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Coastal Carolina's Norman playing in Senior Bowl - Chicago Tribune
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tedco awards $600K to tech firms - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The money was granted in collaboration withthe U.S. Army Medicaol Research and Materiel Command and the throughthe Ft. Detricok Technology Transfer Initiative. The purpose of the technology transfedr program is to raise awareness of new and developing technologies and fundinyg them to transition as viable projectsfor follow-on fundinh in the market Each company that received funding was awardedc approximately $50,000 between March 2008 and May 2009, makingh up the initiative’s second round of financiapl awards since its $750,000 program The funds for the program’s seconc phase were secured by Sen. Barbara D-Md., and Rep. Roscoe G. R-Md. “The [Ft.
Detrickl Technology Transfer Initiative] program is enabling area businessesd to harness the technologies being developed at Fort Detrick and apply them to the commercial said Mikulski. “This will lead to new products that have the powedr to create jobs andsave lives.” Mikulskoi announced the first phase of the tech transfer program in March 2005 when 11 companieas received funding. in Rockville: The company is developingh a health care technology calledmiTafg system, which is a scalable wireless sensor solution for improving patienyt flow.
in Frederick: The compant is developing a technology called the GeNova Screejnto identify, isolate, and produce antibody-like in Rockville: The company is developing an on-demandf biotech products including a combination vaccine against plaguse and anthrax. BioAssay Works LLC in Ijamsville: The companyy is developing a lateral-flow visual diagnostic test to detect and differentiatwe single sample multiplepathogenicc poxviruses, including variola, vaccinia, and in Catonsville: The compan is safety-testing a medical productt called ClotFoam, which is a non-compressible, intracavitary hemostatid agent.
CynerGene IDMP in Frederick: The companh is developing, validating and implementinvg a supplemental diagnosisof Malaria, HIV, and Denguw using its Infectious Disease Multiplex Panel which could allow for creation of LLC in Baltimore: The company is developinyg required components and system framework to enable conversational interfacesd for telemedicine tools. Such tools would allows professional medics touse gesture, and other human-- computer interactions to access and document information in electronivc medical records. in Rockville: The company is developinbg technology to preserve mammalian cells in dried formaft that can easilybe re-hydrated for a variety of uses.
LLC in The company is evaluatinhg the effect of Imagilin patented probiotics as a food supplement to enhance the immune responsivenessd of guinea pigs upon immunizatiohn or challenge withvirulent pathogens. The evaluationh will suggest the ability of Imagilin patente d probiotics to enhance the immunization ofa vaccine. in The company is developing micropatterned substrates for viral infectivity assays. Juxtopia in Baltimore: The company is customizinhg its Wearable Assistance and SituationaoAwareness (WASA) goggles and servicd to allow U.S. Army combat medic to access and document information to electrical medical recordsvia hands-free voice-requests and voice-responses.
in The company is developinbg cell therapies to treat braihn and spinalcord injuries.
The money was granted in collaboration withthe U.S. Army Medicaol Research and Materiel Command and the throughthe Ft. Detricok Technology Transfer Initiative. The purpose of the technology transfedr program is to raise awareness of new and developing technologies and fundinyg them to transition as viable projectsfor follow-on fundinh in the market Each company that received funding was awardedc approximately $50,000 between March 2008 and May 2009, makingh up the initiative’s second round of financiapl awards since its $750,000 program The funds for the program’s seconc phase were secured by Sen. Barbara D-Md., and Rep. Roscoe G. R-Md. “The [Ft.
Detrickl Technology Transfer Initiative] program is enabling area businessesd to harness the technologies being developed at Fort Detrick and apply them to the commercial said Mikulski. “This will lead to new products that have the powedr to create jobs andsave lives.” Mikulskoi announced the first phase of the tech transfer program in March 2005 when 11 companieas received funding. in Rockville: The company is developingh a health care technology calledmiTafg system, which is a scalable wireless sensor solution for improving patienyt flow.
in Frederick: The compant is developing a technology called the GeNova Screejnto identify, isolate, and produce antibody-like in Rockville: The company is developing an on-demandf biotech products including a combination vaccine against plaguse and anthrax. BioAssay Works LLC in Ijamsville: The companyy is developing a lateral-flow visual diagnostic test to detect and differentiatwe single sample multiplepathogenicc poxviruses, including variola, vaccinia, and in Catonsville: The compan is safety-testing a medical productt called ClotFoam, which is a non-compressible, intracavitary hemostatid agent.
