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| Jun 11, 2025 | Cisco's Bold Leap into the AI Era: Redefining Network Security and Efficiency | In a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed, Cisco stands at the forefront, ready to reshape the landscape of enterprise networking and security. The company recently unveiled a groundbreaking secure network architecture designed... |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Cisco Unveils Secure Network Architecture to Accelerate Workplace AI Transformation | Radically simplifies network operations, delivers exponential performance with next-generation devices and fuses security into the network
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Cisco's new secure network architecture addresses the urgent challenges for enterprises... |
| May 22, 2025 | CrisisGo Unveils ECHO: The Smarter, Affordable Emergency Response Solution for K-12 Safety | ECHO Badge by CrisisGo
CrisisGo introduces ECHO, a breakthrough in school safety that goes beyond panic buttons—delivering intelligent alerts, instant responder connectivity, and unmatched affordability in one powerful solution.
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| May 8, 2025 | Wi-Fi 7 trials show doubled throughput & lower latency for firms | |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Wireless Broadband reveals Wi-Fi industry trends for 2025 | |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Cisco reports mixed financial performance amidst challenging market conditions | Cisco Australia has released its annual financial results for the fiscal period ended 27 July 2024, revealing a nuanced performance against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions and competitive pressures.
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| Oct 3, 2024 | SolarWinds and Logicalis: Pioneering the Future of IT and Cybersecurity | In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, two companies stand out: SolarWinds and Logicalis. Each is carving a niche in observability and cybersecurity, respectively. Their recent advancements signal a shift in how businesses manage the... |
| Oct 2, 2024 | SolarWinds launches next-generation observability platform with enhanced hybrid IT capabilities
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| Sep 14, 2016 | Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) | A couple of years ago I was talking with a company that wanted to build robots. Their proposed price point for the robots was about $20K per unit. It would be a brand new product, that people had never really seen or experienced before, and... |
| Sep 10, 2013 | Sequoia Made $400M From Meraki’s Sale To Cisco, Says Key To Enterprise Investing Is To Stand Back But Stay Committed | Investing in enterprise startups is a long-odds game, but if you play your cards right you can hit the jackpot. That was one of the takeaways of a conversation today between Doug Leone, a partner at storied VC firm Sequoia; Sanjit Biswas, c... |
| May 15, 2013 | Auvik, Started By A Sandvine Co-Founder And An Ex-BlackBerry CTO, Gets $6M To Take Enterprise Network Control To The Cloud | Auvik Networks, a Canadian enterprise networking startup co-founded by repeat entrepreneur Marc Morin (co-founder of now-public Sandvine and of PixStream, sold to Cisco); David Yach, a former CTO of BlackBerry’s software division; and ex-Sa... |
| May 7, 2013 | Cisco Meraki Launches “Presence,” With Facebook Account Log-In To Wireless Networks | Cisco Meraki has launched a new service called Presence that provides data about mobile behavior across location and automatic log-in to wireless hotspots using a person’s Facebook account.
Presence additionally provides an API that allows ... |
| Nov 27, 2012 | Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft | Smart investors are betting big on business technology.
Sure, all the buzz goes to consumer-focused companies like Facebook and Zynga. But while those companies’ post-IPO performance has been tepid at best, enterprise startups have been qui... |
| Nov 27, 2012 | Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Smart investors are betting big on business techn... |
| Nov 20, 2012 | Cisco Buys Its Way To Continued Relevance | Cisco is not afraid to spend big to show investors that it will not be left behind as software takes on a greater role in networking. The world’s largest maker of networking gear agreed this week to spend $1.2 billion for Meraki, a San Fran... |
| Nov 19, 2012 | Cisco to Acquire Meraki for $1.2BN | Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is to acquire Meraki Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based cloud networking company.
