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, June 25, 2009 Preferred Health Technology Names Sales Head Caroollton-based Preferred Health Technology reported this week that it has hired Sean Riley as vice president of sales. The provider of electronic payment and transaction-processing services for the health care industry said Riley will manage nationwide sales of its medical payment solution, A-Claim. Before joining PHT, the company noted, Riley was executive vice president at Sterling Payment Technologies. Before that, PHT added, he spent seven years at Chase Paymentech, ultimately servi (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009(Full story) ULURU Abandons Acquisition Efforts Addison-based specialty pharmaceutical firm ULURU announced Wednesday that it has abandoned its plans to acquire an English skin care company. On April 6, ULURU reported that it had tendered a non-binding offer letter to purchase York Pharma PLC of Milton Keynes, which is located some 60 miles northwest of London. ULURU also extended York a $1 million revolving credit facility secured by substantially all of York's assets and its subsidiaries. Had the tender offer been approved, ULURU ori (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009(Full story) SmarteSoft Signs London Consulting Firm SmarteSoft reported this week that a London-based information technology consulting firm, Entegraty Consulting, has adopted SmarteSoft's SmarteLoad application. The financial impact of the deal, which SmarteSoft said was initially executed in February, was not disclosed. Headquartered in Austin, SmarteSoft produces test automation applications that software development teams use to improve software quality. posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009(Full story) Red McCombs Invests In Online Banking Firm SmartyPig Texas billionaire Red McCombs has made an investment in an online banking firm with a social networking bent, McCombs said today. According to SmartyPig and McCombs, McCombs has agreed to purchase a "substantial" equity stake in the banking firm, which provides both online banking services as well as social tools to save money and track spending. The firm said it now has more than $100M in U.S. customer deposits, and expects it will reach $500M by the end of the year. SmartyPig also has r (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009(Full story) |
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