application services for notes worth $39.5M...more>

5/5/04 - Netilla Networks Sees Strong Demand for Secure Remote Access in Education Market
Southern University and Lumberton, NJ School District have adopted the Netilla Securiety Platform as a means of providing students, faculty and staff with secure access to key educational applications from any Internet-enabled PC...more>

5/5/04 - Microsoft Offers Anti-span Capbailities to Distinguish Legitimate Email
Microsoft Corp. and IronPort Systems announced initial success with an e-mail accreditation program pilot project they have begun to reduce the deluge of unwanted e-mail sent to Microsoft customers...more>

5/5/04 - Keynote Broadens Application Perspective Platform
Keynote Systems broadened the Keynote Application Perspective platform by doubling the number of worldwide geographical locations from which customers can measure transaction performance and introducing a version of Application Perspective that offers deep integration with HP OpenView...more>

5/5/04 - MX Logic Sees Unsolicited Commercial Email Senders Making Some Efforts to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act
MX Logic, email defense solutions that ensure email security solutions, has observed that 12 percent of senders of unsolicited commercial email are making efforts to comply with components of The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act...more>

5/4/04 - MX Logic Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Industry and Customer Milestones
MX Logic's customer base has increased 1,288 percent and serves more than 1,700 enterprise, service provider and telecommunications customers, including Hyundai Motor America, The Sports Authority, YMCA and ProLogis.  In addition, the company’s revenue has increased 914 percent in the last year...more>

5/4/04 - NetScaler Unveils AppCompress, AppCache and App Expert for its 9000 Series Products
NetScaler, application delivery systems, has made key feature enhancements and added more application intelligent traffic inspection and control capabilities across its portfolio of 9000 Series products. The added features enable the faster, safer delivery of all applications based on Web- and TCP protocols that are deployed by today's corporations...more>

5/4/04 - NetScaler Enhances SSL VPN Solution for Fastest, More Secure Delivery of All Applications
NetScaler, Inc., application delivery systems, has significantly enhanced its SSL VPN capabilities as part of an overall initiative to introduce more fine-grained control and flexibility to its application delivery systems...more>

5/4/04 - Telcordia Affirms OSS Leadership with Granite Acquisition
Telcordia Technologies acquired Granite Systems for an undisclosed sum. Granite provides Telcordia with critical next generation inventory management space and provides standards-based OSS solutions to wireline and wireless carriers...more>

5/4/04 - BorderWare Lauds Recommendations of National Cyber Security Partnership
BorderWare Technologies, security appliances, lauds the recommendations of the National Cyber Security Partnership for federal government and industry on improving cyber readiness to make vendors responsible for shipping products with more security features enabled...more>

5/4/04 - Akonix Launches L7 Enterprise v3.0 To Eliminate The Spread of IM Spam and Malware
Akonix Systems, business solutions for secure, managed and integrated multi-network enterprise instant messaging (IM), has launched L7 Enterprise v3.0, featuring automatically updated enterprise Spim and Malware Filter to protect networks from the latest IM-borne attacks...more>

5/4/04 - MultiCare Health System Selects Tumbleweed’s Secure Messaging Suite to Ensure HIPAA Compliance and Fight Spam
MultiCare Health System has chosen Tumbleweed’s entire suite of secure communications solutions, including Tumbleweed’s email firewall, email encryption, anti-spam service, and secure file transfer products...more>

5/3/04 - LiveVault and Advent Software Partner
LiveVault Corporation, provider of online backup and recovery solutions, and Advent Software,  investment management, announced a partnership to provide online backup and guaranteed recovery to thousands of businesses in the financial services industry...more>

5/3/04 - IBM Expands Relationship with Equinix to Singapore in Multi-Million Dollar Deal
IBM has expanded its relationship with Equinix and will begin operating within Equinix's neutral Internet Business Exchange center in Singapore in a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement...more>

5/3/04 - Max Re Ltd. Chooses XOsoft's WANSync for Replication of Business-Critical Applications
Max Re Ltd. implemented XOsoft's WANSync solutions to replicate files, insurance database and email servers...more>

5/3/04 - Sarvega Intros Integration Module
Sarvega, a provider of XML networking solutions, unwrapped the Sarvega Business Integration Module as an optional enhancement to the Sarvega XML Speedway Accelerator and XML Guardian Security products...more>

5/3/04 - New Version of Pylon from iAnywhere Makes it Easier to Manage and Use Mobile Domino Applications
iAnywhere's Pylon Application Server 6.0 enables deployment of Domino applications using a Web-based architecture and supports client-side business logic, scanning and application management...more>

5/3/04 - Atmel Defeats Network Attacks With Fortinet Antivirus Firewall Platform
Atmel Corporation, semiconductor manufacturer, has strengthened its existing network security architecture with the addition of Fortinet’s FortiGate antivirus firewall platform as the primary layer of defense against content-based network attacks...more>

4/04 - American Fiber Systems to Acquire Marietta FiberNet Fiber Optic Business
American Fiber Systems to acquire Marietta FiberNet (MFN), fiber optic transport business...more>

4/04 - eCompanyStore Selects RepliWeb's R-1 Distribution Manager for Web Content Deployment
eCompanyStores, has selected its R-1 product for deploying critical web content and application data...more>

4/04 - RepliWeb Announces the Release of R-1 v 3.3 for Enterprise Web Content Deployment and Business Continuity
RepliWeb, enterprise-class data deployment software, launched R-1 RepliWeb's Distribution Manager Version 3.3, includes business continuity, management and performance enhancements...more>

4/04 - CyberGuard Acquires Webwasher
CyberGuard Corporation, network security, is acquiring German high-end content security vendor Webwasher AG...more>

4/04 - BorderWare Announces MXtreme Mail Firewall Version 4.0
BorderWare Technologies Inc., Security Appliances, announced MXtreme Mail Firewall version 4.0. MXtreme 4.0 adds new features and functionality in five key areas – security, policy enforcement, manageability, audit reporting, and availability...more>

4/04 - MXtreme Now Industry's First Mail Firewall To Deliver Zero Downtime, Zero Latency, Zero Message Loss
BorderWare Technologies, Security Appliances , announced HALO (High Availability Load Optimization), a failsafe clustering architecture for high availability for the MXtreme Mail Firewall appliance...more>

4/04 - BorderWare Tops MXtreme Line with New MX-1000
BorderWare Technologies, Security Appliances,  announced MX-1000 designed for large enterprises providing carrier-level throughput for 10,000 or more users per system, for performance and fault-tolerance for high availability in the mail firewall appliance market...more>

4/04 - Compuware to Acquire IT Governance Market-leader Changepoint, Further Optimize, Quantify and Communicate IT Value
Compuware Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Changepoint Corporation for $100 million cash...more>

4/04 - Compuware Application Performance Management Solution Reduces Infrastructure Costs while Delivering Excellent Application Service
Compuware Corporation announced a new version of Compuware Vantage, application service management solution, Compuware Vantage 9.1 a solution to tie infrastructure management to service management...more>

4/04 - HyperSpace Announces Acceleration Solution for Internet Service Providers
HyperSpace Communications, Internet and WAN acceleration software products, announced availability of HyperSpace ISP solutions...more>

5/5/04 - Mitel Completes $135 Million Financing Arrangement
Mitel Networks, business communications solutions, completed a $135M financing package consisting of equity investment, debt to equity conversion and expansion of its credit facilities. EdgeStone Capital Partners led the equity round...more>

5/5/04 - Tao Group Receives Funding
Tao Group, multimedia platform for mobile devices, received $7M in Series E financing led by Cross Atlantic Capital Partners. Total funding  to date is about $45M...more>

5/4/04 - Quellan Announces $5.5 Million Private Financing Round
Quellan Incorporated, "Nx600" WideBand Noise Canceller, closed $5.5M in private venture funding by Cordova Intellimedia Ventures, ITU Ventures, The University Financing Foundation, Steve Chaddick, and Yamacraw Seed Capital...more>

5/4/04 - Questra Raises $8 Million
Questra, intelligent device management (IDM) software, received $8 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and included Trident Capital...more>

5/4/04 - Tideway Systems Receives Second Major Investment
Tideway Systems, automation technology, secured $5.8M in Series A funding from Apax Partners...more>

5/3/04 - DivXNetworks Closes Series C Round of Financing
DivXNetworks, video compression technology, closed a $7M Series C round led by Zone Ventures, WI Harper Group, Draper Atlantic, Wasatch Venture Fund, Springboard-Harper, Tim Draper, Cardinal Venture Capital, Ali Corporation and Cyberlink International Technology...more>

5/3/04 - Webify Solutions Raises $7M in Series B financing
Webify Solutions, On Demand Applications, today raised $7 million in Series B venture financing led by Viventures Partners with Dali Hook Partners and new investors Eyes of Texas partners and The Entrepreneur’s Fund...more>

5/3/04 - Management Software Firm iTracs Secures $16M in B Round
iTracs, infrastructure management software, secured $16M in a Series B round...more>

5/3/04 - WideRay Closes Series B Financing Round
WideRay, platform for proximity wireless data services, secured Series B financing of $4M led by Sequoia Capital...more>

5/3/04 - InteractNetworks Secures $4 Million in Venture Funding
InteractNetworks, appliance-based vulnerability management solutions, secured $4 million in venture funding led by Ignition Partners. The company will also change its name to Lockdown Networks...more>

May 6, 2004 - Azimuth Systems, automated wireless network test equipment, named Carl Meurell as vice president of worldwide sales and business development...more>

