Metaweb Technologies, Inc., a company creating a new infrastructure for sharing data and building applications on the web, announced that it has received a $42.5 million investment.
Posted Jan 18, 2008
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source provider and developer of open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration.
Posted Jan 18, 2008
Oracle Corporation and BEA Systems have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire all outstanding shares of BEA for $19.375 per share in cash.
Posted Jan 18, 2008
Microsoft Corp. announced that it will make an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a provider of enterprise search solutions, through a cash tender offer for 19.00 Norwegian kroner (NOK) per share.
Posted Jan 11, 2008
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state's quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, announced that it has provided seed funding of $500,000 to frevvo Inc., through its Seed Investment Fund.
Posted Jan 08, 2008
A new meaning-based search engine haikia.com has raised a $5 million investment from Prokom Investments S.A., a current shareholder.
Posted Jan 08, 2008
MultiMedia Intelligence identifies its 2007 macro trends that will have the greatest future impacts.
Posted Jan 04, 2008
In 2008, advertisers are expected to spend $1.6 billion--a rise of 69% over the $920 million they spent in 2007, according to a new eMarketer report.
Posted Dec 28, 2007
EMC Corporation, a profider of information infrastructure solutions, and Document Sciences Corporation announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby EMC will acquire publicly-held Document Sciences Corporation.
Posted Dec 28, 2007
CDNetworks, a global, full service content delivery network (CDN), announced a strategic private investment of US $96.5 million led by Oak Investment Partners, with co-investment from Shinhan Private Equity and Goldman Sachs International.
Posted Dec 28, 2007
IBM announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Solid Information Technology, a privately-held company based in Cupertino, California, and Helsinki, Finland that provides in-memory database software.
Posted Dec 28, 2007
Google has welcomed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's clearance of its planned acquisition of DoubleClick Inc., a provider of display ad serving technology and services.
Posted Dec 21, 2007
Acquia, Inc. announced it has secured $7 million in a Series A financing led by North Bridge Venture Partners, with additional investment from Sigma Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Posted Dec 21, 2007
Velocity Interactive Group, a new global digital media and communications investment firm, was unveiled as a result of a merger between Velocity, the firm founded by Ross Levinsohn and Jonathan Miller, and ComVentures and its venture investors, David Britts, Keyur Patel and Roland Van der Mee
Posted Dec 21, 2007
Outsell, Inc., a syndicated research and advisory firm for the information industry, worldwide, has released a new report estimating the worldwide market for Social Media Market Intelligence (SM-MI) at just over $80 million in 2007.
Posted Dec 18, 2007
Streamezzo, a provider of rich media solutions and platforms for mobile communications, announced it has secured Round C financing totaling over $22 million.
Posted Dec 18, 2007
NewsGator Technologies, Inc., a provider in RSS and Enterprise 2.0, announced that it has closed a $12 million round of funding.
Posted Dec 14, 2007
Amazon.com announced it has signed an agreement with Bill Me Later, Inc., a provider of alternative payment technologies, to make the Bill Me Later payment option available on the Amazon.com website.
Posted Dec 14, 2007
Mochila, an online media marketplace for text, video, and photo content, announced several developments in the online content syndication space.
Posted Dec 14, 2007
Kosmix announced a $10 million investment led by new investor DAG Ventures with additional participation from current investors, Accel and Lightspeed, giving it a strong cash position to accelerate growth in the marketplace.
Posted Dec 14, 2007
Edison Venture Fund announced a $5 million investment for Inmagic, headquartered in Woburn, MA.
Posted Dec 14, 2007
The Blog Council, a professional community of global brands dedicated to promoting best practices in corporate blogging, has officially launched.
Posted Dec 11, 2007
MetaCarta, Inc., a provider of geographic search and referencing solutions, announced MetaCarta NewsMap service, a new, hosted service that allows online media outlets to display maps that show the places mentioned in their news stories.
Posted Dec 11, 2007
EdgeCast Networks, a rich media content delivery network (CDN), announced that it has secured $6 million in Series B financing led by Steamboat Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated with The Walt Disney Company.
Posted Dec 11, 2007
Dow Jones & Company announced that Richard F. Zannino, CEO, plans to leave the Company after the closing of the acquisition of Dow Jones by News Corporation.
Posted Dec 11, 2007