Wednesday, December 15, 2004Nexsan Gets Customer WinWoodland Hills-bsed Nexsan Technologies announced that it has gained a customer win at Xspedius Communications, a integrated communications provider. Xspedius will use Nexsan's ATA-based ATABeast storage to archive and retrieve its mission critical data. Xspedius will use Nexsan's affordable storage in conjunction with its existing EMC SAN to allow it to archive email and other company records. Nexsan's low cost ATA-based storage devices are an alternative to expensive non-ATA RAID storage array (More info...)
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SMC Ships Bluetooth USB SolutionIrvine-based SMC Networks said this morning that it is shipping a new Wireless Bluetooth USB adapter compatible with the new Bluetooth 1.2 standard. The company's SMC-BT10 EZ Connect Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter allows customers to easily set up a personal Bluetooth network. The new device connects up to seven Bluetooth equipped cell phones, PDAs, or other devices. The device is designed for enabling data sharing and transfer between PDAs and cell phones, and lists for $39.99.
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Qualcomm BREWs In IndiaSan Diego-based Qualcomm announced today that it has opened up a development lab in India. The company's new Mumbai lab will provide access to hands-on technical support and development resources for the Qualcomm BREW environment. The company said the lab was established to support the creation of compelling, locally developed wireless data applications. Qualcomm maintains nine developer labs throughout the world to promote development on its BREW wireless environment, which provides cell phone (More info...)
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Sendia Adds Treo Support For Salesforce.comSanta Monica-based Sendia and Salesforce.com announced that it has added palmOne Treo 600 and Treo 650 to its list of supported wireless devices for its wireless access service for Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com subscribers can now wirelessly access CRM customer data on the smart phones using Sendia's wireless salesforce automation product. Sendia develops wireless enterprise solutions which extend desktop applications to mobile platforms. Sendia's Wireless SFA product makes salesforce.com infor (More info...)
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Ixia Finalizes Chariot Software AcquisitionCalabasas-based Ixia said today that Ixia is finalizing the acquisition of the Chariot network testing software product from NetIQ, effective the first of next year. The company had originally paid $17.5M and royalties for US and Canadian distribution rights, and perpetual license to the source code for the Chariot software line. The company is paying a final $2.5M to NetIQ for full ownership of the NetIQ Chariot business and brand name. Ixia's IxChariot product is used by network equipment man (More info...)
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Arkeia Ships PostgreSQL Backup PluginCarlsbad-based backup software provider Arkeia announced yesterday that it has added support for hot backup of the popular PostgreSQL open source database. The company's backup software now supports fully integrated online backup and restore of the database package, allowing administrators to back up the database without having to take the software offline. The hot backup plug-in is compatible with both Arkeia'sNetwork Backup and Server Backup products.
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Inphi Raises $18MWestlake Village-bsaed Inphi has received another $18M in funding for its precision timing devices and high speed electronic components. Funding came from Cadence Design Systems, as well as existing investors Tallwood Venture Capital, Mayfield Fund, and Walden International. The company said that it would use the funding to expand both development as well as market-focused activities, allowing the company to expand production of Inphi's DDR2 logic devices.
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Digital Orchid Gets Strategic InvestmentSan Diego-based Digital Orchid, a developer of real-time wireless applications, announced that it has received a strategic round of venture funding from Qualcomm. The amount was not disclosed. Digital Orchid has developed a number of applications based on Qualcomm's BREW wireless development environment. The company's software includes PitCommand, a wireless application targeted at NASCAR fans which gives real-time race information direct to cellular handsets. Qualcomm invests in companies which (More info...)
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Interview with Richard L. Knapp, Founder of AvantonRichard L. Knapp is the founder of Manhattan Beach-based Avanton (www.avanton.com), a developer of a security appliance targeted at small to medium businesses. The company is in the midst of rolling out its products and raising a round of funding. BK: What is Avanton, and what does your product do? RK: Avanton provides IT infrastructure and security management solutions to customers through its channel of value-added resellers (VAR's), system integrators, IT outsourcers, and other solution pr (More info...)
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