Under the terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, subject to customary closing conditio... |
| Nov 18, 2012 | Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash | Networking tech giant Cisco has just agreed to acquire cloud infrastructure startup Meraki, and my industry sources confirm the purchase price was $1.2 billion, all in cash. I’ve also gotten ahold of the letter to Meraki employees from CEO ... |
| Nov 18, 2012 | Cisco buys cloud network company Meraki for sky-high amount of $1.2B | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Nov 18, 2012 | Cisco buys cloud network company Meraki for sky-high amount of $1.2B | Cisco just announced its intent to buy Meraki Inc. for $1.2 billion. Meraki provides cloud controlled wireless networks for medium-sized businesses. The technology provides customers with solutions for Wi-Fi, routing, switching, security an... |
| Nov 9, 2012 | Liquid Incentive! More Startup Employees Sell Shares Through SecondMarket | Is it a second act for SecondMarket? That might be overstating the case, but the private market’s third-quarter report revealed that a growing portion of the sellers on its platform are current employees putting up shares in their own start... |
| Oct 30, 2012 | You Get A Router! And You Get A Router! Meraki Is Giving Startups $15K In Free Wi-Fi Gear | Meraki wants to celebrate 150 percent revenue growth and its 10,000th customer by bringing Oprah’s generosity to networking infrastructure. Now any company with angel, seed, or Series A funding can apply for a free Meraki Startup Kit with w... |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Meraki Plans To Conquer Enterprise Wi-Fi, Hire Like Crazy With $40M In New Funding | An all-hands meeting at wireless network provider Meraki just closed with a bang: it’s raised $40 million and is now looking for a 100,000 square foot office, my sources confirm. The financing comes mostly from existing investors including ... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Meraki raises $15M for wireless network deployment and management | Companies keep using the phrase “cloud computing” to describe their services. I don’t think it means what they think it means.
That includes Sequoia capital-backed Meraki, a provider of wireless networks and access points that users can man... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | $15M for Meraki | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Meraki, a San Francisco startup that makes wireless access points and routers that owners can manage via cloud connections, said today that it has raised $15 million in new ca... |
| Feb 7, 2011 | Sequoia Leads $15 Million Round In Wireless Networking Company Meraki | Meraki, the cloud-based wireless networking company, has raised $15 million in Series C funding led by Sequoia Capital. This brings Meraki’s total funding to $40 million. Previous investors include Google, DAG Ventures and Northgate Capital... |
| Jul 12, 2009 | Thanks Everyone: The Real Time CrunchUp + The August Capital Summer Party. | Update: We’ve got the photos up for you to check out.
Thank you to all of you who came out to support the 2009 Summer CrunchUp! We broke 600 attendees to the Real Time Stream CrunchUp, double our initial expectations, and we hosted lots mor... |
| Jul 8, 2009 | Win A Ticket To The Real-Time Stream CrunchUp This Friday | For the past few weeks, TechCrunchIT editor Steve Gillmor and I have been pulling together speakers and demos for our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp this Friday. What started as a roundtable and a few demos, quickly grew into a full-fledged mini... |
| Jul 6, 2009 | Going Once, Twice… Last Chance to Catch Tickets for Friday's August Capital Outing and Real Time Stream CrunchUp | The last batch of 150 tickets to attend our 4th annual summer outing on July 10 at August Capital are available now (now sold out), courtesy of Eventbrite. Once these go, the only way in is to attend our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp (which we ... |
| Jul 1, 2009 | Agenda For Real Time Stream CrunchUp (And Third Wave of August Capital Party Tickets) | Our Real Time Stream Crunchup is only a week and half away (get tickets here). We’ve been working hard to pull together the best startups, investors, engineers, and marketers developing products and platforms which take advantage of real-ti... |
| Mar 30, 2009 | Google Ventures officially sets sail with $100 million | updated
So the recent rumors were right — Google just officially launched its highly-anticipated venture capital fund, Google Ventures. The new entity, in the works for a while now, will invest in early-stage technology companies working on... |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Meraki releases triple-radio 802.11n outdoor WiFi node | The front of the Meraki MR58 triple 802.11n radio outdoor node.
