Verve Wireless News

December 2, 2008 by ironcapital
Zvents and Verve Wireless Bring All There Is to Do to Your Mobile
MarketWatch - Nov 20, 2008
“Mobile is a key aspect of local search, and our collaboration with Verve Wireless reflects Zvents’ overarching commitment to helping local businesses find LON:PTOOTC:CMTX

Marketing Shift.com
Verve Wireless and Zvents Boost Local Content for Mobile Publishers
Marketing Shift.com - Nov 20, 2008
Verve Wireless and Zvents hope link mobile customers with local business and events, regardless of where they travel.Verve Wireless, the leading provider of
Verve Wireless Powers Mobile Site For Zvents
socalTech.com, CA - Nov 20, 2008
Encinitas-based Verve Wireless, a provider of software for helping publishers publish their content to mobile devices, has inked a partnership with local
Zvents and Verve Wireless Bring All There Is to Do to Your Mobile
International Business Times, NY - Nov 20, 2008
The collaboration converges Zvents’ and Verve Wireless‘ technologies andenables local publishers to heighten their users’ mobile experience whensearching
FirstNews Briefs for Nov. 20, 2008
Wireless Week - Nov 20, 2008
Zvents, a local search engine and paid listings ad network, has partnered with Verve Wireless to let publishers with mobile, local search deliver
Five Seeds for the Future of Journalism
Poynter.org, FL - Nov 21, 2008
Participants bought into the case (made by Lincoln Millstein of Hearst, Art Howe of Verve Wireless and Joel Kramer of MinnPost) that individual news
Interview: AP Multimedia Service Brings the News to Mobile Devices
TMCnet - Nov 13, 2008
To do this we work with Verve Wireless an expert in the delivery of content to multi-screen formats and have hired design engineers to further build VM
Paying for the News: Finding Solvency One Wine Shop at a Time
Poynter.org, FL - Nov 17, 2008
Millstein and Art Howe, CEO of Verve Wireless, also spoke of the potential of the nascent business of serving news summaries and advertising to mobile

Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder, Joins Fusion-io Advisory Board

October 13, 2008 by ironcapital

By BusinessWire

SALT LAKE CITY, BUSINESS WIRE — Fusion-io, a leading provider of enterprise solid-state architecture and high-performance I/O solutions, today announced that Steve Wozniak has joined the company’s advisory board. Wozniak is co-founder of Apple Inc. and the engineer who launched the home computer revolution.
In his role at Fusion-io, Wozniak will advise the company’s CEO, Don Basile, on future market trends; consult with senior management on company R&D efforts and product road-mapping; and introduce Fusion-io to key strategic alliances in the industry, as well as sales opportunities.

“Seldom have I seen technology advances that win in almost every way at the same time, in terms of speed, capacity, reliability, endurance, power usage and simplicity,” said Wozniak. “The products from Fusion-io are extremely useful to so many different applications, not to mention most of the world’s servers.”

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Fusion IO introduces the ioSAN at DEMO

September 9, 2008 by ironcapital

Watch the video HERE

For a DEMO profile on Fusion IO: Read the rest of this entry »

Iron Capital Fall Investor Conference

August 13, 2008 by ironcapital

Iron Capital is hosting our Fall Investor Conference at the Bankers Club atop the Bank of America building in San Francisco, Sept 4th from 10am-2pm. Accredited investors who attend will be able hear from some of the best private technology companies in the country. This year we have companies who compete in enterprise storage, mobile advertising, wireless POS, and audio technology.

Here is a list of some of the companies that will present:

Fusion IO- Market leader in Enterprise Flash storage systems

Presenter: Dr. Don Basile, CEO

Verve Wireless- AP Mobile News Network platform as a service provider

Presenter: Tom Kenney, President

TriniTEQ- A leader in wireless POS technologies for the hospitality market

Presenter: Scott Allan, CEO

Xp Audio Inc- An innovator in music equipment technologies

Presenter: John Johnson, CEO

Sim Ops Studios- 3D media productions(Carnegie Mellon Spin out)

Presenter: Shanna Tellerman, CEO

ONLY 80 SEATS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT.

COMPLIMENTARY FOOD AND DRINKS WILL BE SERVED.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Verve Wireless

July 25, 2008 by ironcapital

From today’s NYT article- How to Save Local Newspapers: Cellphones

Verve’ Wireless’s mission is to save the local paper by making it mobile. It provides publishers with the technology to create mobile Web sites, so readers can read the paper on their cell phones. Verve or the newspaper then sell ads on those sites. Verve already powers mobile versions of 4,000 newspapers from 140 publishers, including the Associated Press, McClatchy, and the New York Times Regional Media Group.

The A.P. started using its Verve-powered Mobile News Network in May. It apparently liked it enough to invest in the company. Verve Wireless has raised $3 million in its second round of fundraising, led by its biggest customer, the Associated Press. Iron Capital and a third investor, not yet disclosed because the deal is still being finalized, also participated in the round.

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