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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 Friday, March 19, 2010 Advanced Circuits Buys Circuit Express Aurora, Colorado-based Advanced Circuits, a quick turn PCB manufacturer, said this week that it has acquired Circuits Express, a Tempe, Arizona-based PCB manufacturer. The deal was worth $15.6M. Advanced Circuits is a subsidiary of holding firm Compass Diversified Holdings. Advanced Circuits said the buy will allow it to expand services to the firm's customers. Circiut Express specializes in supplying PCBs to military, aerospace, and defense customers. posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story) OneRiot Rolls Out Trending Topics Ad Widget Boulder-based OneRiot is rolling out a new, active IAB advertising unit which pulls the firm's realtime data into a widget. According to OneRiot, the new RiotWise Trending Ad Unit automatically updates, in real time, to show advertiser content relevant to trending topics. The firm said the data was previously only available to developers with API access. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story) Tendril To Debut In-Home Energy Monitoring Device Boulder, Colorado-based Tendril, a developer of energy management software for the smart grid market, is expanding into the device business, saying Thursday that it plans to introduce a new device which allows people to get real-time information on their energy usage. The firm said its new device--the Tendril Vision--was designed by noted design house IDEO, and will offer a direct link with utilities to get real-time information on energy use and cost. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story) Level 3 Signs Indonesian Telecom Broomfield, Colorado-based Level 3 Communications reported late Thursday that it will provide high speed network services for PT. Telkom Indonesia International, to connect that carrier's network to U.S. Internet traffic. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. PT. Telkom Indonesia International is using Level 3's landing station at the Asia America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable system. posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story) Mesa Labs In Distribution Deal Lakewood, Colorado-based Mesa Laboratories, a developer of scientific equipment and electronic instruments, said Thursday that it is in a strategic distribution agreement with Masy Systems, a manufacturer of industrial and healthcare instruments and disposable products. Mesa said that the deal will allow Masy to sell its DataTrace temperature, humidity, and pressure data loggers n the Northeast. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story) Sprint Looks To Boost Hiring In New Mexico Telecom carrier Sprint said Thursday that the firm is looking to hire nearly 200 employees in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, as part of an expansion in the state. According to Sprint, it is aggressively outreaching to fill the 200 positions in its Rio Rancho Contact Center, even as other companies have been downsizing. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 19, 2010(Full story)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 Secure64 Targets Small, Medium Sized Government Agencies Denver-based Secure64, a developer of secure DNS software, said earlier this week that it is specifically targeting small and medium sized government agencies with a new product. According to the firm, it has rolled out Secure64 DNS Signer - Small Enterprise Edition, a version ofi ts product which provides Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) key generation, key rollover, zone signing and re-signing, all at a price structure for those smaller IT organizations. (More info...) posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010(Full story) Trada Raises $2.2M Boulder-based Trada, a new startup which runs an online marketplace for paid search experts, announced today that it has raised $2.2M. The funding came from The Foundry Group and angel investors Alan Warms, Carlos Cashman, Dan Murray, James Crouthamel, Stuart Larkins and Robert Wolfe. (More info...) posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010 (More)(Full story) Wednesday, March 17, 2010 New Mexico Teen Wins Intel Science Talent Search Semiconductor giant Intel Corp. announced this week that it has named Erika DeBenedictis, an 18-year old from Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the winner of its Intel Science Talent Search. DeBenedictis gets $100,000 for her project, which focused on developing a software navigation system to help improve spacecraft travel through the solar system. Intel gave $630,000 in awards to 40 finalists in the contest. Over 1,736 high school seniors participated in the contest this year. posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010(Full story) Sorenson Media Signs U of U, Others Sorenson Media, which develops video encoding and decoding software, as well as operates its own online video hosting service, said today that it has deployed its Sorenson 360 online video platform at the University of Utah, as well as four other universities. Sorenson said that the University of Utah is using Sorenson 360, its online video platform, for curriculum development and delivery to class projects, marketing, and educational outreach. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010(Full story) Cadre Technologies Gets New Funding Denver-based Cadre Technologies, a developer of warehouse management software, said today that it has receivd a new round of funding from its original investors. Amount of the investment was not disclosed by the company. According to Cadre, the new funding will go to expand its products and services, as well as for working capital. Cadre has previously scored funding from Appian Ventures and Boulder Ventures. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (More)(Full story) Confio Claims Record 2009 Growth Boulder, Colorado-based Confio Software, a developer of database performance tools, said today that it saw "record" growth in 2009, with a 43 percent increase in bookings over last year. Actual financials were not released by the company. The firm claimed that it gained more customers and generated more license revenue than ever before in 2009. Confio's product is used to optimize Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and IBM DB2 database performance. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010(Full story)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Ping Identity Links Into Google Apps Denver-based Ping Identity, a developer of single sign on software, said Tuesday that it has added support for OpenID Internet single sign-on for Google Apps. The firm said that the addition of the support will offer software-as-a-service vendors ability to authenticate their software via a customer's Google Apps domain. Ping said the supports comes from an optional, PingFederate add-on. Pricing on the new software was not released. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Aegis Analytical Wins Human Genome Sciences Lafayette, Colorado-based Aegis Analytical Corp. said today that Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is deplying the firm's data management software. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Aegis said that HGS will use its data management, analytics, and reporting tool in the scale-up and production of BENLYSTA, an investigational drug for the treatment of systemic lupus. posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Spectra Logic Ranks In List of GSA Contractors Boulder, Colorado-based data storage firm Spectra Logic said today that the firm was ranked in the top ten percent of U.S., General Services Administration (GSA) information technology contractors in 2009. The firm said the rankings were based on annual revenues of GSA Schedule 70 It products and services. Spectra Logic said its Federal sales account for more than 20 percent of its overall revenues. Spectra Logic is a maker of disk and tape backup systems and backup libraries. posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Market Force Information Buys Ted Costas Group Boulder, Colorado-based Market Force Information, a provider of customer and market information services for retailers, announced today that it has acquired the Ted Costas Group, a provider of film print checking and digital quality control. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Ted Costas Group provides checks on movie quality at theaters. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Confio Hands Reins Back To Founder Boulder-based Confio Software, a developer of database performance monitoring and analysis software, announced today that Matt Larson, founder and CTO of the firm, is now Chief Executive officer. Larson replaces Charlie Sander, who also was lead investor in the firm. Confio said that Sander becomes Chairman of the company. posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Amtech Names President Tempe, Arizona-based Amtech Systems, a developer of production and automation equipment for the solar and semiconductor industry, said today that it has named Fokko Pentinga as President of the firm. Pentinga was most recently Managing Director of Amtech Europe, and Geleral Manager of Tempress Systems. Pentinga has been at Amtech since 2008. Amtech also said that J.s. Whang will continue on as CEO and Chairman of the firm. posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010(Full story) Monday, March 15, 2010 Kount Links With Chase Paymentech Boise, Idaho-based Kount, a developer of fraud detection technology, said today that it has linked with Chase Paymentech, a payment processor for merchants. Financial terms of the alliance were not disclosed. The two firms said that they will offer fraud detection, management and prevention tools for merchants, based on Kount's fraud detection technology. Chase Paymentech is a business unit of JPMorgan Chase. posted on Monday, March 15, 2010(Full story) SCO Group Gets $2M In Funding Lindon, Utah-based The SCO Group, the firm behind a long running software lawsuit over the Linux operating system, announced today that it has received $2M in funding, with approval of the Bankruptcy Court. According to SCO, the funding came from an un-named group of private lenders. SCO said the new funding will go towards operating and administrative expenses, as well as litigation-related expenses for the firm. (More info...) posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 (More)(Full story) Intermap Wins Garmin Denver-based Intermap Technologies, a developer of 3D terrain models for the geospatial mapping industry, announced today that it has signed an agreement with satellite navigation firm Garmin Ltd.. Intermap said it has signed a three year deal to provide accurate 3D elevation data for the United States and Western Europe to Garmin. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. (More info...) posted on Monday, March 15, 2010(Full story) Rentbits.com Buys ApartmentFrog.com Denver-based Rentbits.com, which operates an online site to help renters search for houses, condos, and apartments, announced today that it has acquired ApartmentFrog.com, an online site focused on multi-family rentals. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Rentbits said the buy will help expand the firm's distribution for advertisers. posted on Monday, March 15, 2010(Full story)
Friday, March 12, 2010 Pixorial Names CEO Denver-based Pixorial, which develops an online site which helps people to share and collaborate on creating videos, said this week that it has named Ari Kaufman as CEO of the company. Kaufman was the former General Manager of LookSmart. Founder and current CEO Andres Espineira has become Chariman and President of Products for the company. posted on Friday, March 12, 2010(Full story) TechStars Opens Up, Publishes Results Of Investment Efforts In an unusual move, Boulder-based business incubation and acceleration effort TechStars said this morning that it has released the full results of the group's investment efforts. The group outlined the number of full time employees of each of its companies, whether the companies are active, acquired, or failed, and the class year of each of the companies. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 12, 2010(Full story) Interview with Tony Zito, mediaFORGE For today's profile, we have an interview with Tony Zito, President and CEO of Salt Lake's mediaFORGE (www.mediaforge.com), a firm in the online advertising industry. We spoke with Tony about his firm to learn a bit more about online advertising retargeting, and how the firm fits into the market. To start with, where does mediaForge fit into the online advertising market? Tony Zito: mediaFORGE is a retargeting and ad personalization company. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 12, 2010(Full story) |
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