SodaHead, a Santa Clarita-based social networking start-up headed by Jason Feffer, former VP of operations for MySpace, has raised about $4.5 million in funding.
Posted Nov 14, 2006
Pluck, a Texas-based RSS and publisher services company, has raised $7 million from Reuters, along with return backers Austin Ventures and Mayfield.
Posted Nov 14, 2006
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a library cooperative, has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for development of a potential national marketing campaign to increase awareness of the value of libraries, and the need for support for libraries at local, state, and national levels.
Posted Nov 10, 2006
Cambridge-based Wax info Ltd,, a developer of secure distributed content management software, has announced that it is entering the Chinese software market.
Posted Nov 10, 2006
EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and COIN Educational Products (COIN) has announced that the companies have finalized an agreement whereby EBSCO acquired the high school career guidance product line from COIN.
Posted Nov 10, 2006
Oracle has announced that it has agreed to acquire Stellent, Inc., a global provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software solutions, through a cash tender offer for $13.50 per share, or approximately $440 million.
Posted Nov 10, 2006
AOL LLC has announced its acquisition of news and information search technology company, The Relegence Corporation of New York, NY.
Posted Nov 10, 2006
SDL International, a provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, has announced the opening of an independent data center to provide enterprise customers and language service providers with a secure hosting environment designed to enable them to manage all global information requirements in a secure manner.
Posted Nov 07, 2006
Astoria Software has revealed demand for content reuse and adoption of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard, in a poll.
Posted Nov 07, 2006
Topix.net has raised $15 million of additional funding from three of the nation’s largest newspaper companies, Gannett Co., Inc., The McClatchy Company, and Tribune Company.
Posted Nov 07, 2006
The Ex Libris Group, a worldwide developer and provider of applications for libraries and information centers, has announced that Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity fund, has completed the acquisition of the entire Ex Libris Group holdings.
Posted Nov 03, 2006
Internet users do not know the best ways to find quality information on the web, according to a survey of nearly 3,000 American adults conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Posted Nov 03, 2006
GoFish Corporation, an online video destination for user-generated video, formerly Unibio, Inc., has announced the closing of a stock-for-stock merger with GoFish Technologies, Inc.
Posted Nov 03, 2006
MobiTV, Inc., a provider of mobile and broadband television and music services, has announced the second close of its Series C Funding with an additional $30 million investment and two new investors, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Hearst Corporation, bringing the total round to more than $100 million.
Posted Nov 03, 2006
Google has acquired JotSpot, an application wiki company.
Posted Nov 03, 2006
Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm for the information industry worldwide, has announced publication of its annual MarketView report, Credit & Financial Information: 2006 Market Size, Share, Forecast, and Trend Report.
Posted Oct 31, 2006
Synacor, a provider in the development and integration of value-added online content and technology solutions for broadband and internet service providers, has announced the closure of a $17 million “C Series” round of financing.
Posted Oct 27, 2006
SkillSoft PLC, a provider of content resources and complementary technologies for integrated enterprise learning, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NETg from The Thomson Corporation.
Posted Oct 27, 2006
Coveo Solutions Inc., a provider of secure search for the enterprise, has announced that it has secured $6 million through a Series A Preferred venture capital financing agreement.
Posted Oct 24, 2006
IBM Corp. filed two lawsuits against Amazon.com Inc. claiming key aspects of the internet retailer's websites violate patents held by Big Blue.
Posted Oct 24, 2006
An executive order signed late this past summer by President George W. Bush requires that government agencies make available to the public information about public health-care cost and quality, creating an unexpected, and unprecedented, opportunity for the health care information management industry.
Posted Oct 24, 2006
PTC, a Product Development Company, has announced it has acquired ITEDO Software GmbH and ITEDO Software LLC (collectively, ITEDO), for approximately $17 million in cash.
Posted Oct 20, 2006
Adobe Systems Incorporated has acquired Serious Magic Inc., maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets.
Posted Oct 20, 2006
Universal Music Group has filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its musicians' videos.
Posted Oct 20, 2006
Dow Jones & Company has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reuters' 50% interest in Factiva, bringing Dow Jones ownership of Factiva to 100%.
Posted Oct 20, 2006