Hybrid Cloud Storage Startup Panzura Adds $32M in New Funding

Campbell-based cloud storage company Panzura this week announced it had closed a $32 million round of funding led by Matrix Partners, with participation from Meritech Capital Partners, Opus Capital, Chevron and Western Digital. The 8-year-old company has raised an estimated $90 million to date.

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Bloomberg: VIDEO Inside GoPro's Extreme Adventure Film School

"Who would've thought when Netsoft started working with GoPro that it would turn into this!?"

September 30, 2015 -- (Bloomberg) -- These days Facebook likes are more valuable to an adventure athlete than being on a magazine cover. But to get those likes, athletes need to do more than just dominate their sport. They need to be able to film themselves. Every year GoPro holds a training camp to teach their sponsored athletes how to shoot, edit, and promote video of themselves doing some of the most extreme and dangerous sports out there. This year's camp was in Banff, Alberta and Bloomberg went to see how athletes are learning to grab the world's attention with videos. (Video by Drew Beebe, Adam Wolffbrandt, Ryo Ikegami)

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Mimosa Networks: Bringing fiber-like internet to Wi-Fi

January 7, 2015 -- (Bloomberg) -- Jamie Fink, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mimosa Networks, introduces its wireless technologies that aim to match the speed, reliability and cost of fiber networks.

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GoPro Shares Jump 31% in Debut

June 26, 2014 -- (WSJ) -- GoPro Inc.'s stock-market debut showed the promise of consumer-electronics companies but didn't quell skepticism about the video-camera maker's longer-term prospects.

GoPro makes a wearable high-definition video recorder that first appealed to surfers and cyclists looking for ways to record cool tricks. It is now the top-selling camcorder in the...

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VIDEO: What You Need to Know About the GoPro IPO

May 20, 2014 -- (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg’s Leslie Picker offers background on the business of GoPro as the company files a prospectus for an initial public offering and why the company wants to be known as a media company going forward. She speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.”

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Mimosa Networks Raises $20M To Push Global High-Speed Wireless Networking

May 21, 2014 -- (WSJ) -- Investors are pouring another $20 million into Mimosa Networks Inc., a stealthy Silicon Valley startup whose technology aims to make fiber-speed wireless networks a given around the world, the company told Venture Capital Dispatch.

The investment, which comes from insiders New Enterprise Associates and Oak Investment Partners, takes Mimosa’s total funding to nearly $39 million as Mimosa prepares to launch its first products in mid-June. Valuation is not disclosed.

“We’ve got a 1,000-to-1 mismatch between what we’re supplying [in wireless technology] and what we think the demand will be at the end of the decade. That’s the big backdrop,” said NEA Venture Partner Greg Papadopoulos, a Mimosa board member.

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Bloomberg: GoPro Files for IPO: The Next Big Thing?

February 7, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg senior West Coast correspondent Jon Erlichman reports that GoPro has filed for an IPO initiated by a “confidential” draft registration statement on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.”

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Startup Aims to Reinvent Wireless Communication

Kumu Networks Says It Can Double the Use of Radio Spectrum, Easing Congestion

A small startup is challenging one of the long-held precepts in communications, that mobile devices can't transmit and receive data on one frequency at the same time. An unusual technology proposed by Kumu Networks Inc. emerges as telecom carriers ponder what's next after today's fourth-generation cellular networks to cope with a flood of new smartphone users and data demands on wireless networks.

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VMware buying Virsto Software

A former Netsoft client was acquired today:

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Cloud software company VMware Inc. said Monday that it is acquiring Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Virsto Software for an undisclosed price.

The deal will help VMware speed up its development of storage technologies. Virsto makes software to help customers with storage performance and utilization in virtual environments. Customers turn to these software companies for help managing the complexity and cost of storage and other computing tasks.

VMware, based in Palo Alto, Calif., said the acquisition is scheduled to close in the first quarter.

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Ruckus Wireless Wins Wi-Fi Contract with City of San Jose and Industry Reports Reveal Blazing Growth

Recent Advances in Wi-Fi Technology Make Possible the City’s Vision of Building the Country’s Highest Speed Public Wi-Fi Network

SUNNYVALE, CA, and SAN JOSE, CA, March 12, 2012 – Ruckus Wireless™ (Ruckus), and its integration partner SmartWave Technologies, today announced that they have been selected by the City of San José to supply advanced Wi-Fi products and services for a new high-capacity, high-performance public Wi-Fi network initiative.
The new outdoor Wi-Fi network, initially being deployed in dozens of downtown locations, will cover San José’s business district, allowing the city to offer free high-speed Wi-Fi services. The new high-speed network will be capable of supporting tens of thousands of simultaneous users and hundreds of terabytes of aggregate traffic.

