Digital Harbor Online - February 22, 2010

Digital Harbor Online - February 22, 2010
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FINANCIALS
- TidalTV Raises $16 Million in Series B Funding
- Constellation Energy Invests $90 Million in Solar Systems

NEWS
- MAVA Announces Dates for Capital Connection ’10
- Smiths Detection to Distribute Emergency Biological Screening Kit
- Tenable Awarded Common Criteria Security Certification
- Message Systems Introduces the EcoNet Alliance Partner Program
- BoxTone Certified for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express
- M-Edge To Launch Accessories for Apple iPad
- Eurotech Receives Order for $1 Million of ZyWAN Routers

eHARBOR
- Buy Local! Chesapeake Telephone Systems
- Light Industries' SharePoint Super Heroes

EVENTS
- Discover Total Enterprise Integration!
- GBTC Meet the Members: CIOs and IT Buying in 2010
- FIRST Robotics Competition Chesapeake Regional
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- TidalTV Raises $16 Million in Series B Funding

Baltimore -- TidalTV, a video advertising supplier, reported last week that it has raised more than $16 million in recent funding led by Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Valhalla Partners. Chairman & CEO, Scott Ferber pioneered pay-for-performance Internet marketing through Advertising.com, an online advertising network he co-founded in 1998. With TidalTV, Ferber is applying complex optimization mathematics to the management and delivery of video advertising campaigns. Comcast Interactive Capital's Managing Director David Horowitz will join TidalTV's Board. The new funding will enable TidalTV to expand its development of advanced targeting and ad decisioning capabilities.
http://www.tidaltv.com


- Constellation Energy To Invest $90 Million in Solar Systems

Baltimore -- Constellation Energy said that it will invest $90 million in the development of commercial photovoltaic power systems. Building off of government renewable incentives, said the funds will be available for customer-sited solar installations of 500 kilowatts or larger which begin construction before mid-year 2010. The funds will enable Constellation Energy to finance, design, construct and own solar installations for customers and supply the power generated on-site to the customer. This structure makes it possible for customers to deploy on-site solar and meet sustainability goals without incurring upfront costs. Approximately $18 million of the capital commitment has already been committed to projects soon to begin development in Maryland and New Jersey.
http://www.constellation.com


- MAVA Announces Dates for Capital Connection ’10

Baltimore -- The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) announced that this year's Capital Connection ‘10 Conference will be held in May 19-20 in Baltimore. The annual conference focuses on later-stage, high-growth and early-stage, high performance companies from throughout the United States. This year's conference will focus in business opportunities in cybersecurity, health IT, wireless and telecom, digital media, cleantech, and education.
http://www.mava.org


- Smiths Detection to Distribute Emergency Biological Screening Kit

Edgewood -- Smiths Detection reported last week that it has reached a distribution agreement with Rockville-based 20/20 BioResponse for its BioCheck powder screening test kits. The agreement gives Smiths Detection the ability to distribute a low-cost, biological threat assessment tool, that complements its other emergency and first response solutions. BioCheck is a patented and easy-to-use screening kit that combines a ‘best in class’ protein assay with a pH test to rapidly assess suspicious powders representing potential biological threats.
http://www.smithsdetection.com
http://www.2020BioResponse.com


- Tenable Awarded Common Criteria Security Certification

Columbia -- Tenable Network Security, a developer of security monitoring scanners, last week said that it has achieved Common Criteria certification for its Security Center. Tenable's Common Criteria-certified product suite includes vulnerability management, log management and visualization solutions for IT procurement managers in the Federal and commercial sectors requiring conformance to a common ISO-based standard for assessing product security.
http://www.tenablesecurity.com


- Message Systems Introduces the EcoNet Alliance Partner Program

Columbia -- Message Systems, a provider of message management solutions, has launched a alliance partner program called EcoNet. For application providers, EcoNet is all about creating an environment for technical innovation where Message Systems and its application partners invest in each other for mutual gain. EcoNet also provides access to a growing client base of major brands and service providers who use Message Systems solutions. In addition, application partners can work directly with Message Systems’ sales team.
http://www.messagesystems.com


- BoxTone Certified for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

Columbia -- BoxTone reported last week that its mobility management software suite has entered the certification process for the new BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express will enable employees to connect their personal BlackBerry smartphones to the new server. BoxTone software enables Tiered Mobility Support. Through an optimal combination of automated BoxTone modules, organizations can meet the demands of a rapidly growing mobile workforce, while maintaining low support costs.
http://www.boxtone.com


- M-Edge To Launch Accessories for Apple iPad

Odenton -- M-Edge Accessories said that it will launch a variety of accessories specifically for Apple’s iPad in Spring 2010. The Company said the new products will enable iPad users to take their device into any environment, from the office to the subway to the beach. Some of the products will include book stands and device protective jackets.
http://www.medgestore.com


- Eurotech Receives Order for $1 Million of ZyWAN Routers

Columbia -- Eurotech, a supplier of embedded technologies, said that it has received a $1 million order from a major utility for ZyWAN cellular routing modems to support Smart Grid initiatives. The project calls for deployment of Eurotech ZyWAN units at base stations throughout the grid to manage power flow and wirelessly connect smart meters for residential and business clients.
http://www.eurotech.com



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- Discover Total Enterprise Integration!

