BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.5M
- Private
- US
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Software & Solutions for VOD applications in the Cable, Telco and Enterprise markets
President and CEO
Vivek PendharkarNumber of Employees 34
Contact Information
1196 Borregas Ave Ste 100
Sunnyvale, California 94089-1302
1 650 943 8600
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NAICS Code Software Reproducing: 334611
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Content-House Deploys Kasenna Solutions, Enables IPTV Service Offerings for Russian Telcos
Kasenna , The IPTV Company, today announced that Content-House, an independent provider of interactive TV and PC services to Russian broadband operators, is using Kasenna MediaBase video server software and Kasenna LivingRoom middleware to deliver video-on-demand services to telcos and their customers across the...
Huawei Names Kasenna as Partner in Bringing Video On-Demand to China.
CHICAGO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- - Networking systems giant selects Kasenna's PortalTVTM as pivotal component in its go-to-market strategy for video-on-demand; service provider Chongqing Cable gears up to deliver Kasenna-based VOD to half million households in mainland China ...
C-COR Hires Long-Time Cable Veteran Bob Greiner
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- C-COR Incorporated (NASDAQ:CCBL) has appointed cable industry veteran Bob Greiner to the position of Vice President of Strategic Accounts. Greiner brings 40 years of cable experience to C-COR and will work with the North American sales organization to set strategy for key account opportunities, while concentrating...
Independent Telcos Embrace IPTV — Select Kasenna PortalTV for Technology Solution; Heartland Communications and Kentucky Telephone, among Latest Kasenna PortalTV™ Customers
CHICAGO -- Kasenna, The IPTV CompanyTM, today announced they have been selected by Heartland Communications, and Kentucky Telephone, two of the nation's leading independent telephone operating companies (IOC's) to deploy Kasenna PortalTV as their IPTV solution.
Kasenna Signs Global OEM Agreement for Kasenna PortalTV™ Suite with Leading Network Equipment Provider; Combined Solution Will Offer One-Stop IPTV Solution for Global Tier 1 Carriers
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Kasenna, The IPTV CompanyTM, today announced an agreement under which it will license its PortalTV suite including Kasenna LivingRoom and MediaBase XMP, to Ericsson AB (NASDAQ:ERICY) for integration with Ericsson's broadband access products. Together, Ericsson's networking products and Kasenna's PortalTV suite will provide a fully-integrated, one-stop IPTV...
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Kasenna rings up Telcos with VOD pitch.(IPTV)
Video-on-demand server vendor Kasenna Inc. is adding new features to its service set, packaging its separate content and service-delivery systems as a one-stop shop for telcos entering the IPTV space. The company, which doubled its sales in 20 Video-on-demand...
Kasenna, a provider of broadband video solutions, completed a $15 million round of private equity investment designed to further accelerate its expansion into cable and telecommunications service provider markets around the world
Kasenna, a provider of broadband video solutions, completed a $15 million round of private equity investment designed to further accelerate its expansion into cable and telecommunications service provider markets around the world. Key Ventures led the round while another new investor, AsiaTech Management, joined in the funding. Previous investors include...
Kasenna lands Charter, PrarieWave deals.(Deployments)(Kasenna Inc.)(Charter Communications Inc.)(PrairieWave Communications)
ORLANDO. FLA. -- Kasenna Inc. has landed its first big-name cable operator, signing a deal to deploy its video-on-demand servers in Charter Communications Inc.'s Malibu, Calif., system. The deal was one of many vendor-operator announcements emanati ORLANDO. FLA. -- Kasenna Inc. has landed its...
