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February 3, 2010: Motorola Ventures Leads Investment Round in Scanbuy, Inc.
Motorola, Inc., through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Ventures, today announced an investment in Scanbuy, Inc., a leader in mobile barcode solutions. Motorola acted as lead investor and was joined by Masthead Venture Partners, Hudson Ventures and select private investors. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

January 10, 2010: ScanBuy: From Print to Phone to Web. And a Sale?
Print may be a flat medium, but that has not stopped magazine publishers from trying to add dimension to their pages. For at least a decade, they have been experimenting with bar codes and icons that could take readers to Web sites, trying to add a bit of Internetlike interactivity to their pages.

January 6, 2010: Former Sears Media Operations Head Perianne Grignon Joins [x+1] As Vice President of Media Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer
[x+1], the leader in predictive marketing solutions, today announced that Perianne Grignon has joined the company as vice president of media and chief marketing officer. A former vice president of media strategy and digital innovation for Sears Holdings Corporation, Grignon is a champion of using analytic tools to improve marketing and media allocation decisions.

January 5, 2010: PowerSteering Announces Record 2009 PPM Software Sales
PowerSteering Software, the leader in on-demand enterprise project & portfolio management (PPM) solutions, today announced a 123% increase in new business sales during Q4 compared to the same period last year. The addition of a record-setting number of new customers, coupled with significant customer expansion, propelled PowerSteering to record sales performance, continued profitability and positive cash flow for the fourth quarter and full year.

December 21, 2009: Independent Research Firm Names PowerSteering Software a Leader in Project Portfolio Management
PowerSteering Software is pleased to announce that is has been recognized as a Leader among Project Portfolio Management vendors in a new report from Forrester Research, Inc.

November 18, 2009: New Media+1 Platform from [x+1] Puts Marketers, Agencies in the Driver’s Seat of Online Targeting and Decisioning
[x+1], the leader in online targeting and decisioning today announced the release of Media+1, its new media targeting platform. The new platform includes a rich, intuitive user interface that enables agencies and marketers for the first time to create custom audience targeting segments and conduct highly targeted ad exchange buys that deliver measurable results.

November 10, 2009: Certpoint Systems Cited as Visionary in Gartner's 2009 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems
CERTPOINT Systems, a leading international provider of integrated enterprise learning solutions, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, inc. in the "visionaries" quadrant of the 2009 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems. Gartner categorises visionaries as forward-thinking vendors, differentiated by their product innovation.

»» November 2, 2009: NCR buys Netkey to provide end-to-end kiosk and digital signage solution
NCR Corporation announced today that it has purchased the assets of Netkey, Inc., a market-leading provider of kiosk and digital signage software applications used by leading companies to deliver a growing range of multi-industry self-service applications such as gift registry, guided selling, endless aisle and human resources functions. Terms were not disclosed.

October 20, 2009: Predictive Marketing Leader [x+1] Cited As an Interactive Attribution "Strong Performer" in New Report by Top Independent Research Firm
[x+1], the leader in predictive marketing, was cited as a Strong Performer in Forrester Research Inc.'s Wave Report, "The Forrester Wave: Interactive Attribution, Q4 2009," released today. In the report, Forrester stated that it was "impressed with [x+1]'s full-service offering, which includes some of the richest algorithmic analytics of the group."

October 15, 2009: OpenService, Inc. Re-Branding Company as LogMatrix
OpenService, Inc., a provider of compliance, security, and network management solutions announced today a re-branding of the Company as LogMatrix.

October 8, 2009: PowerSteering Announces Exceptional 3rd Quarter Performance Results
PowerSteering Software, the leader in on-demand project & portfolio management (PPM) solutions for managing IT, New Product Development, Six Sigma, Corporate PMOs and other enterprise initiatives, today announced outstanding third quarter results for bookings, revenue, profit and cash objectives.

September 28, 2009: PowerSteering: Crawl, Walk, Run to PPM Value
How do you make the case for PPM and justify the expense? What are some common pitfalls in implementing or extending PPM across the enterprise? How much should an organization expect to “bend” to accommodate a new PPM solution? PowerSteering’s CEO shares his perspective on these and other issues.

September 23, 2009: DataMotion Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant of 2009 Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer
DataMotion, a privately held company specializing in secure business exchange solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the newly released Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer" report.

