Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Austin, Dallas-Forth Worth Rank In High Tech Employment Report The AeA, a technology trade association, has released the firm's annual report on high tech employment in major metropolitan areas, its Cybercities 2008 report, and ranked both Austin and Dallas-Forth Worth as among the top cities in the nation for high tech employment. According to the AeA, Austin was ranked third in terms of high tech salary in the report, and Dallas-Fort Worth ranked number 5 in the number of high tech employees in the area. The AeA found that Austin had an average wage of $1 (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008(Full story) The Planet to Expand Dallas Data Center Dedicated Internet hosting company The Planet reported Tuesday that it has expanded its Dallas D6 data center to accommodate another 12,000 square feet of floor space. Once the new space is online in November, the Houston-based company said, its total operational footprint will rise to some 167,000 square feet. Six of The Planet's six data centers are located in Dallas; the other two are in Houston. The Planet is a privately held company that currently hosts more than 22,000 small- and medium-si (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008(Full story) BMC Software Promotes EMEA Exec Houston-based BMC Software, a publisher of IT automation applications, reported Tuesday that it has promoted Luca Lazzaron as vice president and general manager of its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. BMC said Lazzaron will be tasked with driving sales and with growing BMC's EMEA organization. Lazzaron, who has been with BMC since its acquisition of BladeLogic, previously managed BladeLogic's EMEA sales operations. Prior to that, he was regional vice president for Portal Softwar (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008(Full story) MPOWER Ventures Funds Sapphire Mobile Systems MPOWER Ventures LP, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm focusing on early stage businesses, announced Monday that its investment portfolio now includes Sapphire Mobile Systems of Philadelphia. The amount of MPOWER's investment was not disclosed. Sapphire develops mobile banking and payments applications that are accessible from mobile handsets via the Short Message Service (SMS) communication protocol. As a result of MPOWER's investment, Sapphire has been rebranded as MPOWER Mobile Inc. T (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (More)(Full story) Bazaarvoice Opens French Office, Signs Fnac.com Austin, Texas-based Bazaarvoice, a publisher of hosted social commerce software, reported Monday that it has opened an office in Paris that will serve as its headquarters for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Bazaarvoice said Kamal Kirpalani, a 10-year EMEA sales and business development veteran, will manage the outfit. In a related announcement, Bazaarvoice said Fnac.com, a France-based distributor of books, music CDs and electronic equipment, has chosen Bazaarvoice's Ratings & (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008(Full story) RenewData Promotes Two RenewData, a publisher of e-discovery and digital data risk management software, reported Monday that it has promoted Robert Little to chief marketing officer and Matthew Davis to chief enterprise architect. RenewData said Little joined the company in 2007 and possesses more than two decades of software integration experience. Little, RenewData added, hails from ZANTAZ, where he supervised the marketing organization and served as a corporate spokesperson. Davis, who has been with RenewData since (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008(Full story) |
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