Kasenna, a broadband video network systems provider, unveiled GuestRoom
Kasenna, a broadband video network systems provider, unveiled GuestRoom, a turnkey product designed to speed development and enhances customization options for system integrators or resellers delivering video-on-demand systems for the hospitality and multidwelling-unit markets. The product features built-in integration with MediaBase XMP, Kasenna's video-delivery platform; preinstalled support for popular billing...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Vivek Pendharkar | President and CEO |
| Pablo Luther | Coo and Chief Financial Officer |
| Dennis Wilkinson | Executive Vice President, Strategic Services |
| Sanjay Mehta | Executive Vice President, Engineering |
| Doug Hilmes | Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| Greg Carter | Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Business |
| Satish Menon | Co-Founder |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Steven M. Krausz | Chairman of the Board |
| Brody Stout | Board Observer |
| Howard Bubb | Board Member |
| John F. Shoch | Board Member |
| Saurabh Srivastava | Board of Directors |
| Ted Mocarski | Board Member |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | President and CEO | Current |
| National Semiconductor Corporation | Design Engineer | Former |
| U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) | Entrepreneur-In-Residence | Former |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | Coo and Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Meru Networks, Inc. | Cfo | Former |
| Sierra Monolithics Inc | Cfo | Former |
| Bombay University | BS | Former |
Denny Wilkinson brings to Kasenna over 25 years of experience with start up and high growth organizations in technology and media. Denny has held senior management positions in advertising, programming, distribution and media technology over his extensive career. Most recently, Denny was CEO of BlackArrow Inc., a VC backed start up conducting pioneering work in the on-demand video advertising space. Prior to BlackArrow, Denny held the CEO position with Lenfest Media, a leading linear ad management company and Princeton Video Image, the creator of the virtual first down line now universally used in NFL broadcasts. Prior to PVI, Denny was Senior Vice President of Programming and Marketing for PrimeStar Satellite TV, the first digital satellite TV provider in the US. In his PrimeStar role, Denny led the teams that acquired all the content for the 150 channel service as well as leading all their marketing efforts. Denny came to PrimeStar from HBO, where he held the position of SVP Consumer Marketing. Prior to HBO, Denny had an extensive career in management roles at leading US advertising agencies. Denny has a BA from Princeton University and has studied at the Harvard Business Schools Program for Management Development.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Strategic Services | Current |
As Executive Vice President of Engineering and Customer Care Services, Sanjay drives the company's engineering and support efforts and is responsible for managing all of Kasenna's engineering and support activities and resources in the Sunnyvale, California headquarters and the company's R&D center in Bangalore, India. Sanjay acquired his more than 20 years of broad industry experience in engineering, operations, and product management at start-up companies as well as large enterprises. Most recently, he served as senior director of global systems development at Quantum Corporation and prior to that was senior vice president of engineering and operations at Five9, a hosted call center technology and services company. In addition, Sanjay held the position of senior vice president of engineering at DirecTV Broadband and led the team that built robust, scalable and automated operational support systems for services provisioning and infrastructure management. He came to DirecTV Broadband via the acquisition of Telocity, a start-up, focused on providing nationwide broadband residential services. Prior to that Sanjay was at Fujitsu Business Communication Systems, DSC/Alcatel and Nortel. Sanjay holds an MS in Computer Science from University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| FIVE9, Inc. | Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations | Former |
| Nortel | Former | |
| The University of Western Ontario | MS In Computer Science | Former |
Mr. Hilmes brings over seventeen years experience in the VoIP, CDMA, GSB based Mobile Network Operators globally, telecommunications and the communications industry. Mr. Hilmes most recently worked at Syniverse Technologies where he fulfilled multiple roles including developing strategies for new and existing products in the areas of VoIP Peering, Database services, Network services, mobile Roaming services, and Instant messaging. He also managed Syniverses major accounts, and most recently served as Director Business Development & Product Marketing. Prior to Syniverse, Mr. Hilmes held senior management, marketing and sales positions at Pronto Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Premisys Communications, AT&T Paradyne, Ascom Timeplex, and Sun Microsystems. Mr. Hilmes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | Vice President, Worldwide Sales | Current |
| Pronto Networks, Inc. | Vice President of Business Development | Former |
| Syniverse Holdings, Inc. | Director of Business Development and Strategy | Former |
| University of Illinois | Bachelor of Science In Computer Science and Mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kasenna, Inc. | Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Business | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Member | Former |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Master's Degree In Business Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SGI Inc. | lead engineer | Former |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| SGI Inc. | Director | Former |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | doctorate in computer science | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Venture Partners | General Partner | Current |
| Occam Networks Inc. | Chairman of the Board and Lead Director | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Trusteer, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vontu, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Synfora, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Performanceretail, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Notiva Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Force10 Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Imperva, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Agility Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Xponent Photonics, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Object Reservoir | Board of Directors | Current |