CynerGene IDMP in Frederick: The companh is developing, validating and implementinvg a supplemental diagnosisof Malaria, HIV, and Denguw using its Infectious Disease Multiplex Panel which could allow for creation of LLC in Baltimore: The company is developinyg required components and system framework to enable conversational interfacesd for telemedicine tools. Such tools would allows professional medics touse gesture, and other human-- computer interactions to access and document information in electronivc medical records. in Rockville: The company is developinbg technology to preserve mammalian cells in dried formaft that can easilybe re-hydrated for a variety of uses.
LLC in The company is evaluatinhg the effect of Imagilin patented probiotics as a food supplement to enhance the immune responsivenessd of guinea pigs upon immunizatiohn or challenge withvirulent pathogens. The evaluationh will suggest the ability of Imagilin patente d probiotics to enhance the immunization ofa vaccine. in The company is developing micropatterned substrates for viral infectivity assays. Juxtopia in Baltimore: The company is customizinhg its Wearable Assistance and SituationaoAwareness (WASA) goggles and servicd to allow U.S. Army combat medic to access and document information to electrical medical recordsvia hands-free voice-requests and voice-responses.
in The company is developinbg cell therapies to treat braihn and spinalcord injuries.
Monday, January 23, 2012
FileSonic deactivates file-sharing following Megaupload closure - Computing
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
EAPs - The pursuit of happiness - ifaonline.co.uk
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EAPs - The pursuit of happiness ifaonline.co.uk Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) were thrust into the headlines last year when a report from the Independent Office of Tax Simplification recommended that tax relief relating to welfare counselling be abolished. The announcement caused more than a ... |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - South Florida Business Journal:
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The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survehasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide abouft their expectations for the economy. Their answers paintf a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europse expected employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymenty rate in the U.S. seen risin g to perhaps as high as 12 percent in the next12 months. Employmeny in Asia is expected to recedeby 1.2 percent.
government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic government forecasts woulxd reduce the losses by only 2 saidCampbell Harvey, founding directofr of the survey and international businesse professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. “We’rs facing the possibility of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresee capital spendinb plunging by more than10 percent. In CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companiex covered by the survey reported having trouble finding credit or acquiring credit at areasonabl rate.
Among those firms encountering credit 42 percent say the credit markets have gotteb worsethis year, while 23 percentt say conditions have improved. * Weak consumer demanrd and the credit markets ranked as the top two external concernasamong U.S. chief financial officers, with the federapl government’s policies coming in third. Among internak concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleel over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employeed morale. Despite all the negative indicators, a majoritgy of the CFOs in the Unitedd States and Asia reported being more optimisticf this quarter than they were theprevious quarter.
That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important Don’t put too much weighg on the ‘soft’ data like consumer confidence. Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidence is forged by stronger economic fundamentals,” Harvey said. “The economi fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are stilk fundamentally troubling.” To see the completew survey results, go to the officiall Web site, .
The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survehasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide abouft their expectations for the economy. Their answers paintf a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europse expected employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymenty rate in the U.S. seen risin g to perhaps as high as 12 percent in the next12 months. Employmeny in Asia is expected to recedeby 1.2 percent.
government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic government forecasts woulxd reduce the losses by only 2 saidCampbell Harvey, founding directofr of the survey and international businesse professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. “We’rs facing the possibility of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresee capital spendinb plunging by more than10 percent. In CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companiex covered by the survey reported having trouble finding credit or acquiring credit at areasonabl rate.
Among those firms encountering credit 42 percent say the credit markets have gotteb worsethis year, while 23 percentt say conditions have improved. * Weak consumer demanrd and the credit markets ranked as the top two external concernasamong U.S. chief financial officers, with the federapl government’s policies coming in third. Among internak concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleel over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employeed morale. Despite all the negative indicators, a majoritgy of the CFOs in the Unitedd States and Asia reported being more optimisticf this quarter than they were theprevious quarter.
That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important Don’t put too much weighg on the ‘soft’ data like consumer confidence. Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidence is forged by stronger economic fundamentals,” Harvey said. “The economi fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are stilk fundamentally troubling.” To see the completew survey results, go to the officiall Web site, .
