May 28th, 2008
Yodlee, Inc., and Q2 Software, Inc. today announced a partnership to enhance Q2’s electronic banking platform with personal financial management and bill pay capabilities from Yodlee. The integrated Yodlee PersonalFinance and Yodlee BillPay components will be available for all Q2 customers as value-added features for the Q2 online banking experience.
“Q2 Software is helping to set [...]
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May 28th, 2008
Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management (SRM) solutions, today announced the award of a five-year General Services Administration (GSA) contract. Uplogix’ inclusion on the GSA schedule is enabled by an agreement with government contractor EC America enabling federal agencies to purchase and deploy Uplogix remote management solutions from authorized Uplogix Government Channel Partners.
“With demands [...]
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May 21st, 2008
Versata Enterprises, Inc. (Versata), a leading provider of enterprise software solutions, announces today the acquisition of privately held Evolutionary Technologies International, Inc. (ETI), a recognized innovator of data integration products.
Versata will operate ETI within its Business Automation Business Unit. ETI joins Versata’s growing family of enterprise software companies, including Versata Software, Inc., Versata, Inc., Artemis [...]
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May 5th, 2008
As Microsoft’s bid expires, shares of Yahoo are expected to go down to pre-bid levels. Ealy trading overseas has not been pretty, and the first trades this morning on the NASDAQ appear to have shares of Yahoo down about 18%.
Given the chatter among the Twitterati on Friday who all appeared to be shorting the stock [...]
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March 24th, 2008
BSG Alliance, Steve Papermaster’s Austin-based startup which has been very active in both acquisitions (here, here and here) and appointing high profile new board members, has reportedly raised nearly $43 million in Series B funding led by Oak Investment Partners, according to a regulatory filing. The company had previously raised $20 million from Foundation Capital, [...]
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March 6th, 2008
CreditCards.com, the leading online credit card comparison marketplace, today announced an agreement to distribute the noted CreditCards.com rate tables on Yahoo! Finance, the #1 finance site on the Web.The CreditCards.com search engine, containing hundreds of card offers updated daily, has been integrated into Yahoo! Finance’s rate averages module, which is located on pages across the [...]
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March 4th, 2008
We reported back in January that we heard Pluck was for sale. Today it’s being reported that Demand Media, run by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, is acquiring the company for between $50M and $60M. Pretty good for a company with about $10M in 2007 revenue. Mashable has good coverage of the news with Rosenblatt and [...]
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March 4th, 2008
Zales and Gordon’s Jewelers joined the long list of top e-commerce websites that utilize Bazaarvoice’s ratings and reviews technology. That little jewelry store in the mall is a $2.1B per year business that has 2,200 retail outlets. Bazaarvoice’s advanced word-of-mouth analytics tools allow Zales to tune into this archive of customer opinions in order to [...]
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March 4th, 2008
Austin-based SolarWinds, which makes network management and monitoring software, has been shoring up the board of directors lately. John Thornton of Austin Ventures was added in February, and Salesforce.com CFO Steven Cakebread was announced as another board addition in early February. It’s a pretty odd move for a private company. Unless of course you need [...]
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February 21st, 2008
Austin-based Pluck announced that it has signed a deal with Hearst digital. The Pluck social media technology will power the audience participation and community features of the websites of some pretty major Hearst brands including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, and Harper’s Bazaar. Alex Ballantyne, Hearst digital’s Managing Director, says: “Based on our review, no other social [...]
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