Barry Elad

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., a provider of Internet security solutions, announced today that VIA NET.WORKS, Inc. has selected its Managed Security Services (MSS) system as a core component of their VIA Security firewall and VPN service. Reston, Virginia-based VIA NET.WORKS has already introduced its VIA Security managed service to businesses in France, Mexico and the […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that Seattle-based Aptimus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire XMarkstheSpot. SF-based XMarksthespot was launched in 1999 and is a provider of pay-for-performance customer acquisition infrastructure for direct marketers. Its permission marketing network mirrors the Aptimus Network in which marketers acquire new customers, consumers are presented with context-driven offers and distribution partners […]

Early yesterday morning, members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild at Seattle’s two dailies, The Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer, walked off their jobs and began an all out strike. The last strike at The Times was in 1953. The last strike against the P-I was in 1936. So what role does the internet and online […]

Ohio’s University of Akron has been selected as an Educational Strategic Alliance partner by 2WAY Corporation, a Seattle-based provider of collaborative communications software applications. 2WAY will create for the University database-driven interactive web pages for surveying, messaging and online testing. With the 2WAY Interactive System, University officials will be able to more quickly and effectively […]

With the busiest shopping season fast approaching, retailers and e-tailers are scrambling to fill their need for hourly workers. The low unemployment rate has created a tight labor market and the battle for dedicated employees this holiday season is on! One Beaverton, Oregon-based company has just launched the online version of its recruiting system designed […]

Santa Clara, California-based SiteSmith, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure managed services, has recently opened an office in Seattle. The company, which has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN), also announced its plans to open four additional offices by year’s end to support its growing customer base of Global […]

Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corporation today announced that it is leading a $25 million private-equity placement in Seattle-based imaging company LizardTech. Mitsubishi has also agreed to partner with LizardTech to pursue specific product and market opportunities in Japan and other parts of Asia. Other firms investing in this Series E round of funding include Oak Investment Partners, […]

Headhunter.net recently opened an office in Bellevue to serve the Pacific Northwest region. According to Headhunter.net’s Seattle Sales Manager Tom Zinser, the Atlanta-based company has definite plans to focus on the Pacific Northwest region for the 4th and 1st quarters. Zinser joined Headhunter.net following the company’s recent acquisition of CareerMosaic. Zinser was in charge of […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that Berkeley, California-based Pacific Firm, an executive search firm, recently established a Seattle presence following the acquisition of Seattle-based recruiting firm Axxa Corporation. Axxa Corporation’s President Richard Baldwin is now the Managing Director of Pacific Firm Seattle and works with his team of four recruiters out of their Pioneer Square-based office. For […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that the Keller Graduate School of Management (www.keller.edu), a division of DeVry Inc., opened its doors in Bellevue yesterday. It will be offering master’s degree programs in business administration, human resource management, information systems management, project management, telecommunications management and accounting and financial management. In an interview this morning, Keller Graduate School’s […]

The slogan on the wall at the entrance to Vendaria’s Pioneer Square headquarters pretty much says it all: “Moving Pictures…Moving Products”. This latest player in streaming media solutions for e-commerce is finally out of stealth mode and ready to make an impact on the online consumer experience as early as this holiday shopping season. According […]

Seattle-based Rivals.com , a subsidiary of Rival Networks, is going forward with a national $500,000 advertising campaign in the fourth quarter to be aired on FOX Sports and FOX Sports Net. Wolfe/Doyle in San Francisco designed the advertising creative, which features men trading their traditional newspapers for laptops to access Rivals.com’s content. The spot touts […]