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, February 2, 2010 ReachForce Raises $1.7M Austin-based ReachForce has raised $1.7M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesday. According to the filing, the $1.7M came as part of a $1.8M round. The firm had announced the funding last week, saying it raised a round of funding from Greenhill SAVP, but did not disclose the amount of the funding. ReachForce is a developer of sales management and lead generation software. posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 (More)(Full story) SailPoint: Customers Tripled In 2009 Austin-based SailPoint said today that it tripled its customer base in 2009, and had consecutive, record-breaking quarters. The privately held firm--which did not disclose financials--said the growth came due to pain its customers was feeling due to regulatory demands and security breaches. The firm said it now has 23 Global 500 companies on its customer list. SailPoint is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Origin Partners and Silverton Partners. The firm's cl (More info...) posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010(Full story) Black Sand Buys Patent Portfolio Austin-based Black Sand Technologies, a developer of power amplifiers for the wireless industry, announced today that it has acquired a patent portfolio from Silicon Laboratories. The firm said the patent portfolio is related to CMOS power amplifiers. The company explained that under the terms of the transaction, it has received both issued and pending patents from Silicon Laboratories, as well as U.S. and international patents. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010(Full story) Intralink-Spine Gets $750K SBIR Grant Georgetown, Texas-based Intralink-Spine, a medical device firm focused on treating degenerative disc disease and low back pain, said Monday that it has received a $750,000, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant. The firm, which is backed by angel investors, said the award came from the National Institutes of Health, for pre-clinical studies of its technology. Intralink-Spine's technology focused on injectable tissue to reinforce the spinal disc. Intralink-Spine is also backed by (More info...) posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010(Full story) SoftLayer Deploys VMware ESX Dallas-based hosting firm SoftLayer said today that it has bgun offering VMware ESX support in its dedicated server offerings. The firm said it will support the popular server virtualization operating system, including support for VMware vSphere. The support will allow its customers the ability to run multiple operating system images on a single, dedicated server within the firm's data center. posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010(Full story) |
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