Imprivata, the employee access management company, announced the purchase of assets from Austin-based IdentiPHI. IdentiPHI was formed to provide biometric alternatives to password access for computers. The company was founded in 2005, merged with a public company named Saflink that didn’t have much going for it, changed the ticker symbol to OTCBB: IDPHI and then continued to auger into the ground after that. IdentiPHI filed for bankruptcy protection in February of 2009. Another Austin tech [...]

Freshtech Friday by Steve Guengerich The quest for the “killer app” is like the search for the Holy Grail: irresistible and never-ending. Of course, like website UIs and Michelle Obama’s wardrobe, everyone has an opinion about what it will be. Many think the answer is communications. I enjoyed a recent interview with Tim Bray, Director of Web Technologies at Sun, on this subject. You can watch (or read) his full interview. Here’s the relevant excerpt: [...]

AustinStartup is officially announcing today that it has been acquired by mega blogging giant TechCrunch Media Properties & Holdings, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but officials at AustinStartup are confirming that they will be moving their headquarters to the new Frost Tower downtown. The acquisition is said to be part of a strategic decision by TCMP&H to get into the local tech news business. “They just backed up the money truck and [...]

Hyper9, the leading provider of solutions that help virtual infrastructure administrators manage their virtualized environments, announced today the creation of H9Labs, an experimental division of Hyper9 that will research, develop and provide VI administrators with an opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging innovations and technologies. H9Labs is unique because it relies on the community of VI administrators for input on the capabilities they need most to effectively do their job, and user feedback [...]