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Gourmet to come downtown St. Louis - St. Louis Business Journal:
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million in sales last year. The in Mo., is the latest recipieny of government funds, accepting $20.4 milliobn in TARP money May 22. “Somse people equate the receipt of these fundss as agovernment ‘bailout,’ which is absolutely not said L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., chairman and chiecf executive. The bank has been and continuezs to bewell capitalized, he said, and will be able to boos t its loans by $100 million from the current $675 millionh in loans outstanding. is on trac k for $1 million in revenue this year, 20 percent more than last according to ownerHolly Cunningham.
Her Dave’s Double Chip cookie was the featuree “Snack of the Day” on the “Rachael Ray May 11. St. Louis’ HOK rankedf third in Architect magazine’s inaugural list of the top 50 architectural basedon profitability, design quality and sustainabilith (think green). The May issue also include s a profile of the firm and a fun colo r portrait of Chairman Bill Valentines and CEOPatrick MacLeamy. HOK had revenue of $752 million in 2008.
rankedd first, and of Chicago ranked and the are offering 16 promotionak packagesat $15,000 each to The company name will appear on top of a 600-pound replica of the Arch, with the replicasz placed downtown during All-Star week, said Frank commission president. The sponsorships also includs 100 ticketsto FanFest, a pair of ticketse to the All-Star Game and othet goodies. ’s Modernism auction last montnhtotaled $775,000 in sales, shorrt of a pre-sale estimate of $1 milliohn to $1.25 million.
One reason was that a Fernandl Botero painting that was estimated to go for upto $225,000 didn’t sell because it didn’t reach its reserve The high lot was a Malcolm Morley painting from the estate of Jame Malloy that sold for $236,000, including buyer’s premium, said Mark executive vice president. An auction featuring American, British and Continentapl prints and drawings is scheduledJune 6-8. John Burroughs grad and New York restaurateufr Danny Meyer was the subject ofa half-page Q&q in The May 23.
Despite the he said, “restaurants with small coursesx that give thecustomer choices, and don’t obligate them to spendc a fortune, are going to do He is a board member of OpenTable, an onlin e restaurant booking service that had a $20-a-sharew initial public offering last month. His Blue Smok and Shake Shack restaurants have outposts inthe Mets’ new Citi
million in sales last year. The in Mo., is the latest recipieny of government funds, accepting $20.4 milliobn in TARP money May 22. “Somse people equate the receipt of these fundss as agovernment ‘bailout,’ which is absolutely not said L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., chairman and chiecf executive. The bank has been and continuezs to bewell capitalized, he said, and will be able to boos t its loans by $100 million from the current $675 millionh in loans outstanding. is on trac k for $1 million in revenue this year, 20 percent more than last according to ownerHolly Cunningham.
Her Dave’s Double Chip cookie was the featuree “Snack of the Day” on the “Rachael Ray May 11. St. Louis’ HOK rankedf third in Architect magazine’s inaugural list of the top 50 architectural basedon profitability, design quality and sustainabilith (think green). The May issue also include s a profile of the firm and a fun colo r portrait of Chairman Bill Valentines and CEOPatrick MacLeamy. HOK had revenue of $752 million in 2008.
rankedd first, and of Chicago ranked and the are offering 16 promotionak packagesat $15,000 each to The company name will appear on top of a 600-pound replica of the Arch, with the replicasz placed downtown during All-Star week, said Frank commission president. The sponsorships also includs 100 ticketsto FanFest, a pair of ticketse to the All-Star Game and othet goodies. ’s Modernism auction last montnhtotaled $775,000 in sales, shorrt of a pre-sale estimate of $1 milliohn to $1.25 million.
One reason was that a Fernandl Botero painting that was estimated to go for upto $225,000 didn’t sell because it didn’t reach its reserve The high lot was a Malcolm Morley painting from the estate of Jame Malloy that sold for $236,000, including buyer’s premium, said Mark executive vice president. An auction featuring American, British and Continentapl prints and drawings is scheduledJune 6-8. John Burroughs grad and New York restaurateufr Danny Meyer was the subject ofa half-page Q&q in The May 23.
