High Technology News and Information for the Rocky Mountain Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Rocky Mountain Region |
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 Thursday, July 3, 2008 iGo Names Chairman Scottsdale, Arizona-based iGo said today that it has named Michael J. Larson as the firm's Chairman, replaces Robert W. Shaner. Larson has been on the firm's board since last October, and has previously served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's Personal Sysetms Group. Larson has also served at Compaq, Toshiba, Sony, The Coca-Cola Company Food Division, Johnson & Johnson, and The Carnation Company. Shaner will continue to serve on the board. (More info...) posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008(Full story) Wednesday, July 2, 2008 AlloCure Raises $14.5M Salt Lake City-based AlloCure said Wednesday that the firm has raised $14.5M in a Series A financing round. The round came from SV Life Sciences, which led the round, along with Novo A/S. AlloCure is a biotechnology firm developing therapies for the treatment of acute kidney injury. The firm said the funding would go towards funding its acute kidney disease therapy through Phase II clinical trials, over the next three years. posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 (More)(Full story) Configuresoft Wins Account Configuresoft, a publisher of enterprise server management applications, revealed that paper-based packaging firm Smurfit Kappa Group is using Configuresoft’s Enterprise Configuration Manager to ensure continuous, cross-platform compliance. The financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. Configuresoft explained that, by using ECM, Smurfit Kappa can collect detailed configuration data from every Windows and UNIX workstation and server on its network. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008(Full story) Local Matters Lands New Deal with Finland's Fonecta Denver-based online media publisher Local Matters Inc. revealed Tuesday that it has expanded its relationship with a Finland-based directory service firm. Local Matters said the Fonecta Group has awarded Local Matters a contract to integrate its previously installed FlexiQ platform with Fonecta's new IP-based switching platform. The financial impact of the new business was not disclosed. Local Matters noted that the integration is underway and should reach production status later this year. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008(Full story) Mocapay Names New CEO Mocapay, a provider of mobile marketing and payment services, reported Tuesday that it has appointed Kevin Grieve as chief executive officer. Grieve, the Boulder, Colo.-based company said, succeeds founder and former CEO Rod Stambaugh, who will remain with the company as chief strategy officer and board member. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008(Full story)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 ContentWatch Expands Web Security Products Salt Lake City, Utah-based ContentWatch, a provider of web security appliances, said Tuesday that it has rolled out nine new models in its product line. According to the firm, the new models provide a variety of levels of support for content filtering and bandwidth and number of network nodes supported. The company said the major upgrade to the models was the support of Active Directory, Microsoft's single-sign on technology. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008(Full story) Indigio Merges With Bridgeline Software Denver-based Indigio, a providing web application development, web design, and other services, has been acquired by Bridgeline Software, a Boston-based software developer, Bridgeline announced Tuesday. Bridgeline said that it paid $6M for Indigio, made up of $600,000 in cash, $2.1M in earnout, plus 1,127,810 shares of Bridgeline Software's common stock. According to Bridgeline, Indigio had annual sales of approximately $6M per year, and was profitable. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008(Full story) TopTenREVIEWS Scores $6M Ogden, Utah-based TopTenREVIEWS said Tuesday that it has raised $6M in a venture round from Highway 12 Ventures and Village Ventures. TopTenREVIEWS said the funding will use the funding to expand its online review site, and increase its workforce. The funding came as a result of an introduction from the Utah Fund of Funds, the firm explained. TopTenREVIEWS operates an online product and price comparison shopping web site. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 (More)(Full story) Ogden Targets Outdoor Products Startups With Competition Ogden City, with the support of Zions Bank, Grow Utah Ventures, and USTAR, the state of Utah's technology commercialization effort, have launched a competition which it hopes will spur new products and attract new companies to the area. According to the city, its new "Concept to Company" content will look to attract firms to the Ogden area, specifically in the area of outdoor recreation businesses. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008(Full story) Infusionsoft Hires VP Infusionsoft, a publisher of marketing automation software for small businesses, reported Tuesday that it has hired Jo Anne Ravielli as vice president of customer service and support. In this role, Infusionsoft said, Ravielli will focus on developing service tools, metrics and programs to ensure a positive experience for the company’s customers. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008(Full story) Solidware Acquired By Coverity Denver, Colorado-based Solidware, a provider of software bug detection and software code quality products, has been acquired by Coverity, a San Francisco-based firm. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Coverity announced the buy this morning. Solidware was angel backed by Colorado Startups and CTEK Angels. Coverity is a software vendor of software code quality products for developing C, C++, C# and Java source code. posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008(Full story)
