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2009 News

December 30, 2009 | OregonLive.com
The decade's top stories in Oregon tech: Part Two

December 29, 2009 | OregonLive.com
Startups that thrived in 2009 were lean, mean

December 27, 2009 | OregonLive.com
Startups: Video processing draws investors

December 21, 2009 | Tropos Networks
City of Philadelphia to Purchase Tropos Wireless Broadband Network for Improving Municipal Efficiencies

December 18, 2009 | Forbes.com
Health Care's E-mail Prescription

December 18, 2009 | Xconomy Seattle
Melodeo Spoofs Apple-IBM Ad, Welcomes Steve Jobs to the Cloud

December 16, 2009 | Ontela
Photobucket and Ontela Announce Agreement to Merge Operations

December 15, 2009 | Tropos Networks
City of Corpus Christi Extends Use of Wireless Broadband Network

December 15, 2009 | Broadcast Engineering
Elemental Technologies accelerates any-screen TV with NVIDIA GPU-based transcoding appliance

December 14, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Ranked Fourth on Portland Business Journal’s Most Admired Technology List

December 10, 2009 | Portland Business Journal
Oregon’s most admired companies named

December 09, 2009 | MobileBeat
Mobile ad company Placecast: Augmented reality will take off, sort of

December 09, 2009 | Earthtimes
Tropos Networks and Smart Grid News Create Web Clearinghouse for Grid Security

December 09, 2009 | Sramana Mitra
Improving Healthcare Communication: Kryptiq CEO Luis Machuca (Part 1)

December 08, 2009 | HotelNewsNow.com
Revenue management meets social media

December 07, 2009 | BusinessWire
Camera Connect Makes Saving Mobile Pictures Easy On The BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone

December 01, 2009 | Verari Systems
Containerized Data Center Solution from Verari Systems and Cisco Provides Cloud Computing Solution for NASA’s Nebula Cloud Platform

December 01, 2009 | PRNewswire
Zebra Imaging Unveils Breakthrough in Holographic Imagery with High Speed Color Imager

November 20, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal
Almost Famous: Elemental Technologies’ Sam Blackman

November 18, 2009 | TechCrunch
Placecast Raises $5 Million For Location-Based Advertising Platform

November 18, 2009 | Wall Street Journal
Location-Based Marketer Placecast Raises $5 Million

November 18, 2009 | 1020 Placecast
Location-based Marketing Platform, 1020 Placecast, Secures $5 Million in Series B Funding

November 17, 2009 | mocoNews.net
VCs Say The Biggest Opportunities In Mobile Are Not Sexy Apps

November 13, 2009 | Gigaom
The Changing Face of Venture Capital

November 12, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
Elemental Technologies Releases Elemental™ Server, Reshapes the Economics of Online Video

November 11, 2009 | BusinessWire
Juniper Networks Powers a 5x Increase in City of Savannah’s Data Center Throughput

November 06, 2009 | AJAXWorld Magazine
Advantech, Elma Bustronic, GoAhead Software, and Polycom Win AdvancedTCA Summit 2009 Best of Show Awards

November 05, 2009 | Covario
Covario's Innovative Search Marketing Programs Strike Gold... Again

November 03, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Takes Home TechAmerica "High Tech" Award for its FOREST Container Solution

October 29, 2009 | Covario
Covario Extends Data Driven Decisions for SEO with New Release of Software

October 27, 2009 | Covario
Covario Wins Awards for Excellence in Paid and Organic Search Programs

October 23, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal
For Mobile Start-Ups, It’s Location, Location, Location

October 22, 2009 | Covario
Covario Announces Addition of Attribution Expert from Omniture and Accenture Marketing Sciences

October 21, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Named TechAmerica High Tech Awards Finalist

October 20, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq ePrescribing Transactions Tripled in 2009

October 20, 2009 | PRNewswire
Zebra Imaging Named to Deloitte Fast 500 for Second Year in a Row

October 19, 2009 | San Diego Business Journal
Tech Titans Align Their Ad Strategies With Online Spending

