The muni mesh shakeout continues, says Unstrung, with reports from several industry sources about layoffs at startup Strix Systems.
Sources say around 10 people — maybe more — have been laid off from the company, which was said to employ 70-odd before the cuts. “Strix had a couple rounds of very selective layoffs followed by a more general, across-the-board cut,” says one source. The selective cuts are rumored to include sales and marketing people.
Strix won’t confirm the layoffs. Kirby Russell, director of product marketing for the firm, would only say things are “business as usual at Strix.”
The bloom is well and truly off the muni mesh rose, and vendors and operators are finding it harder to raise money and interest for these large-scale WiFi projects. (See Layoffs at SkyPilot?)
Meanwhile, Strix Systems announced a Distributed IP Video Surveillance Solution this week. It includes pre-tested products from leaders in the IP video surveillance such as Panasonic’s i-Pro, the IQeye, ICOP Digital and Dotworkz D2 (right).
Strix’s Access/One products are the industry’s only modular (chassis-based) mesh systems.
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