Last week, VentureNet, a venture capital conference that presented local technology firms to an audience of venture capitalists was held, and we had a chance to speak to a number of the companies. This week, we're featuring some of the interviews we h

Westlake Village-based Xirrus has received a patent on its wireless arrays, saying today that it has received US Patent D526,973 from the US Patent and Trademark office. The patent covers the physical housing of the firm's Wi-Fi array. The patent names Di

Westlake Village-based Xirrus reports that it has added a strategic distribution partner in Japan. Xirrus announced yesterday that it has added Rikei Corporation to cover the Japanese market for its Wi-Fi products. Xirrus ia provider of Wi-Fi switching pr

Westlake Village-based Xirrus is targeting users interested in quality of service with a new focus on QoS for voice and video over IP. The firm announced this morning that its hardware now supports quality-of-service, for Wi-Fi networks supporting voice a

Calabasas-based Strix Systems, a provider of wireless mesh networking systems, has scored a win in Beijing. Strix said that the Beijing Public Security Bureau has deploed the firm's outdoor and indoor wireless systems to provide mesh networking in the Xic

Westlake Village-based Xirrus, a manufacturer of Wi-Fi networking equipment, said today that it has named two new vice presidents. Xirrus has added Alan Amrod as VP of Marketing of the firm, and Alan Hahn as VP of Sales for the company. Amrod was most rec

San Diego-based Sensoria Corp, a provider of mobile mesh networking software and equipment, Nomad Digital, Intel, and Redline Communications said that the firms have successfully completed a "proof of concept" for providing WiFi to Caltrain commuter rail

Atlanta-based Internet Service Provider Earthlink said Tuesday that it is expanding into another citywide municipal wireless deal, this time with the City of Pasadena. Earthlink said it will build, own, and operate a 23 square mile citywide, municipal wir

Santa Monica-based Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has entered the Malaysian market, the firm said Tuesday. Boingo said that it has signed a roaming agreement with Maxis, a wireless telecommunications company that serves Malaysia. Maxis maintains 118 hot s