For all its benefits, server virtualization masks critical data that IT organizations need to ensure optimal delivery of applications across the network to end users. With new virtualization capabilities, the NetQoS Performance Center unearths this data and combines it with network and application performance information from the physical environment to show how well the entire infrastructure is supporting application delivery. “Assuring the performance of virtualized applications is a problem that must be solved if virtualization [...]

Zilliant, the leading provider of price optimization and margin management solutions for B2B manufacturers, distributors, high-tech, and industrial service companies, today announced it has received a ‘positive’ rating in Gartner’s MarketScope for Price Optimization and Management Software for B2B report (July 2009). Evaluation criteria included overall viability, product/service, customer experience, and offering strategy. Author Michael Dunne, notes “the potential for this market is considerable because defining and defending optimal prices is a fundamental imperative for [...]

Austin-based Versata Software, Inc., was awarded $138 million in a jury verdict against software provider SAP America (NYSE: SAP) and its German-based parent company SAP AG for infringement of two Versata patents related to pricing technology. Following a seven-day trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, made the award following six hours of deliberation. The jury found that SAP infringed upon two Versata software product patents [...]

Black Sand Technologies, a developer of mixed-signal semiconductors, has raised $10 million in second-round funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised $8.2 million from Austin Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners.

I sometimes think of my friend Glyn Meek as a modern day “Thomas Edison of technology” mainly because he is always working on least 3-4 inventions at once.  It could be posters made of hundreds of micro-satellite photos, it might be a new search technology (like Llesiant, that we wrote about earlier this year), it might be the processes for scaling up for a dramatic event like the World Congress of IT when it was [...]

Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today launched Social Recommendations for its popular Bazaarvoice Stories product. Built on the Bazaarvoice social commerce platform, Social Recommendations help consumers discover and purchase new products by directly tapping into the real-life experiences of other shoppers. With Social Recommendations, consumers can easily enhance their personal Stories with links to products that are relevant to their experience. Stories readers are now just [...]

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Mark McClain, the CEO of SailPoint. Give us the elevator pitch for you company? SailPoint provides identity governance software that helps organizations strengthen controls over user access to critical systems and data, streamline costly IT compliance processes, and reduce the risks of failed audits, fraud and corporate data loss or theft. Our software, IdentityIQ, helps Global 1000 companies proactively manage IT risk to prevent security breaches and ensure compliance with [...]

There are very few really great marketing events in Austin, and the upcoming Ubiquity Marketing UnSummit is shaping up to be one of them. This is a full day, packed with relevant and current marketing information. The day is highlighted by Chris Brogan, the author of Trust Agents, Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Chris will be doing a deep dive into the book contents, which alone would be worth [...]

Active Power, inventor and manufacturer of the most space and energy-efficient uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems in the world, received significant orders amounting to nearly $5 million for its industry award-winning PowerHouse system. These orders will provide containerized, mission critical power and cooling infrastructure to support several containerized datacenter deployments. The systems are anticipated to ship this year and are destined for several U.S. locations. These implementations will be made in conjunction with Active Power’s [...]

DoubleHorn Communications (www.doublehorn.com) announced today the availability of Hosted Enterprise Email, a collaborative email, calendar, document management and mobile synchronization service, which creates a reliable and secure channel for business communication. “Email systems today have evolved into sophisticated tools that go beyond just facilitating the creation and delivery of email,” said Ken Ryon, DoubleHorn VP of Engineering. “They also provide for calendaring, shared address books, task management, encryption, and support for mobile messaging. Small and [...]