Provides the latest RSS feeds for Software News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/cat/68c99963de9a9573/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:54 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:54 -0400 30 , one of the world's leading business schools, finds that increasing the amount of properly licensed software in use globally by 1 percent would add an estimated $73 billion to the world economy, compared to $20 billion from pirated software -- meaning there is a $53 billion advantage associated with using licensed software. The study also finds the greatest potential for economic gains are ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214656448/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:03:21 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214656448/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Arizona State University and the city of Mesa are working together to create the Mesa Technology Accelerator on ASUs Polytechnic campus in Mesa to help grow small technology companies. For more, click on the Phoenix Business Journal link ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654539/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:48:30 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654539/scat/68c99963de9a9573 According to CNN, a report released Monday by Sens. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Carl Levin, D-Michigan, charges that Apple Inc. "used a complex web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654457/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:30:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654457/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Adam Robinson, CEO, Robly Inc. Anthony Robinson, a former RatePoint customer, together with his brother Adam and two others have launched a new email marketing and review startup and have tapped former RatePoint founder Neal Creighton to join as chairman. Robinson, founder and CEO of Relectric, was frustrated when he received an email alerting him that his RatePoint account would shut down in 7 ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654361/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:05 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654361/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Not so much. FORTUNE -- Just as cash-strapped consumers in the developing world bypassed so-called landline phones in favor of mobile devices, so China's lower-income consumers are skipping physical stores in favor of e-commerce sites. ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214653150/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:44:13 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214653150/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Jim Milton, CEO, SoundBite Communications SoundBite Communications (Nasdaq:SDBT), a mobile marketing and customer experience management company, has been acquired by Daly City, Calif.-based Genesys. Founded in 2000, Bedford, Mass.-based SoundBite was sold in deal worth $5 per share or $100.4 million, according to Genesys, a provider of customer engagement and contact center solutions. The ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652821/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:26 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652821/scat/68c99963de9a9573 As part of our weekly Startup Watch, Mass High Tech highlights five startup companies and their business goals and provides guest access to their company profiles in the New England Tech Directory. Each week Mass High Tech will highlight five startups selected by a team of editors. Each startup will be featured with links to a description of the company and more information about the startup. ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214651930/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214651930/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214653895/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214653895/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214655589/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214655589/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654738/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214654738/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652936/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652936/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214657357/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214657357/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214656455/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214656455/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Telecommunications equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from Tellabs for personal reasons. Naperville-based Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which has been struggling with continual losses and slowing sales, said Szafrans resignation was unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652008/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214652008/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Dan Coe's BlkDot helps brands sell their wares on Tumblr. Portland entrepreneur Dan Coe has had a long, healthy relationship with Tumblr. He expects that to only deepen with Yahoo's planned $1.1 billion acquisition of the microblogging site. Coe's previous startup, Coexist Digital, developed a commerce platform that essentially allowed brands to sell their wares on Tumblr without ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214650747/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:17:17 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214650747/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Planview has updated the interface of its flagship project portfolio management (PPM) software to make it easier to navigate and appealing to a wider range of potential users. "Traditionally, portfolio management has been very IT-centric, and it continues to be the biggest part of our business, but [PPM is] increasingly being adopted on the line-of-business side--product development ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214649887/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:07:46 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214649887/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Eddie Franz of DST Market Systems models the latest in TreeSwing app T-shirts. DST Systems Inc. is attempting to appeal to a larger audience with a new effort aimed at giving regular consumers access to mutual funds. DST still is waiting for approval on the mobile investment app, TreeSwing, from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But later this spring, the Kansas City-based ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214648949/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:37 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214648949/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Yahoo's new Flickr focuses on big, high-resolution images. Yahoo unveiled a new look to Flickr, and offered up more details on the companys Tumblr acquisition at its press conference today in New York City. The new Flickr, which launched today, is an image-dominant site (think more Pinterest than the blue links and text-heavy pages you're used to), with a new Android interface and 1 ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214649605/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:56:10 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214649605/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Newsle Inc., a San Francisco startup, raised $1.65 million in its first round of venture funding. The company makes software that mines online news