Tuesday, July 19, 2005DATAllegro Releases Data Warehousing ApplianceAliso Viejo-based DATAllegro has released a new data warehousing appliance and a query router for its products. The company's new DATAllegro C25 appliance handles up to 25TB of user data and is targeted at customers looking to run queries against corporate databases. The new appliance includes SATA disk drivs and is based on the open source CA Ingres database, and according to the company is priced at $450,000. The company also said that it is rolling out a query routing add-on for its appliance (More info...)
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CinemaNow Upgrades Video Download StoreMarina Del Rey-based online video on demand firm CinemaNow has launched an upgraded video download store. The company said that it has launched a new version of its video on demand service, adding additional support for new video download formats, better searching of its content, a recommendation engine, and better customer service options. CinemaNow offers time limited broadband content from major studios, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, MGM, Sony, Warner Bros. and others, and has also inke (More info...)
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Asylum Receives Investment From AgilentSanta Barbara-based Asylum Research and Agilent Technologies said yesterday that the two companies have signed a joint development agreement. The two companies will collaborate on technologies and applications in the nanotechnology measurement area, with Aglient making an equity investment in Asylum. Asylum is developing microscopes for measuring at the nanometer level, and develops measurement tools for researchers working in nanotechnology. The company's Atomic Force Microscopes are used to me (More info...)
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Snap.com Raises $10MIdealab's newest search engine entrant, Snap.com, has received $10M in venture funding from Mayfield. Existing investor Idealab also participated. Perfect Market Technologies announced that its Snap.com site will use the venture funding for product development initiatives and for operations. Snap.com provides an online search engine weighted towards advertiser "pay per ranking". The search engine uses an interactive search interface similar to another Idealab company, X1 Technologies, allowing u (More info...)
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News Corp. Buys Intermix For $580MNews Corp. has purchased Intermix Media, the operator of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, in a deal worth $580M. The cash deal calls for News Corporation to pay $12 per common share for Intermix, which runs a network of over 30 Internet web sites, of which MySpace.com is the most notable. The acquisition comes on the heel of the formation of Fox Interactive Media, a unit of News Corporation focused on online internet presence. Intermix's MySpace.com is one of the most popular soci (More info...)
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