| Woodside Priory School | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pathfire, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Xirrus, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sierra Monolithics Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Asempra | Board of Directors | Current |
| Montavista.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Xponent | Board of Directors | Current |
| Montavista Software, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Netifice Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) | General Partner | Former |
| Daisy Systems | Advisor | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | Arjay Miller Scholar | Former |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Former | |
| Accelerated Networks | Chairman | Former |
| The Board, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Photon Dynamics, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Micro Linear Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Xylan Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Verity, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Accelerated Networks | Investor | Former |
| Stratacom Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Applied Digital Access | Investor | Former |
| Occam Networks Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | M.B.A. | Former |
| Stanford University | B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Key Venture Partners | Associate | Current |
| Incentive Systems, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Triactive, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Opsource, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Winmill Software Company | IT strategist | Former |
| Cornell University | B.S. in Industrial Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambric | CEO | Current |
| Ambric | Chairman | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Dialogic Corporation | CEO | Former |
| Dialogic Corporation | President | Former |
John F. Shoch, Ph.D., joined Craig Taylor as a venture capitalist in 1985. Prior to this, he was President of the Xerox Office Systems Division. John received a BA (1971) in Political Science, an MS (1977), and a Ph.D. (1979) in Computer Science, all from Stanford. He joined Xerox in 1971 and worked at its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) where he helped develop the Ethernet, a local area network system. In 1980, he became the assistant to the CEO of Xerox. In 1982, John became President of the Office Systems Division, developing networked office systems derived from Xerox PARC research. He was a director of and founding investor in Conductus and Remedy. He is also a director of several private companies, including Ensenda, Kasenna, Knowledge Networks, and MontaVista Software.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Alloy Ventures, Inc. | Partner | Current |
| Netzentry, Inc. | Current | |
| Knowledge Networks, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Montavista Software, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Nitronex Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ravenflow | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lightpole, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Xerox PARC | Former | |
| Stanford University | Ph.D. | Former |
| Stanford University | M.S. | Former |
| Stanford Company | MS | Former |
| Stanford Company | BA in Political Science | Former |
| Stanford University | B.A. | Former |
| Stanford Company | Ph in Computer Science | Former |
Saurabh Srivastava focuses on early-stage technology investments in systems and software. As a Partner of Artiman Ventures, he is currently on the boards of airwide Solutions, SiOptical, Kasenna, OpSource and Ortiva Wireless. Prior to joining Artiman in 2000, Saurabh was a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Cisco Systems' Corporate Business Development group, where he led the technology strategy for VoIP and wireless mobility teams, focusing on Cisco's technology and acquisition strategies in the voice-over IP, wireless/mobility and VPN areas. At Cisco he led 18 acquisitions and 10+ investments. Before joining Cisco, Saurabh worked part time for Philips while completing Stanford's MBA program. At Philips, he worked with a group that created the venture funding arm of Philips in the US. Prior to that, for almost eight years, Saurabh held various operating roles from engineering to engineering management, marketing and pre-sales at Silicon Graphics, Inc., Kaleida Labs and Digital Equipment Corp. He also holds two patents for networking protocol technologies.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Artiman Ventures | Partner | Current |
| Digital Radio Express, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| First Hop Ltd | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sioptical Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Airwide Solutions, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Opsource, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Airwide Solutions | Board Member | Current |
| Ortiva Wireless, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Netdevices, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| VoIP, Inc. | Director of Mergers and Acquisitions | Former |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. | Marketing | Former |
| Digital Equipment Corporation | Marketing | Former |
| Philip's &Co | Former | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Pingtel Corp | Investor | Former |
| Nuance Communications, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Airwide Solutions | Investor | Former |
| Opsource, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| State University of New York at Stony Brook | M.S.C.S | Former |
| Stanford University | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Impress Software Inc | Managing Director | Current |
| Key Venture Partners | Managing Director | Current |
| Optasite | Board of Directors | Current |
| Airwide Solutions | Board Member | Current |
| Opsource, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| First Hop Ltd | Board Member | Current |
| Xyenterprise | Board Member | Current |
| Airwide Solutions, Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kasenna, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Airband | Board Member | Current |
| Impress Software Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fleet Equity Partners | Managing Director | Former |
| Nautic Partners LLC | Managing Director | Former |
| Edwards & Angell Llp | Attorney | Former |
| Fleet Equity Partners | Director | Former |
| Nautic Partners LLC | Director | Former |
| FairPoint Communications Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Exodus Communications | Investor | Former |
| Verio Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Dobson Communications Corporation | Investor | Former |
| American University | J.D. | Former |
| Colby College | B.A. | Former |
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