NEW YORK The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. MobileIron today announced that it won the Judge’s Choice awards for Best in Show and Best Business Application at the Under the Radar Mobility 2009 conference on November 19. The judges were impressed with MobileIron’s strong value proposition; its ability to solve real enterprise customer pain points, such as securing and provisioning iPhones at scale; and its demonstrated customer traction across industries.
CHANDLER, Ariz. Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) today announced that Joanne Solomon, chief financial officer, and Jim Fusaro, executive vice president for assembly and test business, will participate in the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on Thursday, December 3, 2009. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. (EST).
PITTSBURGH Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), a leading provider of voice services, data services, and product solutions, today announced it has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certification for its U.S. operations. This achievement marks the Company’s fifteenth consecutive year of ISO certification.
AUSTIN, Texas SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with One World Ventures, Inc. (Pink Sheets: OWVI) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/owvi-11-18-09.mp3.
NEW YORK Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.
LAS VEGAS Budget Center Inc. (OTC: BDGN) (the “Company) is pleased to announce that the Company’s owned travel website www.budgethotels.com has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) for a “white paper affiliate” agreement with Hotels Combined Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia.
MILWAUKEE A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.
PORTLAND, Ore. The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance congratulates the five HomePlug member companies whose employees have been elected as representatives on the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Board at the inaugural meeting of the SGIP, which took place this week in Denver. The SGIP is a new stakeholder forum to provide technical support to the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as it coordinates standards for a modernized electric power system. The meeting concluded yesterday with election of 20 members to its governing board.
AUSTIN, Texas The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced today that 403 of the nearly 900 proposals submitted are still in contention for CPRIT’s inaugural cancer research funding awards. The applications for the Individual Investigator Research Award and the High Impact/High Risk Research Award will now undergo a second, more intense peer review evaluation by seven committees over the next six weeks beginning the end of this month. CPRIT expects to announce its first funding awards in January 2010, just three months after the submission deadline.
FREMONT, Calif. SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced that it was ranked number ONE in the “Top Five Vendors to Watch” list by HPCwire readers, and garnered a second place honor on the same list compiled by HPCwire editors for its 2009 Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards. In addition, SGI Altix® ICE was named “Best HPC Server Product” by the readers of HPCwire. The awards were presented at the 22nd annual Supercomputing Conference (SC09), held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland this week.
NEW YORK The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) will present the 13th Annual Biotech and Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference on December 1, 2009.
LOS ALTOS, Calif. Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data integration software, today announced that Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading events organizer, has selected Talend Integration Suite and Talend Data Quality to help better manage the migration and integration of company data.
DALLAS Allegro, the leading provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) solutions, today announced the launch of Allegro University, a web-based education portal offering Allegro-specific courses for customers and partners. Allegro’s training program is designed to provide the depth of expertise and technical skills customers need to optimize their utilization of Allegro’s software solutions.
MILWAUKEE In fulfillment of its ongoing 20 year commitment to the medical imaging development community, Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), announced the release of MergeCOM-3™ Version 4.1, with the latest standard supplements to its industry-leading DICOM interface implementation toolkit. As a member of the DICOM Standards Committee, Merge has maintained a policy of incorporating all significant changes to the DICOM standard within 3 months of adoption by the Committee.
WASHINGTON Following is a statement by the Communications Workers of America on the Senate health care bill:
SKOKIE, Ill. Forsythe Solutions Group, an IT infrastructure integrator with 38 years of industry experience, today announced that it received the Partner of the Year award at the 2009 EMC® North America Partner Council, which took place in San Antonio on November 3, 2009.
SKOKIE, Ill. Forsythe Solutions Group, an IT infrastructure integrator with 38 years of industry experience, today announced that it received the 2009 VAR of the Year Award from Symantec Corporation November 5th at Symantec Partner Engage 2009 in Orlando, Florida. The Symantec Partner Awards recognize partners who have invested in Symantec and successfully combined Symantec software with their own services to solve customers’ most complex business challenges.
INDIANAPOLIS ExactTarget, a global provider of on-demand email marketing and one-to-one marketing solutions, announced today that David Yuan of Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) has joined its board of directors following an investment in the company by the Silicon Valley-based venture fund.
SAN JOSE, Calif. EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, a member of the ARM® Connected Community™, today announced it is participating in the ARM Solution Center for Android (SCA).




























































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