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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 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. The award is the latest for Ascent from the AFRL, which has prvi (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. According to Avnet, Source had $82M in revenues for th (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. Financial ter (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. The company's distribution business markets enterprise server, storage, networking, security and communication products from big-name vendors such as (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. The service--which as previously in b (More info...) posted on Monday, June 30, 2008(Full story)
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