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, August 27, 2010 LifeSize Wins Virgin Mobile India Austin-based LifeSize reported earlier this week that Virgin Mobile India, the youth-focused mobile phone service which is jointly owned by Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices, is using the firm's HD video conferencing solutions. LifeSize says that Virgin Mobile India is using the firm's equipment to reduce travel, and so far has reduced travel by 20 percent by using its products. Financial size of the win was not disclosed, however, LifeSize said that Virgin Mobile India has been u (More info...) posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) HP Counters Dell With $2.0 Billion For 3PAR Just hours after Dell reported that it had matched HP's offer for 3PAR, at $27.00 per share, HP has turned around and increased its offer for 3PAR to $30.00 per share in cash, or $2.0 billion. The intense bidding war between HP and Dell started Monday, when HP put in a belated bid for 3PAR, after Dell and 3PAR had already agreed on an acquisition deal. posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) Silicon Laboratories Gets Patent Settlement Austin-based Silicon Laboratories reported Thursday afternoon that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit against Quintic Corporation, a semiconductor developer, and its Chinese affiliate. According to Silicon Labs, the companies have agreed to a patent licensing and royalty arrangement, which will give Quintic a limited license to its portfolio of FM radio patents. Financial details of the patent settlement and license were not announced. posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) GameStop Gets Competition From Best Buy Grapevine-based videogame retailer GameStop has some new competition today, after retailer Best Buy announced that it is getting into used videogames yesterday. Best Buy said that it is launching a used games program, including a trade in program, at close to 600 Best Buy stores this week. According to Best Buy, it will give customers the ability to sell their pre-owned videogames at the store. As part of the push, Best Buy also said it would give customers a $20 Best Buy Gift Card (More info...) posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) Dell Increases Bid For 3PAR To $1.8 Billion The rapid-fire bidding war for data storage firm 3PAR continues this morning, as Round Rock-based Dell said that 3PAR has accepted a new, $27.00 per share bid to acquire the company. Dell said this morning it increased its offer to $27.00 per share in cash, and that 3PAR had accepted its increased offer as part of a provision that allows Dell to match competing bids for the firm. Dell said that it "continues to believe" that the acquisition of 3PAR is important to its customers, an (More info...) posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) RigNet Expands In North Dakota Houston-based RigNet, a provider of remote communication services to the oil and gas industry, said this week that it has opened up a new service center in Dickinson, North Dakota. The firm said the new center will serve customers in the Bakken Shale region, which includes parts of North Dakota and Montana. RigNet provides satellite communications connectivity to oil and gas operations in the region, including voice, fax, broadband Internet, and enterprise connections. posted on Friday, August 27, 2010(Full story) |
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