May 6, 2004 - Configuresoft appoints Robert Mayer vice president of development...more>

May 5, 2004 - Proofpoint, message-protection systems, appointed Lisa Kennedy Crooke as chief financial officer...more>

May 5, 2004 - John Gavin named chief financial officer at NaviSite, outsourced hosting and managed application services...more>

May 5, 2004 - Stuart Fuhlendorf joins Isilon Systems, storage systems, as chief financial officer...more>

May 5, 2004 - MX Logic, email security solutions, appointed Richard Coons as vice president of channel sales...more>

May 4, 2004 - Yodlee, aggregation technology, appointed Peter Hazlehurst as senior vice president of engineering, Aditya Palande as vice president of data team and Steve Barham as senior director of professional services...more>

May 4, 2004 - Mirapoint names Warren Smith as vice president of engeineering...more>

May 3, 2004 - StrongMail Systems, email infrastructure, added Joe Eskey as vice president of sales and Shirish Puranik as executive vice president of engineering and product...more>

May 3, 2004 - NeoScale, enterprise storage security, hired Robert Mines, vice president of engineering and James Yu as vice president of business development...more>

May 3, 2004 - Atomz, hosted enterprise Web site applications, appointed Jeff Goodman as vice president of worldwide sales...more>

May 3, 2004 - Network Physics, network application management solutions, named Robert Hon as vice president of engineering and Michael Lazar vice president of customer advocacy...more>

4/28/04 - NTT-ME deploys Force10 E-Series for 10 Gigabit Ethernet upgrade to deliver advanced voice and data services
NTT-ME, a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, has deployed Force10 Networks' E-Series in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet core upgrade to provide new advanced services to its growing base of broadband subscribers. The Force10 E600...more>

4/28/04 - Fortinet Joins RSA Security Partner Program
Fortinet has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program enabling seamless integration of two-factor authentication with FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls...more>

4/28/04 - Rendition Networks Facilitates Sarbanes-Oxley and CobiT Compliance for NetIQ
Rendition Networks, network configuration control solutions, announced the utilization of TrueControl to ensure compliance with regulations, and security best practices at NetIQ...more>

4/28/04 - Network Appliance Demonstrates Regulatory Compliance Storage Market Leadership
Network Appliance announced that its enterprise customers are using over 1,000 terabytes (1 petabyte) of NetApp compliance storage, a critical milestone for the regulatory compliance storage market...more>

4/27/04 - AT&T Teams with Internap to Help Hosted Customers Manage Carrier Relationships
AT&T is using Internap technology to view multiple ISP and carrier networks in order to determine the best path to direct Web traffic on behalf of its hosted customers...more>

4/27/04 - Force10 Networks expands revenue and worldwide customer base at fastest pace in company history during first quarter
Force10 Networks announced that worldwide customer deployments and revenue expanded at the fastest pace in the company’s history during the first quarter, ending March 31 with increased Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet port deployments in Europe, Asia...more>

4/27/04 - Lighthouse Completes Acquisition of Focal Solutions and Announces Name Change
Lighthouse Communications, data communications and value-added services, completed the acquisition of Focal Solutions, LLC, and will operate under the name of LightEdge Solutions...more>

4/27/04 - New Jersey Launches Regional Risk Management Initiative
Digital Sandbox, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) solutions, has been awarded a contract to support the New Jersey Domestic Preparedness Regional Network Pilot Program...more>

4/26/04 - Packeteer Visibility, Control and Compression Selected by Hall & Foreman
Hall & Foreman, civil engineering firm, has deployed Packeteer's Application Traffic Management system to avoid bandwidth upgrades and improve performance of applications including VoIP and video on a newly converged network...more>

4/26/04 - TippingPoint’s UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System Deployed at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business
University of Texas McCombs School of Business has implemented the TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System to protect their network from internal and external cyber threats...more>

4/26/04 - EMC to Offer New Brocade Storage Area Network Director
EMC Corporation and Brocade Communications Systems announced that EMC will offer the Brocade SilkWorm 24000 Director as a member of the EMC Connectrix family of directors and switches...more>

4/26/04 - Ingrian Announces Solution for Securing Sensitive Data in IBM Databases
Ingrian Networks released software that lets organizations securely and effectively offload all cryptographic functions from IBM DB2 databases onto Ingrian’s network-based hardware appliances...more>

4/26/04 - Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT SG) Selects Equinix Singapore Center for Interconnection Hub
PLDT Singapore(PLDT SG) has moved their primary network point-of-presence (PoP) into Equinix's Singapore Internet Business Exchange center to enhance their voice and data connectivity with the leading networks of Asia...more>

4/26/04 - Fortinet Enables Thailand's Largest Online Game Provider to Boost Security and Performance of "Ragnarok" Game Network
Thailand's online game provider, AsiaSoft International Co. Ltd., has chosen Fortinet to supply a network-wide security system for its Ragnarok Online game network...more>

4/26/04 - Netilla Security Platform Earns ICSA Labs SSL VPN Gateway Certification
Netilla Networks announced that its Netilla Security Platform has met the criteria for ICSA Labs SSL VPN Gateway Certification. ICSA Labs  , an independent division of TruSecure Corporation, tests and certifies more than 90 percent of the security IT products...more>

4/26/04 - Greenfield Networks Delivers World's Most Advanced Ethernet Switch Silicon Solution
First Ethernet switch silicon to include full IPv6, MPLS and Layer 2/3 VPNs and addresses a broad range of enterprise and metro markets...more>

4/26/04 - Greenfield Networks Delivers Industry's First IPv6 and MPLS Gigabit Fixed Configuration Switch
Greenfield Networks' GH3032 reference design is based on Packetry Architecture and supports all advanced features across 32 GE ports at wire speed...more>

4/26/04 - Commtouch Reports 67 Resellers in North America Now Offer Its Anti-Spam Solution
Commtouch, proprietary anti-spam solutions featuring Recurrent Pattern Detection technology, announced that the company had signed its 67^th systems integration partner in North America to its Commtouch Associate Program...more>

4/26/04 - AlterPoint Joins Remedy Alliance Program
AlterPoint, enterprise network configuration management solutions, has joined the Alliance Program of Remedy and will integrate their DeviceAuthority Suite with Remedy's Action Request System...more>

4/29/04 - Internap Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2004
Internap Network Services Corporation reported results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, revenues totaled $36.3 million, an increase of 6.1% compared to the first quarter 2003 and a sequential increase from the fourth quarter of 2003. Internap's net loss was $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2004 compared to a net loss of $12.4 million in the first quarter of 2003. The Company ended the quarter with $81.9 million in cash...more>

4/29/04 - Internap Reports Financial Results for First Quarter 2004
Internap Network Services Corporation reported results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, revenues totaled $36.3 million, an increase of 6.1% compared to the first quarter 2003 and a sequential increase from the fourth quarter of 2003. Internap's net loss was $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2004 compared to a net loss of $12.4 million in the first quarter of 2003. The Company ended the quarter with $81.9 million in cash...more>

4/28/04 - Akamai Delivers Profitability with Record First Quarter 2004
Akamai Technologies reported revenue for the first quarter 2004 was $48.4 million, a 7 percent increase over fourth quarter 2003 revenue of $45.2 million, and a 32 percent increase over first quarter 2003 revenue of $36.6 million. Net income for the first quarter of 2004 was $2.9 million, including a charge of $2.0 million relating to early extinguishment of debt, compared to a net loss for the fourth quarter 2003 of $2.1 million and a net loss for the first quarter of 2003 of $8.6 million..more>

4/28/04 - NetIQ Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results
NetIQ's revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2004 decreased 16.5% to $66.9 million, compared with $80.2 million in the same quarter of the prior year. In accordance with the terms of its license agreement with Microsoft, NetIQ received no license revenue from Microsoft in the third quarter of fiscal 2004, compared with $10.0 million received in the third quarter of fiscal 2003. Net loss was $10.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2004, compared with a net loss of $3.2 million or in the third quarter of fiscal 2003...more>

4/28/04 - Fusepoint Secures $10M
Fusepoint Managed Services raises $10M in second round...more>

4/28/04 - FeedRoom Raises $5.1M
The FeedRoom, broadband marketing solutions, streaming video network, raised $5.1M in Series D financing from BEV Capital, Warburg Pincus, Constellation Ventures, Ridgewood Capital, Circle-T Partners and New York City Investment Fund...more>

4/27/04 - Pulse~LINK Inc. Closed its Series D stock offering for more than $30 Million
Ultra Wideband technology provider, Pulse~LINK Inc., closed its Series D stock offering for more than $30 Million. The institutional private placement was led by Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), National Investment Company (NIC), and Jamson Holdings, and comprised of six additional publicly listed companies...more>

4/27/04 - Onaro Secures $7.75M in a Series B Financing
Onaro, SAN control and change management, secured $7.75M Series B Preferred financing led by Newbury Ventures and Cedar Fund...more>

4/27/04 - MontaVista Software Receives $7M
MontaVista Software, embedded Linux platform and tools supplier received $7M from Siemens Venture Capital, Samsung Ventures America, Infineon Ventures and China Development Industrial Bank with IBM Microelectronics, Intel Capital, Panasonic (Matsushita), Sony, Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation, Alloy Ventures, RRE Ventures, US Venture Partners, and WR Hambrecht + Co. The total investment in MontaVista Software now more than $72 million...more>

4/26/04 - Global Velocity Closes on $1.5M Investment Round
Global Velocity, St. Louis-based company offering reprogrammable hardware for Internet and Intranet security, closed a $1.5M investment with a majority of the investment provided by local investors including Edward Jones' Community Investment Partners IV...more>

