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 23, 2009 UpLogix Gets $1.3M In Debt Austin-based UpLogix, which develops remote management products for managing branch offices and other remote sites, has raised $1.3M in deal involving debt and warrants, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. No details of the funding have been announced by the company. The additional $1.3M in debt financing comes on top of just over $1.0M that the firm raised in debt in March. UpLogix is venture backed by Citi, Adams Capital Management, and Fayez Sarofim & Co. posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009(Full story) Freescale Hits One Billion Sensors Shipped Austin-based semiconductor firm Freescale Semiconductor said this week that the firm has recently reached a milestone, of one billion sensors shipped since the firm's entry into the market in 1980. Freescale's MEMs sensors are used for such application as airbag triggers, tire pressure monitoring, engine control, remote sensing, medical equipment, and more. Quoting rankings from industry analyst firm iSuppli, Freescale said it is now the No. 1 merchant automotive sensor supplier. posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009(Full story) Sipera Partners With Compliance Provider Richardson-based Sipera Systems reported this morning that the firm has linked with credit card compliance firm TrustNet. According to the firms, Sipera's VoIP and unified communications security products will be offered to enterprises as part of TrustNet's PCI security compliance services. Other details of the relationship were not disclosed. posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009(Full story) FSV Payment Systems Adds To Board Houston-based FSV Payment Systems, a provider of processing services for prepaid gift cards, said Monday that it has appointed Richard "Rick" Savard to its board of directors. Savard was most recently CEO of Netspend, and currently advises venture capital and private equity firms. Savard also served at Federated Department Stores and American Express Canada. posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009(Full story) Rackspace Wins Online Game Publisher San Antonio-based Rackspace revealed today that online game publisher Uforia Inc. has deployed Rackspace's Email service across its enterprise. The financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. Founded in 2008, Uforia specializes in massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Rackspace quoted Uforia's marketing manager, Chris Keswani, as saying his company has been able to reallocate more than 400 hours of IT resources toward core projects by outsourcing Rackspace's hosted e (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009(Full story) |
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