Despite the he said, “restaurants with small coursesx that give thecustomer choices, and don’t obligate them to spendc a fortune, are going to do He is a board member of OpenTable, an onlin e restaurant booking service that had a $20-a-sharew initial public offering last month. His Blue Smok and Shake Shack restaurants have outposts inthe Mets’ new Citi
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Our disappearing citizens - Daily Star Online
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Our disappearing citizens Daily Star Online Add to that the recent reports by the rights groups Ain O Salish Kendra and Odhikar about the alarming rise in the numbers of those who disappeared or were murdered in unexplained circumstances. The ASK findings speak of fifty one citizens going ... |
Friday, January 13, 2012
Supervalu approves stock repurchase plan, boosts dividend - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Eden Prairie-based Supervalu (NYSE: SVU) said the company will make the repurchasess chiefly with cash generated from the settlement of stock The plan replacesthe company’s existing $70 million share repurchase program, authorized in May 2008. Under that 641,500 shares were repurchased at a costof $16.t6 million. Supervalu stock, whicbh was trading at about $35 per share a year ago, is now tradinh around $16 after a fiscal year in which the grocery stored giantof $2.9 billion on salesw of $44.6 billion. Losses were attributed to chargex on store closings and other moves meant to refocuthe business. Also on Thursday, Supervalhu said its board of approveda 1.
45 percent increase in its annual dividend. The dividend has been increased to 70 centasper share, from last year’as level of 69 cents per share. The new quarterlgy dividend rateof 17.5 cents per share will be effective with the company’ws September dividend payment. The previously announced quarterlyg dividend, which it is paying on June 15, will be paid at last year’d quarterly amount of 17.25 cents per share.
Eden Prairie-based Supervalu (NYSE: SVU) said the company will make the repurchasess chiefly with cash generated from the settlement of stock The plan replacesthe company’s existing $70 million share repurchase program, authorized in May 2008. Under that 641,500 shares were repurchased at a costof $16.t6 million. Supervalu stock, whicbh was trading at about $35 per share a year ago, is now tradinh around $16 after a fiscal year in which the grocery stored giantof $2.9 billion on salesw of $44.6 billion. Losses were attributed to chargex on store closings and other moves meant to refocuthe business. Also on Thursday, Supervalhu said its board of approveda 1.
45 percent increase in its annual dividend. The dividend has been increased to 70 centasper share, from last year’as level of 69 cents per share. The new quarterlgy dividend rateof 17.5 cents per share will be effective with the company’ws September dividend payment. The previously announced quarterlyg dividend, which it is paying on June 15, will be paid at last year’d quarterly amount of 17.25 cents per share.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
ConocoPhillips moves up Fortune list - Houston Business Journal:
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Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: the largest publicly traded company in the is nowthe 4th-largest compan on the magazine’s Fortune 500 moving up from No. 5 in the 2008 The company reported 2008 revenueof $230.7 but reported a $17 billion loss due to the bad timinfg of its acquisition. A year when ConocoPhillips was rankedat No. 5, the compan reported net incomeof $11.9 billion on revenue of $178.r billion for 2007. Oil giant Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reclaimedf the No. 1 spot on the Fortune list despitre falling oil prices in the second partof 2008. Fortunde said the oil giant proved it could continuwe making billions in profig even as oil prices declineeto $50 per barrel or less.
Exxon finished the year with $45 billionn in profit. Exxon jumped aheadf of No. 2-ranked , which had topped the list a year California-based (NYSE: CVX) ranked third on the list. The next highest-rankee Houston-based company was , which shot up 13 spota to reach No. 23 this year aftef being rankedat No. 36 on the 2008 list. Marathonb (NYSE: MRO) reported net income of $3.5 billio n on revenue of $73.5 billiom in 2008, compared to net income of $4 billiohn on revenue of $60 billion a year earlier. “Inb a bid to lift its sagging Marathon said last summer it would separat e into twopublic companies, one for oil exploratiomn and one for refining.
Then the stock markef imploded and Marathon wiselybacked off,” the magazine reported in its synopsixs on the company. Three other Houston-based companies finished in the top 100 of the Food servicesgiant (NYSE: SYY) movexd up from No. 70 to No. 62 with revenur of $37.5 billion; master limited partnershil holdingcompany (NYSE: EPE) was at No. 65, all the way up from No. 90 a year with $35.5 billion in revenue; and PAA), a mid-stream pipeline MLP, was at No. 79, up from No. 121 on the 2008 with revenue of $30 billion. Texaws boasts the most Fortune 500 companiezs within itsstate boundaries.