October 19, 2009 | eMarketer
Relevant Marketing with Mobile Alerts

October 16, 2009 | PRWeb
New 1020 Placecast Survey Shows 42% of 18-34 Year-Old Cell Phone Owners are Interested in Receiving Location Based Advertising Specials, Provided They Opt-In for Such Alerts

October 15, 2009 | The New York Times
Holiday Travelers Who Wait to Book May Pay More

October 15, 2009 | CNBC
Coupons Via Cellphone: Whipping Up the Impulse Buy

October 12, 2009 | Xconomy | San Diego
Adobe, Omniture, and the End of the “Mad Men” Marketing Era

October 12, 2009 | NewTeeVee
NewTeeVee’s Next Big Thing List for 2009

October 07, 2009 | FusionOne
FusionOne Partners With Airborne Mobile and Melodeo to Support Mobile Content Transfer

October 06, 2009 | Ontela
Camera Phone Officially Kills Film Camera

October 06, 2009 | Covario
Paid Search Spend Rebounds for Major US Advertisers

October 01, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
ELEMENTAL PREVIEWS NEW VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR LIVE VIDEO STREAMING

September 28, 2009 | Xconomy | Seattle
Top 10 Takeaways from WTIA’s Healthcare-IT Event: Follow the Money, Startup Opps, & More

September 28, 2009 | CNNMoney.com
Hardware nerds are hot

September 24, 2009 | Portland Business Journal
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network names winners

September 24, 2009 | PRWeb
1020 Placecast Announces Series 2: The Mobile Mom of Six-Part Study Entitled, 'The Alert Shopper,' Where Real People Talk about The Role of the Mobile Device in Commerce, Marketing and Coupons

September 24, 2009 | ABB
ABB and Tropos Networks demonstrate distribution automation over wireless broadband mesh network

September 24, 2009 | MarketWire
Yapta.com Introduces Frugal Travel Flaunts on Facebook

September 22, 2009 | BusinessWire
IAB Announces Winners Of MIXX Awards 2009, Celebrates Creativity in Interactive Advertising

September 18, 2009 | Billboard.biz
Billboard MEL Q&A: Melodeo Business Dev VP Dave Dederer

September 10, 2009 | TechFlash
Usher Unveils New iPhone App

September 10, 2009 | BusinessWire
Wizzard Media and Melodeo Partner on iPhone App for Pop Superstar Usher

September 09, 2009 | PRWeb
1020 Placecast Announces a Six-Part Study Entitled, 'The Alert Shopper,' Where Real People Talk about The Role of the Mobile Device in Commerce, Marketing and Coupons

August 31, 2009 | BusinessWire
Ontela Makes Picture Saving Even Simpler on the BlackBerry Curve 8520

August 27, 2009 | Inc.
Zebra Imaging Among Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America for Second Consecutive Year

August 24, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
Elemental Accelerator Version 2.1 Adds MPEG-2 Support To Speed Video Encoding For Creative Professionals

August 18, 2009 | Verari Systems
Second-Generation Verari FOREST Container Solution Chosen by Qualcomm for Data Center Expansion

August 18, 2009 | Covario
Covario Named to Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies

August 17, 2009 | Tropos Networks
Google WiFi Continues To Be One of The Most Successful Broadband Networks In The World As It Celebrates Its Third Anniversary

August 12, 2009 | Inc.
Inc. 500 - The Fastest Growing Private Companies

August 12, 2009 | DMNews
Covario Offers New Automation, Agency Services for SEO

August 11, 2009 | Covario
Covario Advances Strategy with New Business Paradigm for Managing Large Scale Search – Beginning with SEO

August 10, 2009 | Covario
Three Covario Clients Nominated for Search Marketing Excellence in 2009 Search Engine Watch Awards

August 05, 2009 | Tropos Networks
BIG WIRELESS AWARDED "2009 BEST FIT INTEGRATOR" FOR TROPOS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON

