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2008 News

December 30, 2008 | Wall Street Journal
Ways to Stretch Travel Dollars in the New Year

December 29, 2008 | CBS News
Top Travel Web Sites

December 22, 2008 | MarketWatch
Kryptiq Recognized as an Oregon Most Admired Company for Third Consecutive Year

December 18, 2008 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Acquires Patent for Data Encryption Technology

December 16, 2008 | 1020 Placecast
Placecast Identifies the Top Digital Advertising Trends

December 15, 2008 | CNBC
The Best Travel Web Sites

December 11, 2008 | MarketWatch
The Salvation Army Brings Holiday Music to the iPhone With Melodeo, Inc.

December 10, 2008 | Tropos Networks
JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA BOOSTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROVIDES RESIDENTS WITH WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS SERVICE BASED ON TROPOS NETWORK

December 09, 2008 | GoAhead Software
GoAhead Software and Tail-f Systems Announce Timeline for Integrated Availability and Configuration Management Platform

December 08, 2008 | Wall Street Journal
A Second Look at Citywide Wi-Fi

December 08, 2008 | IT Business Edge
Changing Face of Blade Storage

December 02, 2008 | VentureBeat
Location-based advertising: Place trumps traditional targeting

November 19, 2008 | CNET News
Trulia partners with 1020 Placecast for targeted ads

November 18, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Delivers Content Storage Without Limitations

November 18, 2008 | MarketWatch
Yapta.com Launches Frequent-Flier Award Seat Alert Service

November 18, 2008 | Sensys Networks
Sensys Networks Wins 2008 Best New Innovative Product

November 18, 2008 | GMI
GMI Ranks #170 in Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500 for North America

November 18, 2008 | PRWeb
Six Most Promising Travel Innovations Revealed - Six Winners Move on to Center Stage--One to Achieve "Best in Show"

November 13, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Incorporates Newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors in BladeRack 2 X-Series Platforms

November 13, 2008 | TechFlash
Ontela scores big deal with Verizon

November 12, 2008 | GoAhead Software
Emerson Network Power Selects GoAhead Software as High Availability Partner for Innovation Partnership Program

November 10, 2008 | Keystream
Keystream Launches SmartAd™, the Industry's First Automatic and Intuitive Web Video Ad Insertion Platform

November 05, 2008 | Tropos Networks
TROPOS NETWORKS AWARDED SIX NEW PATENTS FOR BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS IN OUTDOOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS

October 31, 2008 | Deloitte
OraMetrix, Inc. Tops Deloitte’s Texas Technology Fast 50 Ranking of the Fastest Growing Companies, with 8,528 Percent Revenue Growth over 5 Years

October 29, 2008 | Tropos Networks
Tropos Networks Announces "Trade Up To Tropos" Program - All Vendors' Wireless IP Broadband Mesh Nodes Eligible

October 28, 2008 | GMI
GMI Appoints Luis Salazar as Chief Marketing Officer

October 27, 2008 | Sensys Networks
Sensys Launches the Fourth Dimension in Traffic Management

October 24, 2008 | GMI
GMI Ranks #36 on Puget Sound Business Journal's Washington 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

October 23, 2008 | MarketWire
The BadaboomTM Media Converter Makes Formatting Video for Portable Devices Fast and Easy

October 22, 2008 | GoAhead Software
GoAhead Software Announces compatibility between GoAhead SAFfire and Sun Netra™ ATCA blade servers

October 18, 2008 | Xconomy Seattle
Top 10 Q3 Venture Deals in the Northwest

October 16, 2008 | CNN Money
NVIDIA Introduces NVIDIA Quadro CX - The Accelerator for Adobe Creative Suite 4

October 15, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Introduces HyDrive Disk Blade Concept Featuring Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drives

October 14, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Strengthens European Sales Network with New Office in Germany

October 14, 2008 | MarketWire
nuTsie Brings iTunes Music to Windows Mobile With Handango

October 13, 2008 | BusinessWire
JMAR Technologies Awarded Contract for Custom Lasers

