The local tech community will come together again next week for the annual GeekWire Summit to hear from leaders of known brands including Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and Zillow, as well as lesser known experts who are driving change through technology. The conference agenda, which runs Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., [...]
Celebrations are in order! Our recent client VoloMetrix, a leading people analytics technology company, announced earlier this year that it has been acquired by Microsoft to bring deeper insights into worker productivity. VoloMetrix’s technology provides unprecedented visibility into how people spend their time, offering enterprises a data-driven way to quantify employee efficiency and engagement. VoloMetrix’s technology will power Microsoft’s [...]
If you've been to a technology conference in the last few years then you've heard about our country's STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education crisis. You've heard that our country's future economy depends on training more students in these critical fields to prepare them for jobs in programming, engineering and more. A lot of statistics get thrown around to [...]
[caption id="attachment_6002" align="aligncenter" width="449"] (DowJones.com)[/caption] What were the news stories in 2013 that stuck with you? In the world of business, at least, they were probably stories on tech, according to a new infographic from Dow Jones. To mark the end of 2013, Dow Jones released data on the year’s “most talked about companies.” Tech giants Google and Apple [...]
Our client, Attachmate, delivers advanced software for terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer and enterprise fraud management. In October 2012, the company announced Reflection 2011 R3, a component of a family of products that have been trusted for more than 30 years to securely connect desktop and mobile users to mission-critical legacy applications running on a variety of enterprise [...]
Earlier this week I attended a panel discussion called, “Piercing the Clouds: Emerging Opportunities in Cloud Computing” sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum. The panel featured cloud computing experts from Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Real Networks to discuss the opportunities, pitfalls and trends surrounding cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined by Wiktionary as, “Computing in which services and storage are [...]
We are fortunate in the Northwest to be at the forefront of the mobile industry. Not only is the greater-Seattle area home to industry giants such as T-Mobile, Clearwire, AT&T Wireless and Microsoft, there are also numerous smaller companies that are fueling the growth and driving innovation in the mobile market. The upcoming Mobile Breakfast Series: Startup Nation being held [...]
We were delighted to have the opportunity to assist Facebook with the announcement of its plans to open an office in Seattle. For those of you who missed the news on May 5, Facebook, in conjunction with the Seattle Mayor’s office, announced it would be opening an engineering office this July. Until now, all of Facebook’s U.S. engineering activities have [...]
Many companies and organizations struggle with how to best reach historically underserved communities. However, many organizations need to reach the communities if they are going to initiate change, drive new behaviors and educate people. Consider the work of our first lady, Mrs. Obama. She has a strong commitment to curbing childhood obesity and recently has been visiting schools as part [...]
Reuters is a well-respected, influential news outlet. With 196 editorial bureaus in 130 countries and 2,400 editorial staff members, the newswire covers international news, regional news, politics, social issues, health, business, sports and media. A story placement with Reuters can provide a fantastic opportunity to raise the visibility of a company, establish thought leadership on a particular trend and gain [...]
Yesterday, our client Attachmate announced it achieved the Compatible with MicrosoftÆ WindowsÆ 7 logo. Microsoft is planning to launch its much-hyped Windows 7 platform on October 22. As the first host connectivity vendor to secure this distinction, Attachmate can now offer its customers a seamless, easy-to-manage IT environment, robust desktop security features and enhanced end-user productivity. In preparation for the [...]
Communiqué PR has a number of mobile industry clients so we thought it would be interesting to provide insight on a blog about smartphone app stores. Gizmodo, Gawker Media's largest blog focusing on gadgets and technology, recently published a post comparing mobile application stores from companies including Apple, Palm, Blackberry, Nokia and Microsoft. While many of the features are similar, [...]
On September 11, Colleen Moffitt, co-founder of Communiqué PR, will be presenting at an event entitled, "The Rise of the Social Internet and Social Media Law" sponsored by Perkins Coie and Law Seminar International. The event will feature speakers from companies including: Avvo, Inc., Children's Advertising Review Board (CARU), Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Perkins Coie LLP and more. Clearly, as more [...]
Bing, Microsoft's new search engine which officially launched on June 3, is making headlines yet again as the company "dips its toes into a hot new area of real-time search." The company revealed on July 1 it will include the latest Twitter updates from popular users such as actor Ashton Kutcher, technology journalist Kara Swisher, search analyst Danny Sullivan and [...]
Microsoft's new search engine Bing has been grabbing headlines since its official launch on June 3. Expected to rival search engine giant Google, Bing is gaining popularity and, according to recent comScore Networks data, is boosting Microsoft's market position. So what makes Bing the new search engine darling? Is it the friendly user interface or the new Explorer Panel that [...]
"Information wants to be free." According to Simon Dumenco with Advertising Age, this statement is a truism that is destroying traditional media models. He opines not only does information want to be free, technology itself - computers and software - also want to be free. There is still a lot of discussion about the future of the media industry with [...]
Communiqué PR recently completed a project with Dashwire, an independent connected services platform provider. Dashwire offers an industry-leading connected services platform solution that delivers mobile-to-Web consumer services. This means mobile users can sync and manage their personal contacts, text messages, calls, photos, videos and settings from their phone to the Web. The connected services market is heating up, and Microsoft's [...]
Many industry experts predict that the merger and acquisition market (M&A) is going to turn around later this year. This theory was outlined in several recent articles including one by TechFlash's John Cook, "When will the high-tech M&A bottom feeders emerge?" and another from IDG News's Marc Ferranti "Wall Street Beat: M&A, Oracle Stress the Positive." In the TechFlash article [...]
Walt Mossberg is a very influential figure in the technology industry. In August 2004, David Brown, anchor of Marketplace stated, "Mossberg is both feared and respected by makers of computers and other digital gadgetry." His rock-star status in the tech industry has prompted companies to want to get in front of him and win his stamp of approval on their [...]
On August 8, one of Communiqué PR's clients, Nintex, announced the commercial availability of Nintex Reporting 2008. To see the full announcement, click here. Nintex Reporting 2008 allows organizations to monitor, audit and gain valuable insight from the content and activity information within Microsoft's SharePoint technology. It allows system administrators and business owners to make more efficient business decisions by [...]