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New Industry Reports Reveal Blazing Growth and Share Leadership for Ruckus Wireless in Both Enterprise and Carrier Markets

New Gartner Report Shows Ruckus as the Fastest Growing in Enterprise WLANs, New Dell’Oro Report Reveals Ruckus as 2011 Market Share Leader in Carrier Wi-Fi Shipments

SUNNYVALE, CA, 12 March 2012 – Ruckus Wireless™ (Ruckus) today announced that it has again been recognized as the fastest growing Wi-Fi supplier within the worldwide market for enterprise wireless according to a new Gartner report. In addition, the company has garnered the top market share spot in the carrier Wi-Fi space, according to a new industry study from Dell’Oro.
In the fourth quarter of 2011, Ruckus achieved the highest year-over-year revenue growth of all wireless LAN suppliers worldwide, growing over 134 percent, according to Gartner’s newly published Market Share: Enterprise WLAN Equipment, Worldwide, 4Q11 report. With respect to Q4, 2011 vendor revenue and unit shipments of WLAN coordinated access points, Ruckus saw 181 and 289 percent growth respectively over the same period in 2010 – increasing its sequential quarterly market share from 3.7 to 4.9 percent worldwide.

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Ruckus Unveils High Capacity Smart Wi-Fi System & High-Speed 802.11n Wi-Fi Wall Switch

Ruckus Unveils High Capacity Smart Wi-Fi System to Tackle
Growing User Density Concerns Caused by Smart Mobile Devices

Newest ZoneDirector 5000 Platform and ZoneFlex Software System Allow Enterprises and Managed Service Providers to Scale Wi-Fi to 20,000 Clients Per Controller, 500 Clients Per Access Point

SUNNYVALE, CA – September 19, 2011 – Ruckus Wireless™ (www.ruckuswireless.com) today unveiled the ZoneDirector™ 5000 (ZD5000) along with a collection of advanced capabilities within a new version of its award-winning ZoneFlex™ software (v9.2) that deliver unmatched scalability, simplicity and security for providing Wi-Fi access to diverse user groups across multiple locations.

As the growth of Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices continues at an unprecedented rate, the demand for wireless capacity and speed is driving organizations to offer more reliable, high-speed wireless service within dense user environments. Designed for this purpose, the new Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi system adds essential hardware and software capabilities to scale, simplify and secure large Wi-Fi networks.

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High-Speed 802.11n Wi-Fi Wall Switch a Hit with Hoteliers

Ruckus ZoneFlex 7025 Lets Hotels Overcome Cost, Complexity Issues of Converging Wired and Wireless Networks to Deliver IP  Guest Services and Support Flood of Wi-Fi-Hungry Mobile Devices

SUNNYVALE, CA – September 19, 2011 – Ruckus Wireless™ (www.ruckuswireless.com) today announced that its high-speed Wi-Fi wall switch (the ZoneFlex 7025) has experienced broad adoption by hotels around the globe looking to deliver a myriad of IP-based in-room services over a unified wired/wireless infrastructure, while also providing high-speed wireless Internet access to a flood of new Wi-Fi-enabled mobile and handheld devices.

The ZoneFlex 7025 Wi-Fi wall switch integrates 802.11n Wi-Fi technology with wired Ethernet ports in a small-footprint wall jack, giving hotel and resort operators an elegant, low-cost and inconspicuous device that allows them to leverage their existing wired infrastructure to deliver an ever expanding set of IP-based guest services over multiple virtual LANs (VLANs). 

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GoPro Launches the Floaty Backdoor

Half Moon Bay, CA, July 25, 2011

GoPro, maker of the world’s most versatile HD cameras, today announced the launch of the Floaty Backdoor, an attachable flotation backdoor for the company’s best selling HD HERO® camera.

The Floaty Backdoor is an industrial strength 3M adhesive backing that attaches the float directly to the HD HERO water housing backdoor. It’s great for snorkeling, diving, surfing, wakeboarding and any other water activity that might require additional safeguarding. This new accessory adds to the HD HERO’s reputation as the most versatile camera in the world.

