Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Monday, November 5, 2012
Bazaarvoice Shuffles CEO, Acquires Longboard Media Austin-based Bazaarvoice said Monday afternoon that it has named Stephen Collins as its CEO, and acquired a California company. Bazaarvoice said that former CEO Brett Hurt has become Vice Chairman of the company, and that Collins--who has been serving as Chief Innovation Officer of the firm since January--as CEO. Collins has been at Bazaarvoice since 2010. Separately, the company said that it has acquired San Francisco-based Longboard Media, (More info...) posted on Monday, November 5, 2012(Full story) HomeAway Adds Online Booking Austin-based HomeAway is hoping to make it even easier for travelers to use its site, saying that it has added online booking of properties through its service. The firm said that the booking of vacation home rentals works on both HomeAway.com and VRBO.com. HomeAway had previously helped connect vacation home rental owners with travelers, but was not handling the actual booking process; the new feature lets travelers immediately send a paid reservatio (More info...) posted on Monday, November 5, 2012(Full story) Quarri Launches Security Software For iOS Quarri, the developer of security software for mobile devices, announced today that it has launched a new software product for the Apple iOS platform. The company--which is backed by the Houston Angel Network, Daylight Partners, and the Texas Halo Fund--said the new software prevent unauthorized use and replication of confidential data on mobile browser software on Apple. The company did not announce pricing on its new product, Protect On Q (POQ) Mobile (More info...) posted on Monday, November 5, 2012(Full story) Fallbrook Technologies Moves HQ To Cedar Park Fallbrook Technologies, a developer of continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions for the electric bicycle and automobile market, said today that it has moved its headquarters to Cedar Park, Texas. The company--which was based in San Diego, California--said the move came as it appointed John K. Penver as its CFO. Penver is known locally for his work with Active Power, where he was CFO, VP Finance, and Secretary. Penver has also served at (More info...) posted on Monday, November 5, 2012(Full story) Dell Sells Unit To Conifer Health Solutions Round Rock-based Dell has sold off its Revenue Cycle Solutions line of businesses for healthcare providers to Frisco-based Conifer Health Solutions, the two announced this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Confier and Dell, they will transition 34 revenue cycle management clients and 800 revenue cycle management employees from Dell to Conifer over a period of 12 months. (More info...) posted on Monday, November 5, 2012(Full story)
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