Monday, June 30, 2008 Ascent Solar Gets USAF Win Littleton, Colorado-based Ascent Solar Technologies disclosed Monday afternoon that the firm has been selected by the U.S Air Force Research laboratory has selected the firm for an award, worth $1.5M over 48 months. According to Ascent, the AFRL has selected the firm as part of an award to develop high-performance, thin-film multijunction photovoltaics (PV) based on Ascent Solar's flexible monolithically integrated CIGS technology. (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story) Avnet Buys Source Electronics Phoenix-based Avnet, a electronics distributor, said Monday that it has acquired New Hampshire-based Source Electronics Corporation, a provider of custom programming services for integrated circuits. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Avnet said it would integrate Source into its Avnet Logistics division, as part of its services operations. Source provides it services to OEMs, contract manufacturers, and component manufacturers. (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story) JDA Software Partners With Consulting Firm Scottsdale, Arizona-based JDA Software has teamed with Oliver Wight, a consulting firm for the supply chain management business, the firm announced this morning. JDA Software said that as part of its strategic alliance with Oliver Wight, it will incorporate the firm's methodology and consluting processes into its software solution. Oliver Wight will also work with JDA Software' Business Requirements Group for S&OP and collaborate with its product management and development groups. (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story) Avnet Acquires U.K. Distributor for $156.1M Phoenix-based electronic components and computer products distributor Avnet Inc. announced Monday that its $156.1 million offer to purchase Horizon Technology Group PLC has been unconditionally accepted. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Horizon provides technical integration and IT product distribution throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story) Filtrbox Unveils Media Monitoring Service Boulder-based Filtrbox has rolled out a new service for monitoring Internet content, the firm announced Monday. Filtrbox said its new service will allow professionals to monitor blogs and online news sites which will score and rank company names, terms, and people. According to Filtrbox, its new service tracks online information from the blogosphere, RSS feeds, and other social media sources, and delivers a daily email with information on key articles found. (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story)
Friday, June 27, 2008 Plasmon Teams With NetApp On Archiving Product Broomfield, Colorado-based Plasmon, which develops optical storage systems, said earlier this week that it is in a partnership with network attached storage firm NetApp. According to Plasmon, it will integrate NetApp's storage systems into its Archive Appliance and data management solutions. NetApp's products are used to provide NAS storage to the enterprise IT market. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. Plasmon is headquartered in the UK with US operations in Broomfield. posted on Friday, June 27, 2008(Full story) Hypercom Appoints UK Director Phoenix, Arizona-based Hypercom, a provider of electronic payment products and services for the financial services industry, said earlier this week that it has appointed David M. Millener as Managing Director of the firm's UK and Ireland operations. Millener joins the firm from First Data GLobal Leasing, part of First Data Corporation. He's also served at GE Capital European Equipment Finance and National Westminster Bank. posted on Friday, June 27, 2008(Full story)
Thursday, June 26, 2008 NewsGator Inks Deal with Japanese Firm Denver-based NewsGator Technologies has tied into a Japanese online advertising firm, saying Thursday that it is in a partnership with Digital Advertising Consortium (DAC). According to Newsgator, DAC will gain exclusive rights to offer its Widget Services to Japanese media companies. Financial details of the arrangement were not disclosed. (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Liberty Media Buys Online Party Retailer Englewood, Colorado-based Liberty Media said Thursday afternoon that it is acquiring Celebrate Express, a Kirkland, Washington-based online retailer of party supplies and costumes. The firms said that Liberty will pay $31M in cash, or $3.90 per share of Celebrate in the deal. Celebrate will become part of Liberty Interactive Group. Liberty media said that it will combine Celebrate Express with its BUYSEASONS Internet costume and party retailer, which it bought in 2006. (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) iCrossing, Social Media Firm Link Offerings Scottsdale, Arizona-based iCrossing and Texas-based social media firm Pluck said this morning that the two companies have linked on their digital marketing and search capabilities. The two said that iCrossing will work with Pluck and its social media platform, to help power digital media properties. Pluck provides tools for user comments, rating, reviews, photo and video sharing, blogs, and other social networking tools. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Canopy Ventures Taps Techie Lindon, Utah-based venture capital firm Canopy Ventures said this morning that it has hired Joe Levy as Technologist-in-Residence for the firm. Levy joins the firm from SonicWALL, where he was its Chief Technology Officer. According to Canopy, Levy will support the firm's current portfolio companies, particularly focused on emerging security and networking technologies. (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) IQNavigator Sold To Private Equity Firm Denver, Colorado-based IQNavigator, a developer of software for managing outsourced labor, has been sold to private equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, and the management of IQNavigator. Baker Capital, a private equity firm which owns 40 percent of IQNavigator, said that it and other existing shareholders of IQNavigator sold its interest in the firm, but did not disclose financial terms of the deal. (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Bungee Adds Firefox 3.0 Support Salt Lake City-based Bungee Labs, which develops software for creating web-based applications, said Wednesday that the firm has added support for the new Mozilla Firefox 3.0 browser. According to Bungee Labs, the firm has been building support for Firefox 3.0 for the past six months during the Firefox beta. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008(Full story) Omniture Gets Patent Orem, Utah-based Omniture said today that the firm has received a new patent for its technology. According to the firm, it received U.S. Patent Number 7,383,334, a patent covering testing and analytics used in its platform. The firm said the patent brings the company's portfolio up to 173 U.S. and foreign issued patents and patent applications pending. According to the U.S. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008(Full story) |
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