Barry Elad

Just five days after winning the WSA Industry Award for most innovative service provider of the year, Aventail announced today that it will introduce wireless capabilities for its customers that use its Aventail.Net managed service. This latest move by Seattle-based Aventail really doesn’t come as a big surprise. Just take a look at their slogan: […]

For more than a year now, Topia Ventures has been in hush mode – secretly developing its Topia Agent. If this sounds to you like the beginning of the latest James Bond adventure, you might not be that way off. This recent mobile agent technology gives users the ability to securely manage personal data, access […]

Fred Morris is Governor Locke’s Executive Policy Advisor for Science and Technology. He advises the governor on measures to sustain and enhance the climate for science and technology in Washington. Seattle.internet.com caught up with Morris earlier today to get the scoop on “Technology Innovators Day” and more… seattle.internet.com: Why did you decide to proclaim yesterday […]

Seattle’s Aventail Corporation has named Jeff Scheel as Vice President of Business Development. Scheel will be responsible for all co-selling, co-marketing and technology alliances that enhance the company’s Aventail.Net managed service offering. Scheel brings to Aventail more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, OEM/channel management, business development and alliances. As a member of […]

Bellevue-based Click2learn has launched Click2learn Japan. Click2learn’s entry into the Japanese market is a joint venture between Click2learn, Softbank Media & Marketing Corp., Softbank Forums Japan, Inc and Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. Click2learn Japan was formed to provide the Japanese corporate training market with e-Learning courses on computer skills, professional development and management training. Japan’s […]

There has been some very interesting Internet/Wireless PR agency action going on in our region lately. In fact, at the beginning of this year Portland-based The Weber Group merged with Shandwick International to form Weber Shandwick Worldwide. The two companies are not strangers to each other. They both belonged to the same parent company: New […]

In a report released yesterday by The Maxwell School at Syracuse University and Governing magazine, Washington received an overall grade of A- on how well it manages the government systems that deliver public services. Washington was one of only three states in the nation to earn an A- average (the other two were Utah and […]

Neal Dempsey is a California-based Venture Capitalist. However, a large portion of his time and money still play a role right here in the Pacific Northwest where he was raised. The partner at the Sillicon Valley venture capital firm of Bay Partners gave the University of Washington late last week a gift of $10 million […]

Seattle-based CitySeats.com is an online marketplace to buy, sell and exchange tickets. Seattle.internet.com caught up with CitySeats.com CEO Stephen Schramke to get the latest scoop on Super Bowl tickets and more… seattle.internet.com: So this must be a crazy week for you guys at CitySeats.com? Can you give us some interesting Super Bowl ticket tidbits? Stephen […]

Seattle’s meta search engine Dogpile, powered by InfoSpace, was the recent winner in the “Best Meta Search Engine” category for the Search Engine Watch Awards. Search Engine Watch (searchenginewatch.com)is an internet.com site covering the search engine industry. According to Search Engine Watch Editor Danny Sullivan, dogpile is unique among the major meta search services in […]

Here’s an investment that probably caught the attention of Microsoft’s accountants. The Redmond giant last week announced that it has teamed up with The Thomson Corporation to commit $50 million to help build a soon to be launched New York-based Portal called cpa2biz. Sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the […]

Seattle.internet.com has learned that Aristocart (www.aristocart.com), a Delaware-based wireless and Web shopping technology provider with an R&D center in Israel, is looking into the possibility of establishing an office in Seattle. According to Aristocart’s Managing Director Omri Arnon, several companies located in Seattle are strategic targets of Aristocart. Aristocart recently unveiled its latest technology. “Kanndu” […]