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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 Friday, June 20, 2008 Getty Images Shareholders Okay Deal Seattle-based Getty Images said Friday that its shareholders have approved the firm's merger with private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC. According to Getty Images, its stock holders will receive $34.00 in cash for each share of Getty Images common stock at the effectiveness of the merger. The firm said that it now expects the transaction to close on June 30th. The firms first announced the acquisition deal in February; the deal is worth approximately $2.4B. posted on Friday, June 20, 2008(Full story) Revenue Science Promotes Hirsch To President and CEO Seattle-based Revenue Science, a provider of behavioral targeting technology for Internet advertising, said Thursday that it has appointed Jeff Hirsch as its new President and CEO. Hirsch was most recently the firm's President, and replaces Bill Gossman, who remains on the firm's board of directors. Hirsch has previously served at valueClick and Fastclick, and was founder of Xymox Systems. Revenue Science's headquarters are in Seattle, with operations in New York, Santa Barbara, London, and Toky (More info...) posted on Friday, June 20, 2008(Full story) Resolute Names CEO Bellevue-based Resolution Solutions Corporation, a provider of IT consulting, said Friday that it has named Frank J. Costa as CEO of the firm. Costa succeeds founder John Fallou. Costa joins the company from Perlego Systems, where he was president and CEO. Costa has also served at Active Voice, Mentor Graphics, Intel Corp., OrCAD and ProTools. Resolute Solutions is a provider of IT services to Fortune 1000 and mid-market enterprises. posted on Friday, June 20, 2008(Full story) InfoSpace Rolls Out Search Widget Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Thursday that its Dogpile.com search engine has rolled out a new search widget. According to Dogpile.com, the canine-themed new widget--which it has called "Arfie"--runs as a desktop widget and will help users access Dogpile's metasearch service from their desktop. According to the firm, the new widget's major features include playing with an animated dog named Arfie, who will romp around their desktop and can be "pet" by the user. Dogpile.com is a meta search engin (More info...) posted on Friday, June 20, 2008(Full story) |
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