Deal furthers Microsoft commitment to provide advertisers and publishers with a comprehensive search and display advertising platform REDMOND, Wash. — July 26, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has agreed to acquire AdECN, Inc., an advertising exchange platform company based near Santa Barbara, Calif. AdECN’s technology serves as a hub where advertising networks can come together in a neutral, real-time auction marketplace for buying and selling display advertising. The deal is a key component of Microsoft’s strategy to develop a comprehensive search and display advertising platform enabling advertisers and publishers to maximize return on investment (ROI) on their digital advertising investments. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Encirq Corporation
mBlox, Inc. mBlox is a provider of short message system (SMS) wireless infrastructure services to the content and applications industry. Specializing in global operator connectivity and mobile billing, mBlox maintains connections to more than 500 mobile operators in 180+ countries through its carrier-grade network. mBlox enables businesses to deliver mobile services and content around the world and bill for them Michael Silton Rainmaker Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:RMKR) Acquired the assets of ViewCenteral, INC. in September 2006. Headquartered in Campbell, California, Rainmaker Systems is a leading outsource provider of sales and marketing services for companies that want to drive more sales. Rainmaker offers a closed-loop sales process and a comprehensive suite of services that ensures companies are both filling their sales pipelines with quality leads and closing them efficiently and cost effectively. Core services include telesales, integrated direct marketing and hosted e-commerce. Additional offerings include a proprietary database, customer database enhancement services, CRM technology integration and order management. Rainmaker helps over 50 companies ranging from Fortune 500 to dynamic technology start-ups, grow their revenues and increase customer loyalty by providing lead generation and contract renewal sales solutions. Rainmaker trades on the NASDAQ Market System under the symbol "RMKR".
PropertyView Solutions PropertyView Solutions is a leading provider of property management software and services. As the only product built from the ground up utilizing the Microsoft.NET Platform, PropertyView Solutions can be deployed on a desktop, Local Area Network (LAN), and the Internet. Uniquely designed with the Microsoft Outlook interface, users are quickly trained and productive using PropertyView Solutions software. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, PropertyView Solutions offers software and professional support services to property management companies and professionals that helps them simplify and automate their residential, commercial and association management needs. For more information about PropertyView Solutions and its products, please call 1-87REMANAGE, or visit the company website at www.remanage.com.
Pathwork Diagnostics
Tidal Software is a leading provider of job scheduling and intelligent automation solutions for the IT enterprise data center. Tidal provides a suite of products that ensure applications run at peak efficiency and return the business value that companies need to be successful. Tidal’s software is used by more than 20 percent of the Fortune 500, including Microsoft, General Mills, Compaq/HP, and Agilent among others. Tidal software is the fastest growing vendor in its market in the US. Venturi Wireless is the market leader in data optimization solutions for mobile/wireless service providers. The company’s product platform enables mobile/wireless service providers to deliver affordable broadband access speeds to end-users over any network with very high efficiency. Using Venturi's patented Internet Protocol-based technology, customers boost their remote users' performance, offering a significant increase in speed for web browsing, e-mail, file downloads, and most other TCP/IP applications. The resulting broadband speeds deliver immediate ROI, extend the life of existing infrastructure, increase network capacity and reduce operating costs.
StarVox is a facilities-based Infrastructure and Applications Service Provider offering both traditional and broadband-based voice and data communications products to business customers over its VoIP network.
Toolwire Toolwire is a learning solutions provider specializing in products and services for experiential learning. Its hands-on labs provide on-demand, personalized practice with live systems for blended training initiatives. Learning by doing provides the quickest and most effective way to develop skills and ensure ongoing competency with technology. Toolwire is in the business of delivering experiential learning that matters. The company provides its services to technology providers, including software and networking entrepreneurs, electronic design automation vendors and learning organizations.
VizionWare’s objective is to establish its digital interconnects as the premium quality products in the custom residential and commercial installation markets and then extend into the OEM and consumer channels. VizionWare has developed the core digital technology in silicon and has successfully implemented this technology into HDMI digital interconnects and adapters that demonstrate stunning digital signal fidelity independent of reach limitations and video resolution. With a unique combination of innovative digital technology and market timing, VizionWare is poised to become the dominant digital interconnect product company in the industry. Unlike existing technologies, VizionWare’s cables and adapters are reach-independent interconnect products that offer higher fidelity and better resolution, regardless of installation configuration. VizionWare HDMI interconnects incorporate enhanced signal conditioning using a patented technology that delivers a stunning 1080p viewing experience without compromise. VizionWare is able to deliver superior results over extended lengths of cable. VizionWare technology requires no additional receivers or transmitters. VizionWare is targeting four main market segments: custom home theater, commercial, OEM and consumer. Each segment has its own unique set of reach and audio/video performance requirements, but with VizionWare’s digital interconnect technology, ease of installation and reliability in each segment reaches a whole new level.
X-EMI is a fabless semiconductor
company with the mission of delivering clock chips that substantially
reduce Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) problems within the
electronics industry. Initially, the company is focusing on the
$1 billion Server and PC clocking markets, where this "must-solve"
problem is reaching critical mass due to its major impact on next
generation product designs, product cost, and profitability.
ZANTAZ, Inc. ZANTAZ, Inc. is the world’s
first company to provide secure Internet-based services that archive
and retrieve mission critical e-mail, and other electronically
filed documents and transactions. In addition, the company offers
a comprehensive litigation support capability through its recently
acquired subsidiary, SteelPoint.
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