Santa Cruz business owners know that getting a business up and running is not easy. Say that you have a great idea for a dazzling new start-up that you are sure will take off; great, but what do you do after that? After incorporation, you have to think about financing, drawing in business, employment levels and a host of factors that cannot be taken lightly.

The good news for one recently started firm is that it doesn't have to worry about one of those concerns for awhile. Solera Networks Inc., a network security analytics firm, recently announced that it had raised $20 million in financing thanks to a round of money-seeking led by Santa Clara's Intel Capital.

Intel Capital is the investment arm of software maker Intel Corp. Other companies contributing to the $20 million total include Trident Capital, Signal Peak Ventures and Allegis Capital.

An Intel spokesman said his company was confident that Solera Networks will be a success because companies are transmitting more and more data all the time and so cannot afford to be unsure about whether their networks are secure enough. He commented that he thinks the business need for the services that Solera provides will only increase over time.

If you own a business, it can be hard to know where to go once you have started. Sometimes, business owners hire attorneys who practice business and corporate law to help them locate and complete the next logical steps for their ventures.

Source: The Sacramento Business Journal, "Intel Capital leads $30 M investment in Solera Networks," Jan. 30, 2012