4/26/04 - Calient Networks Boosts Fourth Funding Round to $35M
Calient Networks, photonic switching systems and software, announced the second closing of its fourth financing round, raising an additional $15M from Wall Street Technology Partners, DuPont Capital Management, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, TeleSoft Partners and Sofinnova Ventures...more>

4/26/04 - WHOLESECURITY SECURES $10 MILLION IN SERIES B FUNDING
WholeSecurity, behavioral on-demand endpoint security solutions, raised an additional $10 million in Series B funding. Parker Price Venture Capital led the round with New Enterprise Associates, Venrock Associates, and Trellis Partners. WholeSecurity has now raised more than $20 million in capital...more>

4/26/04 - Dexterra Raises $16M
Dexterra, field force automation and mobile software, riased $16M in a Series B round led by Canaan Partners...more>

April 2004 - Former CFO of AT&T, Bob Kavner, becomes chairman of the board of IronPort Systems, email infrastructure products...more>

April 2004 - PGP Corporation, secure-messaging and information-storage solutions, appoints Ray Rothrock to Board of Directors...more

April 2004 - Stargus, integrated network management and control software, named Rich Higgins, formerly of Time Warner Cable, as vice president of advanced technology...more

April 29, 2004 - Good Technology, wireless e-mail and messaging software for handheld devices, named Steve Manser vice president of engineering...more>

April 28, 2004 - Force10 Networks, Ethernet switch/routers, promoted Mark Cooper to vice president of sales...more>

April 27, 2004 - Former IBM executives, Linda Zider and Carl Caricari join Platform Solutions. Zider becomes vice president and general manager, Siebel Global Financial Services and Caricari as vice president of product development...more>

April 27, 2004 - Tom Spadafore appointed vice president of sales and customer care at Reconnex, hardware-based network security appliances...more>

April 26, 2004 - Decru, networked storage security, announced that former U.S. senator Sam Nunn has joined the company as strategic advisor...more>

April 26, 2004 - Colubris Networks, intelligent wireless LAN access solutions, named Marty Falaro as vice president of enterprise and channel sales, Karen Barton as vice president of marketing and Roger Sands as vice president of enterprise development...more>

April 26, 2004 - Sygate Technologies, enterprise endpoint security solutions, appointed Iain Kerr as senior vice president of worldwide sales...more>

4/21/04 - WARP Solutions Announces New SpiderCache Multi-Function Software
WARP Technology Holdings, acceleration software, has expanded its SpiderCache product line with the launch of SpiderCache Reverse Proxy, designed to manage a cluster of edge-based caching servers strategically positioned across a network...more>

4/21/04 - Region 18 Education Service Center Deploys TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System
Region 18 Education Service Center, Internet access to 32 school districts with over 80,000 users, purchased TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems to protect their network from cyber threats and piracy...more>

4/21/04 - Sybase Unlocks Information Through Simplified access from any Communications Device
Sybase agrees to acquire assets of Dejima, mobile access solutions using natural language interface technology...more>

4/21/04 - AOK Selects Blue Coat to Secure Web Use for 10,000 Users
AOK, health insurance company in Bavaria, Germany, has deployed Blue Coat's ProxySG appliances to monitor and secure Web communications and content for 10,000 users throughout Bavaria...more>

4/20/04 - New Alliance to Drive Adoption of Grid Computing in the Enterprise
The alliance is an open, independent and vendor-neutral community for deploying commercial applications in a grid environment. Members include: EMC, Fujitsu, Siemens Computers, HP, Intel, NEC, Network Appliance, Oracle, Sun, AMD, Ascential Software, Cassatt, Citrix, Data Synapse, Enigmatec, Force10 Networks, Novell, Optena, Paremus and Topspin...more>

4/20/04 - QURB KEEPS eMARKETING ASSOCIATION SPAM-FREE
eMarketing Association has adopted Qurb as the
organization's weapon of choice to fight spam...more>

4/20/04 - Network Appliance Joins Enterprise Grid Alliance
NetApp will provide the key storage infrastructure and data management technology in several areas throughout the grid infrastructure...more>

4/19/04 - Venaca and EMC Supply Integrated Media Solution for Turner Entertainment Group
Venacá and EMC announced a premier technology integration for Turner Entertainment Group's Media asset management Integration Room...more>

4/19/04 - EMC and INS Team on Consolidation Services for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
EMC Corporation and INS announced a set of joint professional services solutions to consolidate their e-mail and messaging infrastructure on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003...more>

4/19/04 - Tarari Previews Hardware Acceleration to Enable Real-Time Encoding of Windows Media High-Definition Video
Tarari and Microsoft are working together to enable professional film, video and broadcast production companies to deliver video resolutions directly to the desktop...more>

4/19/04 - Internap Launches Managed VPN Service
Internap managed VPN service enables secure VoIP, wireless networking and video conferencing leveraging Cisco VPN technology...more>

4/19/04 - Allot Delivers Next Generation Network Intelligence with Release of NetEnforcer v5.1
Allot Communications, traffic management, announced the availability of NetEnforcer X02 version 5.1, enabling administrators to monitor, classify and optimize network traffic by allocating bandwidth based on business priorities...more>

4/19/04 - SQL Anywhere Studio from iAnywhere Selected by Veritas Software
Veritas Software selected SQL Anywhere Studio database technology for use within a select number of storage management products...more>

4/04 - iAnywhere Extends Sync and Go Web Application Support to Tablet PCs
iAnywhere's new version of M-business Anywhere adds tables support for delivering mobile web content and applications with new features including monitoring and reporting, internationalization support for global deployments...more>

4/04 - Radware Awarded US Patent for its Technology for Load Balancing Based On Network Proximity
Radware, Intelligent Application Switching (IAS) solutions, has been awarded a US patent for technology incorporated into its flagship product WSD. U.S. Patent No. 6,718,359 details the method for determining network proximity and the use of it as part of load balancing decisions...more>

4/04 - PGP Corporation and Symantec to Deliver Integrated Email Security Solution for the Enterprise
PGP Corporation has integrated Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine into its PGP Universal product line for network-based secure messaging...more>

4/04 - HyperSpace Announces Acceleration Solution for Internet Service Providers
HyperSpace Communications, announced general availability of its network acceleration solutions for ISP market...more>

4/19/04 - Expand Networks Unveils New Generation of Accelerator Appliances
Expand's new platforms central to Application Traffic Management Strategy with easier management and better MPLS support...more>

4/19/04 - Expand Networks Introduces The Accelerator Server - Linux Server Software To Optimize Enterprise Application Performance
Expand's Application Managers now have the capability to implement software acceleration on hardware platforms of their choice...more>

4/19/04 - Expand Networks Takes Application Traffic Management to the Next Level
Expand's new modular product architecture automates application response times improvements, provides Layer 7 network visibility and delivers bandwidth efficiency out-of- the-box...more>

4/23/04 - Archivas Secures $6M
Archivas, scalable open-platform archiving technology, has landed $6M in Series A venture capital funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners...more>

4/23/04 - Lighthouse Closes $5 Million Round of Private Equity Financing
Lighthouse Communications, Inc., data communications and value-added services, closed a new round of private equity for $5 million from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Equity Dynamics and Principal Financial Group...more>

4/22/04 - TippingPoint Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2004 Results
TippingPoint Technologies reported revenues of about $2.8M for the three months ended 1/31/04, an increase of 34% from the previous quarter. The company had no revenues for the quarter. Net loss for the 3 months ended 1/31/04 was $3.3M, an increase of 6% from previous quarter. For the 12 months, company reported total revenue of $5.8M The company had no revenues for the 12 months ended 1/31/03...more>

4/22/04 - Meru Networks Secures $17 Million In New Funding
Meru Networks secured $17 million in Series B funding from leading investors BlueStream Ventures, Sierra Ventures, as well Clearstone Venture Partners, NeoCarta, Evercore Ventures, BrainHeart Capital, JumpStartUp Venture Fund, Monitor Ventures and Dot Edu Ventures...more>

4/22/04 - Terrascale Technologies completes over-subscribed first round of financing - $2.75M
Terrascale Technologies, developer of next generation input/output (I/O) software received $2.75M in funding...more>

4/22/04 - Scalix Closes $6M in Financing
Scalix Corporation, email platform based on Linux, secured $6M in funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mayfield and New Enterprise Associates. Total investment is $19.2M...more>

4/22/04 - Equinix Reports Q1 2004 Results
Equinix reported revenues were $36.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 representing a 45% increase over the same quarter last year and an 11% increase over fourth quarter of 2003. Recurring revenues, consisting of colocation, interconnection and managed services, were $34.5 million, a 43% increase over the same quarter last year and a 9% increase over fourth quarter 2003. Non-recurring revenues were $2.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, consisting of $1.6 million of professional services and installation fees and $700,000 of customer settlements...more>

4/21/04 - Trymedia Systems announces round 'B' funding
Trymedia Systems announces $3.5M round 'B' funding led by the Intel Digital Home Fund and augmented by individual investors...more>

4/21/04 - Ubicom Secures $21 Million in Series II Financing
Ubicom, Inc., wireless network processor and software platforms, completed a Series II financing round totaling $21 million. Led by August Capital and Levensohn Venture Partners with Dado Banatao and Mostron...more>

4/20/04 - SkyCross Receives $1M Investment
SkyCross, wireless antenna manufacturer, received $1M investment from Korea's SK Telecom...more>

