Technology
New Tech Impact Awards Recognize the Important Role of Technology Across Many Industry Sectors
When I first started my career as correspondent at Business Weeks Tokyo bureau in 1982, writing an article still meant banging away on an old manual typewriters. I remember the day they installed our first Wang word processor and put the old manuals in the hallway for the cleaners to take away. (I grabbed a…
Zillow cofounder to keynote Tech Impact Awards
Rich Barton, cofounder and executive chairman of Zillow, the Seattle-based online real estate database, will be the keynote speaker at Seattle Business magazines Tech Impact Awards event on September 25. Barton also created Expedia in 1994 while still at Microsoft and served as president and CEO until 2003. After cofounding Zillow in 2005 with Lloyd…
Dendreon’s troubles provide an object lesson
When Dendreon closed Morris Plains, New Jersey, factory and decided to lay off 600 employees, the decision represented the unravelling of yet another high-flying biotech company struggling to make the transition from product development to commercialization. But Dendreons troubles also offered an object lesson in the dangers of government providing direct subsidies to individual companies….
Dendreon to lay off 600 employees following poor sales
Dendreon, the once high-flying Seattle biotech company, plans to lay off 600 employees following poor sales of Provenge. Here’s the story from the Associated Press.: SEATTLE (AP) Biotech drugmaker Dendreon Corp. said Monday that it will cut about 600 jobs following disappointing sales of its expensive prostate cancer drug Provenge. The company also will close…
ExtraHop Improves Application Performance
Untwisting one kind of knot can mean plunging into another set of tangles. Thats what ExtraHop Networks, a 5-year-old Seattle startup, is finding with its appliance that helps complex computer networks run smoothly. But those jumbles contain some big rewards. Engineers like ExtraHop cofounders Raja Mukerji and Jesse Rothstein can remind us how a companys…
Spotlight: Eye Candy
Last month, Seattle Business contributor Skip Ferderber wondered if Microsoft would ever be the cool kid in class (read it here). Just as that story in our July issue hit the newsstands, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Surface, a tablet/PC designed to rival the coolness and cachet of Apples iPad. Whether the Surface…
Bright Idea: Mimic Technologies
Robotic surgery has become a booming industry. Machines such as the da Vinci Surgical System allow surgeons to use external controls to perform many operations far less intrusively than by hand. But there is one major flaw to the system. The robots are so expensive, costing as much as $20 million each, that hospitals are…
Microsoft Continues Ambitious Push To Regain Leadership Role
How well Microsoft executes with its many product introductions this year will prove critical in whether it regains its position among technology’s movers and shakers, as we point out in this month’s feature: Can Microsoft Save Itself? This past week, Microsoft showed some promise when it announced important developments in Windows hardware, software and smartphones….
Microsoft’s Pursuit of ‘Cool’
In the July issue, Seattle Business contributor Skip Ferderber wonders if Microsoft will ever be the cool kid in class. Just as the July issue hit the newsstands this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Microsoft Surface, a tablet/PC designed to rival the coolness and cachet of Apples iPad. Whether the Surface can…
Can Microsoft Save Itself?
Coming this fall! a new, reenergized Microsoft. When pundits talk about the future of technology, their conversations tend to focus on the gang of four: Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google. Microsoft rarely gets a mention. Thats not surprising. The tectonic shifts that have taken place in the computer industry, from the rise of cloud computing…
Seattle Surpasses Silicon Valley in Tech Job Creation
The number of jobs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) related industries has grown at a higher rate in the Seattle area than in Silicon Valley, according to a Forbes/Praxis Strategy Group study released this week. The Seattle area placed top on the list above such cities as Washington D.C., San Diego, Salt Lake City,…
McKinstry to Expand Innovation Center in Seattle and Add New One in Spokane
McKinstry’s Innovation Center is a creative approach to encouraging startups.Here’s a press release outlining plans for expanding the current Center and adding a new one east of the Cascades. McKinstry Innovation Center At Capacity And Expanding Now with 13 companies; Center will be expanded, doubling its size SEATTLE (May 2, 2012) Since opening two years…
F5 Earnings Continue Strong Growth
Seattle-based F5 continues to show impressive growth. The company announced revenues in the second quarter climbed to $339.6 million, up 22.4 percent from the year before. Net income in the quarter was $68.6 million, up from $55.6 million the year before. The company now has 2,800 employees, of whom 40 percent are in Washington. 900…