Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Roomkey Exits Beta, Adds New Tools Dallas-based Roomkey.com, the startup hotel search engine which is backed by Choice Hotels International, Hilton, Hyatt Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott, and Wyndham Hotel Group, said today that it has exited beta for the service, and added a number of new features. The site--which launched in March--offers up a way for travelers to find hotel rooms, providing hotel information and pricing information. The firm said it also has added suc (More info...) posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012(Full story) Travelocity Aims At Developers With APIs Southlake-based Travelocity, the online travel booking site, is looking to attract third party developers to the service, with a new developer's portal. According to the firm, the portal provides a comprehensive toolkit for Travelocity's partner developers, allowing them to gain access to hotel availability, rates, inventory, booking confirmations, and much more via software. The API is aimed at hotels (More info...) posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012(Full story) Dell Completes SonicWall Buy Round Rock-based Dell said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of SonicWALL, the developer of remote access, network security, backup, and other products. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been announced by the company. Dell said the buy will bolster its security software and services portfolio. Dell originally announced the deal to buy SonicWALL on March 13th. SonicWall was private equity backed by Thoma Bravo. posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012(Full story) AT&T Completes Advertising Unit Sale Dallas-baesd AT&T said late Tuesday that it has completed its sale of its AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive units to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. The deal was worth $750M in cash, a $200M note, and a 47 percent equity interest in the new firm, YP Holdings LLC. The deal had originally been announced in early April. posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2012(Full story) |
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