4/19/04 - MetroFi Receives $9M
MetroFi, wireless broadband provider, received $9M in Series A financing from Sevin Rosen Funds, August Capital, Western Technology Investors, and private individuals...more>

4/19/04 - Firetide Raises $13.6M
Firetide Inc., mesh networking company, closed its Series B financing round of $13.6M led by Menlo Ventures with HMS Ventures and individual investors. Total investment in the company is $16.8M...more>

4/04 - EmailLabs Reports Record Revenue and Profits for Q1 2004
EmailLabs revenues increased 24 percent in Q1 2004 over Q4 2003 and 74 percent over Q1 2003. This represents the ninth consecutive quarter of record revenues for the company. Profits for Q1 2004 grew 74 percent over Q1 2003 and 12 percent over Q3 2003. No financial data was given...more>

4/04 - RBN Complete Funding Round
RBN Inc, carrier-class reconfigurable optical transport solutions, completed a funding round of $9.5M from existing investors Allen & Buckeridge, Macquarie Technology Fund, Paecal Ventures and Redfern Photonics. The company has raised a total of $45 million since its inception in February 1999..more>

4/04 - TelePacific Secures $12 Million Equity Investment
TelePacific Communications, telecommunications network solutions,  received a $12 million equity investment led by affiliates of Investcorp. The additional investment increases the amount of equity raised by TelePacific to almost $300 million...more>

4/22/04 - Packeteer Announces First Quarter Financial Results
Packeteer, application traffic management systems, reported their net revenues for Q1 2004 were $21.5M compared with $16.8M for Q1 2003, an increase of 28%. Net revenues increased 7% from the $20M reported for the sequential quarter ended 12/31/03. Net income for Q1 2004 was $3.4M compared with net income of $2.1M for Q1 2003. Net income for Q4 2003 was $3.3M...more>

April 23, 2004 - CXO Systems, Web services-based software, selected John Busa vice president of product management...more>

April 23 2004 - Pavilion, neural network modeling to industrial applications, appoints Dave Cooper Chief Technology Officer...more>

April 22, 2004 - Changes at Aruba Wireless Networks include: Pankaj Manglik, co-founder and first CEO is stepping down while Don LeBeau, former Cisco executive, becomes CEO and Michael Lin, vice president of engineering will also be leaving the company. Keith Hoskison, will be vice president of worldwide channels...more>

April 20, 2004 - Peter Cohen joins Red Bend Software as vice president of corporate marketing...more>

April 19, 2004 - Matthew Durkin named CEO at Neartek, software-based tape virtualization...more>

April 19, 2004 - AlterPoint names David Williams as vice president of marketing...more>

April 19, 2004 - Mike Minelli has been appointed VP of Sales for Active Reasoning, policy-based data center
management software...more>

April 19, 2004 - Tidal Software, application automation, integration and management software, appoints Brian McGrath as senior vice president of worldwide sales and Tom Bernhardt as chief technology officer...more>

April 2004 - Ellacoya Networks, bandwidth management solutions, appoints Benoit Legault as vice president of marketing...more>

April 2004 - Vivato, Wi-Fi systems infrastructure, named Raj Matthew as chief financial officer...more>

April 2004 - Zantaz, communications management solutions, appoints Brian Walsh as vice president of services and Joan Burke vice president of human resources...more>

April 16, 2004 - Cryptek, network security appliances, selected Daniel Abraham, president and CEO...more>

4/16/04 - Juniper Networks Acquires Netscreen
Juniper Networks has completed its acquisition of NetScreen Technologies. Under the terms of the transaction Frank J. Marshall has been appointed to the Juniper Networks board of directors replacing Vinod Khosla...more>

4/15/04 - SAP Business TV powered by CASTIFY EBN
Castify was chosen to provide SAP with a content delivery solution that runs via its hybrid terrestrial
and satellite infrastructure...more>

4/15/04 - Securities & Exchange Commission Chooses EMC for E-Mail Management
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) selected EMC and its LEGATO Software division in the first quarter of 2004 to help manage the constant in-bound and outbound flow of e-mail as well as e-mail archiving and storage...more>

4/15/04 - C-Cor Announces Agreement to Purchase Lantern Communications
C-Cor.net, broadband communications systems and services, agreed to acquire all assets of Lantern Communications, MAN packet-based transport solutions...more>

4/14/04 - NASA Deploys Force10 Networks E-Series
National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) has deployed the E300 in its Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the largest organization of combined Earth and space scientists and engineers in the U.S...more>

4/14/04 - Hitachi Consulting Implements TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System
Hitachi Consulting deployed TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems to protect its network...more>

4/14/04 - SI Bank & Trust Deploys Tumbleweed's EMail Firewall To Secure And Protect Email Communications
SI Bank & Trust, a wholly owned subsidiary of Staten Island Bancorp, has implemented the Tumbleweed Email Firewall...more>

4/14/04 - YDI Wireless and Terabeam to Merge
Wireless systems provider, YDI Wireless, and Terabeam announced a definitive merger agreement. Terabeam will become a wholly owned subsidiary of YDI...more>

4/14/04 - Europe’s Biggest Breakfast TV Show Hits WARP Speed
GMTV, the largest morning television broadcaster in Europe, has deployed WARP’s SpiderCache product to improve performance and reliability of its Web site content, especially during “flash crowds” and traffic spikes...more>

4/14/04 - Denver's Data393 Expands IP Services Agreement with Internap
The metropolitan Denver area, Data393, Inc., has expanded its use of Internap’s high-performance IP services...more>

4/13/04 - MX Logic Finds Nearly 50 Percent of All Spam is Bugged by Spammers
MX Logic reports that 50 percent of all spam is bugged by spammers to ensure an address is valid and ripe for future spamming, spammers embed “Web bugs” or “spam beacons”—pieces of HTML code—into their spam messages...more>

4/13/04 - Internap Japan Partners With KVH Telecom To Offer IP Service
Internap Japan, will partner with KVH Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fidelity Group, to provide high-performance IP services to multinational corporate customers based in Japan...more>

4/13/04 - Inkra Licenses NextHop's GateD NGC 2.x Routing Software
Inkra Networks has licensed NextHop's GateD NGC 2.x routing software to serve as the primary routing engine for its Virtual Service Switch family of multi-function security switches...more>

4/13/04 - Network Appliance Achieves 100th iSCSI Production Deployment
Network Appliance passed a critical industry milestone with the completion of its 100th iSCSI deployment in a production environment at Cross Country Healthcare, Inc...more>

4/12/04 -  iAnywhere Extends Sync and Go Web Application Support to Tablet PCs
iAnywhere Solutions, announced a new version of M-Business Anywhere mobile application platform...more>

4/12/04 -  Union Bank Chooses Ingrian to Enhance Security of Customer Data
Union Bank’s staff is deploying Ingrian products in their network to augment the security and reliability of the company’s online banking infrastructure...more>

4/12/04 - PBS Uses Redline Networks to Speed Web Access, Save on Bandwidth
The Public Broadcasting Service has installed acceleration appliances from Redline Networks to speed access to its Web site...more>

4/12/04 - NetScreen Raises the Bar with Next-Generation Integrated Network Security Platform
NetScreen Technologies announced availability of the NetScreen-ISG 2000, integrated security gateway  to provide perimeter security functionality protecting against network- and application-level threats...more>

4/9/04 - MX LOGIC REPORTS SPAM TRAFFIC INCREASES 4 PERCENT SINCE JANUARY AND 67
PERCENT FROM ONE YEAR AGO
MX Logic, Inc. announced that spam traffic has increased four percent since January and 67 percent from one year ago. Additionally, in March, MX Logic reported that only three percent of unsolicited commercial email complied with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, the federal anti-spam law that went into effect Jan. 1...more>

4/6/04 - Keynote Acquires NetRaker
Keynote Systems acquired NetRaker, online customer experience management solutions...more>

4/6/04 - Instant Messaging Spam, or 'Spim,' Threatens Enterprise and User Security, Warns FaceTime
FaceTime Communications warned of spim's ability to compromise network security as well as the information security of both enterprises and users...more>

4/6/04 - Gómez Unveils Next-Generation Internet Performance Management Solution
GPN 5.0 enhances Internet services delivery via unique and enhanced Internet application performance monitoring capabilities...more>

4/6/04 - Network Appliance Announces Support for New SNIA SMI-S Standard
Network Appliance announced the NetApp SMI-S 1.0.2 conformant provider now complies with the latest version of the Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA's) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) 1.0.2...more>

4/6/04 - Blue Coat Announces Distribution Agreement with Alternative Technology
Alternative Technology will distribute the Blue Coat family of proxy appliances throughout North America...more>

4/6/04 - NextHop and Jaluna Partner to Provide High-Capacity Integrated Software Platform for Multi-Service Routing
NextHop Technologies, network routing software, and Jaluna SA, multiple operating system platform solutions, announced a co-marketing agreement to help assure compatibility...more>

4/6/04 - NextHop and Interpeak Join Forces to Strengthen Embedded Internet Routing and Connectivity
NextHop Technologies and Interpeak AB, Internet and security protocol solutions, announced a co-marketing agreement...more>

4/5/04 - AlterPoint Joins IBM PartnerWorld For Developers Program
AlterPoint, enterprise network configuration management solutions, has joined the IBM PartnerWorld for developers program and will integrate DeviceAuthority Suite with IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console and Tivoli NetView...more>

4/5/04 - RouteScience Adaptive Networking Software Ensures Application Quality over Private/Public Hybrid Neworks
RouteScience's ANS5 applies its knowledge of the specific network service needs of Web, enterprise, voice-over-IP (VoIP), and multimedia applications to assess all available paths through the WAN, determine the best path...more>

