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, August 26, 2014 SoftLayer Plans Giant Data Center In Australia Dallas-based SoftLayer, the cloud hosting company which is now part of IBM, is planning to launch its first, Australian data center in September. According to IBM, its first, Australian data center will be in Melbourne, and will help to extend local cloud computing capabilities in Australia. IBM said the data center is part of a $1.2 billion investment effort it is working on to build out its cloud services in Asia Pacific and other regions around t (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014(Full story) AirStrip Finds $25M More San Antonio-based AirStrip, the developer of mobile healthcare applications, has scored a big strategic funding, saying this morning that it has raised $25M in a funding round. According to Airstrip, the strategic funding was led by the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund, Sequoia Capital and Wellcome Trust, and also included Sequoia Capital, Wellcome Trust, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Qualcomm Inc., along with new investors Dignit (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 (More)(Full story) Dell Ventures Into Lastline Round Rock-based Dell, has led an investment round in a developer of malware protection software based in Silicon Valley, via its venture capital arm, Dell Ventures. According to Redwood City, California-based Lastline, Dell led a $10M investment round, along wide Presidio Ventures, and which also included Report Ventures and e.venture. Lastline is developing software for malware defense. posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 (More)(Full story) Asure Software: No More Buddy Punching Time Clocks No more punching your buddies into work early! Austin-based workplace management software developer Asure Software announced a new product today, which uses facial recognition to "punch in" workers. Asure Software said its new AsureForce AirClock uses biometric technology, which uses both PIN entry and facial recognition technology to punch in workers. Asure Software's new product is aimed at reducing time fraud due to "buddy punching" -- the age (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014(Full story) |
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