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| Oct 24, 2008 | 19,683 Tech Layoffs And Counting | This has been a brutal month or so for tech layoffs. According to our Layoff Tracker, there have been 19,683 job eliminations at tech companies announced since mid-September, and we’re not even counting the 24,600 people at Hewlett-Packard ... |
| Sep 11, 2008 | iPhones Continue to Hammer Networks | iPhone use in the epicenter of the technology world is on the rise, according to research released by Meraki Thursday.
According to the company, which is creating Free the Net, a free wireless network in San Francisco, it has witnessed a si... |
| Aug 1, 2008 | Google's plans to invest more money into startups with VC arm | In mid-2005, Google began experimenting with venture capital investments in startup companies. Now, over three years later, the Wall Street Journal reports the search company has plans to start an arm dedicated only to this kind of investme... |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Google to start new venture capital division — likely for telecom | Reports in years past have suggested that Google, like Intel, Motorola and other large tech companies, might open an internal venture capital fund to invest in startups. The idea has never come to fruition, but a brief in this morning’s Wal... |
| Jul 3, 2008 | Meraki brings free WiFi to 100,000 San Franciscans | Months after Earthlink gave up on providing municipal wireless service in San Francisco, a company called Meraki is quietly moving forward with its plans to blanket the entire city in free WiFi. In fact, the company just crossed a big thres... |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Fon Wants Residents of San Francisco's Castro District to Share Their Wi-Fi | “Give to receive” is the mantra of a new initiative by Spanish startup Fon to bring “free” Wi-Fi to the residents of San Francisco’s Castro District.
The plan is the same one tried by Fon elsewhere: the company gives people Wi-Fi routers to... |
| Jan 4, 2008 | Meraki Networks to Build Free Wireless Web in San Francisco | Startup company Meraki Networks is planning to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet service by next year. The plan includes persuading thousands of San Francisco residents to set up free radio repeaters on their rooftops and in... |
| Jan 3, 2008 | Caught up? Here’s everything from Blekko, Dash’s price, to Android sighting | The holiday break felt especially long this time, so here’s a longer roundup than usual — of everything you may have missed over the last few days:
Ebay’s Kijiji tries to tar Craiglist’s reputation — The NYT has a story about Kijiji, a comp... |
| Jan 3, 2008 | Meraki Networks Raises $20 Million, Expands Free WiFi in San Francisco, Where Google Failed | The dream of free municipal WiFi refuses to die. Meraki Networks is picking up the ball that Google and Earthlink dropped, expanding its free WiFi network to cover all of San Francisco. The service will be ad-supported (ads appear in your t... |
| Aug 15, 2007 | San Francisco Gets Second Wi-Fi Option | A small Mountain View, Calif. based company isn't waiting for EarthLink and Google to iron out contractual details to provide free Wi-Fi in the city of San Francisco.
Meraki would use volunteers who would manage routers themselves to mainta... |
| Jul 18, 2007 | NextHop, provider of WiFi networks for large companies, raises $4M more | NextHop Technologies., a Mountain View, Calif. provider of WiFi and other network software for large companies, said it has raised $4 million in a fourth round of financing.
Investors included New Enterprise Associates, Duchossois Technolog... |
| Dec 1, 2006 | Google invests less than $1M in Meraki for indoor WiFi | See our story here.
VentureBeat VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital townsquare for technical decision makers to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact. Our site delivers essential information on data technologies a... |
| Dec 1, 2006 | Google invests less than $1M in Meraki for indoor WiFi | Compared to other companies its size, Google makes few venture investments, preferring to buy companies outright.
However, it has invested less than $1 million into Mountain View wireless router start-up Meraki Networks, according to GigaOm... |
| Oct 8, 2006 | Roundup of best Silicon Valley news: YouTube, FON, Ning & more | Catching up:
YouTube is making $7.5 million a month –Everyone has been guessing whether YouTube is profitable, given the high costs it faces hosting all its videos. This guy says YouTube is doing $7.5 million a month in ads, and is profitab... |
