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Xirrus Names New Marketing Head

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of wireless networking equipment, said today that it has named Steven Wastie as its Chief Marketing Officer. Wastie has previously served in similar roles at iPass, Juniper Networks, Inktomi, Netscaape, and At&T Online Services. READ MORE>>.

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Xirrus Adds Calix CEO Russo To Board

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of wireless networking equipment headed by Dirk Gates, has snagged the CEO of networking equipment maker Calix for its board. At Xircom, Russo was COO and responsible for sales, marketing, development, and manufacturing. READ MORE>>.

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Xirrus Gets DoD Cert

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of switching, wireless network access points, reported Tuesday that it has been granted a certification from the U.S. The firm said its XN8 Wi-Fi Array was certified both with interoperability with defense networks, as well as cryptographic module support. Department of Defense.

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Will Facebook's IPO Unbottle Southern California's Pipeline?

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Southern California has not had a major, venture backed, technology IPO since May of last year, when Active Network hit the market; it has only one IPO on the calendar this year so far, for Thousand Oaks-based Ceres, expected next week--despite a number of companies who appear to be perpetually in registration, awaiting a turn in the markets.

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Xirrus Wins Local School District

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , which develops Wi-Fi networking devices, reported today that it has deployed its Wi-Fi arrays at the Corona-Norco Unified School District. Xirrus appears to have found a strong niche for its products in the education market, having announced a long string of school and school district wins.

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Xirrus Adds Another Education Customer

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking hardware, has scored another education customer, the firm announced today. The firm has been announcing a large number of wins in the education market in recent months. Financial details on the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Xirrus Aims At Disaster Teams, Event Organizers

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Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , a developer of Wi-Fi networking equipment, announced Monday that it has put together a portable, pre-packaged kit which is designed for deploying Wi-Fi into disaster response and temporary events. Tags: xirrus wifi networking disaster events. Xirrus is venture backed by Canaan Partners, U.S.