October 07, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Named as Finalist in AeA High Tech Awards Clean Technology Category

October 01, 2008 | Sensys Networks
Caltrans Installs Sensys Networks Wireless Vehicle Detection Systems Throughout California

October 01, 2008 | BetaNews
Keystream tech puts TV ads in 'empty' spaces of moving images

September 30, 2008 | Melodeo
President of the USA Challenges Pandora

September 26, 2008 | GMI
GMI Ranks 13th in the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Washington State

September 24, 2008 | BusinessWire
Alltel to Bring Customers' iTunes Music, New Music and More to Their Wireless Device with nuTsie

September 23, 2008 | Verari Systems
New Verari Systems BladeRack 2 E-Class Platform Combines Leading Computing and Storage Density with Ultra-Efficient Redundant Power Architecture

September 23, 2008 | Sensys Networks
Sensys Networks Granted Patent for Wireless Vehicle Detection

September 23, 2008 | Yapta
Yapta.com and PriceProtectr.com Partner to Offer Price Assurance to Online Travelers and Retail Shoppers

September 22, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems’ BladeRack 2 X-Series Platform Optimized to Support Windows HPC Server 2008

September 18, 2008 | GoAhead
GoAhead Software and RadiSys Corporation Offer Network Ready Solution Based on AdvancedTCA and the Service

September 16, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Extends Blade Server Virtualization Portfolio; Showcases Complete Solution at Vmworld

September 16, 2008 | Business Wire
Covario Announces Preferred Partnership Agreement with Neo@Ogilvy for Managing Global Search Programs

September 11, 2008 | Washington Post
CTIA: Ontela Says Pic Uploader Increases Data Plan Adoption; Signs Up 14 Rural Carriers

September 10, 2008 | Nusym Technology
Nusym Technology Raises $8 Million in Series B Funding

September 10, 2008 | BusinessWire
Ontela’s PhotoCopter Now Available on the Associated Carrier Group’s 14 Networks

September 10, 2008 | Xconomy | Seattle
Ontela Signs Up Wireless Carriers and Websites, Wants To Send Your Camera-Phone Pictures with Nary a Click

September 08, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Industry’s First Storage Blades With Intel Solid-State Drives For Verari BladeRack® 2 X-Series Platforms

September 04, 2008 | BusinessWire
Leading Local Events Website, Eventful, Taps 1020 Placecast for Multi-Channel Location-Based Advertising

September 01, 2008 | Oregon Business Magazine
It's Elemental: cutting-edge video processing

August 25, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Extends Award-Winning Blade Storage Technology with the SB5168XL DataServer

August 21, 2008 | Covario
Covario Pioneers New Algorithm for Improving Performance of Paid Search Programs by Leveraging Organic Search Results at Keyword Level

August 21, 2008 | GMI
GMI Ranks #753 on the 2008 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 464 Percent

August 19, 2008 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Acquires Secure Network Solutions

August 18, 2008 | Covario
Covario Named Finalist for “Technology Platform Search Marketers Can't Live Without” Category at First Annual SES Awards

August 14, 2008 | MarketWatch
nuTsie Extends BlackBerry Music Service With Handango

August 12, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Financial Services (VFS) Group Announces an Innovative Trade-In Program for Aging IT Assets

August 12, 2008 | EarthTimes
NVIDIA Taps Processing Power Of GeForce GPUs for More Than Graphics

August 11, 2008 | Wall Street Journal
Yahoo Gains on Google…Sort of

August 11, 2008 | MarketWire
Yahoo Gains Marketshare in US and APAC According to Covario’s Global Search Spend Analysis

August 05, 2008 | BusinessWire
Search Engine Strategies Names 43 Search Engine Marketers as Finalists for SEM Conference’s First Annual SES Awards

July 25, 2008 | MarketWatch
Sensys Networks Secures $5M Round of Funding to Support Rapid Growth

July 25, 2008 | BusinessWeek
Why You Should Avoid Finders

July 25, 2008 | Tropos Networks
Neptune Technology Group And Tropos Networks Partner To Facilitate Automated Water Meter Reading Over Wireless Broadband Networks