August 01, 2009 | RTC Magazine
An Architect's Checklist: Designing a Carrier-Grade, Application-Ready ATCA Platform

July 28, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Partners with Oregon Institute of Technology to Close Gap in Skilled Health IT Workforce

July 28, 2009 | Verari Systems
Major Cloud Services Provider with Worldwide Operations Selects Verari Systems’ Award-Winning Energy Efficient FOREST Container Solution

July 27, 2009 | MarketWire
StartUpHire Announces the 10 Fastest Growing Startups in Southern California

July 24, 2009 | Tropos Networks
WORLD'S LARGEST MUNICIPAL WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK USES TROPOS AND HANDLES OVER 4 TERABYTES OF TRAFFIC EACH MONTH!

July 23, 2009 | BusinessWire
Solis Energy Joins Tropos Solution Partner Network to Provide Alternative Power Solutions for Wireless Network Deployments

July 20, 2009 | GMI
GMI confirms high panel quality with duplicate respondent screening technology

July 18, 2009 | Xconomy
A Yotta Insights on Making Money in Mobile

July 16, 2009 | Xconomy
AboutUs Adds $1.2M from Voyager, Others

July 15, 2009 | Covario
Covario Challenges Economics of SEO for Large Advertisers with Paradigm-Changing Solution

July 13, 2009 | Kryptiq
It’s Not Rocket Science: NASA Turns to Kryptiq for Healthcare Collaboration

July 08, 2009 | Covario
Expectations for Search Spending Set To Improve As Economy Recovers

July 07, 2009 | Tropos Networks
Tropos Provides Mobile Wireless Communications at Near Supersonic Speeds During North American Eagle Trial

July 07, 2009 | cNet News
Tropos provides wireless communication for jet-powered race car

July 06, 2009 | Tropos Networks
Tropos-Based Wireless Broadbrand Network Launched Along Scenic Grand Canal

June 29, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
Elemental Accounces Next Generation CUDA GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding Plug-in for Creative Professionals

June 24, 2009 | Always On
Covario Nominated for Always On Global 250 Competition

June 24, 2009 | Puget Sound Business Journal
Startup Yapta.com lands $2 million

June 23, 2009 | PR Newswire
Zebra Imaging Recognized for Industrial Security Excellence With James S. Cogswell Award

June 12, 2009 | PC Perspective
NVIDIA CUDA-enabled Applications Roundup

June 10, 2009 | Xconomy
A Fresh Take on Websites and Wiki-Based Discovery

June 02, 2009 | 1020 Placecast
Useful Networks and 1020 Placecast to Offer Consumers Customized Store Locators on Mobile Phones

June 01, 2009 | BusinessWire
TransCore and Sensys Networks Announce Alliance to Integrate Arterial Travel Time System into TransSuite

May 28, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Selected Among Ten Technology Companies to Watch for in 2009 by Bank Technology News

May 27, 2009 | SOA World Magazine
Yapta.com Expands Airfare Tracking Capability to 21 International Carriers

May 21, 2009 | 1020 Placecast
Alcatel-Lucent and 1020 Placecast to Deliver Unique Location-Based Mobile Advertising Service to Network Providers and Brands

May 21, 2009 | Covario
Covario Named to JMP Securities' Hot 100: Best Privately Held Software Companies List

May 20, 2009 | Venturebeat.com
Elemental Technologies' super-fast video processing could slash costs of video web sites

May 20, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
Elemental Announces Breakthrough New Video Processing System That Harnesses the Power of GPUs for Encoding and Transcoding

May 18, 2009 | PRWeb.com
Ontela Wins Red Herring 100 North America Award

May 15, 2009 | TMCnet.com
SAFFire 3.0 Launched by GoAhead Software

May 13, 2009 | NewTeeVee
Three Companies to Watch in 3D

May 12, 2009 | Healthcare Finance News
Portico acquires Kryptiq’s Choreo

May 12, 2009 | GoAhead
GoAhead Software Announces SAFfire 3.0

May 07, 2009 | PRWeb
"Ontela Honored Among This Year's Most Promising Private Technology

