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Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 3)

Uncategorized | October 31st, 2008 | No Comments

SM: What happened after Convergent?
LC: I had my own company for a while, and then Bobby called me and I joined Centillion. There we built multi-service switches.

So…What is Design?

Uncategorized | October 31st, 2008 | 5 Comments

By Guest Authors Charley Bush and Kathy Hwang
Can design have the power to raise your stock prices?
In 2004, the British Design Council decided to try to answer this question. They created a “Design Index” out of 63 companies that were best-of-breed in design and compared shares of the Design Index with those of the [...]

Deal Radar 2008: Passenger

Uncategorized | October 31st, 2008 | No Comments

Passenger provides an on-demand platform for companies to collaborate with their customers. The company was founded in 2005 when social networking, web forums and chat rooms had started becoming a common way for consumers, especially younger consumers, to provide feedback (solicited or otherwise) on products. Passenger’s co-founders, Andrew Leary and Justin Cooper, realized that companies [...]

Networking Stocks: Akamai, Level 3, Polycom

Uncategorized | October 31st, 2008 | No Comments

I recently put together a list of top 10 networking stocks. Akamai, which was featured on this list, reported its results yesterday. In this post I discuss their results and those of two other networking companies on the list that recently reported, Level 3 and Polycom.

Forbes Column: Bargains For Private Equity

Uncategorized | October 31st, 2008 | No Comments

In Zero-In this week, I discuss some possible opportunities for private equity. In general, the current environment favors those with lots of cash, and the private equity firms certainly fit that description.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 2)

Uncategorized | October 30th, 2008 | No Comments

SM: What kind of startup did you join?
LC: I went to a company that was competing with Novell. They built a local area network for storage. At the time PCs were still relatively expensive, so the idea was to allow PC users to share storage across the network.

Strong Results From VMW, EMC

Uncategorized | October 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Till last quarter, VMware (VMW) was facing trouble. In these times, when most companies are reporting rather depressing results, both VMW and its parent company, EMC’s results were a pleasant surprise.

Still Innovating in Networking: A10 CEO Lee Chen (Part 1)

Uncategorized | October 29th, 2008 | No Comments

Lee Chen is the CEO of A10 Networks, which he founded in 2004 with a focus on innovation, networking and security. He previously held senior positions at Apple, Convergent, and InSync. Additionally, he was a co-founder at Foundry Networks and Centillion Networks. He has a BS in Electrophysics from National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan and a M.S.E.E. from San [...]