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 30, 2009 Amalto Gets Funding Round Amalto Technologies, a developer of B2B information exchange software for the oil and gas industry, said today that the firm has scored an investment from Succes Europe, which will go towards its development of B2B software for the industry. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Amalto, which has US offices in Houston but headquarters in Paris, has contracts with firms like Chevron and others to help them track invoices or field tickets with trading partners. posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009(Full story) Austin Ventures Invests In Directory Site Austin-based venture capital firm Austin Ventures is the lead firm in an investment in a local business directory site, MojoPages. According to MojoPages, which is based in California, Austin Ventures led a $5M Series A funding round for the firm. MojoPages offers local business listings, ratings, reviews, and social networking features to newspaper, TV, and other media web sites. Mike Dodd, a venture partner at Austin Ventures, sits on the firm's board. MojoPages said the funding (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (More)(Full story) DealTaker.com Expands into The UK Plano-based DealTaker.com, an online coupon listings site, said this morning that the firm has expanded its offerings into the UK. The firm said that it is now featuring deals and vouchers for UK shoppers at its site, an expansion of the firm's current listings for American consumers. DealTaker.com has been running its free coupon site since 2004. posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009(Full story) HomeAway Gets New York Times Win Austin-based HomeAway.com, operator of a vacation rental Web site, revealed this morning that it has added the New York Times newspaper as a client. The financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. According to HomeAway, it will provide The New York Times' Web site, NYTimes.com, with vacation rental listings. As a result, HomeAway said, visitors to NYTimes.com can search and compare rental properties across the globe. They will also have ac (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009(Full story) NEON Targets Mainframe Costs Sugar Land-based NEON Enterprise Software, a developer of products for the mainframe market, said today that it has rolled out a new product it says will save companies in IT ccosts. According to the firm, its product allows companies to shift batch worloads from expensive IBM Systems z central processors (CP) to less expensive, specialty processors such as IBM's System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) or System z Application Assist Processors (zAAP). The firm said the product co (More info...) posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009(Full story) |
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