August 19, 2009: Online Marketing Pioneer [x+1] Continues on a Robust Growth Path in Q2
[x+1], the leader in predictive marketing, continues to go against the economic grain, posting strong growth for the second quarter ended June 30 with a 45% increase in total revenue compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, total revenue increased by 46% for the first half of 2009 over the first half of 2008. This growth has been fueled in part by the need for performance metrics in the hard-hit financial services and travel industries. In the current market environment, companies recognize that they can no longer afford to take a “hit or miss” approach to online marketing and advertising if they want their brand, products and services to be profitable.

August 4, 2009: Greenplum Continues Record Growth and Momentum in Data Warehousing Infrastructure Market
Greenplum Software, the pioneer of Enterprise Data Cloud™ solutions for large-scale data warehousing and analytics, today announced 50 percent growth in sales and 70 percent increase in customers for the first half of 2009 over the comparable period, one year ago. In the first half of the year, Greenplum also continued to assert its leadership in the data warehousing infrastructure market, introducing several significant product innovations during this period and signing many new large-scale customers in the U.S. and overseas.

July 18, 2009: ScanLife Named as a Top 10 Camera Phone Accessory
Scanbuy's ScanLife is an unusual mobile 2-D barcode application that uses a camera phone to scan and read EZcodes for instant access to special information and digital content. In other words, you can use your phone's camera to snap information instead of photos.

June 1, 2009: Integral Receives $11m Investment Led by Adams Street Partners
Signaling continued expansion for one of the industry's fastest growing electronic foreign exchange (eFX) platforms, Integral Development Corporation (www.integral.com) today announced an $11 million investment led by Adams Street Partners, one of the largest managers of private equity investments in the world.

May 22, 2009: ScanBuy: New '2D barcodes' puts info at the tip of your camera phone

ScanLife and Jagtag want you to get in the habit of using your cellphone camera as a magic wand to extract digital content from inanimate objects.

The tech start-ups are in a race to get consumers to scan "2D barcodes" -- matrix-like patterns that can hold much more data than the ubiquitous striped barcodes.

May 5, 2009: ScanBuy: First 2D bar code on book links to Amazon.com
A new book on digital branding includes a 2D mobile bar code on its back cover that connects directly to the title’s page on Amazon’s mobile Web site.

April 22, 2009: Scanbuy Wins Outdoor Advertising Award

Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions, announced today that one of its 2D barcode projects has won an award from MediaPost's Digital Out of Home Media Awards. The award is for the category of "Best Integration with Mobile" and the campaign launched in 2008 in partnership with Citysearch and Discovery Communications.

April 8, 2009: TouchCommerce raises $10 Million from Sierra Ventures to fuel its Market Leading Online Interaction Solution
TouchCommerce, a leader in the field of Pay for Performance Online Conversion, announced today it has raised $10 million in a financing led by new investor Sierra Ventures. The existing institutional investors Emergence Capital, Hudson Ventures, Dolphin Equity and Partech International participated in the financing as well.

March 31, 2009: Marketing Technology Solutions Primed for Future Growth with Appointment of Rob Rebak as New CEO
Marketing Technology Solutions (MTS), today appointed Rob Rebak as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. MTS is the leader in performance-based interactive marketing and specializes in connecting engaged health consumers with health brands. Rebak is responsible for shaping the vision and strategy of MTS going forward and for building upon the company's strong financial performance to date.

March 30, 2009: Deal Radar 2009: Greenplum
We kick-start this week's Deal Radar with the San Mateo, CA-based data warehousing company, Greenplum. Scott Yara and Luke Lonergan merged their two independent ventures to create Greenplum in 2003. The two saw that with the rise of the Internet, companies began to collect a thousand times more data than they did just a few years ago

March 3, 2009: Marketing Technology Solutions Announces Strong 2008 Growth and Web Site Enhancements for QualityHealth.com
Marketing Technology Solutions (MTS), a performance-based, interactive marketing company that specializes in connecting health and pharmaceutical brands with engaged, health-conscious consumers, today announced strong growth during 2008, along with significant traffic growth for its flagship consumer health information site QualityHealth.com. The Company has used the downturn in the economy as an opportunity to enhance its technology infrastructure and staff with top industry talent highlighted with the hires of Ken Kantor previously at IAC as VP of Consumer Marketing and Linda Evans previously of AOL Health as Managing Editor.

February 17, 2009: Telecom Italia launches Scanbuy Technology
From the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Telecom Italia launches the service 'Flash Me', a mobile application based on 2D code technology that utilizes the mobile phone's camera to read a sort of 'virtual stamp' printed on magazines, newspapers and other advertising devices, to directly connect the user to the mobile Internet.