for reports about friends or colleagues for users of social networks such as LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD) or Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). Two Harvard University computer science students Axel Hansen and Jonah Varon quit school in 2011 to start ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643855/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:46 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643855/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Charlie Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network Corp. Charlie Ergen's Dish Network Corp. is said to have placed a $2 billion stalking-horse bid for mobile broadband spectrum from bankrupt wireless startup LightSquared Inc. just as shareholders in another company weigh a $2.2 billion Dish bid on other frequencies. Bloomberg News reported the LightSquared bid Monday afternoon, citing ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643856/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:41 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643856/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The purchase of WebHost XTC will help three Watertown business executives offer more e-commerce capabilities to customers of their respective companies. Three Watertown business owners have purchased a Las Vegas-based commerce hosting company and plan to add jobs locally, according to a Monday press release. Paul Dickey, owner of Accurate Pool and Spa Services in Watertown, along with Brian ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643950/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:27 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643950/scat/68c99963de9a9573 HEBER CITY — Most ardent sports fans like to think they’re more than willing to help out the program they cheer for, but few actually have the time, resources, and, most of all, know-how to actually provide meaningful assistance. Meet Randy Larson, a local computer software engineer and big BYU fan whose volunteer efforts have benefited the football program immensely since sending a ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643439/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:12:47 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643439/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Folsom-based software developer and reseller Rackwise again issued a warning that the company needs additional capital to continue to operate. Folsom-based software developer and reseller Rackwise Inc. again issued a warning in its quarterly financial statement that the company needs additional capital to continue to operate. In April, the company put out its annual report that said the company ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643869/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:22 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643869/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The business data company LexisNexis is upgrading its Firm Manager software with a new tool to allow lawyers to share documents with each other and their clients via the Internet, managers said Monday. The new version of Firm Manager includes WatchDox, a file-sharing capability that's similar in concept to the popular Dropbox ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643231/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:53:49 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643231/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Protesters plan to skip this year's Amazon shareholders' meeting after the company made changes to its policies. Last year, protesters lined the block around the Seattle Art Museum when Amazon held its annual shareholders meeting there. This year, things may be a bit more subdued. When Amazon shareholders and executives meet Thursday, the investors will vote whether to reappoint the nine ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642566/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:47 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642566/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Silvercar offers all Audi A4s for rent at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and on Friday another rental car facility will open at Dallas Love Field. It pays to know the back roads around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. One missed exit in the DFW Connector highway construction project can really ruin your day. I found myself unable to enter the airport on the north end a few weeks ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643097/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:41:18 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214643097/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The District's tax office has failed to collect $6.5 million in penalties from large D.C. businesses that do not file their returns electronically as required by law. That is one of numerous flaws including unauthorized changes, insufficient support, inadequate planning that the D.C. inspector general found in the Office of Tax and Revenue's Integrated Tax System, software the District ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642550/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:02 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642550/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Advance Publications led a $1.65 million Series A funding of Newsle, a company that delivers customized news to subscribers through emails and online dashboards. Advance owns American City Business Journals, which owns about 40 papers across the country including the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times in the Bay Area. Whitney Shaw, president of American City Business ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642560/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:02 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642560/scat/68c99963de9a9573 CareWire, a startup that's a developed a text messaging service for health providers, has named former health care consultant Ken Saitow president and CEO. The Excelsior-based company also has hired Phil Hotchkiss, a Twin Cities serial entrepreneur who most recently was chief product officer at Klout, to serve as executive vice president and chief product officer. Saitow was previously ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641516/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:44 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641516/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Sprint Nextel Corp. has clocked yet another acquisition, as if the wireless carrier doesn't have enough merger activity going on this year. On Monday, Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) revealed it had bought Kansas City-based Handmark Inc. and spinoff app developer firm OneLouder Apps. Inc. to help ramp up its mobile advertising and targeting services. The news came on the heels of ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642217/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:42:55 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214642217/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Virgin America Inc. is rolling out the red carpet, boarding celebrities and an Austin band, and even launching a water cannon salute upon arrival for its first nonstop flight from Silicon Valley to Silicon Hills. The airline's first "nerd bird" flight from San Francisco International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lands in the Capital City at 3:35 p.m. tomorrow. ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641461/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:09:44 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641461/scat/68c99963de9a9573 USA Mobility, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMO), with the President’s ';E'; Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The ';E'; Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. ';Exports continue to be a major component of our sales growth, and we are honored to receive the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641160/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:32 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641160/scat/68c99963de9a9573 HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DocuTrac, Inc. a leading developer of software for the behavioral health industry announced today that they have partnered with DrFirst to revamp the electronic prescribing functionality incorporated in their QuicDoc® EMR Professional and Enterprise Edition Software. The DrFirst integration provides a secure, powerful, and easy to use ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641171/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:31 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641171/scat/68c99963de9a9573 WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American companies are suffering the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars a year due to intellectual property theft by foreign entities. This loss has tremendous implications for the future competitive, strategic, and economic outlook of the United States. For this purpose, the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641167/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:31 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214641167/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Vista Equity Partners agreed to buy San Diego cyber attack protection company Websense Inc. for about $1 billion. Austin-based Vista, led by CEO Robert Smith, closed a $3.5 billion acquisition fund a year ago this week. The 50-person firm has offices in Chicago and on California Street in San Francisco's financial district. In this deal, Vista will pay $24.75 in cash per share for Websense ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640992/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:38 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640992/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Dollar Bank, Pittsburghs fifth largest financial institution, is upgrading its ATM fleet footprint-wide to work faster and smarter. Senior Vice President Joe Smith confirmed that Dollar has ordered 60 new machines providing automated deposit technology from NCR Corp., based in Duluth, Ga. I call it smart deposit design, Smith said. The replacement process will begin this summer, NCR said. Smith ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639950/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:27:53 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639950/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Canada's new immigration-centric pitch to Silicon Valley's many foreign-born entrepreneurs. Canada is pitching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on northern migration. The gist: Easier access to visas for foreign-born entrepreneurs, a growing base of engineering talent, R&D tax credits and lower corporate taxes. Low-tax U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada and Washington have pitched financial ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640273/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:17 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640273/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the Federal Communications Commission when localities, led by Arlington, Texas, challenged the agency's authority to set deadlines for wireless facility applications. Federal regulatory agencies won a victory when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission could establish deadlines for local cellphone tower siting ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640071/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:16:14 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640071/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Sanj K. Patel, president and CEO, Synageva Biopharma A drug candidate being developed by Synageva BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq:GEVA) to treat Wolman disease, a rare inherited disease that can kill infants in their first six months of life, has been designated a breakthrough therapy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Lexington, Mass. biopharmaceutical company said the designation - which ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640168/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:49 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214640168/scat/68c99963de9a9573 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., PANAMA CITY, Fla., NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, Ala. HOUSTON, and BILOXI, Miss., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "There are a lot of firms out there who do not know how to do these Customer Mix Tests or Start-Up Business claims. Our software will provide the direction to unravel the mystery on how to perform the Customer Mix Test and the Upturn Revenue Plus Test that are ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639716/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:37 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639716/scat/68c99963de9a9573 CLEVELAND -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dakota Software is pleased to announce the addition of a Regulatory Alert Service to their ProActivity™ Suite of Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) compliance and sustainability management tools. This new capability is unique in the EHS market, allowing EHS professionals to receive automated notifications when relevant and meaningful regulatory ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639723/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:49:36 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639723/scat/68c99963de9a9573 May 2013 iAWFUL (';Internet Advocate’s Watchlist for Ugly Laws';) list rattles off eight types of proposals opposed by the group, many of which appear to be targeted because they may threaten the profit margins of the group’s constituent companies. Here are three specific instances where the most recent iAWFUL list puts corporate interests before consumer rights or ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639646/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:07 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639646/scat/68c99963de9a9573 If you think the private messages you send over Skype are protected by end-to-end encryption, think again. The Microsoft-owned service regularly scans message contents for signs of fraud, and company managers may log the results indefinitely, Ars has confirmed. And this can only happen if Microsoft can convert the messages into human-readable form at will. With the help of independent privacy ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638662/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:46 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638662/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The wireless industry is watching Sprint Nextel Corp. for a higher bid on Clearwire Corp. before Tuesdays shareholder vote. Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) shareholders vote at noon in Bellevue, Wash., on whether to accept or reject Sprints (NYSE: S) $2.2 billion acquisition offer. The vote comes as uncertainty around the deal is at a peak. Sprints bid, which offers $2.97 a share for stock that majority ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639565/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:39 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639565/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Denise DeSimone is CEO of C-Leveled. C-leveled, the North side consultancy that works with entrepreneurs and startups, is spreading its footprint west with the acquisition of Madison, Wis.-based FINTEL LLC. The deal brings FINTELs benchmarking and analytics software into C-leveled, and FINTELs co-founder Boris Nenide is joining C-leveled as chief technology officer and board member. Financial ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639389/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:24:14 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639389/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Sony's Bravia 4K liquid crystal display television is displayed at its launch in Tokyo on April 11. Sony is one of several manufacturers that are banking on 4K technology injecting life into television sales. Just when you thought you invested in a TV with the clearest picture possible, along comes something even better. 4K ultra-high-definition televisions are now available for somewhat ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638582/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:25 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638582/scat/68c99963de9a9573 It's not yet known whether reported layoffs would impact NetApp's Wichita site on North Rock Road. NetApp Inc. is preparing to announce a 10 percent work force reduction, affecting about 1,300 people, according to a private Piper Jaffray note reportedly sent to clients. The Register, a United Kingdom-based online tech publication, reported last week on the note. The report said that The ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639483/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:07:11 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639483/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Interleukin's founder and president Kenneth Kornman Just days after it said it will not be able to raise additional capital before acceptance of a diagnostic test study results in a peer-reviewed publication and not be able to fund operations beyond the end of this month, Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU) has raised $12 million through a private placement of its securities. The Waltham, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638828/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:27 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638828/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Todd Gardner is a former partner at Blue Chip Venture Co. Remember the money that Cincinnati venture capitalist Todd Gardner had assembled to invest in software companies? Gardner has started investing it. His latest deal is a $2.5 million bet on a Indianapolis-based company called WebLink. As I reported last year, Gardner a former partner at downtown-based Blue Chip Venture Co. raised $22.5 ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639249/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:52 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639249/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Dell Inc. wants more information again from the investor group challenging CEO Michael Dells shareholder buyout. The companys special committee formed to consider buyout offers has asked billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc. for more details about their takeover plan, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 computer maker in the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639192/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214639192/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tinkercad, the Web-based 3D modeling startup led by Kai Backman, has been acquired by Autodesk. There was some actual business news amid the fun and gadgets at Maker Faire over the weekend with the announcement that Autodesk Inc. bought Tinkercad, the Web-based 3-D modeling company. Tinkercad, founded by Kai Backman, is a low-cost alternative to computer-aided design programs, requiring less ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638188/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:34:35 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638188/scat/68c99963de9a9573 A.O. Smith's Paul Jones has led his company's transformation into a global water technology company. A.O. Smith Corp. executive chairman Paul Jones has been named a finalist for this years Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year program in the Midwest. Three other Wisconsin executives were named finalists: J.P. Fingado of API Healthcare Corp., Hartford; and James Sartori and Jeffrey ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638187/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:44 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638187/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The iPhone and the iPad have been approved for use on the Pentagon's networks. Apple's iPhone and iPad have been approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency for use on the Pentagon's networks, Federal Times reports. DISA approved Apple mobile devices using the iOS 6 operating system. But DISA only approved government-issued iPhones and iPads, and said that personally-owned ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638041/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:21 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638041/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Communication Intelligence Corp . raised $1.15 million by selling preferred stock to the Phoenix Group and some other investors. Redwood City-based CIC (OTCQB: CICI) makes technology used in electronic signatures and document verification. Philip Sassower --age 72 -- is its CEO and chairman. In the past, he was CEO of Phoenix Enterprises LLC, a part of the Phoenix Group. In this deal, which ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638003/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:28 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638003/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Jerry Wass has in just a couple of years grown his leads-generating company, Anomaly Squared, from a concept to 300 employees, with plans to be at 500 by the end of the summer. The company may be branded as an anomaly, but the man behind it is certainly the epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit. As I photographed and chatted with CEO Jerry Wass at the new digs of Anomaly Squared in Greensboro, I ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637245/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:15 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637245/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy out the shareholders of a California software company for about $1 billion. The Austin-based firm would pay $24.75 per share for Websense Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN), the developer of software and provider of services designed to protect companies from cyber attacks and data theft, according to a Websense news release. The Websense board of directors have approved ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638059/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:11 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638059/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Huntington Bancshares has debuted a new commercial credit card that aims to make it easier for businesses to save money each month by streamlining invoice and expense payment workflow processes. The MasterCard-branded card combines online card and data management tools and provides a monthly rebate payment. Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington (Nasdaq:HBAN) is among the largest banks operating in ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637243/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:18:47 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637243/scat/68c99963de9a9573 RunKeeper, whose CEO and co-founder is Jason Jacobs, is among the Boston-area companies with backing from Spark Capital. Boston-based Spark Capital may be best known for making investments outside its home city, such as Tumblr and Twitter. But Spark also ranks among the VC firms which frequently back Boston-area startups: Spark invested $25 million into Massachusetts-based firms in 2012, across ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637129/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:16:17 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637129/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Pedestrians walk by a Sprint retail store. Now that Sprint Nextel has completed its deal to purchase spectrum and customers from US Cellular, its next step is to offer credits in an attempt to keep those customers, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. In November, when the agreement was announced, Sprint (NYSE: S) estimated that nearly 600,000 customers would be affected, but this most ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638186/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:11:33 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638186/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Bloom Energy's $130 million funding was last week's biggest venture investment in Silicon Valley and a little more detail about it was reported on Monday. Fortune reported that while it still isn't known who the investor was, an unnamed source provided it with some of the Sunnyvale fuel cell maker's financials. The report said that Bloom posted $42 million of pro forma revenue and ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637341/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:30 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637341/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Kryon Systems has raised $1 million from private investors in the US. The current financing round, which will be expanded, is intended for marketing and continuing to recruit large US enterprise customers. The company has also launched a new version of flagship product Leo, which will be presented this week at the ASTD 2013 exposition in Dallas, Texas. Leo provides a complete platform to help ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636099/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:21 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636099/scat/68c99963de9a9573 HELSINKI | Mon May 20, 2013 11:28am EDT HELSINKI May 20 (Reuters) - A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone on Monday, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker. Jolla was founded by Nokia's former MeeGo software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638225/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:50 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214638225/scat/68c99963de9a9573 CEO Jack McDonald Upland Software Inc. has established an Austin headquarters after acquiring five companies. Silverback Acquisition Corp.s roll-up company that was previously called PowerSteering Software Inc. declined to disclose the number of local workers, CEO Jack McDonald said. Upland Software, which employs 250 workers in six locations, develops project and work management ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637767/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:45 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214637767/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Computer security experts and U.S. officials say Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on companies and agencies they stole data from three months ago. A unit of China's People's Liberation Army had stopped computer intrusions in February after the administration of ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635653/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:12:59 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635653/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Greg Byles, CEO, and Glenn Smith, president, at Global Technology Resources Inc. in a 2010 photo. An initial public offering that would have led to the merger of Denver-based Global Technology Resources Inc. (GTRI) with two other companies has been called off. The IPO had been planned as a way to merge GTRI, an IT consulting firm, with San Francisco-based FusionStorm and Claremont, N.H.-based Red ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635645/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:55 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635645/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Gil Bickel Weve reported previously that the St. Louis Arch Angels investing group was pretty active last year. Now, the group of local angel investors has been recognized for its flurry of activity in 2012. The Arch Angels were the top angel investing group in the Great Plains region for 2012, according to a report by the Angel Resource Institute. The Arch Angels were the most active group based ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636446/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:24 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636446/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Charlie Baker, director of product development, PeerApp Newton, Mass.-based PeerApp, an Internet caching systems developer, has rolled out a Content Service Extension collaboration initiative with global service providers EdgeCast Networks of Santa Monica, Calif., and Limelight Networks Inc. of Tempe, Arizona. Charlie Baker, PeerApps director of product management told Mass High Tech Monday that ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636276/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:42 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636276/scat/68c99963de9a9573 NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Duff & Phelps Corporation, a leading independent financial advisory and investment banking firm, today announced the launch of TotalPropertyTax, a secure cloud-based software solution that enables users to manage their entire property tax life cycle. TotalPropertyTax is the first software to contain a proprietary database of continuously updated ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635346/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635346/scat/68c99963de9a9573 InTheCapital leaps into the tech meetup business this week with the launch of DC UpFront at House of Sweden. Also: "Social" appears to be the word of the week. (Full disclosure: IntheCapital is owned by the Washington Business Journal's parent company.) Tuesday, May 21 Get It Online: The Second Screen: How Social is Revolutionizing TV Eliza Kern of GigaOM and other panelists lead a ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636461/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:37 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214636461/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Target on Friday unveiled its new technology office in San Francisco that will be its West Coast hub for development of mobile and online services, the Mercury News reports. The office will give the retailer a foothold in the Bay Area, where other companies including Walmart have set up tech centers to take advantage of local talent in developing online technology. Target has hired nearly 20 ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635728/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:27 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635728/scat/68c99963de9a9573 May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Industries U.S. director of research Paul Sweeney examines Yahoo's $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr and how it can monetize and grow the acquisition while retaining its "cool factor" with users. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on Monday in a nearly all-cash ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635175/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:26 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635175/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The Maker Faire Festival this weekend drew tens of thousands of people to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds to check out the latest do-it-yourself technology and projects. More than 120,000 people were expected to attend the annual event over the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635003/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:15:35 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635003/scat/68c99963de9a9573 ProspX Inc., Wisegate Inc., Zebra Imaging Inc. and Postmaster Inc. pulled in funding over the past week. At least four Austin-area companies received funding last week to take their businesses to the next level, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Software maker ProspX Inc. received $8.2 million of a planned $9.2 million financing from 39 investors. Online ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634859/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:17 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634859/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tumblr's traffic has grown rapidly since its founding, but has dipped in recent months. Its official: Yahoos Marissa Mayer cut a deal to acquire microblogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The site gives Yahoo instant access to some 108 million bloggers, most under the age of 25. But the deal isn't without its share of challenges. Here are Mayers five biggest hurdles to overcome: 1: You ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635174/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:54 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635174/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Sign at entry to the Maker Faire shows the way to a few of the many attractions that covered the sprawling San Mateo event center grounds. Lock-picking anybody? "I leave my mind at home so I won't lose it at work," read a sign at the Maker Faire in San Mateo over the weekend. The annual mashup of Burning Man, science fair and gadget makers' heaven had on full display what its ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:59:38 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635005/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Paraag Marathe is the COO of the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday, team owners for the National Football League will decide between Santa Clara and Miami for the 2016 Super Bowl L. In an edited interview, Niners COO Paraag Marathe, a 12-year veteran of the team, shares his thoughts on Super Bowl prospects at the new $1.2 billion Santa Clara stadium and drops hints about a new, high-end 49ers ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635001/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:58:57 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214635001/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Michael Kauffman, CEO, Karyopharm Karyopharm Therapeutics Monday named the investors of its $48.2 million Series B round of funding . The Natick, Mass.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company said the Series B round, reported by Mass High Tech last week, was led by a private investor with additional investors participating in the round including Delphi Ventures. The funding will be used to ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634515/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:54:11 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634515/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Spark Capital general partner Bijan Sabet has led his Boston-based firm's investments into Tumblr, which Yahoo has acquired for $1.1 billion. When New York-based blogging platform Tumblr raised its first funding, of $750,000, in 2007, Boston-based Spark Capital was among the two venture capital firm investors. On Monday, after massive growth (and continued funding by Spark) over six years, ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633940/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:59 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633940/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Is Google coming to town and brining 500 or more jobs? The rumors began flying over the weekend courtesy of @nextstl. BizNext's @stlbizakurtovic is on it and trying to get a response from Google. We'll let you know what happens. Hope people aren't getting it confused with word last week that 500-600 Boeing IT workers are coming here over the next few years. Yes, what we told you ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633939/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:41 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633939/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Yahoo Inc.s deal for the blogging site will provide the Internet power with a bigger foothold in the thriving social networking and communications space, as well as tap a much younger demographic, The Wall Street Journal reports. Right now, Tumblr generates only about $13 million in annual revenue, but Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is expected to move quickly to boost that number, the Silicon Valley ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634140/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:08:26 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214634140/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Supplies of Apple's MacBook Air are dwindling at retailers, which means a product refresh could be imminent. Apples Worldwide Developers Conference is coming next month, and the product rumor mill is in full swing. One of the top rumors today is that the Cupertino-based company will reveal a new MacBook Air, running Intels forthcoming Haswell chip. Apple Insider reports the available ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633937/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:04 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633937/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Nearly two years after it landed an $10 million round of funding, motion sensor maker Qualtre Inc. has landed another round, bringing the total funds raised to $26 million. Marlborough, Mass. -based Qualtre Inc. has landed $3 million in funding, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The funding comes after the developer of solid state motion sensors for ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633670/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:04:25 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214633670/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has agreed to buy Tumblr Inc. in a $1.1 billion, all-cash deal. The board of directors for Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy social-networking and blogging site Tumblr Inc. for $1.1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Its the biggest deal yet for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals since she took control last year, according to the Silicon Valley ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632940/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:13:23 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632940/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Westwood, Mass. based English Helper Inc. has secured a new round of funding. The developer of software to help non-English speaking people learn the English language raised $750,000, according to documents filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Used by schools, higher education students, skill-building organizations, companies, and other individuals, English Helpers products ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632778/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:30 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632778/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Target Corp. has opened an office in San Francisco, where it plans to scout for tech talent to build its e-commerce and mobile technology efforts. Reuters reports that Target had hired David Newman to run its Technology Innovation Center, which will seek out other tech companies that can help Targets tech ventures, like speeding up its website or improve the shopping experience for ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632064/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:05:35 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214632064/scat/68c99963de9a9573 , a leader in providing mobile insights, has today announced a new way for businesses with mobile apps to utilize its software development kit (SDK) technology to monetize their app and drive user engagement. By allowing integration of its platform, uSamp offers businesses and app developers the opportunity to add an additional revenue stream, and learn more about their members. Mobile ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631781/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:33:54 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631781/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Visa Inc., one of the world's leading payment solutions providers, announced the launch of an in-depth study of the rapidly-growing e-commerce market across the Middle East and North Africa [MENA] ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631822/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:14 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631822/scat/68c99963de9a9573 David Karp reportedly owned 25 percent of Tumblr at the time of its last venture capital fundraise. If he can sell three more companies to Yahoo on similar terms, he'll be a billionaire. David Karp, 26, co-founded Tumblr in February 2007. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported Yahoo's board of directors agreed to acquire the short-form blogging service for $1.1 billion. "Latest ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631633/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:16:05 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214631633/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star as Spock and Kirk in Paramount Pictures' Star Trek Into Darkness. Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, knew something about organizational structure in challenging situations. He trained as a police officer and later worked for the Los Angeles Police Department. He flew dozens of bomber missions in the Army Air Corps in World War II. And he was a ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630871/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:51:09 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630871/scat/68c99963de9a9573 There aren’t too many things more soul-destroying on the phone than hearing those dreaded words "if you’d like to pay your bill, press 1". Because then you know you’re heading into a labyrinthine world of options, sub-options, dead ends and hang-ups, all in the vain hope of actually getting to speak to another human being about whatever your problem is. IVRs appeal to ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630666/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630666/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Chevy Chase-based New Enterprise Associates stands to reap a fortune from Tableau Software Inc.'s newly public stock, the Washington Business Journal reported. NEA is the single biggest venture backer of the Seattle-based data analytics company (NYSE: DATA). NEA sold 1 million shares of Tableau stock in the offering, and is holding on to another 18.5 million shares, or about 37 percent of the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630920/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:58 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630920/scat/68c99963de9a9573 H-1B restrictions have clearly upset Indian firms. But sometimes being in a tough spot can prompt new ways of approaching problems. One firm is implementing software robots. Infosys recently announced a partnership with IPsoft, a New York-based provider of autonomic IT services. It is a move that may have deeper implications in these times. The autonomic tools that IPsoft makes bring software ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630667/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:52 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630667/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin has a strategy in place to win new work internationally and in growing sectors such as cybersecurity, the defense contractor's new chief of information systems and global solutions told the Washington Post. In a wide-ranging interview with the Post, Sondra L. Barbour, who took over the challenged unit late last month, told the business editors, "The strategy ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630870/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:32:28 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214630870/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Top, the exterior of the Genesis Group building can be seen at 5800 Eagles Nest Blvd. in Tyler. Middle, the hallway is pictured with the Genesis logo. Bottom, software developers work in ‘The Pit’ in the ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624992/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:47:13 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624992/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Augie Grasis Sprint Nextel Corp.s acquisition march continue, this time moving a Kansas City technology company under its umbrella. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) announced Monday that it bought app developer Handmark Inc. and spinoff OneLouder Apps. Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The companies have been negotiating the deal since the summer. It closed on April 4, making Handmark and ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624349/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:03 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624349/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Sprint Nextel Corp. may have acquired Handmark Inc. this spring, but the companies relationship goes back eight years. Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) plans to bolster its mobile advertising program, Pinsight Media+, with Handmarks mobile app development and advertising platform through spinoff OneLouder Apps Inc. Heres a timeline of key events that led up to the acquisition: 2000 Handmark ... http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624348/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:02 -0400 http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/sid/214624348/scat/68c99963de9a9573