Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Friday, March 12, 2010 Bazaarvoice Taps Ittycheria For Board Austin-based Bazaarvoice, a developer of hosted ratings and review software for ecommerce sites, said Thursday that it has added Dev Ittycheria to its board of directors. Ittycheria was the co-founder of BladeLogic, heading up the firm through its IPO in 2007. Ittycheria was most recently President of BMC's Enterprise Service Management (ESM) business. BMC had acquired BladeLogic in 2008 for $900M. posted on Friday, March 12, 2010(Full story) OnAsset Intelligence Names VP Irving-based OnAsset Intelligence, a developer of wireless asset tracking and M2M wireless systems, announced yesterday that it has named Fred Barrett as its Vice President of Information Systems. Barrett joins the firm from RFTRax, Inc., a developer of hardware and software for the supply chain visibility market, where he was founder. The firm said Barrett has more than thirty years of experience in the sector. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 12, 2010(Full story) Thursday, March 11, 2010 Javelin Semiconductor Gets $6.2M Austin-based Javelin Semiconductor has raised another $6.2M in an equity funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. No details on the funding have yet been announced by the company. Javelin, which is developing CMOS RF ICs, has previously raised funding from Sevin Rosen Funds and Silverton partners. Javelin develops a 3G power amplifier (PA) based on standard CMOS processes, targeted at use in 3G mobile phones and data cards. (More info...) posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010 (More)(Full story) Eltek Valere Nabs Two Major Contracts Richardson-based Eltek Valere, a manufacturer of DC power supplies for the telecom industry, inked two big contracts, the firm announced Thursday. Eltek Valere said it has signed a $12M agreement with an un-named, international mobile operator for its products, covering around 460 sites in six countries in Africa and one country in Central America. (More info...) posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010(Full story) Taqua Taps Nortel For CTO Richardson-based Taqua, a supplier of switching systems for wireless, wired, and cable carriers, said today that it has named John Hoadley as its Wireless Chief Technology Officer. Hoadley is the former CTO of Nortel Wireless. Taqua said that Hoadley managed advanced wireless research at Nortel related to its 4G (WiMAX and LTE) product development. posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010(Full story) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Eureka Genomics Finds $3.7M Eureka Genomics, a bioinformatics firm with its operations in Houston, said today that it has raised $3.7M in a round of funding from angel investors and other individuals. The firm, which is headquartered in Hercules, California, said the funding will go towards its research aimed at identifying novel microorganisms associated with specific cancers and other important diseases. Eureka Genomics is applying bioinformatics and genetic sequencing to develop new pharmaceuticals. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (More)(Full story) AppTrigger Acquired By Metaswitch Networks Richardson-based AppTrigger, a developer of software for the telecommunications industry, has been acquired by London-based Metaswitch Networks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Metaswitch, it will gain access to AppTrigger's reusable software network element, used to implement such features as non-geographical number and local number portability (LNP) to wireless prepaid and network IVR. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Full story) Meetrix Snags Patent Austin-based Meetrix, a developer of an online virtual conference room service, has been granted a patent for its technology, the firm said today. The firm said that it has received U.S. Patent 7,664,056, covering "Media based collaboration using mixed-mode PSTN and Internet networks". Thomas A. Dye and Thomas A. Dundon, both of Austin, are named as inventors on the patent, which was granted on February 16th. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Full story) Microtune Announces Chinese Digital TV Chipset Plano-based Microtune announced today that it has rolled out a new, digital television chipset aimed at Chinese television manufacturers. According to Microtune, its new chipsets are aimed at Chinese TV manufacturers creating products for the domestic Chinese market. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Full story) LibreDigital Links With Sony Readers Austin-based LibreDigital, a provider of products and services for converting books into electronic format, said today that it has begun delivering content for its clients to the Sony family of e-readers. LibreDigital said it has begun delivering the New York Times, The New Yorker, and PC Magazine to Sony's readers, through a "Reader Daily Edition" offering. The Reader Daily Edition allows consumers to purchase both single papers or daily wireless subscriptions to content. (More info...) posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Full story) Valence Gets NASDAQ Warning Austin-based Valence Technology, a developer of energy storage products, said late Tuesday that the firm has received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market. Valence said the NASDAQ indicated that the firm is not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Valence said it has 180 calendar days to regain compliance, with additional 180 calendar day grace periods if the firm otherwise meets listing criteria. posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Full story) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 HomeAway Buys South American Vacation Site Austin-based HomeAway said Tuesday that it has made another acquisition, this time of a South American vacation rental site. HomeAway said it acquired Qualimídia Veiculação e Divulgação Ltda, publisher of AlugueTemporada.com.br, which operates a vacation rental site in Brazil. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HomeAway said that AlgueTemporada.com.br will continue to operate as an independent brand. posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) Tech Wildcatters Launches Seed Investment Fund, Startup Accelerator Dallas-based Tech Wildcatters said Tuesday that it has launched a new, seed investment fund and startup accelerator, aimed at bolstering the North Texas technology start-up community. According to the accelerator, it is headed by Gabriella Draney, former an Associate at HP Growth Partners, and also involves Jon Feld, founder of Navigator Systems. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) CheapTweet Launches Updated Social Deals Site Austin-based CheapTweet, an online site focused on spotlighting coupon deals posted to Twitter, said it has updated its site. The firm said it has upgraded its search engine, voting mechanism, and has also added a new "DealStream" to allow users to track specific categories of deals, brands, merchants, or keywords. The site said it is now indexing approximately 30,000 tweets each day. posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) OnAsset In Marketing, Distribution Deal For Sensor Technology Irving-based OnAsset Intelligence, a developer of machine-to-machine (m2M) wireless asset tracking products, said today that it has licensed sensor technology from United States Semiconductor (US-Semi) and NxGen Electronics. Financial details of that licensing were not announced. (More info...) posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) Optimal Solutions Buys SAP Consulting Firm Irving-based Optical Solutions Integration, a provider of SAP consulting services, said today that it has acquired fellow consulting firm Budgetec, LLC, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Both firms provide consulting to companies using SAP for their operations. posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) RFM Wins Medical Device Manufacturer Dallas-based RF Monolithics said today that the firm has signed a multi-year agreement, with a manufacture or medical equipment. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. According to RFM, the agreement calls for the medical equipment manufacturer to use its ultra-low power short-range radio and transceivers. RF Monolithics makes products for the wireless application industry, including for industrial wireless sensor networks and machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010(Full story) Monday, March 8, 2010 WhiteGlove Gets $7.7M Austin-based WhiteGlove House Call Health, a firm which operates a service which delivers health care to a person's home or work, said Monday that it has raised $7.7M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Hidden Lion Partners. WhiteGlove said the funding will go towards expansion beyond Texas. WhiteGlove currently serves Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 (More)(Full story) Gowalla Hits Android, Signs Travel Channel Austin-based Gowalla, which develops a location-based social networking service, announced Monday that it has launched a new Android native application, and also tied into The Travel Channel. Gowalla previously only provided iPhone and web versions of its service. The new app is free, and available in the Android Market. Gowalla also said it has signed a new agreement with the Travel Channel, where it will integrate content from the network's Food Wars series, with its service. (More info...) posted on Monday, March 8, 2010(Full story) National Instruments: $1M To Medical Device Startups Since 2008 Austin-based National Instruments said today that the firm has awarded more than $1 million in software, support, and training to various medical device startups since 2008. NI said that it has awarded 59 grant recipients with its technology, including its NI LabVIEW software, as part of its program to help very early stage medical devices startups. National Instruments gives up to $25,000 in software and services to startups in the medical device area. posted on Monday, March 8, 2010(Full story) AirStrip Names VP San Antonio-based AirStrip Technologies, a developer of mobile remote patient monitoring software, said today that it has named Nancy Hudecek as its Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Risk management. Hudcek, who is an RN, was at the Harvard Risk management Foundation, and has also served at CareGroup and Private HealthCare Systems. posted on Monday, March 8, 2010(Full story) Rice University Ties Into The Planet Houston-based IT hosting provider The Planet announced today that Rich University is receiving free access to 50 servers at the firm, as part of its "Sand Castle" effort to spur job creation. The Planet had announced in January that it would be giving away free servers to individuals and entrepreneurs, to attempt spur new job creation. The Planet said that Rice University students will gain access to its servers, starting with students in the Rice Jesse H. (More info...) posted on Monday, March 8, 2010(Full story) ACS Extends Los Angeles Parking Contract Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services said today that it has been awarded a bid with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, to provide parking citation processing and collections services. ACS did not announced the size of the contract, which is for five and a half years. ACS said it has provided those parking citation services to Los Angeles for the last 27 years. posted on Monday, March 8, 2010(Full story) Friday, March 5, 2010 Big In Japan Acquires Snappr Dallas-based Big In Japan, the mobile application developer headed by Alexander Muse, has acquired barcode scanning application Snappr. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. According to Big In Japan, the firm has been incorporating Snappr's technology into its own, mobile barcode scanning app, ShopSavvy. The firm said that Snappr's CEO and Founder, Philip Stehlik, will join the firm's board of advisors. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 5, 2010(Full story) RadioTime Powers In-Car Radio Dallas-based RadioTime, a developer of Internet radio services and guides, said this week that the firm's service is powering a new, in-car web radio product. RadioTime said its web radio service has been integrated into the BMW MINI, via the auto manufacturer MINI Connected option, a USB interface for integrating Apple iPhone into a car's audio system. (More info...) posted on Friday, March 5, 2010(Full story) |
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