4/5/04 - BorderWare Extends Alliance with Open Systems Australia to Deliver MXtreme Mail Firewall Appliances based on Sun Fire Systems
BorderWare Technologies Inc. extended its distribution agreement with Open Systems Pty. Ltd., delivering the iForce Mail Firewall Appliance, Powered by Sun and BorderWare, in Australia...more>

4/5/04 - FineGround Expands into Asia
FineGround Networks, web application optimization, has opened a sales office in Hong Kong to expand business operations into Asia Pacific...more>

4/5/04 - Chick-fil-A Deploys StealthWatch by Lancope to Ensure Network Integrity 
Chick-fil-A, the second-largest chicken restaurant chain in the U.S., has deployed Lancope's StealthWatch on its distributed network infrastructure that supports all of Chick-fil-A’s 1,130 restaurants in 37 states and Washington, D.C....more>

4/5/04 - New ZipEnable Tool Optimizes Built-In IIS 6.0 Compression on Windows Server 2003
Port80 Software introduces ZipEnable, software to deploy and manage IIS 6.0 native HTTP compression on Windows Server 2003...more>

4/5/04 - Despite Can-Spam Lawsuits Postini Sees No Change In March Spam Flow For Its 2,700 Customers
Postini, which processes over 1.2 billion emails a week, said spam accounted for approximately 77% of all email processed by Postini in March, an increase from 76% in February 2004. Postini also protected its customers from 9,892,261 directory harvest attacks (DHAs)...more>

4/5/04 - EMC's Management Software Supports SMI-S Standard
EMC ControlCenter" and EMC Visual families of storage resource management software support the SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)...more>

4/15/04 - EMC Reports First Quarter Results
Total consolidated revenue for EMC's first quarter was $1.87 billion, 35% higher than the $1.38 billion reported for the first quarter of 2003...more>

4/15/04 - Visto Corporation Increases Funding Round to $65 Million
Visto Corporation, personal and corporate mobile messaging solutions, extended its round of private equity financing with an additional $15 million from Meritech Capital Partners and Oak Investment Partners. This brings the total amount raised for this round to $65.4M...more>

4/14/04 - PalTalk Receives $6M Series B Round
PalTalk, software enabling voice and video conferencing, instant messaging and voice email, raised $6M Series B round...more>

4/13/04 - LiveVault Closes Q1 2004 With 28% Quarter over Quarter Growth
LiveVault, online backup and recovery solutions,  closed another record quarter in Q1 2004, with 182 new customers, 28 percent quarter over quarter growth and a sustained 162 percent annualized growth rate. No financial data presented...more>

4/13/04 - $12.4 MILLION IN NEW CAPITAL SECURED IN SENFORCE TECHNOLOGIES’ LARGEST FUNDING ROUND
Senforce Technologies, location-aware endpoint security, closed $12.4 million in financing co-led by vSpring Capital and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, and included American River Ventures, Rocket Ventures, and EsNet Group...more>

4/13/04 - Cedar Point Communications Raises $20M
Cedar Point Communications, packet-based voice and multimedia switching, secured $20M in additional funding from JP Morgan Partners with Ascent Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital and STAR Ventures...more>

4/13/04 - Intrusec Raises $5M in Series A
Intrusec, network security software, raised $5M in Series A financing...more>

4/12/04 - Trusted Network Technologies Secures $12M in Accelerated Second Round of Funding
Trusted Network Technologies, identity-based firewall, raised $12M second round of financing from JK&B Capital with Charles River Ventures and Flagship Ventures. Total venture capital is $18M...more>

4/12/04 - Chantry Networks Secures $11M in Equity Financing
Chantry Networks, routed wireless networking technology, secured an additional $11 million in a Series B round of private equity financing led by Ventures West with Flagship Ventures, Primaxis Technology Ventures and Venture Coaches/ Skypoint Capital...more>

4/12/04 - Lambda Optical Systems Secures $14M
Lambda Optical Systems secured $14M in Series B funding from Savin Rosen Funds and ComVentures. The funding follows $10M in Series A in March 2003...more>

4/04 - Caymas Systems Receives $12M in Expansion Round
Caymas Systems, identity-based secure access appliances, raised $12M in its second round of funding from ComVentures and Redpoint Ventures...more>

4/04 - Augmentix Closes $3M in Funding
Augmentix , servers for mission-critical applications, closed an initial capital investment in a $3M round of funding from Austin Ventures...more>

4/704 - Lancope Secures $12.5 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Round of Funding
Lancope, Inc., network integrity solutions, closed its Series C round of financing, led by Canaan Partners with Council Ventures, GMG Capital Partners and H.I.G. Ventures. The new $12.5 Million Series C funding round brings the total amount of equity investment in Lancope to over $24 Million...more>

4/704 - Qlusters Announces Strategic Funding
Qlusters, enterprise cluster management, received $16M in funding from Duff Ackerman and Goodrich LLC and Charles River Ventures with Benchmark Partners and Israel Seed Ventures...more>

4/5/04 - Seclarity Launches and Receives Funding
Seclarity, network security hardware/software products, launched with $4M in Series A funding led by Blumberg Capital, Intel Capital, and Valley Ventures...more>

4/5/04 - Starent Networks secures $25 million Series D funding
Starent Networks Corporation, next generation intelligent mobile infrastructure solutions, received $25 million in financing. The Series D round was led by Focus Ventures and included ITOCHU Corporation of Japan with Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd...more>

4/2/04 - Astoria Software Raises $11.4M
Astoria Software, software for managing structured content, secured $11.4M in Series A funding led by Blueprint Ventures and Goldman Sachs as new investors with APV Technology Partners, Ticonderoga Capital, Crystal Ventures and Solstice Capital...more>

April 13, 2004 - Former HUD Secretary and Vice-Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp To Head Tropos Networks Advisory Board...more>

April 13, 2004 - Jeffrey Hudson named CEO at VhaYu Technologies, delivering real-time and historical tick-data capture, storage, analytics and execution solutions...more>

April 13, 2004 - IP Dynamics, secure virtual network solutions, appoints Philippe de Moras as vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa...more>

April 12, 2004 - Infozen, IT services provider in enterprise e-solutions, risk and data management, hires Raj Ananthanpillai as CEO...more>

April 12, 2004 - Former Jupiter Media executive, Andrew Markham,  joins Pivia Software, Web application optimzation software...more>

April 12, 2004 -Doug Dormer president of Black Dragon Software, products that measure the strength of company's IT sescurity, appointed CEO...more>

April 2004 - Atreus Systems, software for creation and delivery of new telecommunications services, appointed Ron Blair, chief financial officer...more>

April 2004 - Peakstone names Jeff Johnson vice president of worldwide sales...more>

April 7, 2004 - Jeannine Bartlett joins KaVaDo, Web application protection, as vice president product management and Yigal Rozenberg as vice president of research and development...more>

April 6, 2004 - Sourcefire, intelligent security monitoring, named Michele Perry as chief marketing officer...more>

April 6, 2004 - Skybox Security,  provider of the
first Exposure Risk Management (ERM) solution, appointed Ran Harpaz as vice president of customer service; Rick Maddox joins as vice president of sales;  and Yo Delmar joins as vice president of business development...more>

April 5, 2004 - Mark Taber becomes vice president of worldwide sales and channels at DataPower...more>

April 5, 2004 - AppStream appoints Srinivasa Venkataraman as executive vice president of products...more>

April 5, 2004 - Syndesis, next generation data services, selected John Lochow as president and CEO...more>

Week of March 29, 2004

3/31/04 - Expand Networks Introduced Free WAN Application Monitoring Tool
Expand Networks announced the availability of free wide area network monitoring software. The tool allows companies to view the make up of their WAN, evaluate current performance, pin-point trouble spots and ultimately validate the impact next generation WAN compression solutions...more>

3/30/04 - Graybar Deploys Tumbleweed's Anti-Spam Update Service to Stop 99% of Spam
Graybar, electrical and telecommunications distributor, has selected and deployed Tumbleweed’s Dynamic Anti-spam Service to combat spam...more>

3/30/04 - Lancope Provides Generous Donation of StealthWatch to Wright College in Chicago
Lancope, provider of behavior-based threat detection and network intelligence solutions, has donated its StealthWatch solution to Wright College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. Wright College will use the StealthWatch technology in its Computer Security and Forensics Investigation (CSFI) Lab...more>

3/29/04 - Grand Central Communications and DataPower Team to Provide Integration On Demand with Guaranteed End-to-End Message Level Privacy
Grand Central Communications and DataPower Technology announced a joint-partnership and marketing agreement...more>

3/30/04 - NetScreen Demonstrates IPv6 Solution Interoperability; Secures Testing Site
NetScreen Technologies announced that it successfully participated in a set of IPv6 solution interoperability tests...more>

3/30/04 - Leading Korean College Deploys Force-10 E-Series for Campus-Wide High Performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network
Korea’s Sangji Youngseo College has deployed the Force10 E-Series switch/routers to upgrade its campus network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet...more>

3/29/04 - Mirapoint Appliances Power Temple University’s Campus-wide Message Network
Temple University has standardized on Mirapoint’s email server and security appliances for campus-wide deployment for the university’s nearly 40,000 students, faculty and staff...more>

3/31/04 - Isilon Systems Closes $15.5M
Isilon Systems, intelligent clustered storage systems for digital content, closed $15.5 million third round of financing. The round was led by Lehman Brothers with Sequoia Capital, Atlas Venture and Madrona Venture Group...more>