July 24, 2008 | VentureBeat
Congrats to the winners of the MobileBeat Tesla Award: Loopt, AdMob and more

July 22, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Blade-Based Solution that Doubles VMware Virtual Machines and Power Efficiency

July 18, 2008 | Seattle PI
Voyager, others back Portland video startup

July 18, 2008 | Portland Business Journal
Elemental nabs $5.5M

July 18, 2008 | MarketWatch
Yapta.com Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner

July 18, 2008 | PRWeb
Ontela Named "MobileBeat Top 10"

July 17, 2008 | Elemental Technologies
Elemental Technologies, Inc. (ETI) Secures First Round Fundingfrom General Catalyst Partners and Voyager Capital

July 17, 2008 | Xconomy
Elementary, My Dear Video: Elemental Technologies Raises $7.1 Million, Goes After Media Conversion Market

July 08, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Introduces First Quad-Socket, Quad-Core Visualization Solution Supporting 256GB of RAM

July 02, 2008 | Fox Business
nuTsie on Fox Business Hour

July 02, 2008 | FTI Consulting, Inc.
FTI Consulting, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Attenex Corporation

June 30, 2008 | Computer Graphics World
Digital Holograms

June 26, 2008 | Tropos Networks
GIRONA, SPAIN DEPLOYS WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES USING TROPOS NETWORKS & NEOMEDIA SOLUTION

June 26, 2008 | GoAhead Software
GoAhead Software announces 35,000 deployments and inks new deals

June 24, 2008 | Covario
Covario Launches Industry's First Analysis Series on Global Advertiser Search Spending Trends

June 23, 2008 | Marketwire
Yapta.com Makes Finding Flights, Monitoring Airfare Prices & Saving Money on Travel Easier Than Ever Before

June 18, 2008 | Seattle PI
Former Guns N' Roses bassist to advise music service

June 17, 2008 | Kryptiq
Northwest Permanente Implements Kryptiq’s Choreo Contract Manager

June 17, 2008 | NetworkWorld
Philadelphia Wi-Fi Network Saved

June 10, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Formation of Financial Services Group

June 10, 2008 | Attenex
FTI Consulting, Inc. to Acquire Attenex Corporation

June 09, 2008 | Computer Sciences Corp.
CSC ADDS PROVIDER CONTRACTING TO HOSTED HEALTHCARE OFFERING

June 04, 2008 | EarthTimes
nuTsie sideTunes Adds Unlimited Free Music to iTunes

June 03, 2008 | Tropos Networks
Oklahoma City Now Operational With World’s Largest Municipal Wi-Fi Mesh Network

June 03, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Delivers Energy Saving Dual High Resolution Displays Over IP with Secure Connexxus™ Desktop Solution

June 02, 2008 | NBC Today Show
Insider Travel Websites

May 29, 2008 | Kryptiq
GE Healthcare IT Announces ePrescribing for Centricity EMR

May 28, 2008 | Seattle PI
$10 million in VC funds for Ontela

May 28, 2008 | Ontela
Ontela CompletesSuccessful Series B Investment Round

May 28, 2008 | ServerWatch
Virtually Speaking: A Cut Above

May 27, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems and Xsigo Systems Announce Integrated Solution to Deliver the Industry’s Highest Compute and I/O Density

May 27, 2008 | Tropos Networks
NOLLENBERGER CAPITAL PARTNERS SELECTS TROPOS NETWORKS AS ONE OF THE TOP 200 LEADING PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR 2008

May 22, 2008 | Businesswire
1020 Placecast Elects Online Advertising Industry Leader

May 21, 2008 | Tropos Networks
TROPOS LAUNCHES TROPOSPHERE PARTNER NETWORK PROGRAM TO EXPAND ITS REACH TO CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE

May 19, 2008 | EarthTimes
Cincinnati Bell to Launch pix2pc Service

May 15, 2008 | Kryptiq
The Portland Business Journal Honors Kryptiq’s Kurt Koehler with CFO of the Year Award

