Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Thursday, May 8, 2008 Dallas, Houston Among Top Markets for eBay Sellers Auction web site eBay released information on its top U.S. markets for eBay Sellers Thursday, saying that both Dallas and Houston were among the top ten markets for the site. According to eBay, Dallas was ranked number 5 among the top 10 markets, with 85,484 Dallas residents selling 5,003,292 items last year totaling $754,493,210. Houston was ranked number 8, with 76,450 Houston residents selling 4,297,389 items for a total of $528,872,858. Los Angeles topped the eBay's list at number one. posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008(Full story) Dell Makes Assault On Virtualization Market Dell said Wednesday that it has rolled out a complete set of servers, storage, software, and services for virtualization, as the firm looks towards tackling the growing virtualization market. According to Dell, it has rolled out a new online tool to streamline deployment of virtualization; rolled out two servers optimized specifically for virtualization; integrated its storage arrays with VMware; added new products from Egenera; and added servicing support for the market. Among the new products (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008(Full story) Austin Logistics Gets Win In Taiwan Austin-based Austin Logics, which develops decision support and debt collection software, disclosed today that the firm's products have been deployed by ABN AMRO Taiwan. Financial details of the deployment were not released, hwoever Austin Logitics said that ABN AMRO has deployed its OnQ and CallTECH Collections and Recoveries Optimizatoin products. The products are used to manage consumer debt collection processes. posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008(Full story) RF Monolithics Teams With Wireless Networking Firm Dallas-based RF Monolithics announced this morning that it is in a strategic alliance with Dust Networks, a provider of wireless sensor networking products. According to the firm, it will collaborate with Dust using embedded systems from Dust in OEM modules, gateways, and other products. RF Monolithics said that the products will be sold into applications that include asset management, environmental monitoring, condition-based maintenance, and building automation. Financial details of the deal w (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008(Full story) i2's Sidhu Leaves As Chairman i2 Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based provider of supply chain management services, reported Wednesday that founder Sanjiv Sidhu will step down as chairman of the company's board of directors. Jackson L. Wilson Jr., who has served on i2's board since April 2005, will succeed Sidhu as executive chairman, the company said, adding that Sidhu will remain on the board as chairman emeritus. Prior to his i2 involvement, Wilson was chief executive officer of Accenture's Business Process Outsourcing divis (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008(Full story) |
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