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Veridium, Buzzlogix, Qvidian: What's in a Name?
The companies we profile today have roots in science and more. One company returned to a high school chemistry class lesson that said elements can't be "broken down into simpler substances by chemical means." The parallel between that and customers' biometrics inspired their new name.
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Snow Software, Mist, Wylei: What's in a Name?
We continue our "What's in a Name?" series today with Snow Software, Mist and Wylei. One of these companies had to negotiate with a woman to give up the domain, which she was using for her photography. Another is an unexpected acronym.
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Glympse, ProoV, Vainu: What's in a Name?
We continue our "What's in a Name?" series today with prooV, Vainu and Glympse. One was born out of frustration with running proof of concepts, one named its company with the help of an app and one sees its name as an excuse to use a "cute animal
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Bitfusion, Gong, Mintent: What's in a Name?
We continue our What’s in a Name? series with tech companies Bitfusion, Gong and Mintent. These companies incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) to power their software offerings, and one pushes "marketing with intent" in its content marketing software and programs. Bitfusion Founded: January 2015 Headquarters: Austin, Texas Number of employees: Less than
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ZeroStack, Apcera, Knack: What's in a Name
We continue our What’s in a Name series with ZeroStack, Apcera and Knack. ZeroStack, Inc. Founded: 2014 Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif. Number of employees: 32 Specializes in: Self-service and scale-out private cloud Has this been the company name since it was founded? Yes Who named the company? Ajay
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What's in a Name: PernixData, Qumulo, Allyke
We continue our What's in a Name series today with another look at technology companies with interesting names. Today: PernixData, Qumulo and Allyke PernixData Founded: 2012 Headquarters: San Jose, Calif. Number of employees: 173 Specializes in: Scale-out storage performance and management CEO: Poojan Kumar Was this the original name?
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What's in a Name: LemonStand, Email on Acid, More
We continue our What's in a Name series today with another look at technology companies with interesting names. Today: LemonStand, Bluecore, Sauce Labs and Email on Acid. LemonStand Founded: 2010 Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia Number of employees: 11 Specializes in: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) e-commerce software for web designers,
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What's in a Name: Midokura, Pyze, Snowflake Computing, Ving
We continue our What's in a Name series today with a look at Midokura, Pyze, Snowflake Computing and Ving. Midokura Founded: 2010 Headquarters: San Francisco and Lausanne, Switzerland Number of employees: 55 Specializes in: Midokura’s mission is to help organizations unleash the full potential of their networks
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What's in a Name: Moasis, TinderBox, Leanplum, Bynder
We go the hot route in this round of our What's in a Name series. Hot as in the company that named itself Moasis because it provides users with an oasis in the "mobile desert of opportunities.
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What's in a Name: PlaceIQ, AnswerDash, Redbooth
Today we continue our new feature What's in a Name with a look at PlaceIQ, AnswerDash and Redbooth. Last month, we profiled Jellyfish, Marketo and Influitive. PlaceIQ Founded: 2010 Headquarters: New York City Number of employees: 165 Specializes in: Mobile location data analysis/intelligence, marketing/ad attribution, enterprise technology CEO:
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What's in a Name: Influitive, Jellyfish, Marketo
Today we kick off our new feature What's in a Name with a look at Jellyfish, Marketo and Influitive. Jellyfish Online Marketing Founded: 1999 Headquarters: Reigate, England and Baltimore, Md. Number of employees: 260-plus Specializes in: PPC, SEO and social, creative, display, analytics and digital marketing training CEO:
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