May 08, 2008 | Tropos Networks
CONTROL, FLEXIBILITY, AND COST SAVINGS DRIVE CITIES TO BUILD AND OPERATE THEIR OWN WIRELESS IP INFRASTRUCTURE ACCORDING TO NEW TROPOS NETWORKS’ WHITE PAPER

May 07, 2008 | MarketWire
nuTsie Launches the First Facebook Music Application That Actually Plays the Music You Want to Hear

May 06, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex and Kazeon Announce eDiscovery Alliance

May 06, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Completes Milestone Shipment of Newest Blade-Based Hybrid Storage and Server Solution

May 01, 2008 | CompactPCI and Advanced TCA Systems
Make my platform continuously available

April 25, 2008 | Marketwire
Washington Technology Industry Association Announces 2008 Investment Forum Winners

April 25, 2008 | CNNMoney.com
VENTUREWIRE: Dow Jones Picks Top 10 Wireless Start-Upgrades

April 23, 2008 | CNNMoney.com
BlackBerrys Go nuTsie

April 23, 2008 | GMI
GMI and TechTarget Join Forces to Build Premier Online IT Panel

April 22, 2008 | Ontela
Ontela to Use Photobucket's Open API to Automatically Save Photos Taken on Camera Phones to Photobucket

April 22, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex and StoredIQ Announce E-Discovery Alliance

April 22, 2008 | Data Storage Connection
Open-E Data Storage Solution Powers Verari Systems' Blade-Based Storage Appliance

April 17, 2008 | VentureWire
1020 Launches Location-Based Ad Service

April 16, 2008 | Ontela
Alltel Wireless and Ontela Launch Service to Automatically Save Photos

April 16, 2008 | Seattle PI
Ontela snaps photo sharing deal with Alltel

April 15, 2008 | 1020
1020 Placecast Delivers More Relevant Online Ads Using Real-Time Location Information

April 11, 2008 | Yapta
Yapta Named a Finalist for the 2008 Red Herring 100 North America Award

April 09, 2008 | EarthTimes
Got Funding? Northwest Entrepreneurs Can Find It at 15th Annual Washington Technology Industry Association Investment Forum

April 08, 2008 | GMI
GMI Doubles the Size of its Singapore Consumer Panel

April 07, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Industry’s First High Capacity Blade-Based NAS and iSCSI Storage Appliance

April 03, 2008 | Ontela
ONTELA WINS CTIA WIRELESS 2008® E-TECH AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

April 01, 2008 | Ontela
CELLULAR SOUTH CUSTOMERS CLICK WITH PIC SENDER;SALES AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SOAR

April 01, 2008 | InsuranceTech
Kryptic’s Choreo Powers Regence’s Contract Management Across the Enterprise

March 28, 2008 | Travel Industry Association (TIA)
TIA Announces Innovator of the Year Finalists

March 26, 2008 | Marketwire
More Than 250,000 Travel Shoppers Using Yapta for Immediate Airfare Tracking and Price Drop Alerts

March 26, 2008 | Covario
Covario Announces Results from Seven-Month Study of 300 Large Brand Web Sites

March 25, 2008 | CTIA Wireless
2008 CTIA E-Tech Award Finalists Announced!

March 25, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces New Storage Group Business Unit

March 24, 2008 | Tropos Networks
Tropos Networks Donates Wireless Broadband Network for Houston's Digital Inclusion Initiative

March 20, 2008 | CBS News
Save On Soaring Air Fares

March 19, 2008 | SmarterTravel.com
Get a refund if the price drops after you book

March 18, 2008 | Contivo
Liaison Technologies Acquires Contivo, Inc.