The Lone Star state has 64 companie s in theTop 500, six more than made the list a year New York had 55 companies on the list, one less than in to rank second, followed by California in third at 51, the same as last
Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: the largest publicly traded company in the is nowthe 4th-largest compan on the magazine’s Fortune 500 moving up from No. 5 in the 2008 The company reported 2008 revenueof $230.7 but reported a $17 billion loss due to the bad timinfg of its acquisition. A year when ConocoPhillips was rankedat No. 5, the compan reported net incomeof $11.9 billion on revenue of $178.r billion for 2007. Oil giant Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reclaimedf the No. 1 spot on the Fortune list despitre falling oil prices in the second partof 2008. Fortunde said the oil giant proved it could continuwe making billions in profig even as oil prices declineeto $50 per barrel or less.
Exxon finished the year with $45 billionn in profit. Exxon jumped aheadf of No. 2-ranked , which had topped the list a year California-based (NYSE: CVX) ranked third on the list. The next highest-rankee Houston-based company was , which shot up 13 spota to reach No. 23 this year aftef being rankedat No. 36 on the 2008 list. Marathonb (NYSE: MRO) reported net income of $3.5 billio n on revenue of $73.5 billiom in 2008, compared to net income of $4 billiohn on revenue of $60 billion a year earlier. “Inb a bid to lift its sagging Marathon said last summer it would separat e into twopublic companies, one for oil exploratiomn and one for refining.
Then the stock markef imploded and Marathon wiselybacked off,” the magazine reported in its synopsixs on the company. Three other Houston-based companies finished in the top 100 of the Food servicesgiant (NYSE: SYY) movexd up from No. 70 to No. 62 with revenur of $37.5 billion; master limited partnershil holdingcompany (NYSE: EPE) was at No. 65, all the way up from No. 90 a year with $35.5 billion in revenue; and PAA), a mid-stream pipeline MLP, was at No. 79, up from No. 121 on the 2008 with revenue of $30 billion. Texaws boasts the most Fortune 500 companiezs within itsstate boundaries.
The Lone Star state has 64 companie s in theTop 500, six more than made the list a year New York had 55 companies on the list, one less than in to rank second, followed by California in third at 51, the same as last
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Point Park to add School of Communication - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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“This has truly been an exciting year for Point Park Hennigan said ina statement. “Jusf a few months ago we launched the Academicc Village at Point Park a $210 million campus master spac plan that will transform Point Park and Downtown This year we welcomed 11 new faculty members and the largestr new and returning student clasx in the history of the University — for a total of 3,84 6 students.
” Helen Fallon, chair of the university’s current departmenty of journalism and mass communicatiojn will become the new school’s acting and prepare the national search for a permanent Bob O’Gara, professor and director of the Integrated Marketingg Communications program, will assume the role of chair during the according to a statement from Hennigan. The Schoolp of Communication will joinPoint Park’s School of Arts and its School of Business and its Conservatory of Performing Arts. In May, Poinyt Park outlined its $210 million master which includes aredevelopment project.
The universitu plans to bring newstuden housing, a public park and ground-floor retail and move the university’s Pittsburgh Playhouse from Oaklandx to Downtown.
“This has truly been an exciting year for Point Park Hennigan said ina statement. “Jusf a few months ago we launched the Academicc Village at Point Park a $210 million campus master spac plan that will transform Point Park and Downtown This year we welcomed 11 new faculty members and the largestr new and returning student clasx in the history of the University — for a total of 3,84 6 students.
” Helen Fallon, chair of the university’s current departmenty of journalism and mass communicatiojn will become the new school’s acting and prepare the national search for a permanent Bob O’Gara, professor and director of the Integrated Marketingg Communications program, will assume the role of chair during the according to a statement from Hennigan. The Schoolp of Communication will joinPoint Park’s School of Arts and its School of Business and its Conservatory of Performing Arts. In May, Poinyt Park outlined its $210 million master which includes aredevelopment project.
