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, September 5, 2008 Three Texas Firms Head To DEMO Three Texas firms are headed to the DEMOfall launch conference next week, including Austin's Microstaq, Houston-based Rudder Inc., and Dallas-based OpenACircle.com. The three will be among 72 companies launching their products at the show, which has traditionally been a big launching point of technology companies to the technology and mainstream press. The conference is competing this year with TechCrunch50, a competing conference started by blog mogul Michael Arrington. Microstaq develops MEMS (More info...) posted on Friday, September 5, 2008(Full story) Intervoice Acquisition Closes Convergys Corporation said Thursday that the firm has closed its acquisition of Dallas-based Intervoice, a publisher of interactive voice response software. The deal was worth $335M in cash, or $8.25 per share. Convergys said it would buy Intervoice in July. Impact of the deal on local employment was not disclosed. Both companies provide solutions for phone-based customer service, including interactive voice response, contact center management, mobile messaging technology, and related areas. Con (More info...) posted on Friday, September 5, 2008(Full story) DG FastChannel, Enliven Reduce Acquisition Price Dallas-based DG FastChannel has reduced the acquisition price of Enliven Marketing Technologies to approximately $80M, the firms said, in an amended merger agreement. Reason for the reduced price was not announced; the firms had originally announced DG FastChannel would buy Enliven in a stock-for-stock transaction in May, in what was a $98M deal. Envliven will become a wholly owned subsidiary of DG FastChannel, and Harvey D. Weatherson, a current Enliven board members, will join DG FastChannel's (More info...) posted on Friday, September 5, 2008(Full story) Transverse Launches Open Source Telecom Software Firm Austin-based Transverse said today that it has officially launched the firm, and will focus on open source, telecom operational support systems. According to the firm, the company's products will offer better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and end to vendor lock-in for telecom support systems. The firm said it is planning on introducing its products next week at CTIA. posted on Friday, September 5, 2008(Full story) |
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