
SILICON VALLEY — Forward Networks, which made a list of the most highly funded stealthy U.S. startups earlier this year, disclosed on Monday that it is launching a management tool to simplify network operations.
The Palo Alto company’s founders — David Erickson, Brandon Heller, Nikhil Handigol and Peyman Kazemian — have worked together since they were on the Stanford University team that developed software-defined networking. The technology they designed helps make networks more agile and…