Mushroom Networks

Last updated
Mushroom Networks
Company type Private
Industry Telecommunication
Founded2004
Headquarters,
Key people
Cahit Akin
(Co-founder and CEO)
Rene Cruz
(Co-founder)
Rajesh Mishra
(CTO)
Steve Schneider
(CFO)
Steve Brown
(Lead Architect)
Products Networking
Number of employees
14-16
Website www.mushroomnetworks.com

Mushroom Networks, Inc. is a telecommunications company in San Diego, California.

Mushroom Networks was founded in 2004, by electrical and computer engineers Rene L. Cruz, Cahit Akin, and Rajesh Mishra. It was spun off from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and got support from the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center. [1]

The company solely focuses on networking products utilizing their "Broadband Bonding" technology. In various configurations, these products provide the end-user with the appearance of larger bandwidth by aggregating multiple network services through load balancing, and/or channel bonding. [2]

History

In February, 2008, Mushroom Networks introduced the Truffle (BBNA6401) a broadband bonding network appliance. [3]

In July, 2008, the company introduced the Porcini (BBNA4422) which was a sizeably smaller broadband bonding product than the previous Truffle product. This product can bond four wireline internet connections and a wireless USB port card. [4]

In September, 2008 the company introduced the PortaBella (BBNA2242).

In June, 2009, the company introduced the second generation PortaBella (BBNA141).

In July, 2009, the company introduced the second generation Truffle (BBNA 5201G).

In April, 2010, the company announced the TelePorter, the industry's first broadcast quality live video streaming system utilizing bonded cellular link devices. [5]

In July 2017, Mushroom Networks launched autopilot SD-WAN service for partners. [6]

Related Research Articles

Storage Resource Broker (SRB) is data grid management computer software used in computational science research projects. SRB is a logical distributed file system based on a client-server architecture which presents users with a single global logical namespace or file hierarchy. Essentially, the software enables a user to use a single mechanism to work with multiple data sources.

Archos is a French multinational electronics company that was established in 1988 by Henri Crohas. Archos manufactures tablets, smartphones, portable media players and portable data storage devices. The name is an anagram of Crohas' last name. Also, in Greek (-αρχος), it's a suffix used in nouns indicating a person with power. The company's slogan has been updated from "Think Smaller" to "On The Go", and the current "Entertainment your way".

Fortinet, Inc. is a cybersecurity company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and sells security solutions like firewalls, endpoint security and intrusion detection systems. Fortinet has offices located all over the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allot Ltd.</span>

Allot Ltd., formerly Allot Communications, is an Israeli high-tech company that develops telecommunications software. The company is headquartered in Hod Hasharon, Israel.

Extreme Networks, Inc. is an American networking company based in Morrisville, North Carolina. Extreme Networks designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security and access controls.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viasat (American company)</span> American communications company

Viasat, Inc. is an American communications company based in Carlsbad, California, with additional operations across the United States and worldwide. Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.

Skyriver was a business broadband Internet provider headquartered in San Diego, California. It was acquired by One Ring Networks in July, 2018. Skyriver delivered broadband Internet connectivity for enterprise and small-medium businesses, utilizing its proprietary millimeter wave technology. Skyriver offered commercial grade services including dedicated Internet access, Virtual Private Network (VPN), redundancy, and temporary Internet/event bandwidth in California.

Webroot Inc. is an American privately-held cybersecurity software company that provides Internet security for consumers and businesses. The company was founded in Boulder, Colorado, US, and is now headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, and has US operations in San Mateo and San Diego, and globally in Australia, Austria, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom.

eCorridors is an information technology program to promote and facilitate broadband access for communities of Virginia and nearby areas. It was developed by faculty at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT) in the spring of 2000.

The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) is a network research program, funded by the National Science Foundation. The program includes the creation, demonstration, and evaluation of a non-commercial, prototype, high-performance, wide-area, wireless network in its Southern California service area.

Riverbed Technology LLC is an American information technology company. Its products consist of software and hardware focused on Unified Observability, Network Visibility, End User Experience Management, network performance monitoring, application performance management, and wide area networks (WANs), including SD-WAN and WAN optimization.

2Wire, Inc., was a computer hardware manufacturer active from 1998 to 2010 that provided telecommunications companies with home networking hardware, software, service platforms, and remote Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) management systems. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California, in the Silicon Valley. The company had employed approximately 1,600 employees globally, including 550 in R&D, sales and administration, 450 in customer care and 600 agency employees in five U.S. offices and an additional nine offices around the world by July 2010. The 2Wire HomePortal residential gateways were distributed by broadband service providers such as AT&T, Embarq, windstream and Qwest in the United States, Bell in Canada, Telmex in Mexico, BT Group in the United Kingdom, Telstra in Australia and SingTel in Singapore. In July 2010, Pace plc of the United Kingdom agreed to buy 2Wire for $475m (£307m).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tri-City Medical Center</span> Hospital in California USA, founded 1961

Tri-City Medical Center, founded in 1961, is a full-service, acute-care public hospital in Oceanside, California. Located 40 miles north of San Diego, Tri-City serves three major cities in the North County section of San Diego County: Oceanside, Vista, and Carlsbad. The hospital also owns and operates nearby outpatient services, as well as the Tri-City Health and Wellness Complex in Carlsbad, home to the Tri-City Wellness Center, a 58,000-square-foot medically integrated training facility.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pertino</span>

Pertino was a computer networking software company based in Los Gatos, California. In December 2015, Pertino was acquired by Boise, Idaho-based networking company Cradlepoint.

Talari Networks is a San Jose, CA-based manufacturer of networking equipment that allows businesses to combine private wide area networks (WANs) with less expensive broadband connections such as DSL or cable. It was founded in 2007 and launched its initial beta product in early 2008. The company was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2018.

MyRepublic Group Limited is a Singaporean communications service provider. Launched in 2011, MyRepublic currently operates in Singapore and licenses its platform to operators in Brunei and Indonesia.

TeleSoft, Inc. was an American software development company founded in 1981 and based in San Diego, California, that specialized in development tools for the Ada programming language.

A software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) is a wide area network that uses software-defined networking technology, such as communicating over the Internet using overlay tunnels which are encrypted when destined for internal organization locations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cradlepoint</span> American manufacturer of networking equipment

Cradlepoint is a Boise, Idaho-based technology company that develops cloud-managed wireless edge networking equipment. The company was founded in 2006. Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson completed its acquisition of the company in November 2020.

References

  1. UCSD and Mushroom Networks
  2. "Mushroom Networks". DSL Reports.com. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. Product Truffle BBNA6401.
  4. Fierce Telecom Mushroom Networks aims to bond SMBs via Procini
  5. A Generation of New Technology Mushroom Networks Unveils Teleporter Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Narcisi, Gina (2017-07-18). "Mushroom Networks Launches 'Autopilot' SD-WAN Service For Partners". CRN. Retrieved 2018-05-25.