January 26, 2009: Greenplum Named "Company to Watch" in Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editors' Choice Awards
Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for the next generation of data warehousing and analytics, today announced that it was named a "Company to Watch" in TechWeb's Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editors' Choice Awards. Intelligent Enterprise selected companies for this award that it believes are providing exceptional vision, technology innovation and customer leadership in attaining strategic objectives.

January 23, 2009: Scanbuy's 2D Barcode Application to be Pre-Loaded on LG Camera Phones
Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions, today announced that its ScanLife 2D barcode application will be pre-loaded on camera phones from LG Electronics, the third largest handset manufacturer in the world. The KF310 is already available with the application in Spain, and additional phones will be introduced in other markets over the coming months.

January 22, 2009: [x+1] Experiences Rapid Growth for Its Custom Online Ad Networks
[x+1], the leader in predictive marketing, announced that the total number of insertion orders for its Media+1 solution for creating custom online ad networks grew nearly eightfold between Q4 2007 and Q4 2008. This stunning growth in a difficult market period reflects [x+1]'s ability to deliver cost-effective customer acquisition campaigns, regardless of scale, by helping agencies build client-specific custom display ad networks.

January 13, 2009: Scanbuy's Multi-Barcode Reader Released for Google's Android Platform
Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions, announced today that its ScanLife multi-barcode reader is now compatible for mobile phones running on Google Android. This free application can be downloaded from Android Market or by going to www.getscanlife.com on the mobile browser.

January 6, 2009: PowerSteering Achieves Record 2008 Results
PowerSteering Software, the leader in on-demand enterprise project & portfolio management (PPM) solutions for Information Technology, Six Sigma, Product Development and other enterprise initiatives, today announced that its new business sales for the fourth quarter almost tripled compared with the same period last year. Fueled by the addition of several new customers and expanded relationships with existing customers, PowerSteering achieved record sales performance, and continued profitability and positive operating cash flow for the fourth quarter and full year.

December 24, 2008: Greenplum Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant in Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems
Greenplum, a leading provider of database software for the next generation of data warehousing and analytics, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems report.

October 28, 2008: inQ Changes Name to TouchCommerce
At 12:01 a.m. October 28, visitors to the company's www.inq.com web site were being automatically redirected to the company's new www.touchcommerce.com web site. The headline of an advertisement in the program of the Forrester's Consumer 2008 Forum read: "1,476,943 conversions later, inQ is now TouchCommerce." The company's tagline now reads, "TouchCommerce: Target. Interact. Convert."

»» December 10, 2007: PNC completes Albridge Solutions acquisition
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. said Friday it purchased Albridge Solutions Inc., a provider of portfolio accounting and wealth management services. The bank company said Lawrenceville, N.J.-based Albridge will broaden the offerings of PNC's PFPC Worldwide Inc. investment services unit. Terms were not disclosed. Pittsburgh-based PNC (NYSE:PNC) is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organizations, providing retail and business banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending, wealth management, asset management and global fund services.

»» October 16, 2007: Constant Contact Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Underwriters' Exercise of Over-allotment Option
Constant Contact, Inc. today announced the completion, on October 9, 2007, of its initial public offering of 6,700,000 shares of its common stock at $16.00 per share (before underwriting discounts and commissions). Of the 6,700,000 shares sold in this offering, Constant Contact sold 5,829,839 shares and certain stockholders of the company sold 870,161 shares. Constant Contact also announced today that the underwriters of its initial public offering exercised, in full, their option to purchase an additional 1,005,000 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price of $16.00 per share (before underwriting discounts and commissions). Of the over-allotment shares, Constant Contact sold 370,006 shares and existing shareholders sold 634,994 shares.

»» July 24, 2007: Hearst Corporation to Acquire UGO Networks
Hearst Corporation announced today that it will acquire UGO Networks, Inc., a leading online entertainment company. The announcement was made by Victor F. Ganzi, president & CEO, Hearst Corporation; J Moses, CEO of UGO Networks, Inc.; and Kenneth Bronfin, president of Hearst Interactive Media, the division within Hearst that will manage UGO. The privately held companies will complete the deal within the next several weeks. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Terms were not disclosed.

»» November 8, 2006: AOL Acquires The Relegence Corporation
AOL LLC today announced that it has acquired leading financial news and information search technology company, The Relegence Corporation of New York. AOL's acquisition agreement with privately-held Relegence was signed and closed on Monday, November 6th, 2006. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Relegence and its 60 employees will continue to be headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Tel Aviv. It will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AOL, and will continue to partner with and serve a distinguished list of the world's top financial services firms.

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