High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Monday, May 19, 2008 Azaleos Upgrades Exchange Monitoring Seattle-based Azaleos said Monday that it has upgraded its remote monitoring and reporting service for Microsoft Exchange. Azaleos said version 4.0 of its ViewExchange product adds new views and reports, ability to view data on both physical server and virtual servers, along with other upgrades. Azaleos also said that it has rolled out a new, three week trial offer to help companies evaluate the health of their Exchange systems. The firm's ViewXchange service is used by companies to monitor thei (More info...) posted on Monday, May 19, 2008(Full story) Microsoft Revives Talks with Yahoo Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said late Sunday that it has begun talking with Yahoo again, about possible "strategic alternatives." The firm said it is not looking to acquire all of Yahoo, but did say in a statement that it will explore alternatives to "improve and expand its online services and advertising business." Microsoft did not rule out an all-out acquisition of Yahoo, but said it is not making a new bid to acquire all of Yahoo at this time. No other details of the discussion were (More info...) posted on Monday, May 19, 2008(Full story) GridNetworks Gets Investment From Comcast Seattle-based GridNetworks, a provider of Internet video delivery services, said this morning that it has scored an investment from Comcast Interactive Capital. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. GridNetworks said the investment came as part of a collaborative relationship with Comcast. According to the firms, the collaboration revolves around using P2P technology on ISP networks, for delivering HD and other video content. The new investment in GridNetworks follows a similar s (More info...) posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 (More)(Full story) Big Fish Games Bumps de Segur to CTO Seattle-based casual video game publisher Big Fish Games reported Monday that it promoted Laurent de Segur from vice president of technology to chief technology officer on May 1. Big Fish described de Segur as a 20-year veteran of the gaming and software industries who got his start in the gaming business as director of media lab at Electronic Arts. de Segur would later go on to serve various senior engineering positions at Apple, Amazon.com and Expedia, Big Fish said. posted on Monday, May 19, 2008(Full story) AdmitOne Security Appoints BizDev VP Risk-based authentication software publisher AdmitOne Security reported Monday that it has hired Martin Yam as vice president of business development. In this role, AdmitOne explained, Yam will strive to expand the company's partner program, which currently includes Juniper Networks and First Data Corp. Prior to joining AdmitOne, Yam was vice president of worldwide sales for Arcot Systems Inc. AdmitOne said Yam has also served as vice president of sales and services at Questerra and ValiCert and (More info...) posted on Monday, May 19, 2008(Full story) Wetpaint Gets $25M Seattle-based Wetpaint, which develops software which allows users create their own wiki web sites, said today that it has raised $25M in a Series C funding. The new funding was led by DAG Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Frazier Technology Ventures. Wetpaint said the additional funding will go to accelerate adoption of its products. The firm said that the Series C funding also was co-led by an un-named, financial investor. The new funding brings (More info...) posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 (More)(Full story) |
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