3/31/04 - NextHop Technologies Adds $4M Funding
NextHop Technologies, network software solutions, added $4M in funding, bringing the total raised to date to $18M. Investors were New Enterprise Associates, Labrador Ventures and Parker Price Venture Capital....more>

3/31/04 - Intoto Inc. Secures $11 Million of Funding from Financial and Strategic Partners
Intoto Inc., integrated security, wireless and voice software platform products, secured $11 million of investment led by AsiaTech Management and a corporate partner....more>

3/30/04 - DeepNines Lands $16M Investment
DeepNines, integrated security platform secured $16M of venture capital funding co-led by Dawntreader Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and EFO Holdings...more>

3/30/04 - Mendocino Software Secures $15M in Initial Round
Mendocino Software, application recovery software, secured $15M in its Series A funding co-led by Mayfield and Accel Partners with Advent International and Foundation Capital...more>

3/30/04 - AePona Raised $5.2M
AePona, Northern Ireland software solutions company to telecommunications, raised $5.2M from Amadeus Capital Partners and Trinity Venture Capital...more>

3/29/04 - Lombardi Software Raises $10M in Funding
Lombardi Software, business process management software, secured $10M in funding led by InterWest Partners with Austin Ventures, Palomar Ventures and Sanders Morris Harris...more>

3/29/04 - Ascendent Telecommunications Receives $7M in Series B Round
Ascendent Telecommunications, mobility solutions, raised $7M in Series B round of financing led by ComVentures with Enterprise Partners Venture Capital...more>

3/04 - Airpath Wireless Completes $6M Series A Financing
AirPath Wireless completed $6M Series A financing from Boston Millennia Partners...more>

3/29/04 - Peakstone Accelerates Growth by Securing Additional Round of Funding
Peakstone Corp. raised $5 million in additional equity funding. The round was led by JPMorgan Partners with existing investor Advanced Technology Ventures...more>

3/29/04 - SIPQuest Receives Funding
SIPquest, VoIP software, completed an undisclosed financing agreement with Skypoint Capital and Covington Capital...more>

3/29/04 -Broadstream Communications Acquires StellarTV, LLC &  Announces First Close of its Series-A Financing
Broadstream Communications announced that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of StellarTV, LLC and  the first closing against its Series-A equity offering. Benaroya Capital LLC, and other local investors led the first round closing...more>

3/30/04 - CloudShield Secures New Funding
Cloudshield Technologies completed its third round of venture financing for $20M led by Foundation Capital, Paladin Capital Group, ComVentures and TPG Ventures....more>

3/29/04 - Precision I/O Raises $10M
Precision I/O raised $10M in first round funding led by Advanced Technology Ventures, 3i, and Foundation Capital...more>

3/25/04 - Mirra Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding From Sequoia Capital
Mirra, digital content protection and management solutions, closed $8M in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital, Venture Strategy Partners and Sunrise Capital...more>

3/24/04 - Securify Lands $15M in Oversubscribed Round
Securify, network security management software, closed $15 million in financing in a significantly oversubscribed funding round. JPMorgan Partners led the round with Benchmark Capital and Pequot Capital...more>

3/24/04 - HyperRoll Secures $12M in Series C
HyperRoll, data aggregation software, closed its third round of funding for $12M, bringing the total amount raised to $27.6M. Investors for the third round were Bessemer Venture Partners with Greylock, Sequoia Ventures, Microdent Ventures and Vertex Venture Capital...more>

3/22/04 - Oblicore Secures $9M
Oblicore, Service Level Management (SLM) applications, raised $9 million in Series C round of funding bringing the total raised to $21M. The financing was led by JVP and Favonius Ventures with Concord Ventures and Platinum Neurone Ventures...more>

3/22/04 - SEPATON Secures $23.5M in Funding to Drive Continued Growth in Data Protection Appliances for Enterprises
SEPATON, data protection appliances, secured an additional $23.5 million in Series D equity financing led by Menlo Ventures and Valhalla Partners and Jerusalem Ventures Partners (JVP)...more>

3/22/04 - Astute Networks Attracts $15M Round of Funding Led by ComVentures
Astute Networks, silicon-based protocol acceleration solutions, closed $15M in second round of funding. Investors included ComVentures, U.S. Venture Partners, BA Venture Partners, Windward Venturesand Dali Hook partners...more>

3/22/04 - Anta Systems Secures $2.4M in First Round of Public Financing
Anta Systems,  turnkey Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions, completed $2.4 Million in Series A financing. The investors in this funding round include investors from the U.S., Japan, Korea and Greater China, including Daehong Corporation, Eastar, Global Alliance and Versatile Venture....more>

March 2004 - Mark Davis joins MonoSphere as vice president of marketing and general manager of customer service and support...more>

March 31, 2004 - Laurel Networks names Jonathan Bierman to vice president of worldwide sales and customer support...more>

March 29, 2004 - Ingrian Networks appoints Eli Kali vice president of business development..more>

March 2004 - Kent Thexton joins SEVEN, real-time mobile access, as co-chief executive officer...more>

March 24, 2004 - Neal Ater appointed chief executive officer at Storactive, continuous data protection technology company...more>

March 23, 2004 - Zantaz names Steve Kennedy senior vice president of worldwide sales and business development...more>

March 22, 2004 - Peter Dixon named vice president of world wide sales at NeoScale...more>

March 22, 2004 - Qpass selects Wilfred Schmedes as vice president of North American sales...more>

Week of March 22, 2004

3/26/04 - EMC Brings World of Advanced Networked Storage to Massachusetts Students
Massachusetts schools in Franklin, Hopkinton, Milford, Upton, Westborough and Worcester will deploy more than five terabytes of EMC CLARiiON information storage systems. Five terabytes is the equivalent of five million books, one million digital photos or 200,000-300,000 MP3 files...more>

3/24/04 - Lockheed Martin Unit Chooses Media Publisher & Network Appliance Solutions for Streaming Infrastructure
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company has selected Media Publisher 3.1 software in combination with the Network Appliance NetCache-based enterprise content delivery network (ECDN) solution...more>

3/24/04 - Tumbleweed Announces Availability of Email Authentication Engine To Stop Spoofing, Spam and Phishing
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. announced the availability of the Tumbleweed Email Authentication Engine, allowing recipient gateways and users to transparently verify the source of an email message...more>

3/24/04 - Coyote Point Systems Announces Strategy to Deliver Blade Server Load Balancing Solutions
Coyote Point Systems, Internet traffic management technology, made its Equalizer technology available for license to blade server vendors...more>

3/23/04 - Internap to Support Connexion by Boeing for High-Speed In-Flight Connectivity
Internap Network Services Corporation has been selected by Connexion by Boeing to support delivery of high-speed in-flight connectivity to corporate and commercial airline passengers and operators...more>

3/23/04 - Intelliden R-Series Solution Achieves HP OpenView Certification
Intelliden Corporation announced that Intelliden R-Series software suite has achieved the status of an HP OpenView Certified Application with its integration to HP OpenView Network Node Manager...more>

3/23/04 - Akonix Enforcer v3.1 Enhances Network Protection Against Unauthorized IM & P2P Use
Akonix Systems launched Enforcer v3.1, the latest edition of perimeter security solution specifically designed to prevent unsanctioned access to IM and peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks...more>

3/23/04 - Veritas DGC deploys Force10 to bring network resiliency to complex geophysical analysis business
Veritas DGC has deployed the Force10 E1200 in its data processing centers to increase the resiliency and predictable network performance required to provide its suite of integrated geophysical services worldwide...more>

3/23/04 - FaceTime Announces RTG500
FaceTime's RTG500, network appliance to secure instant messaging and peer-to-peer communications...more>

3/23/04 - Eastern Bank Again Turns to Keynote to Assure Online Customer Service; This Time with Cost-Effective Load Testing
Eastern Bank, full-service independent bank in New England turned to Keynote Systems to assure a high level of customer service and Web site accessibility...more>

3/23/04 - MessageGate Acquires MessageFire
MessageGate, enterprise messaging security and compliance, announced the acquisition of MessageFire LLP, provider of predictive spam blocking solutions...more>

3/22/04 - Cisco Systems to Acquire Riverhead Networks
Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Riverhead Networks, developer of security technology that protects against Distributed Denial of Serivce attacks...more>

3/22/04 - Sarvega Announces The Guardian Family of XML Security Appliances
Sarvega announced the availability of its Guardian Gateway and the Guardian Accelerator for XML security applications...more>

3/22/04 - Sarvega XML Guardian Security Gateway Selected by EDS
EDS selected Sarvega’s XML Guardian Security Gateway for major government digital signature processing application...more>

3/22/04 - Equinix Centers Chosen As Key Network Nodes In The U.S. By Teliasonera International Carrier
TeliaSonera International Carrier has moved key North American points of presence (POP) into Equinix centers to enhance global connectivity and provide customers new options for IP transit and Ethernet transport services...more>

3/22/04 - NetScreen Secures Wireless Telecommunication Providers’ Networks
18 of Fortune’s top 24 listed global telecommunication providers, in addition to many regional providers, such as Hutchison 3G Australia and TELUS us Netscreen's solutions...more>

3/22/04 - iAnywhere Prescribes Mobile Technology to Eli Lilly's Italian Sales Team
Eli Lilly leverages Mobile Pharma from iAnywhere to provide PDA-based sales force automation solutions to its cancer specialist sales team...more>

