Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Herndon software firm acquired - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
million in cash. Herndon-based RealOps sells businesw software that companies use to manage information technologhy services acrossmultiple technologies. The purchase price was relayedc to investorsin e-mails. Houston-based BMC and RealOps wouldn't disclose the price. of Vienna, whicyh invested in RealOps, wouldn't comment on the Another venture capital firm that isan investor, Santaq Monica, Calif.-based , did not return calls for comment.
BMC said software would complement its Atrium Configuratiobn Management database that enablew companies to integrate and automate operational activities across ITmanagement "Organizations today require strong ties betweenj operations and service management that expand the valuer of both," said BMC Senior Vice President Jim Grant in a "The acquisition of RealOps provides BMC with a mature producty that fits well with our [business servicw management] strategy and delivers industry-leading capabilities today that competitoras like HP Software talk about but can'r deliver.
" The acquisition puts which raised more than $14 million in venture capital, alongside BMC's much biggerd stable of products and in frontt of a much vaster store of customers. BMC BMC) generated $1.58 billion worth of salesz in the 12 months endingMarch 31, 2007.
Monday, January 14, 2013
The American West, interpreted through Instagram - Skift
The American West, interpreted through Instagram Skift Whatever your views about "iPhonenography" or Instagram as as a creative expression -- I've always called Instagram "Instacrap" -- the value of these tools will never match the judgement of the eye behind them, and you have to appreciate the purity of ... |
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Labor dept. funds 'YouthBuild' program - Business First of Buffalo:
million to local community organizations supporting YouthBuild programs. According to a Department of Labornews release, YouthBuild programs assist at-risk young people, such as thoser who have had trouble with the law, dropped out of high school or been in group home s or foster care. The program aims to help youthsd achievea high-school diploma or GED and providea training in the construction fiel through community service. in Buffalo will be granted $687,492 for WNY Leaders Under Constructionand $402,5312 will go to the Jamestown-based Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corp. for Jamestowbn YouthBuild.
Western New York AmeriCorps CEO Mark Lazzara said the initiapl grantof $687,492 could translate into up to $1.1 million for the programk over two years, depending on the YouthBuild program’s performance. Lazzara said the funds will be put toward stipendsw for young people while they learn the construction trade orattenfd classes. It will also fund supervision, instruction and transportatiohn to construction andeducationm sites. serves as WNY YouthBuild’s primary education partneer and People United for SustainedHousingy (PUSH) acts as its majof construction partner.
PUSH provides construction sites and experienced for young people in buildingsustainable low-incomee housing, Lazzara said. “We’re fortunate to get funding ... We’re very Lazzara said. “Every opportunity we have for young people to serve their community is going to give them abrightert future.” The funds for Jamestown YouthBuild will be used to provide paid constructiomn work and bonuses for students who pass their GED The will also receive $687, 500 for their ULR Youtbh Build. The $1.
8 million for western New York programs constitutes part ofthe $114 millionj total allocated by the Labo Department to 183 groups dedicated to YouthBuild serviced throughout the country.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Data Domain accepts increased NetApp offer - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
billion. The Santa Clara-based company chose Sunnyvale-basec NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) over an offer made this weekby (NYSE:EMC). "We are pleaser with the revised termsof NetApp's acquisitioj offer and feel it will providr great value to our shareholders and customers," said Franm Slootman, president and CEO of Data EMC insisted that its all-cash offer of $30 a sharre is superior to NetApp's cash-and-stock bid at the same amount and caller on Data Domain's board not to get in the way of its takeovet effort. Santa Clara-based Data Domain two weeks ago had agreed to be sold to NetApp forabou $25 a share, a deal value at about $1.5 billion.
Analysts had been skeptica l about whether NetApp could afford tooutbid deeper-pocketes EMC in a bidding war that some speculatedx could go as high as $35 a and investors appeared to believ that the competition wasn't over. Data Domain shares closeed Wednesdayat $32.54, up about 3 Both EMC and NetApp believe Data Domain will help theid data management businesses. The company's technology cleans out redundant data as it getsbacked up.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
BofA
BofA says in a press release that Brinklet will retirethis summer. she will serve on the bank’s charitable boardd on a volunteer basis. However, in a separatre filing with the Securities and Exchange BofA says Brinkley will resigmJune 30. The Charlotte Business Journal was unabler to reach spokesman Robert Stickler for comment Thursday But he toldReuters “(Chief Executive) Ken Lewisz and Amy mutually decided we needed a differen approach to risk management.” Brinkley will be succeeder by Gregory Curl, effectivr June 30. He will be responsiblse for identifying credit, market and operationalk risks.
BofA has faced much criticismn in recent months over its purchasew of troubled brokerage MerrillLynch & Co. In addition, the governmentf told BofA last monthu toraise $33.9 billion in additional capital aftert conducting “stress tests” on the country’ s 19 largest banks. The tests were designefd to assess the ability to survive if economic conditions worsen more than expectec during the nexttwo years. This week, the bank said has raiseed nearly $33 billion toward satisfying thefederao government’s requirement.
BofA (NYSE:BAC) has received a totapl of $45 billion in taxpayer aid undedr thefederal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, whicuh is designed to thaw the credit markets and boost the economy. Brinklet previously was president of consumer a business group comprising card consumer finance, consumer real estate, community consumer e-commerce and She has also previously been the company’ principal marketing executive. Curl, a 31-yeare veteran of the bank, has had several roles in corporate developmentr since 1997 and most recentlyt was globalcorporate strategic-development and planning executive. He will continue to be a memberrof BofA’s management committee.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Dollar General posts large gains in 1Q - Nashville Business Journal:
The Goodlettsville-based discount retailer, which has been privately held for two reported net incomeof $83 milliomn in the quarter ended May 1, compared to $5.9 millionh in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $2.78 billiohn in the 2009 first quarter, up 15.7 percenty from the previous year’s quarterly peformance of $2.4 Same-store sales increased 13.3 percent for the quarter, with increasede customer traffic and a higher average transaction per Chairman and CEO Rick Dreiling said the performance buil on momentum from resulting from an improved product mix and cost He said regular customers were shopping more and new shoppers were enterinythe store, likely due to the weak The company has more than 8,400 stores in 35 states and plansz to open 450 stores and relocate or remode l 400 others in the 2009 fiscalk year.
It is the nation’ss largest “small box” discount retailer and employs 7,200
Monday, January 7, 2013
Baby Wasps Disinfect Cockroaches Before Eating Them - LiveScience.com
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