High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Friday, January 29, 2010 Edifecs Names Trio Of Execs Bellevue-baesd Edifecs, a developer of healthcare software used to exchange information between hospitals and insurance companies, reported this week that it has hired three new executives to the firm. The company said it has hired Dr. Joe Nichols as its Medical Director, Piyush Pushkar as VP Solutions Consulting and Alliances, and Gary Haff as Director Customer Support. Nichols is rejoining Edifecs; Pushkar joins from Wipro; and Haff comes from Attachmate/WRQ. The firm said that the hire (More info...) posted on Friday, January 29, 2010(Full story) Amazon: $9.5B in Q4 Sales, Boosted By Kindle Book Purchases Seattle-based Amazon.com reported it had $9.5 billion in sales in the fourth quarter of 2009 last night, and also noted that it is now selling six Kindle books for every 10 physical books that the firm sells. The company, which announced its quarterly results Thursday afternoon, said it saw net sales increase 42 percent over fourth quarter 2008, with net income of $384 million in Q4. The firm says it now has more than 410,000 books in its Kindle Store. posted on Friday, January 29, 2010(Full story) TriQuint Hits 100M Flip Chip Shipments Hillsboro-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a developer of RF front end semiconductors, noted this morning that it has hit shipments of 100 million units of its flip chip interconnect technology, CuFlip. The firm said the biggest volume on the device is on its TQM7M5012, a PA module used on consumer smart phones, data cards, netbooks, e-readers, and other mobile devices. The firm said the interconnect technology helps enhance performance, reliability, and manufacturing scalability for custome (More info...) posted on Friday, January 29, 2010(Full story) |
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