March 18, 2008 | BusinessWire
Covario Announces Universal Search Support Within Latest Release of Covario Organic Search Insight

March 18, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Expands Data Center Consolidation Efforts with Introduction of BladeRack 2 XM Platform

March 18, 2008 | Business Intelligence Network
Understanding Legal Information and E-Discovery

March 18, 2008 | HealthTech Wire
Boston Medical Center meets prescription challenges with Kryptiq ePrescribing solution

March 13, 2008 | Marketwire
More Than 1,000,000 Music Fans Go nuTsie

March 13, 2008 | Kryptiq
Boston Medical Center Meets Prescription Challenges with Kryptiq ePrescribing Solution

March 11, 2008 | GoAhead
GoAhead Software Announces General Availability of SelfReliant 4.3

March 11, 2008 | GoAhead
Continuous Computing Selects GoAhead SAFfire for FlexTCA System

March 05, 2008 | Tropos Networks
ANDERSON, INDIANA’S WIRELESS AMR NETWORK FOR WATER AND POWER USING TROPOS SOLUTION REDUCES COSTS AND IMPROVES CUSTOMER SERVICE

March 04, 2008 | BusinessWire
Verari Systems Mobilizes the Power of Data Center Consolidation with FOREST Container Solution

February 26, 2008 | Tropos Networks
Tropos Networks again named Worldwide Market Leader for Wi-Fi Mesh Networks in 2007

February 25, 2008 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Customer Receives HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence

February 25, 2008 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq and Microsoft to Showcase Unprecedented Connectivity Between Consumers and Their Doctors at HIMSS ‘08

February 25, 2008 | BusinessWire
Covario’s Organic Search Insight Selected as Product of the Year Finalist by Technology Council of Southern California

February 20, 2008 | CapitalStream
HCL Technologies Acquires Capital Stream, Inc., a US based Industry Leader in Lending Automation Solutions

February 19, 2008 | PRNewswire
EE Times Reveals the 2008 ACE Awards Finalists

February 19, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Redefines Data Center Consolidation With Introduction Of BladeRack 2 XL Blade Platform

February 19, 2008 | Kryptiq
Regence Automates Provider Contracting with Kryptiq’s Choreo Contract Manager

February 14, 2008 | Kryptiq
Providence Health & Services – Oregon Region Powers Consumer Portal with Kryptiq Connect IQ

February 13, 2008 | Tropos Networks
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY DEPLOYS WI-FI MESH NETWORK FOR MOBILE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT OF TRAIN YARDS WITH SDI AND TROPOS NETWORKS

February 13, 2008 | ClickZ
Placecast Offers Location-Based Targeting, with a Twist

February 08, 2008 | Washington Technology Industry Association
Washington Technology Industry Association Celebrates Winners of its Industry Achievement Awards

February 08, 2008 | Yapta
Yapta Named 2008 Consumer Product of the Year

February 05, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex Announces Snapshot Review™ Package for Early and Proactive E-Discovery

February 04, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex Announces Compliance with EDRM XML Standard for E-Discovery

February 04, 2008 | Melodeo
Melodeo Mobile Entertainment Service Now Available to T-Mobile USA Customers on Sidekick Devices

January 31, 2008 | Kryptiq
CoxHealth Deploys Kryptiq ePrescribing Solution

January 29, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex Named Finalist in 2007 Law Technology News (LTN) Award for Best E-Discovery Software

January 23, 2008 | BusinessWire
Covario and Semphonic Announce New Solution to Improve Transparency of Search Marketing Performance for Large Advertisers

January 22, 2008 | Covario
Covario, Inc. (Formerly SEMDirector) Raises $16 Million B Round led by FTVentures

January 22, 2008 | Attenex
Attenex and PSS Systems Announce E-Discovery Alliance

January 22, 2008 | OnMedia
The OnMedia 100 Top Companies

January 21, 2008 | Covario
SEMDirector, Inc. Changes Name to Covario, Inc. to Reflect Expansion of

January 15, 2008 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Wins SearchDataCenter.Com Product Of The Year Award For BladeRack 2 SB5255 DataServer

January 14, 2008 | GoAhead
GoAhead Software announces general availability of ready-to-deploy Service Availability Forum AIS implementation

January 07, 2008 | BusinessWire
SEMDirector’s INFLECTIONPoint Enables Top Brands to Discuss New Interactive Mediums in Changing Advertising Landscape

January 02, 2008 | WSA
2008 Industry Achievement Awards: Finalists Announced