Click Commerce updates Business Suite
Chicago-based Click Commerce Inc., which provides collaborative extranet
solutions, released the 7.5 Business Suite.
The new version contains integrated ordering and after-market services
processes, along with business process improvements, such as
multi-threaded workflow and cycle-time reporting to help customers drive
continuous improvements in their channel operations.
Click Commerce also said it was named one of Chicago's fastest growing
technology companies, reporting an 83 percent growth rate. This is the
fourth consecutive year that Click Commerce received the ranking from
Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Chicagoland, a
ranking of the fifty fastest growing technology companies in the area by
Deloitte & Touche LLP. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in
fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003.
AeA opens Midwest office
Washington, D.C.-based AeA, a high-tech trade association, reopened its
Midwest office, to be located in Oakbrook Terrace.
AeA, founded in 1943 by David Packard, represents all segments of the
technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping its members' top
line and bottom line. Currently, AeA has 17 offices in and around the
United States, as well as offices abroad in Brussels and Beijing.
Motorola to buy software firm
Chicago-based Motorola Inc. agreed to acquire Crisnet Inc., a software
firm that develops record-keeping systems for law enforcement, justice
and public safety agencies.
Crisnet, based in Salt Lake City, has been developing software
applications since 1984 that are used for tasks ranging from automating
work flow to analyzing crime patterns. Its products include NetRMS, a
Web-based records management system, and Crisnet Cruiser, which allows
personnel in the field to work case files from a mobile unit.
Info.com launches site
Chicago-based Info.com, a search platform that pulls together results
from the 14 leading search engines, today launched its official site at
www.info.com.
Info.com features information sources, including Web search, news,
comparative shopping, product reviews, pictures and more.
Uncover the Net joins consortium
Hoffman Estates-based Uncover the Net announced its membership in the
World Wide Web Consortium, the nonprofit organization that serves as the
Internet's governing body.
Uncover the Net is the first and only Web site directory to join this
group, whose members include Google, Intel, Sony, Macromedia and
Microsoft.
TeleContinuity opens Chicago office
Chicago-based TeleContinuity, a provider of a disaster-proof and
survivable backup telecommunications network, opened a Chicago office.
The Chicago office, located 140 South Dearborn Street, Suite 900, will
include staff responsible for service implementation, sales and
marketing.
Canary launches digital Wi-Fi detector with LCD
Chicago-based Canary Wireless said it released the first digital Wi-Fi
detector. The company's flagship product, The Digital Hotspotter, is the
first Wi-Fi detection and analysis tool with an LCD display that
provides essential network information to Wi-Fi users and technology
professionals.
The company said that unlike current analog Wi-Fi detector offerings
that only detect signal availability and strength, Canary Wireless's
offering is the only device of its kind to provide smart signal
analysis. This includes network ID, encryption status and channel data
for multiple networks.
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