Are your most critical processes currently achieved with multiple business management systems? If your answer is YES, then you need to attend one or both of the events in our upcoming series, Discover Total Enterprise Integration! Join us to learn how you can unify EVERY element of your business and achieve complete enterprise management with the strength of a single tool! Shafer Solutions, a business management software consulting firm, is pleased to invite you to attend an online webinars and hands-on ERP workshops to see Sage MAS 90/200 Extended Enterprise Suite in action.

Location and Dates:
February 24, 2010, 10:00 - 11:30am - Online
March 10, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Online
March 24, 2010, 9:30 - 11:30am - Baltimore
Info: http://www.shaferinc.com/masees
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- GBTC Meet the Members: CIOs and IT Buying in 2010

Join us and hear directly from three prominent CIOs in the region. This is a rare opportunity to discover what our speakers’ technology needs are, where they are finding technology, and what they will be looking for next. This is a discussion you don’t want to miss.

Date: March 2, 2010, 7:30 - 9:30 am
Where: Holiday Inn BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights
Cost: Free for GBTC members and $35 for non-members
Info: https://ww2.eventrebels.com/er/Registration/RegistrationForm.jsp?ActivityID=4741&ItemID=17332
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- FIRST Robotics Competition Chesapeake Regional

FIRST is the international non-profit organization to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs. The Chesapeake Regional will draw more than 50 high school teams to compete in a high-tech "sport for the mind." You'll see teams of robots cooperating in ever-changing alliances competing in two-minute matches throughout the two days. It's intense. It's loud. It's fun. You'll see more than 1,000 great kids working together, stretching their limits, and building the foundation of tomorrow's engineers, scientists and business leaders. You'll see exhibits from our sponsors, universities offering scholarships, and demonstrations of our other programs.
Date: March 12, 2010, 9:00 am to March 13, 2010, 5:00 pm
Where: Baltimore Convention Center
Cost: Free

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Digital Harbor Online - February 8, 2010

Digital Harbor Online - February 8, 2010
Baltimore's Only Free Technology News Service

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NEWS
- Metastorm Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Asia Director
- IndiSoft Adds Foreclosure Prevention Videos
- The Daily Record Hires Managing Editor for Online

eHARBOR
- Buy Local! Chesapeake Telephone Systems
- Light Industries' SharePoint Super Heroes

EVENTS
- GBTC Meet the Members: CIOs and IT Buying in 2010
- AITP Baltimore Chapter Dinner Meeting
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- Metastorm Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Asia Director

Baltimore -- Metastorm, a developer of Business Process Management (BPM) software, said that it is opening a new office in Hong Kong and has hired Paul Watts as Director of Asia Operations. Metastorm already has a number of customers in the region including AKPK, Bank Of China, Chubb & Sons, SBB Mutual, Standard Chartered Bank, and Talisman Energy. Metastorm says the new office will be valuable in providing local support to its customers. Paul Watts joins Metastorm from TIBCO.
http://www.metastorm.com


- IndiSoft Adds Foreclosure Prevention Videos

Columbia -- IndiSoft and Coral Springs, Fla.-based Financial Literacy Solutions (FLS), last week announced a strategic partnership to bring Web-based tools to homeowners in need of foreclosure prevention assistance. Using a series of educational videos, FLS enables consumers to learn about their options to avoid foreclosure, and how to work with nonprofit counseling agencies to assist completing modification packages. The FLS partnership with IndiSoft combines these educational tools with IndiSoft’s flagship product RxOffice Homeowner/Borrower portal, which assists housing counselors and consumers in submitting supporting loan modification documents to mortgage companies.
http://www.indisoft.us


- The Daily Record Hires Managing Editor for Online

Baltimore -- The Daily Record reported last week that Rob Terry has joined the paper as Managing Editor/Online and Special Publications. He will oversee all of the publication’s Web, blog, and social media operations.Terry brings nearly 15 years of journalism experience to his new position. Terry, a graduate of Towson University with a MA in Journalism from Northeastern University, began his career with Chesapeake Publishing. He moved to The Washington Post Co. in 1998, where he was a business and technology reporter for the Tech Gazette and the Washington Techway Magazine. Terry came to the Baltimore Business Journal in 2003 as a staff reporter and was promoted to Associate Editor and Web Editor in 2006.
http://mddailyrecord.com


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- GBTC Meet the Members: CIOs and IT Buying in 2010

Join us and hear directly from three prominent CIOs in the region. This is a rare opportunity to discover what our speakers’ technology needs are, where they are finding technology, and what they will be looking for next.

Date: February 9, 2010, 7:30 - 9:30 am
Where: Holiday Inn BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights
Info: mailto:melaniek@gbtechcouncil.org or call 410.327.9148
Cost: Free for GBTC members and $35 for non-members
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- AITP Baltimore Chapter Dinner Meeting

Using an Outsourced IT Department – What are Managed IT Services? The speaker will be Rich Glenn, Director of Technical Services for System Source in Hunt Valley.

Date: February 18, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Where: Crowne Plaza Baltimore, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium
Cost: $35 members and students, $45 non-members
Info: http://www.baltimoreaitp.org

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