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Industry’s First Independent Wi-Fi Interference and Capacity Testing by Tom’s Hardware Reveals Ruckus Consistently Outperforms Others

Sunnyvale, CA, July 18, 2011

Ruckus Wireless today announced that its ZoneFlex midrange Smart Wi-Fi system performed up to 10 times faster than higher end competitive wireless products from Cisco, Aruba, HP and others, in the industry’s first independent Wi-Fi interference and capacity tests released by Tom’s Hardware, one of the Internet’s premiere resources for unbiased reviews, news and information on technology.

According to Tom’s Hardware, the wireless LAN testing was developed to determine how advanced Wi-Fi capabilities affect real-world wireless performance at different distances.

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KDDI and Ruckus Wireless Debut the World’s Largest Mobile Data Offload Network and First Nationwide Wi-Fi Access Service in Japan

Tokyo, Japan and Sunnyvale, CA, July 5, 2011

Ruckus Wireless™ (Ruckus) today announced that it has been selected by KDDI Corporation, Japan’s principle telecommunications provider, to supply advanced Wi-Fi products for the world’s first and largest “instant on” Wi-Fi access and mobile data offload service.

With over 32 million mobile subscribers, KDDI is leveraging advanced carrier Wi-Fi technology, pioneered by Ruckus Wireless, to offload mobile data traffic from its cellular network while providing subscribers with seamless, high-speed wireless access throughout Japan.

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Increased Demand for Reliable Mobile Internet Connectivity Drives Strong Q1 Growth for Smart Wi-Fi in Europe and the Middle East

London, England, May 31, 2011

Ruckus Wireless, an innovator of advanced Smart Wi-Fi technology and one of the fastest growing suppliers of advanced wireless products, today announced increased demand of its Smart Wi-Fi products and technologies and said it experienced the strongest quarter-on-quarter (Q/Q) growth within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in the company’s history.

In the first quarter of this year, Ruckus, one of the industry’s fastest growing wireless suppliers, grew by 34 percent overall in EMEA, with an 86 percent increase in outdoor and 27 percent increase in indoor Wi-Fi product shipments.

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Baruch College Makes Big Wi-Fi Move Showcasing How Better Wireless Can Advance the State of Higher Education

Sunnyvale, CA, May 23, 2011

Ruckus Wireless™ today announced that Baruch College, a senior college in The City University of New York (CUNY) system and home to the Zicklin School of Business, one of the largest business schools in the U.S., has standardized on Ruckus products and technology to support a strategic campus-wide initiative to deliver reliable, high-speed Wi-Fi access to some 17,000 students, faculty members, and staff.

Baruch College operates in a very dense campus environment spanning more than 1,000,000 square feet in just two buildings that comprise its north campus.

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The Preakness Stakes Races to Higher Capacity Wi-Fi from Ruckus Wireless

Baltimore, MD and Sunnyvale, CA, May 16, 2011

Ruckus Wireless™ today announced that Believe Wireless Broadband and the Maryland Jockey Club, owner of the Pimlico Race Course, have selected advanced Smart Wi-Fi systems and technology from Ruckus Wireless to deliver reliable, high-capacity Wi-Fi access at the world-famous Preakness Stakes horse racing event, taking place on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Believe Wireless Broadband has provided temporary Internet access to Pimlico since 2007 for the Preakness event.

Teaming with Believe Wireless Broadband, a full-service Internet provider in the Baltimore area, Ruckus Wireless is supplying high-speed.

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Tech Data Canada Corporation and Ruckus Wireless Sign Distribution Agreement in Canada

Mississauga, ON, Canada, April 18, 2011

Tech Data Canada, a leading distributor of IT products, logistics management and other value added services, announced today that it has partnered with Ruckus Wireless™ to offer Ruckus “Smart Wi-Fi” systems and technology to its 5,000 reseller and solution provider customers across Canada. Through the agreement, Tech Data will distribute the entire line of Ruckus ZoneFlex™ Smart Wireless LAN products throughout the country.

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GoPro, Already Profitable, Receives Funding from the same VC that Funded Pure Digital, Maker of the Flip Videocam

Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2011

Even as cellphones put video cameras into pockets everywhere, one company is seeing brisk sales of a rugged video camera that turns ordinary people into the stars of their own self-shot action movies.

GoPro's trick: a collection of mounts that allow its inexpensive cameras to be attached to everything from the tips of surfboards to ski helmets. The cameras have also started winning converts among professional cameramen, who have used the gadgets to burrow into cobra dens and shoot the insides of shark's mouths for television nature shows.

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