Austin-based infoguide, a developer of software which is used for fraud detection and anti-money laundering, said Tuesday that it has linked with BusinessForensics, a provider of risk, fraud and compliance management software for financial institutions. According to the two, Infoglide will provide an identity resolution engine to enhance BusinessForensics' suite of fraud detection and risk management products. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed.

Cedar Park-based EEStor, the developer of high density, ultra-capacitors used for energy storage, said Tuesday that it is continuing to make progress on its technology The firm said it has been working on development of single layer Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESUs) as a step toward full commercial units at the firm, claiming that it has made "major progress" in its efforts to commercialize its technology. EEstor has been working on its technology for years--it first raised funding back in 2005 from Kleiner Perkins--but has yet to demonstrate its technology in public.

Ever wonder what it's like in that fascinating world of software code behind a startup? Austin-based SpareFoot just released a fascinating video documenting how the firm's source code has grown since November of 2009. The company--which helps people find self storage facilities--said developer Patrick Mizer created the video using an open source application called Gource, which shows the fascinating growth of the company's source code. The video shows an entrancing display of SpareFoot's growth in its source code tree over time.

Enterprise data center and colocation provider CyrusOne is breaking ground on its new Chandler, Arizona data center, the firm said today. CyrusOne said it will break ground tomorrow on the 57-acre, 1 million square foot data center operation in Arizona, which it had announced last fall. The company said the first part of the data center is expected to be complete in the first part of 2013, and will have 110 megawatts of power capacity.

Houston-based BMC Software gave its official word today to the group of investors led by Elliott Associates, on the firm's push for sale of the company: no thank you. If BMC's adoption of a "poison pill" to fend off an attempt by Elliott to gain control of the publicly held company wasn't enough, BMC said it was "open to alternatives that fully reflect the value and prospects of the Company" but that its committee decided that "pursuing a sale at this time is not in the best interests of stockholders." Elliott said Monday that BMC should look for a sale of the company to realize more value for its shareholders, as the group of investors has been buying up stock in the company.

Austin-based Gazzang said this morning that it has named Michael J. Harper as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Alliances. Harper joins the firm from virtual server software giant VMware, where he was Senior Director of Cloud Foundry Services. Harper also has served at WaveMaker Software, Sendmail, Persistence Software, Dun & Bradstreet Software and EMC. The firm said that Harper will be responsible for managing the company's direct revenue model as well as its strategic partner and channel partners. Gazzang is venture backed by Austin Ventures and Silver Creek Ventures.

Austin-based low voltage semiconductor developer Calxeda has raised another $12M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today, as the firm is on the cusp of shipping chips for servers based on 32-bit ARM mobile processors. According to the filing, the firm is in the midst of a $30M fundraising effort, of which so far $20M was raised. The funding round was kicked off in July of last year, and the firm reported an additional $12M in that round this week in the filing. According to industry magazine the IEEE Spectrum, Calxeda is getting set to ship its ARM-based chips, and is expected to hit the market first in applying low-power chips for the server market. Calxeda is going up against such competitors as Intel, AppliedMicro, and others in using low power processors for the high performance server market.

Dallas-based online dating site Match.com is branching into live events, the company said this morning, and is launching a new service called The Stir. According to Match.com, the new service will bring single people together in thousands of events nationwide. The events will begin rolling out to Match.com subscribers this summer, with plans to expand to 20 U.S. cities by June. Match.com said it is hoping to take advantage of its national membership to power the new event service, which will include everything from large events to cooking classes, wine tastings, dance lessons, and more.

Houston-based BMC Software, the developer of IT management software, is looking to stave off what looks like a hostile takeover of the company this morning. BMC said today that it has been informed that hedge fund Elliott Associates and its affiliate Elliott International, L.P., have acquired a beneficial ownership of more than 5 percent of the firm's common stock, and also said it has adopted a "shareholder rights" plan in response. Elliott is a well known investor which attempts to force companies to sell themselves, and which has already said it plans to nominate its own five member slate to BMC's board of directors to force the software company to pursue a sale of the company. BMC said in a statement that "We do not believe the Elliott proposal is in the best interests of our stockholders.” Shareholders rights plans are commonly known as a "poison pill" to make it harder for companies to be taken over by hostile acquirers.

