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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 Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Escapia Raises $1.6M Seattle-based Escapia has raised $1.6M in a round of funding, the firm said this week, for the firm's web-based vacation rental management and marketing products. The funding was led by Steven D. Murch, Buerk Dale Victor, and Atlas Accelerator, all existing investors. Escapia provides software which helps vacation rental agencies manage vacation rental homes, including managing web sites, tracking reservations, managing accounting, and more. posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) Microsoft Jumps into Energy Monitoring Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it has create a new, online application for helping consumers understand their energy usage, Microsoft Hohm. According to Microsoft, the new online application uses analytics from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy to provide consumers with personalized energy-saving recommendations; the new firm said it would work with uility industry firms Puget Sound Energy, the Sacramen (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) Visible Revs Social Media Monitoring Software Seattle-based Visible Technologies reports today that it has released a new version of its social media monitoring software, TruCast 2.8, which will allow its users to filter information in the service by country. The firm's service allows companies and brands to gauge the opinion of their products and service on the web. Visible Technologies is venture backed by Ignition Partners and WPP. posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) Spacelabs Sells Clinical Trials Services Division Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has sold its Clinical Trials Services division to Medifacts International Inc. of Rockville, Md., Medifacts announced this morning. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Spacelabs is an international developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment and services. Its Clinical Trials Services division provides integrated cardiovascular safety and diagnostic services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Dr (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) 1Cast Hires Sales VP Kirkland-based 1Cast, a broadcast news and information service for desktop and mobile computer users, reported this morning that it has hired Jack Hallahan as vice president of global advertising sales. The firm said Hallahan boasts more than two decades of marketing and advertising experience and most recently was vice president of advertising and business development at MobiTV. 1Cast also reported that auto manufacturer Infiniti has expanded its charter advertising commitment to include (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) Microsoft Releases Beta Of Free Security Tool Microsoft has released a beta of a free, consumer focused security tool called Microsoft Security Essentials, which replaces the firm's paid Windows Live OneCare service. The beta--which apparently has already reached maximum capacity for participants--will provide anti-malware and antivirus capability for free to consumers. The general release of the software is targeted for fall. Microsoft had said in November of last year that it would be phasing out Windows Live OneCare, and replacing (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) Isilon Partners With Storage Compression Firm Seattle-based Isilon Systems, a developer of network attached storage products, said yesterday that the firm has partnered with storage software firm Storwize. According to the firms, they have integrated a storage solution based on Isilon's NAs products and Storwize's STN-600 appliance, which compresses data stored on systems in real time. The two said the collaboration would increase usable storage capacity for the firms' customers by up to 10x. Financial details of the effort were not (More info...) posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009(Full story) |
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