May 07, 2009 | Tropos Networks
Tropos Offers First 802.11n Based Outdoor Wireless Broadband Routers in Europe

May 06, 2009 | Covario
Covario Releases v2.0 of Patent-Pending Audit Score for SEO Health

May 01, 2009 | Oregonian
Tech entrepreneurs defy recession

April 30, 2009 | Sensys Networks
Sensys Networks Honored Among This Year's Most Promising Private Technology Ventures

April 28, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems and CRG West Ease Data Center Infrastructure, Space and Power Supply Constraints with FOREST Containers

April 28, 2009 | GoAhead
Ortiva Wireless Selects GoAhead Software to Deliver on Global Carrier Implementations

April 27, 2009 | Mobile Marketer
Brands run cross-platform location-based ads with 1020 Placecast

April 27, 2009 | CBS5.com
What are those new poles on 101 in Marlin?

April 27, 2009 | NPR Marketplace
Investors boost health care IT funding

April 24, 2009 | 1020 Placecast
Location-Based Advertising Network, 1020 Placecast, Triples Publisher Network to 250 Partners in Six Months and Now Reaches 100 Million Users

April 21, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Centers Strategy on Healthcare Provider Collaboration

April 16, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Wins Uptime Institute’s 2009 Green Enterprise IT Award for its Energy Efficient, Scalable, FOREST Container Solution

April 15, 2009 | Webwire
Norwest Venture Partners, NearbyNow, 1020 Placecast, Loopt and Sojern Demonstrate How Brands Can Use Location-Based Advertising to Find Their Audience at ad:tech San Francisco

April 15, 2009 | Tropos Networks
TROPOS GRIDCOM™ ARCHITECTURE ENABLES A FULL RANGE OF SMART GRID SYSTEMS OVER A SINGLE IP NETWORK

April 03, 2009 | Kryptiq
Physicians Manage Chronic Care Patient Populations with Kryptiq’s CareManager

April 01, 2009 | Wall Street Journal
Travelers Find It Pays to Wait for Late Deals

March 31, 2009 | Ontela
Preloaded Ontela Service Helps Alltel Wireless Customers Save Mobile Memories

March 30, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Announces Industry-Leading SPECpower_ssj™ 2008 Result on VB1300 Series Blade Servers Featuring Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series

March 30, 2009 | Global Market Insite
GMI announces GMI X™

March 26, 2009 | Ontela
Ontela Named Breakthrough Start-up Of The Year

March 26, 2009 | Kryptiq
SURESCRIPTS ANNOUNCES THAT EIGHT SOFTWARE VENDORS HAVE ACHIEVED ADVANCED CERTIFICATION STATUS FOR E-PRESCRIBING

March 24, 2009 | Komo4news
Web site tracks cheapest hotel, flight prices

March 20, 2009 | Xconomy | Seattle
Snapshot of a Tipping Point: Ontela Teams Up with T-Mobile to Deliver Photos Online

March 20, 2009 | Portland Business Journal
Digital records cash will boost Oregon

March 20, 2009 | PR Newswire
TechAmerica Oregon Announces Oregon Technology Awards 2009 Finalists

March 20, 2009 | Austin Business Journal
Zebra Imaging takes holographic technology from maps to models

March 19, 2009 | BusinessWire
Photobucket Introduces Instant Photo Uploader for T-Mobile Phones

March 18, 2009 | Tropos Networks
TROPOS RECEIVES THREE NEW PATENTS DEMONSTRATING ITS ONGOING TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN LARGE SCALE, HIGH CAPACITY MESH NETWORKS

March 17, 2009 | Sensys Networks
Sensys Networks wireless sensors based on TI microcontrollers help manage traffic for 10+ years without maintenance

March 12, 2009 | Xconomy | San Diego
Greening the Internet and Verari Systems’ “Data Center in a Box”

March 11, 2009 | InformationWeek
Nvidia Launches Investment Fund For GPU Startups

March 11, 2009 | Victory Times
Holographic maps provide new warfighting tool

March 10, 2009 | 2009 Razorfish Digital Outlook Report
Top Ten Mobile Applications to Watch

March 09, 2009 | CNN.com
Deal or no deal? 6 secrets for spotting a bargain

March 04, 2009 | Forbes.com
The Changing Face Of Advertising

February 24, 2009 | BusinessWeek
Mobile Apps for Music: Look Out, iTunes?

