What is Security Information Management (SIM)? - The Story of Protego
Networks (2/3/2005)
On December 20, 2004, Cisco announced the acquisition of Protego
Networks, a two-year old startup in the network security information
management space. What is SIM? Why is Cisco interested in SIM
and the little 2-year old startup? Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network
(SVTN) invites the cofounder and CEO of Protego Ms. Imin Lee
to tell us the Protego story on February 3, 2005 and to answer
questions about the SIM market. Space is limited to 50 people,
please RSVP to reserve your space ( click here , or email to
tsinghua_net@yahoo.com with subject "February 2005 event")
In August 2002, Imin Lee and colleague Partha Bhattacharya left
Cisco’s network security group to start a security appliance
company. With $1mm seed funding in hand, Imin and Partha hired
5 engineers including some former colleagues and friends in a small
humble lab in Milpitas to start building what they believe the
next generation network security information management appliance.
Two years later, their little startup, Protego Networks, has developed
industry's highest performance next generation security information
management appliance with mitigation capability, built a team close
to 40 people, raised $6.5M venture funding. Six month after launching
its first product in 2004, Protego has developed channel of sales
and acquired over 60 customers. Their achievement has drawn the
attention of their large competitors in the network security space,
including the giant Cisco that ultimately acquired Protego in December
2004.
No matter how many times we hear stories like entrepreneurs who
left comfortable jobs at large companies, took the risk and eventually
built successful business, it’s always refreshing to hear
that from someone we know or someone we can easily relate to. Don't
miss this opportunity and come to join us to learn the red-hot
SIM market and how Imin and her friends did it in just two years.
Date: February 3 (Thursday), 2005
Place: Fenwick & West , Silicon
Valley Center, 801 California St, Mt. View
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Registration & Networking and Presentation
Fee: $10 per person
RSVP (Space is limited to 50 people): email to tsinghua_net@yahoo.com with subject "February 2005 event", contact: Louie Liu,
408.316.1155, louie_asiatech@yahoo.com
Imin Lee, Cofounder and CEO, Protego Networks
Imin has over 15 years management and technical experience in
networking, security, telecommunications, and enterprise software.
Imin previously led the Cisco’s next generation Policy Configuration
Management system team, having responsibility for development,
product specification, and launch. Before Cisco, Imin held numerous
technical and management positions in Bell Labs and AT&T Labs.
While at AT&T, she built the Internet Service Platform for
AT&T’s internet telephony and messaging services as well
as the carrier services for broadband network telecommunications.Prior
to AT&T, Imin served technical positions in Amerex Systems,
IBM and was a professor in Guangzhou Community University, China.
Imin holds an MS degree in Computer Science from State University
of New York and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from South
China University of Technology, China.
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