Lumeta Corporation

Lumeta Corporation is a private company that is headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, which develops network discovery appliances. Lumeta's flagship product is sold under the brand name of IPsonar.

History

The first generation of Lumeta's IPsonar appliance was developed in 1998 by Bell Labs scientists. Their goal was to determine the boundaries and contents of the Internet. This effort is now known as the Internet Mapping Project. [cite web |author=Worthen, Ben |title=A Look at the Internet, Then and Now |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=2008-6-10 |work=Business Technology Blog |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/06/10/a-look-at-the-internet-then-and-now/ |accessdate=2008-07-03 ]

Lumeta spun off from Bell Labs in 2000 and used the original technology as a basis for creating the company's product IPsonar. [cite web |url=http://www.lumeta.com/about/ |title=About Lumeta |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=Lumeta Corp.]

Product

[http://www.lumeta.com/ipsonar/ IPsonar] has several components, including modules that find network assets and their connections, show all IP addresses, find devices with inbound or outbound connectivity to the Internet or sub-networks [cite web |author=Jackson, Joab |title=Automating Network Scans |publisher=Government Computer News |date=2008-01 |url=http://technology.inc.com/security/articles/200801/accesspoints.html/ |accessdate=2005-07-03 ] , and detect IT services, wireless access points [cite web |author=Brown, Patricia |title=Wi-Fi Security: Block Rogue Access Points |publisher=Inc. Technology |date=2008-03-17 |url=http://www.gcn.com/print/27_6/45974-1.html#/ |accessdate=2005-07-03 ] , and operating system information.

Corporate Structure

Lumeta is a privately-held company that is run by a board of directors whose members are as follows: Tom B. Dent (Chairman of the Board), Ross H. Goldstein, Frank Pinto, Scot Sedlacek, and Thomas M. Uhlman. [cite web |url=http://www.lumeta.com/board/ |title=Lumeta's Board of Directors |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=Lumeta Corp.] The company’s investors include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, New Venture Partners LLC, RBC Technology Ventures Inc., and Wachovia Strategic Ventures. [cite web |url=http://www.lumeta.com/investors/ |title=Lumeta's Investors |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=Lumeta Corp.]

Offices

Lumeta’s corporate headquarters is located in Somerset, New Jersey. Its U.S. federal headquarters is located in Mclean, Virginia, and its European headquarters is located in London, UK. [cite web |url=http://www.lumeta.com/locations/ |title=Lumeta's Worldwide Offices |accessdate=2008-07-03 |publisher=Lumeta Corp.]

References

External links

* [http://www.lumeta.com Lumeta Corporate website]
* [http://blog.lumeta.com Tales from the Perimeter (Blog by Michael Markulec, Lumeta COO)]
* [http://www.dfj.com Draper Fisher Jurvetson]
* [http://www.dfjgotham.com Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures]
* [http://www.nvpllc.com New Venture Partners LLC]
* [http://www.rbc.com/vp/ RBC Technology Ventures Inc.]
* [http://www.wachovia.com/inside Wachovia Strategic Ventures]
* [http://www.cheswick.com/ches/map/dbs/ Selected Internet Mapping Project Data]
* [https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/about/members/ Trusted Computing Group]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/vpn/2008/060208nac2.html Network World article on Lumeta's joining the TCG]