Thursday, June 14, 2012
Cray Wins $16M Contract
Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray said Thursday that it has received a $16M contract, from the U.S. Department of Defense. Cray said the contract is part of the Department of Defense High Perform (More info...)
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Evri Spinout SportStream Raises $3.5M From Vulcan
A new spinout of Seattle-based Evri, focused on providing a "second screen" for sports fans on tablet PCs, has raised $3.5M in funding from Vulcan Capital. SportStream, headed by Will Hunsinger, annou (More info...)
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Amazon Web Services Drops Support Pricing, Expands Free Support
Seattle-based Amazon Web Services announced this morning that it is expanding its free support for its customers, and dropping pricing on its premium support plans. According to Amazon, it has revampe (More info...)
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AppFog Taps HP Open Source Exec For CTO
Portland-based AppFog announced this morning that it has appointed John Purrier, a former HP executive, as its new Chief Technology Officer. The developer of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) products said (More info...)
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Indow Windows Snags $1.3M
Portland-based Indow Windows, a manufacturer of thermal windows inserts, announced yesterday that it has raised $1.3M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Vision Ridge Partners, and also (More info...)
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Microsoft Eyes Micromessaging Startup
Microsoft is reportely in the last step of acquiring a developer of micro-messaging software aimed at enterprises, according to reports today, in a deal worth as much as $1 billion. According to those (More info...)
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