Network World on Start-ups

Cybersecurity is focus of new University of Texas start-up incubator

Ellen Messmer — 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The University of Texas at San Antonio Tuesday announced a technology incubator aimed at fostering IT security-based start-ups within the state.

Network start-ups hurt as venture capital dries up

Jon Brodkin — 2008-10-23T00:00:00Z

Venture capital investment in network technology companies has hit its lowest point in a decade.

Venture investor has high hopes despite economy

2008-10-21T00:00:00Z

At times, Tom Huseby almost sounded like he was giving a stump speech.

Virtual management start-ups weigh in on best practices

Denise Dubie — 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z

Virtualization is a game-changing technology that has many IT managers looking for the best ways to roll out the technology on a large scale in their environments.

IPO dry spell could hurt tech start-ups

Jon Brodkin — 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were zero venture capital-backed IPOs in the second quarter of 2008 - the first time that's happened in 30 years.

Free tools to manage, search virtual environments

Denise Dubie — 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z

Start-up vendors looking to grab some of the management software spotlight at VMworld 2008 next week recently released free software downloads designed to help IT managers track and search data on virtual machines (VM).

ConSentry CEO talks up security issues

Tim Greene — 2008-07-07T00:00:00Z

Network-access-control start-up ConSentry Networks has filled its long-vacant CEO position with Joe Golden, a partner in Accel Partners, a ConSentry investor. Golden was a partner in Accel Partners' London venture-capital office from 2001 until ConSentry hired him; before that he was Cisco's managing director of business development and strategic alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa. With NAC in flux and with some start-ups having failed, Golden spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about ConSentry, its strategy and the future of NAC.

Credit Suisse spin-off manages virtual infrastructure

Denise Dubie — 2008-06-03T00:00:00Z

Credit Suisse spin-off DynamicOps offers virtual resource manager software to help companies keep virtual environments controlled, compliant and secure.

Cloud computing: what it will take for start-ups to succeed

2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

With Google's recent launch of its App Engine, and with the likes of IBM and Amazon having staked claims, cloud computing is clearly a major development in the IT landscape. The benefits are obvious, enabling enterprises to scale rapidly with a level of performance previously available to only the largest companies — all without adding equipment, software or staff.

Storage start-up boasts speed of 1,000 disk drives in one small package

Jon Brodkin — 2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

A storage start-up called Fusion-io that claims it can deliver speeds 1,000 times faster than a single disk drive is making its first product generally available on April 7 and has secured $19 million in venture capital.