Grapevine-based video games retailer GameStop looks to possibly be expanding its refurbished hardware business to the sale of Apple MacBooks, according to a report from online gaming site Kotaku over the weekend. According to the report, a leaked screenshot from a GameStop employee shows that the retail chain's inventory now stocks the popular Apple laptops, and expansion from the firm's recent move to sell refurbished iPads, iPods, and iPhones. GameStop has recently been expanding beyond its core sales of games and accessories into the resale of those devices, which it has been picking up through in-store tradeins.

Austin-based WhaleShark Media is expanding its coupon and deal empire today, saying that it has acquired a french, online coupon publisher, Miwim. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. WhaleShark's latest acquisition gives it a suite of online coupon sites, including Bons-de-Reduction and Poulpeo. WhaleShark said the new acquisitions will expand its coverage of e-commerce activity in Western Europe to 70 percent of the market. Olivier David and Francois Larvor, the founders of Miwim, have joined WhaleShark as part of the acquisition, adding 20 additional employees to its headcount. WhaleShark is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adams Street Partners, Google Ventures, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The company is headed by Cotter Cunningham.

Austin-based Whole Foods Market has released a new mobile app via its Whole Planet Foundation, which looks to encourage consumers to performance green lifestyle actions by offering up coupons. The new Make Change. Not Waste app--released by the Whole Planet Foundation and BlueAvocado--allows users to do things like using reusable water bottles, converting to electronic billing, using a reusable bag, and so on and gain access to special coupons from green brands at Whole Foods. The app is free. The Whole Planet Foundation said that users can also donate back to the group to help fund microlending products in countries where Whole Foods Market sources it products.

Dallas-based Texas Instruments is hoping a donation of $2.2M to the University of California, Berkeley, will help encourage undergraduates to study electronics, the firm said Thursday. TI said its give, which is aimed at UC Berkeley's traditional introductory Electronic Design Laboratory, will "ignite lifelong ingenuity and passion" around using analog and embedded processors. TI said it will also be donating development kits using its various devices to help with hands on learning experience in the classroom. UC BErkely is renovating its lab space, which is expected to open in Spring of 2013.

Austin-based Gazzang, the developer of cloud encryption and key management software backed by Austin Ventures and Silver Creek Ventures, debuted a new service Thursday aimed at Ubuntu Linux desktop users. The firm said its new zEscrow service--which is free--helps users of Ubuntu back up and recover the randomly generated keys which are used by the operating system to protect home directories. Gazzang said that the new tool is available as part of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS archive. The new solution is aimed at helping users of the OS, who risk completely losing their data if they forget their login password or associated mount passphrase.

Austin- and Los Angeles-based GameSalad, which develops software which makes it easy for people to create their own Apple iOS mobile games, has announced a major partnership with Chinese Internet giant Tencent. According to GameSalad, it is partnership with Tencent on a series of initiatives to bring the firm to China. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, however, GameSalad said it will be providing help with localization, marketing, monetization, and featured distribution in Tencent's App Store in China, as well as creating a Chinese version of its GameSalad Creator tool. The new Chineses GameSalad Creator includes localization into simplified Chinese and local carrier billing for Chinese carriers.

Network management software startup ihiji has officially become a full member of the Austin Technology Incubator, the two said yesterday, after having been part of ATI's Landing Pad Program since 2010. ihiji --which moved to Austin in 2010 from Florida--develops network management software based in the cloud, allowing IT users to remotely monitor and support their IP devices. According to the ATI, ihiji decided to become a full member at ATI to take advantage of additional benefits at the incubator. ihiji was founded by Stuart Rench, Michael Maniscalco, and David Rench.