3/04 - Network Appliance Announces Support of SAP NetWeaver '04
Network Appliance announced its support for SAP NetWeaver '04, SAP's integration and application platform...more>

3/04 - HP to Acquire TruLogica to Extend Adaptive Enterprise Strategy and HP OpenView Portfolio
HP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TruLogica,  provider of IT user-provisioning software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...more>

Week of March 15, 2004

3/19/04 - Internap Picked By GameWyze for High-Performance IP Service
GameWyze, operator and franchiser of retail interactive gaming centers, has signed a multi-store contract for high-speed Internet connectivity service provided by Internap...more>

3/18/04 - Tumbleweed Acquires Anti-Spam Appliance Vendor Corvigo
Tumbleweed Communications announced its acquisition of leading anti-spam appliance vendor Corvigo, secure Linux-based anti-spam appliance to its portfolio, Tumbleweed strengthens its leadership position in the anti-spam and email security markets...more>

3/18/04 - Pronto Networks Introduces Aprisa
Pronto Networks, OSS solutions, launched Aprisa, new Wi-Fi service delivery appliance...more>

3/17/04 - Connected Selects Internap's High-Performance IP Solutions
Connected Corporation, which provides automated back-up and recovery services for distributed data, has chosen Internap's high-performance Internet connectivity and colocation solutions...more>

3/17/04 - Bayly Communications Selected to Distribute Applied Innovation's Network Management Solutions in Canada
Bayly Communications, network access and transmission products, has partnered with Applied Innovation to market the company's network management solutions in Canada...more>

3/17/04 - Japan's second largest ISP deploys Force10 E-Series to bring 10 Gigabit Ethernet routing to their network
BIGLOBE, NEC’s wholly-owned flagship Internet service provider, has deployed Force10's E1200 providing BIGLOBE with the capacity to accommodate the flood of peer-to-peer traffic...more>

3/16/04 - Mirror Image Selects Equinix to Expand Global Network to Meet Growing Demand for Web Computing Solutions
Mirror Image has selected Equinix to expand its global Content Access Point® (CAP) network to handle the increasing customer demand for its Web Computing solutions...more>

3/16/04 - Bland Bankart Deploys Expand To Enable Real-Time Brokering And Risk-Management
Bland Bankart, independent retail insurance broking, risk management and financial services in the United Kingdom has deployed Expand Networks’ ACCELERATORs to increase the volume of data throughput over the existing WAN links allowing users to transact business in real time...more>

3/16/04 - Radware Announces North American Distribution Agreement with Alternative Technology
Radware announced a strategic partnership with Alternative Technology, value- added technology distributor...more>

3/15/04 - IronPort Systems Announces IronPort C10, an Email Security Appliance for Small and Medium Businesses
IronPort, email infrastructure products, announced the availability of IronPort C10 Messaging Gateway appliance for businesses with fewer than 250 email users...more>

3/15/04 - IronPort Systems Launches Worldwide Channel Partner Program
IronPort launched the IronPort Worldwide Channel Partner Program, establishing relationships with 40 leading VARs and resellers...more>

3/15/04 - New Redline Release Targets Application Availability
Redline's new release 3.3 allows enterprises to implement initiatives such as data center consolidation and the "real-time enterprise"...more>

3/04 - Agitar Software Closes Second Investment Round
Agitar Software, managed developer testing, closed $12.6M led by New Enterprise Associates with Wilson Sonsini Investment Co., Amidzad II LLC, and Sequoia Capital...more>

3/04 - Voltaire Secures $15M in Funding
Voltaire, InfiniBand solutions, secured $15 million in financing bringing the company's total funding to date to $50 million. Baker Capital, Pitango Venture Capital and Vertex Venture Capital led the oversubscribed round. Existing investors Platinum Venture Capital, Tamir Fishman Ventures, and The Challenge Fund also participated...more>

3/04 - Trigence Positions for Growth with $4.1M Financing
Trigence closed $4.1M ($5.5M CDN) in funding from VenGrowth Capital Partners and BDC Venture Capital with Axis Investment Fund. Total investment to date is $5.4M ($7.2M CDN)...more>

3/18/04 - CableMatrix Raises $3.3M in Series A Round
VentureWire reported that Walden Israel invested $1.25M in a $3.3 million Series A round in CableMatrix...more>

3/18/04 - Maven Networks Closes $10 Million Financing Round Led by Accel Partners
Maven Networks, a broadband media software company, completed a $10 million second round of venture financing. The Series B investment is led by Accel Partners with General Catalyst Partners. Maven's total venture financing now exceeds $15 million...more>

3/16/04 - Speakeasy Builds on Success and Plans for Dramatic Growth with $24 Million Financing Round
Speakeasy, broadband services provider, raised $24.0 million series D financing round from 3i and BV Capital...more>

3/16/04 - NetScaler Attracts $20 Million from Leading Investors in Oversubscribed Expansion Round
NetScaler raised $20 million in an expansion round of funding led by Focus Ventures, Granite Global Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs & Co., Gabriel Venture Partners, and Bay Partners...more>

3/16/04 - Bitfone Secures Series C Funding Of Over $21 Million
Bitfone Corporation, over-the-air (OTA) firmware update technology for mobile phones, closed a Series C funding round and secured over $21 million, bringing the company’s total investment to more than $57 million. Prism Venture Partners led the round, with Nokia Venture Partners, Nexit Ventures, St. Paul Venture Capital, 3i, CIR Ventures, and KTB Ventures and Flextronics...more>

3/04 - StrongMail Systems Receives $6M in Equity Funding
StrongMail Systems, e-mail infrastructure, announced that Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures have invested $6 million in the company...more>

3/04 - Zend Technologies Raises $6M
Zend Technologies, Internet infrastructure software developer, received $6M from Index Ventures, Shtrem, Fudim, Kelner & Co. and Walden Israel Funds...more>

3/04 - MetroFi Secures $2.5M in Seriea A Round
MetroFi, broadband wireless access network, secured $2.5M in Series A financing led by August Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds and others...more>

3/04 - GeoTrust Closes $3.7 Million Investment Round
GeoTrust, identity and security solutions for e-business and certificate authority, closed $3.7 million round of funding, led by St. Paul Ventures and Prism Ventures. Castile Ventures also contributed to the Series E round...more>

March 2004 - Don Witmer joined NetLogic Microsystems as vice president and chief financial officer...more>

March 17, 2004 - Atempo, data protection software, appointed Herve Goguely as executive vice president of U.S. operations, Marianne Nole as vice president of sales, Paul Linares as vice president of U.S. Technical operations; and Randy Batterson, director of strategic alliances and OEMs...more>

March 16, 2004 - Brendan Hannigan promoted to executive vice president of marketing and product engineering at Q1 Labs...more>

March 16, 2004 - Vivato, a wireless systems infrastructure company, named Kevin Ryan as vice president of marketing and business development...more>

March 16, 2004 - PacketHop appoints David Thompson as vice president of marketing...more>

March 16, 2004 - Citadon, Web-based collaboration, appointed Carol Lopez vice president of finance...more>

Week of March 8, 2004

3/12/04 - Cisco Systems to Acquire Twingo Systems
Cisco Systems, announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Twingo Systems, provider of desktop security solutions for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). This acquisition advances Cisco's leadership in providing secure connectivity solutions and reinforces Cisco's Self Defending Network strategy...more>

3/10/04 - New Enhancements Further Cisco IOS as a Key Component for Self-Defending Network
Cisco is integrating security throughout the network, defense without inhibiting the access of legitimate users and, as a result, preserving the rich productivity advantages of Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications. The two key hardware announcements are the Cisco 7301 Series Router and the Cisco VPN 3020 Series Concentrator...more>

3/10/04 - The Economist Group Entrusts Internet Connectivity to Internap
In a deal that effectively entrusts The Economist Group's network edge to Internap, Internap will provide The Economist Group with Performance IP connectivity to Internap's Private Network Access Point (P-NAP) in London...more>

3/10/04 - America Online, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo! Team Up to File First Major Industry Lawsuits Under New Federal Anti-Spam Law
Microsoft joined the founding members of the industry anti-spam alliance, America Online, EarthLink and Yahoo! to file six separate lawsuits against top, serial spammers under the new federal anti-spam law - CAN-SPAM. The coalition was launced in April 2003...more>

3/10/04 - Coon Creek Telephone Company Chooses SkyStream for Video Services Roll Out
Coon Creek Telephone Company has purchased and deployed SkyStream's Mediaplex-20 to offer video-over-DSL services...more>

3/9/04 - Iowa's Largest Independent Telephone Company Delivers Digital Video Services with SkyStream's Mediaplex
South Slope Cooperative Communications Company purchased and deployed SkyStream's Mediaplex-20 to complete its 'triple play' offering of voice, video and data...more>

3/9/04 - OPSWARE INTRODUCES AUTOMATED ASSET DISCOVERY AND TRACKING, FURTHERING LEAD IN IT AUTOMATION
Opsware, data center automation and utility computing software, announced Opsware Automation: Asset Tracking Edition. Previously known as Tangram's flagship product 'Asset Insight', the re-branding follows the closing of Opsware's acquisition of Tangram Enterprise Solutions...more>

3/9/04 - Internet Express Selects Actelis Networks MetaLIGHT Platform to Deliver High-Quality, Cost-Effective Ethernet Services
Internet Express is now offering high-quality, high-bandwidth Ethernet services to businesses throughout the Midwest using Actelis Networks MetaLIGHT Ethernet-over-Copper platforms...more>

