Trustwave, a leading provider of compliance management solutions, announced the acquisition of Austin-based Mirage Networks today. There was a mention in the Statesman blog about it, where the only comment on the posting is anonymous and says that most everyone had already been let go at this point. Our quick search of LinkedIn showed several people who still show the company as their current employer. The company had raised $33M since it’s inception in 2001. [...]
Boundless Network, a technology-enabled branded merchandise distributor, announced today that it has acquired Texas distributor Corporate Specialties. Started in 1985 by Carol Stone, Dallas-based Corporate Specialties is a 20-year member of the “Multi-Million Dollar Roundtable,” an Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) designation honoring distributors with annual sales of more than $2 million. “Corporate Specialties represents one of the promotional industry’s top brands,” said Boundless Network CEO Jason Black. “The Corporate Specialties partnership is a great example [...]
HomeAway, the Austin-based leader in the online vacation rental marketplace, today announced its acquisition of Paris-based Homelidays SAS. Homelidays operates Homelidays.com, the largest pan-European for-rent-by-owner vacation rental or “self-catering” site, featuring more than 40,000 listings. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition further strengthens the company’s global leadership position in this rapidly growing $48 billion segment of the travel industry. HomeAway now features more than 360,000 worldwide properties and operates the number [...]
Apartments.com today announced the acquisition of Apartment Home Living, an Austin-based social media apartment Web site distinguished by a “live for fun” community experience, proprietary lifestyle matching and local living guides to help renters find their perfect place to live. By acquiring Apartment Home Living, Apartments.com is able to deepen its footprint in the online apartment rental search category and further extend its reach to a broader audience of renters. “The acquisition of Apartment Home [...]
TengoInternet, the oldest and largest wireless Internet provider for the outdoor hospitality industry, today announced a partnership with DisplayPoints, an interactive digital media company. The two companies will collaborate to provide RV resorts with a valuable tool to communicate with guests, collect feedback, and promote surrounding businesses and services. The DisplayPoints system replaces existing paper, print flyers, brochures, and posters, thus reducing costs and contributing to Green initiatives. Its touch-screen based interface makes accessing information [...]
Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zilker Labs, Inc., a privately held, fabless semiconductor company with technology leadership in high efficiency digital power integrated circuits. Zilker Labs’ patented Digital-DC(TM) technology is an innovative mixed-signal power conversion and management architecture that combines an efficient digital loop synchronous switching regulator, adaptive MOSFET drivers and a digital control interface [...]
Boundless Network, a technology-enabled branded merchandise distributor, announced today that it has acquired Texas-based distributor Custom Solutions. According to Boundless Network CEO Jason Black, the acquisition is a win for both firms. “Custom Solutions has strong relationships with some of the country’s top brands. Now, as part of Boundless Network, Custom Solutions will be able to leverage our technology platform to expand market share and offer quantifiable value to clients who are looking to save [...]
The new social networking community at Scottrade (http://community.scottrade.com/) is being powered by Austin-based software company Small World Labs. The new community will allow Scottrade customers to interact through discussion groups and blogs, and share trading ideas, strategies, spreadsheets and analysis. The social network site will also allow the community to provide feedback to Scottrade product specialists who develop the trading platforms, giving customers a voice in the product roadmap. Scottrade’s Online Community launched quietly in [...]
Austin-based Bazaarvoice seems to have a steady stream of announcements with the top ecommerce sites, with Buy.com being the latest. Buy.com shoppers can now post product questions alongside standard product information to be answered by other consumers who have direct experience with the product in order to help customers make the best possible purchasing decisions. Questions and answers can be accessed by any Buy.com visitor, complementing the company’s existing ratings and reviews capabilities with a [...]
Intersil, a maker of analog chips, announced a definitive agreement to acquired Austin-based D2Audio, a maker of digital audio power amplifiers, and member of the Austin Emerging 100. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. D2Audio was founded in 2002, and had received over $50M in funding over the years from various firms including Austin Ventures, Sevin Rosen, and Lightspeed. Venture funds typically have time horizons of 5-7 years to realize liquidity in their [...]