Dallas-based Tyler Technologies has signed up an Illinois county as a new customer, the firm said earlier this week. The provider of software for the municipal government market said that Peoria County, Illinois, has selected the firm's Odyssey products for the county's civil and criminal courts, jail and judicial administrative offices. Financial details of the win were not announced. Peoria County has around 186,000 residents and is about 150 miles southwest of Chicago.

Houston-based startup biotechnology firm LaserGen, which is developing technology for the DNA sequencing market, said today that it has named Mimi Healy as Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Healy also joins the company's board. Healy was previously CEO of Bacterial Barcodes. LaserGen has backing from Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) and angel investors, and also has been supported by small business and research grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems said today that it has signed a multi-year agreement to manage a private label credit card program for online jewelry site Blue Nile. Financial details of the agreement were not announced by the companies. Seattle-based Blkue Nile is an online retailer of diamonds and jewelry.

Dallas-based Roomkey.com, the startup hotel search engine which is backed by Choice Hotels International, Hilton, Hyatt Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott, and Wyndham Hotel Group, said today that it has exited beta for the service, and added a number of new features. The site--which launched in March--offers up a way for travelers to find hotel rooms, providing hotel information and pricing information. The firm said it also has added such features as allowing consumers to compare properties across multiple locations, share their favorite hotels with other via email, Facebook, and Twitter, and now is featuring consumer reviews of properties on the site.

Southlake-based Travelocity, the online travel booking site, is looking to attract third party developers to the service, with a new developer's portal. According to the firm, the portal provides a comprehensive toolkit for Travelocity's partner developers, allowing them to gain access to hotel availability, rates, inventory, booking confirmations, and much more via software. The API is aimed at hotels who want to better connect into the Travelocity system. Travelocity said it tapped Mashery, a developer of API technology and services, for the APIs.

Round Rock-based Dell said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of SonicWALL, the developer of remote access, network security, backup, and other products. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been announced by the company. Dell said the buy will bolster its security software and services portfolio. Dell originally announced the deal to buy SonicWALL on March 13th. SonicWall was private equity backed by Thoma Bravo.

Dallas-baesd AT&T said late Tuesday that it has completed its sale of its AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive units to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. The deal was worth $750M in cash, a $200M note, and a 47 percent equity interest in the new firm, YP Holdings LLC. The deal had originally been announced in early April.

Austin-based CopperEgg, the devleoper of cloud monitoring and analytics software, announced this morning that it has raised $2.1M in additional funding as part of its Series A round. The firm said that Silverton Partners lead the round, and also included Webb Investment Network, the investment fund of former eBay COO Maynard Webb, and Kenny Van Zant, formerly of Asana. The firm said it has now raised $4.1M in funding. In addition, CopperEgg says it has named Bob Quillan as it new CEO; Quillin has served at Hyper9 (acquired by SolarWinds), EMC Lonix (acquired by VMware), and nlayers (acquired by EMC).

Plano-based KingsIsle Entertainment, which develops online games, including its family focused, flagship title Wizard101, announced a deal today to tap Unity Technologies for its upcoming projects. KingIsle said it will use Unity's game development platform for a variety of possible future products. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Unity develops a game engine to help power 3D games.

Houston-based datacenter operator CyrusOne has been selected by a managed hosting provider, Connectria Hosting, to house a Dallas expansion by the provider, Connectria announced today. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, however, Connectria Hosting said it will use CyrusOne to house a new space to deliver its cloud computing products, as well as offer a disaster recovery option for its clients. Connectria said the expansion will provide a fourth data center location for the company, beyond its existing locations in St. Louis and Philadelphia. CyrusOne operates 23 facilities across the United States, London, and Singapore.

Austin-based Ziften Technologies, the developer of enterprise monitoring software run by Mark Obrecht, has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding, and launched its first product, the firm said today. The new funding was led by Fayez Sarofim & Co., and also included Andrew Busey, the former CEO of Challenge Games. Ziften said it has launched its new Behavioral Lightweight Intelligence for Stressed Systems (BLISS) software, which helps enterprises to understand, prioritize, and control applications on both physical and virtual desktops. The firm said the funding will go to expand its core technology. Ziften has now raised $11.3M in funding.