Push-To-Talk Over Wi-Fi for Motorola Warehouse Devices

Published in July 22nd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Enterprise, Retail, Software, Technology, Telecom, Voice, Web 2.0
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Radicomm, Inc., a Motorola PartnerSelect ISV (Independent Software Vendor), has released QuickTalk, a voice communication system for rugged mobile scanning devices like the Motorola MC9090 and MC70. Using QuickTalk, stockroom managers and other supervisors can talk to any worker in their warehouse, factory, or distribution center with the push of a button. All voice communication […]

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Amazon Web Services on its way to surpass $500M in sales this year

Published in April 22nd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Amazon, Business, Enterprise, Internet, Money, Public Companies, Retail, Software, Technology, Web 2.0
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In a recent conference call Amazon has announced that it has reached over $131M in sales during the fourth-quarter of 2007 from its Web Services, which much or less means more than $500M in revenues for the entire fiscal 2008 for Amazon coming solely from its Web Services. When compared to the $5.7B for the […]

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Website Optimization company and CMS leader joined forces

Published in March 17th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Acquisitions, Advertising, Business, Enterprise, Internet, Marketing, Money, Public Companies, Search Engines, Software, Technology, eCommerce
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An interesting deal happened a few months ago, announced in October 2007 and closed in November the same year. Interwoven, a public company traded on NASDAQ, has acquired the said website optimization pioneer Optimost.
The both companies then said that combination of Interwoven’s Content Management Solutions with Optimost’s Multivariable Testing and Optimization Solution will help organizations […]

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Pluck acquired by Demand Media

Published in March 8th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Acquisitions, Advertising, Austin Ventures, Business, Demand Media, Enterprise, Internet, Marketing, Mayfield Fund, Media, Money, Reuters, Social Networking, Software, Technology, Web 2.0
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Demand Media, a major buyer and operator of Internet domain name companies, has announced just a few days ago it has acquired the Austin-based social media company Pluck after about reportedly two months of negotiations. The price is $75M in all cash deal. Pluck revenues are around $10 million/year and the company has raised $17 […]

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It seems eXpresso is having more competition than we thought

Published in February 6th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Enterprise, Internet, Software, Technology, Web 2.0
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A couple of days ago when we wrote about a tiny start-up that raised venture capital for an online collaboration tool built around Microsoft Excel we did not fully realize how crowded the market is. Today Mashable has put up a very nice and comprehensive list of all things spreadsheet – or in other words […]

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An online collaboration tool built around Microsoft Excel took $2M, plans for $2M more

Published in February 3rd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Enterprise, Funding, Individuals Venture Fund, Internet, Investments, Microsoft, Money, Novus Ventures, Rocket Ventures, Software, Technology, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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eXpresso, an online collaboration tool around Excel spreadsheets, has raised $2M round of financing from Novus and Rocket Ventures. This is on top of another couple of millions they’ve made off the sale of their original product, Smart DB, to Rocket Software (no relation to the VC firm). The money will be put towards expanding […]

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Inform receives $15 Million investment from Spark Capital

Published in January 24th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Enterprise, Funding, Internet, Investments, Media, Money, Semantic Apps, Semantic Web, Software, Spark Capital, Technology, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Inform Technologies, a technology solution for established media brands, has received a $15 million investment from Spark Capital, a Boston-based venture fund focused on the intersection of the media, entertainment and technology industries.
The company said in their PR they are going to use the funds to accelerate growth. The company also claims nearly 100 media […]

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More deals in the enterprise search sector

Published in January 23rd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Ampersand Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Business, DN Capital, Enterprise, Granite Global Ventures, Intel Capital, Internet, Investments, Lehman Brothers, Money, SAP, SAP Ventures, Search Engines, Software, Technology, Venrock Associates, Venture Capital
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A couple of weeks after Microsoft announced its $1.2 billion acquisition of FAST Search & Transfer, enterprise search competitor Endeca is getting a $15 million cash infusion from both Intel Capital and SAP Ventures. This is on top of the $50 million Endeca has already raised in the past few years from Lehman Brothers, Granite […]

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LogMeIn files for an IPO hoping to raise $86M

Published in January 15th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Enterprise, Funding, IPO, Integral Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Internet, Investments, Money, Polaris Venture Partners, Prism Venture Partners, Public Companies, Software, Technologieholding Central, Technology
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It seems it is time for small-sized Internet and technology IPOs. After Internet Brands, Inc. went public on NASDAQ it is now turn of yet another second-tier technology company LogMeIn, Inc. to do the same looking for pretty much the same amount to raise. It has filed to trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol LOGM.
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Can Google lead amid its ever growing infrastructure and computation expenditures?

Published in January 10th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Dell, Enterprise, Google, IBM, Internet, Investments, Microsoft, Money, Public Companies, Search Engines, Software, Technology
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While reading our daily dose of news, stories and events from the web sector we came across an interesting fact worth reading and mentioning further. Google seems to be processing huge amounts of data per day in their daily routines – 20 Petabytes per day (20,000 Terabytes, 20M GBs).
The average MapReduce job is said to […]

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Microsoft bets on enterprise search, offers to buy Fast.no for $1.2B

Published in January 8th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Acquisitions, Advertising, Business, Enterprise, Internet, Microsoft, Money, Public Companies, Search Engines, Software, Technology, eCommerce
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In what’s Microsoft’s second largest deal for the past 12 months the company offered to buy Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a leading provider of enterprise search solutions based in Norway. Details are as follows: Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA (OSE: “FAST”), a […]

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