Technically Wayport moved their headquarters to Dallas a while back, but there are significant operations still here in Austin. The news came across the wire today that AT&T is acquiring Wayport for $275M. Wayport operates more than 10,000 WiFi hotspots at McDonalds restaurants alone, plus thousands more at Radisson, Hilton, and Wyndham chains. Any deal is amazing in today’s market. Congrats to the folks at Wayport!
Phurnace Software, a member of the AustinEmerging100 which you may have seen at the Innotech Beta Summit in 2007, today announced that its flagship product, Phurnace Deliver, will support the new IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0. All of the Phurnace Deliver capabilities that have been available for WebSphere 5.1, 6.0, and 6.1 will now also be available for the 7.0 release. Additionally, Phurnace Deliver will automate the migration of applications from any of the [...]
We have had a great reception to our news of becoming a BizSpark Network Partner, and we have already signed up several startups. On November 20th, there is a fantastic event coming up that will celebrate Austin startups, and Microsoft’s new BizSpark program. It’s called Ignition, and it’s going to be at the Speakeasy on November 20th from 7pm – 10pm. It is presented by the Microsoft Startup Zone, the TechSet, and StartupDistrict. The event [...]