The universitu plans to bring newstuden housing, a public park and ground-floor retail and move the university’s Pittsburgh Playhouse from Oaklandx to Downtown.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Man stabbed to death at Mahaica abattoir - Stabroek News
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Host Analytics achieves success by helping others manage theirs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Redwood City company provides software that helpscompanies budget, manage, forecasyt and analyze their financial performance, helping them move beyoned Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. It has raised about $15 millioj in venture funding in the past year and doubledx the number of customers usingits software-as-a-servicse products in that time. Most recently, New York-based StarVest joined initial investors Trident Venture and Advancefd Technology Ventures inan $8.7 million Series B backinv in May.
On-demand corporat performance management via softwarew as a service is an extremelyy hot area in business intelligencerighr now, said Deborah Farrington, a StarVest general partner who joined the company’s board. “SaadS has opened the market broadly for business Farrington said. “The method of deliveringt the application by software as a service enabled the midmarket to have business intelligence applicationsa that they could neveraffords before.” Started in St. Louis Host foundeer Jim Eberlin launched the companhin St. Louis in 2000 and bootstrapped it forseveh years.
Eberlin captured some marques companies within the firstseven years, including consumer goods manufacturing giant Proctor & Gamble Co. and technology manufacturer PitneytBowes Inc. But Eberlin realized in 2007 he needed funding to further developthe company’s A $6 million Seriesw A afforded an experiencerd management team and jump-startedc the sales and marketing Eberlin recruited Jon Kond o out of Oracle Corp. in June 2008 to serve as CEO and movedcthe company’s headquarters to Redwood City to be closert to his investors and the technology community. Kondo, a 10-year veteran at Hyperioh Solutions Corp. before its $3 billiojn acquisition by Oracle Corp.
in was running Oracle’s enterprise performance managemengt for all of North America atthe time. He callw Host’s product an A-to-Z offering with almost as much capabilityu asits on-premise competitors. Hyperion, one of the popular on-premised offerings, takes far longer to ramp up and costse exponentially more than thepopularr low-cost SaaS products, Kondo said. “Most of the competitio n is againstthe on-premise players,” Kondk said. Otis Spunkmeyer Inc., the San Leandro-based cooki e maker, uses Host for its profit and loss It’s far superior to forecasting in a Microsoft Excel saidJoel Feldman, directorf of financial planning and analysixs at Otis Spunkmeyer.
Feldman lauds the minimal resource commitmentf in termsof IT, the reliable data repositorg and easy implementation. “Host has allowed us to go deepet and develop oursales plan,” Feldman “It’s allowed everyone in the entir organization to work off of one plan. The fact that it’s a Web-based tool has allowed everyone to be involvedx as opposed to these hundreds of linked Excel Farrington said that withibn the corporateperformance area, Host Analytics is the leadinvg product. For StarVest, due diligence meanzs a lot ofcustomer calls. “Again and againj we heard the customer compare Host to competitors such as OutlookSoft Corp., Cognos Inc.
and say it delivers very similaer functionality at a fraction of the Farrington said. StarVest, which targets technology-enabled businesz services, has been active in the business intelligencemarke lately. In February, the firm joinesd Trident Capital and Emergence Capital Partners ina $10 milliojn Series C round for Bellevue, Wash.-baseed PivotLink Corp. PivotLink and Host Analyticz joined forces in a June strategic partnership in which Host willresello PivotLink’s analytics and reporting offering. The combination brings togetheeabout 15,000 business users in variouz vertical markets.
The Redwood City company provides software that helpscompanies budget, manage, forecasyt and analyze their financial performance, helping them move beyoned Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. It has raised about $15 millioj in venture funding in the past year and doubledx the number of customers usingits software-as-a-servicse products in that time. Most recently, New York-based StarVest joined initial investors Trident Venture and Advancefd Technology Ventures inan $8.7 million Series B backinv in May.
On-demand corporat performance management via softwarew as a service is an extremelyy hot area in business intelligencerighr now, said Deborah Farrington, a StarVest general partner who joined the company’s board. “SaadS has opened the market broadly for business Farrington said. “The method of deliveringt the application by software as a service enabled the midmarket to have business intelligence applicationsa that they could neveraffords before.” Started in St. Louis Host foundeer Jim Eberlin launched the companhin St. Louis in 2000 and bootstrapped it forseveh years.
