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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!
About Bryan MenellBryan is the Managing Editor for AustinStartup and the CEO of SubtleData. He is a co-founder of Capital Factory, on the board of Texchange, and runs the popular Austin Tech Happy Hour with his wife.
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[...] Austin-based Uplogix, a provider of integrated remote IT management solutions, has landed $2.3M of a planned $5.1M round of financing, according to reports which cite a federal filing. The company landed $10M previously. Uplogix management team includes Tom Goldman, former CEO of NetBotz, James Dollar, co-founder, and Ken Kieley the former CFO at Wayport before their acquistion by AT&T. [...]
[...] Austin-based Uplogix, a provider of integrated remote IT management solutions, has landed $2.3M of a planned $5.1M round of financing, according to reports which cite a federal filing. The company landed $10M previously. Uplogix management team includes Tom Goldman, former CEO of NetBotz, James Dollar, co-founder, and Ken Kieley the former CFO at Wayport before their acquistion by AT&T. [...]
How long has WayPort been around? Good for WayPort!
I guess I could have looked for myself. They were founded in 1996. From their website, “Wayport was founded in June, 1996 and today has headquarters in Irving, TX, and European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.”