3/9/04 - Tumbleweed Announces Availability Of Anti-Spam Quarantine Manager To Eliminate False Positives
Tumbleweed Communications released Tumbleweed Personal Quarantine Manager which sends out a periodic HTML or text-based email to end users with a listing of all the email messages that have been blocked as suspected spam. To retrieve a blocked message, the end user merely clicks the “Release” button...more>

3/9/04 - BorderWare Partners with Firewall Systems to Expand Distribution of MXtreme Mail Firewall in Australia
BorderWare Technologies expanded distribution of its MXtreme Mail Firewall appliance by announcing a distribution partnership with Firewall Systems Pty. Ltd., a Value-Added Distributor in Australia...more>

3/9/04 - Equinix Direct Multi-Network Connectivity Service Grows to More Than 60 Customers
Equinix announced that more than 60 enterprises, content providers and network service providers have signed on to the company's Equinix Direct™ multi-network connectivity service...more>

3/9/04 - Allot Communications Expands TVC Relationship to Latin American Cable Operators
Allot Communications, traffic management, announced an extension of its partnership with TVC Communications to provide traffic monitoring and management capabilities to Latin America's service providers and cable MSOs...more>

3/9/04 - Forum Systems First Web Services Security Vendor Awarded Dept. of Defense Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certification
Forum Systems, Web services security solutions, released the first Federal Information Assurance Gateway for government agencies that is DoD PKI certified...more>

3/9/04 - Peribit Networks and US Telecommunication Announce Major Partnership for the Middle East
Under the terms of the agreement, US Telecommunication will develop Peribit’s channel partner network, drive sales, co-ordinate regional training, and provide pre and after-sales support across the Middle East, as part of a coordinated effort to broaden the adoption of Peribit products...more>

3/8/04 - Watchfire Acquires GómezPro Scorecard and Website Assessment Business Unit
Watchfire Corporation acquired GómezPro, the benchmarking and website assessment services business unit of Gómez Inc...more>

3/8/04 - Belgium's Leading Newspapers Use Redline Networks Appliances to Boost Web Site Performance
S.A. IPM, one of Belgium's leading media publishing companies, has deployed Redline Networks Web I/O processors to substantially increase performance on the Web sites of the country's two leading national newspapers...more>

3/8/04 - Travelweb Selects Internap to Deliver High-Speed Connectivity for its Online Distribution Network
Internap will provide Travelweb with high-performance managed Internet services for the company’s website...more>

3/8/04 - KnowNow and Accius Deliver Web-based Whiteboard Collaboration Platform to Natsource
KnowNow and Accius Systems Corp announced that Natsource LLC has deployed a KnowNow-enabled Web-based electronic whiteboard solution for real-time online collaboration between brokers...more>

3/8/04 - Akonix Acquires Natural Messaging
Akonix Systems, secure, managed and integrated multi-network enterprise instant messaging (IM) solutions, acquired Natural Messaging, developing and deploying interactive instant messaging applications for the enterprise...more>

3/04 - Expand Networks Now Launches ASEAN Operations
Expand Networks launched its ASEAN headquarters in Singapore, to service businesses in the region seeking to improve application performance and remote access over the WAN...more>

3/04 - Curl Corporation Experiences Significant Growth in Asia
Curl Corporation, software to deliver Web-distributed enterprise applications, announced that Curl Asia Pacific Corporation, distributor in Japan and Korea, has won major accounts for Curl Client/Web Platform, including Nexus, Hitachi Displays and Daewoong Pharmaceutical...more>

3/04 - VASCO and Netilla Announce Joint Product
VASCO, enterprise-wide security products, and Netilla Networks, SSL VPN and Secure Application Access Management solutions, announced that their products will be marketed as a bundle by their common distributors...more>

3/8/04 - Logitech Chooses Packeteer to Ensure Performance of Global Converged Data, Video and Voice Networks
Logitech has deployed Packeteer to ensure performance of applications on a newly converged network at 13 sites around the globe...more>

3/8/04 - CipherTrust Completes $42 Million Round Of Venture Financing
CipherTrust, Inc., email security, completed a $42 million round of financing co-led by top-tier venture capital firms Greylock and Battery Ventures. The Series B round, which is the company's first institutional round of financing, also includes U.S. Venture Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners and Silicon Valley Bank...more>

3/8/04 - Proquent Systems Announces $14M in Venture Backing
ProQuent Systems, Inc., intelligent mobile data infrastructure, secured $14 million in Series D venture capital funding. Nokia Venture Partners and St. Paul Venture Capital lead the series...more>

3/8/04 - Actona Technologies Attracts $10 Million in Series C Funding
Actona Technologies, wide area file services solutions for enterprise storage networks, has attracted $10 million in Series C funding, bringing its total equity investment to $23 million. This most recent round of funding was led by Mayfield and included participation from current investors Sequoia Capital, Evergreen Partners, and the Fantine Group...more>

3/8/04 - NeoPath Networks Locks Up $6M Equity Financing
NeoPath Networks closed a $6M round of financing co-led by August Capital and DCM-Doll Capital Management. Also participating in the round were DotEdu Ventures and Bill Joy through HighBAR Ventures...more>

3/8/04 - Aperto Networks Raises $20 Million in Series D Funding
Aperto Networks, WiMAX-class broadband wireless access systems, announced a $20 million Series D financing round led by JK&B Capital with Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventures, Innovacom, Tyco Ventures, Labrador Ventures, and Satwik Ventures. This funding brings the company's total financial backing to $77 million...more>

3/8/04 - Colubris Networks Secures $13 Million in Series C Funding
Colubris Networks, intelligent wireless LAN (WLAN) access equipment and management systems, secured $13 million in series C funding. The oversubscribed round was led by GrandBanks Capital, with Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds and Prism Venture Partners and the Development Bank of Canada. Total investment in the company to date is $21 million...more>

3/8/04 - World Wide Packets Completes $24.5 Million Round of Funding
World Wide Packets, Ethernet access networking solutions, announced a second close to its current round of funding, bringing the total new investment to approximately $24.5 million. The first close of the third round culminated in a total of $15.7 million. New investors Argo Global Capital and Entrepia Ventures participated in this over-subscribed second close of over $8.7 million...more>

3/8/04 - ProactiveNet Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End Results
In fiscal 2003, ProactiveNet achieved year-over-year revenue growth of 56%, versus fiscal year end 2002. The company also announced it has completed its fourth consecutive quarter of growth. Sales increased by 22% in the fourth quarter of 2003, versus the same period in 2002; by 210% in the third quarter of 2003, versus the same period in 2002; by 34% in the second quarter of 2003, versus the same period in 2002, and by 24% in the first quarter of 2003, versus the same period in 2002...more>

March 2004 - Paramjit Singh Puri has joined Pronto Networks as general manager for the SAARC region and Mangesh Kolhatkar as director of solutions marketing...more>

March 2004 - Grand Central Communications named Stephen Reade as executive vice president, worldwide field operations and Susan Dwyer as vice president, worldwide marketing...more>

March 9, 2004 - Permeo Technologies Inc., SSL VPN solutions,  appointed Michael S. Bennett as Chief Executive Officer...more>

March 9, 2004 - Laurie Riedel chosen as chief financial officer at Authentica, enterprise digital rights management software...more>

March 9, 2004 - Loudeye Corp, digital media solutions, appointed Larry Madden as executive vice president and chief financial officer and Bill Fasig as executive vice president of business development, sales and marketing...more>

March 8, 2004 - Blue Coat named John Carosella vice president of business development...more>

March 8, 2004 - James Miller joins Trapeze Networks, wireless LAN company, as vice president of Americas sales...more>

Week of March 1, 2004

3/4/04 - Caspian Networks Routers Pass Acceptance Testing by U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Caspian Networks' Apeiro has successfully passed network testing by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), clearing the way for U.S. government and defense industry purchases...more>

3/4/04 - Extended Systems and Intellisync Settle Lawsuit
Extended Systems and Intellisync, formerly known as Pumatech, have mutually agreed to settle their ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. Extended Systems will make a one-time payment to Intellisync and receive a license to certain Intellisync patents...more>

3/4/04 - Covad Signs Agreement to Acquire GoBeam to Accelerate Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Launch
Covad will acquire GoBeam, including its assets and intellectual property in a transaction valued at $48 million that is expected to close in May...more>

3/4/04 - MX Logic Finds Only 3 Percent of Unsolicited Commercial Email Compiled with CAN-SPAM Act in February
MX Logic revealed that only 3 percent of unsolicited commercial Internet email complied with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM ) Act in February...more>

3/4/04 - Segue Software and Keynote Systems Partner to Deliver Comprehensive E-Business Testing Solutions
Segue Software and Keynote announced a joint sales and marketing partnership....more>

3/4/04 - Internet Users Can Now Receive Up-To-The-Minute ‘Performance Alerts’ From Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority
Internet users, business or consumer, can now “opt-in” to receive complimentary Internet performance alerts that let users know when “Web events” are occurring that may be slowing down the overall Internet and affecting a person’s ability to successfully access Web sites in a reasonable amount of time or send and receive email...more>

3/3/04 - Blue Coat Study Finds Enterprises Remain Exposed to Illegal File Sharing
Blue Coat Systems announced the results of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing study suggesting nearly 60% of employees are unconcerned the RIAA may take legal action against a company that has copyrighted content on the network...more>

3/3/04 - Paragon Adds Mirapoint Email & Security Appliances to GSA Schedule
Mirapoint announced that the company's complete line of email and security appliances has been added to government reseller Paragon Systems' new General Services Administration (GSA) schedule...more>