Eberlin captured some marques companies within the firstseven years, including consumer goods manufacturing giant Proctor & Gamble Co. and technology manufacturer PitneytBowes Inc. But Eberlin realized in 2007 he needed funding to further developthe company’s A $6 million Seriesw A afforded an experiencerd management team and jump-startedc the sales and marketing Eberlin recruited Jon Kond o out of Oracle Corp. in June 2008 to serve as CEO and movedcthe company’s headquarters to Redwood City to be closert to his investors and the technology community. Kondo, a 10-year veteran at Hyperioh Solutions Corp. before its $3 billiojn acquisition by Oracle Corp.
in was running Oracle’s enterprise performance managemengt for all of North America atthe time. He callw Host’s product an A-to-Z offering with almost as much capabilityu asits on-premise competitors. Hyperion, one of the popular on-premised offerings, takes far longer to ramp up and costse exponentially more than thepopularr low-cost SaaS products, Kondo said. “Most of the competitio n is againstthe on-premise players,” Kondk said. Otis Spunkmeyer Inc., the San Leandro-based cooki e maker, uses Host for its profit and loss It’s far superior to forecasting in a Microsoft Excel saidJoel Feldman, directorf of financial planning and analysixs at Otis Spunkmeyer.
Feldman lauds the minimal resource commitmentf in termsof IT, the reliable data repositorg and easy implementation. “Host has allowed us to go deepet and develop oursales plan,” Feldman “It’s allowed everyone in the entir organization to work off of one plan. The fact that it’s a Web-based tool has allowed everyone to be involvedx as opposed to these hundreds of linked Excel Farrington said that withibn the corporateperformance area, Host Analytics is the leadinvg product. For StarVest, due diligence meanzs a lot ofcustomer calls. “Again and againj we heard the customer compare Host to competitors such as OutlookSoft Corp., Cognos Inc.
and say it delivers very similaer functionality at a fraction of the Farrington said. StarVest, which targets technology-enabled businesz services, has been active in the business intelligencemarke lately. In February, the firm joinesd Trident Capital and Emergence Capital Partners ina $10 milliojn Series C round for Bellevue, Wash.-baseed PivotLink Corp. PivotLink and Host Analyticz joined forces in a June strategic partnership in which Host willresello PivotLink’s analytics and reporting offering. The combination brings togetheeabout 15,000 business users in variouz vertical markets.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Four buildings earn real estate organization
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These four properties were recently named The Offices Building of theYear (TOBY) in variousw categories. The coveted TOBY as it is widely known, recognizes thoswe buildings that earn top marks in varioue facets of property operations from site management and community involvement of the management to environmentaland “green” policiea and procedures. • The Pyramid Located at 601 NW Loop 410 in Northg CentralSan Antonio; winne r in the category of buildinge spanning 100,000 to 249,000 square feet. The propertyg manager is Melinda Feltsof .
Northwood Tower: Located at 1777 NE Loop 410 in North CentralSan Antonio; category, 250,000 to 499,000 square The property manager is Gloria Contreras of • Riverwalk Place: Locatedx at 700 N. St. Mary’s in downtown San Antonio; category, renovatesd building. The property manager is NancuyPreis Russel, president of • Stoneterra Medicakl Plaza: Located at 150 E. Sonterr a on the far North Side; medical office building. The property manager is Kelly senior property manager of These local winners will now go on to competed with other office buildings in comparabls categories at the regionallevel — for the chance to ultimatel take home an international TOBY award.
These four properties were recently named The Offices Building of theYear (TOBY) in variousw categories. The coveted TOBY as it is widely known, recognizes thoswe buildings that earn top marks in varioue facets of property operations from site management and community involvement of the management to environmentaland “green” policiea and procedures. • The Pyramid Located at 601 NW Loop 410 in Northg CentralSan Antonio; winne r in the category of buildinge spanning 100,000 to 249,000 square feet. The propertyg manager is Melinda Feltsof .
Northwood Tower: Located at 1777 NE Loop 410 in North CentralSan Antonio; category, 250,000 to 499,000 square The property manager is Gloria Contreras of • Riverwalk Place: Locatedx at 700 N. St. Mary’s in downtown San Antonio; category, renovatesd building. The property manager is NancuyPreis Russel, president of • Stoneterra Medicakl Plaza: Located at 150 E. Sonterr a on the far North Side; medical office building. The property manager is Kelly senior property manager of These local winners will now go on to competed with other office buildings in comparabls categories at the regionallevel — for the chance to ultimatel take home an international TOBY award.
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