February 20, 2009 | The Portland Tribune
Wu’s health care IT plan lands in fed stimulus package

February 19, 2009 | Telephonyonline
MWC: Handset OEMs embed Ontela photo-saving service

February 18, 2009 | TechFlash
The Presidents of the USA introduce $2.99 iPhone app

February 18, 2009 | Wired
The Presidents of the United States of America Unleash Multiple-Album iPhone App

February 17, 2009 | Ontela
Ontela Image Saving Solution Preloaded On Revolutionary Messaging Phone

February 17, 2009 | Keystream
redOrbit Adopts Keystream's Intuitive Video Ad Platform to Deliver Higher

February 16, 2009 | Ontela
Eastven Venture Partners Gets The Picture, Invests In Ontela

February 16, 2009 | TechFlash
Ontela snaps up new cash from the venture arm of Ericsson

February 11, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Reselling Relationship with Continental Resources

February 06, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Names YRG as Public Relations Agency of Record

February 04, 2009 | MediaPost Publication
Need to Know: The Ad Stays in the Picture

February 04, 2009 | Covario
Covario Extends Marketing Action Platform to Support Global Advertisers and Their Agencies

February 04, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Reselling Relationship with Continental Resources

February 04, 2009 | MSNBC.com
Covario Extends Marketing Action Platform to Support Global Advertisers and Their Agencies

February 02, 2009 | Elemental Technologies
ELEMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SECURES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

January 30, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
This just in—Yapta can Twitter you when a flight price drops

January 27, 2009 | Xconomy | San Diego
San Diego’s Covario Rides Wave of Search Engine Marketing

January 26, 2009 | 1020 Placecast
Location-Based Advertising a Trend to Watch in 2009 as 1020 Placecast Executives Discuss the Industry at WCA LBS SIG, Internet2Go and Telecom Council Conferences

January 26, 2009 | WTIA
WTIA Announces Finalists for 14th Annual Industry Achievement

January 22, 2009 | BusinessWire
Elemental Technologies Wins OnMedia 100 Award

January 22, 2009 | HPCwire
Verari Systems: from Clusters to Containers

January 21, 2009 | Covario
Major Advertisers Gather at Covario's INFLECTIONPoint Conference to Discuss Interactive Marketing Synergy and Future of Digital Advertising

January 21, 2009 | Tropos Networks
Oceanside, California Boosts Municipal Efficiencies with Wireless Broadband Network from Tropos

January 20, 2009 | Covario
Paid Search Spending Grows in Q4 '08 but Slows for Global High Tech Firms, with Yahoo! and MSN Posting Slight Gains in North America

January 14, 2009 | Xconomy | Seattle
Smoothing Out Jittery Internet Video, Elemental Technologies Looks to Reinvent How You Watch

January 14, 2009 | MYNorthwest.com
CEO Spotlight: Another way to save on airfare

January 14, 2009 | Yapta
Yapta Listed as 2nd Fastest Growing Online Travel Site by Google/Compete Inc. Travel Industry Report

January 13, 2009 | Verari Systems
Verari Systems Announces Energy Credit Incentive Program

January 09, 2009 | Xconomy
AboutUs Raises $2.5M from Voyager Capital to Create Collaborative Guide to the Web

January 09, 2009 | TechFlash
Business wiki AboutUs lands $2.5 million from Voyager Capital

January 09, 2009 | Portland Business Journal
AboutUs nabs $5M infusion

January 06, 2009 | Kryptiq
Kryptiq Awarded Two Additional New Patents, Further Broadening Online Communication Technology Leadership