JumpBox announced yesterday that it has been selected to present at Under the Radar: The Business of Web Apps on March 20, 2008. Under the Radar is a prominent conference series that profiles early-stage innovation, showcasing emerging startups and identifying trends. “Given their stringent selection criteria, we are thrilled to have been chosen,” said Sean Tierney, JumpBox Co-founder and COO. “They look at hundreds of startups, searching for game-changers and innovators, so we couldn’t be happier to be among the elite few that have been selected.” Past presenters at Under the Radar include Flickr, GoFish, Photobucket, Writely and Zimbra. Read More

Crawdad Technologies, more specifically Wonkosphere, has been featured in the newsletter of the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. The article covers all the bases about Wonkosphere and Crawdad’s patented text-analysis technology. More importantly, it discusses how the Wonkosphere has been a leading indicator in presidential election results. For example, even before Mitt Romney dropped out of the Republican race, Wonkosphere indicated that John McCain was in the driver’s seat. Read More

JumpBox solidified its position as a destination for simple Open Source server software deployment today by announcing the shipment of its twentieth JumpBox application. They actually have released six additional applications: Cacti network graphing system, phpBB discussion forums, ProjectPier project management system, TikiWiki content management system, PmWiki wiki software, and MoinMoin wiki software. Read More

If you are an entrepreneur, or an aspiring entrepreneur, mark next Wednesday, February 13th on your calendar. Steve Stralser, Professor & Managing Director of Global Entrepreneurship at Thunderbird is going to be providing a fast-paced look into what’s hot and what’s not in writing a business plan, and how to hit all the right notes with strategic partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. The event is being put on by TiE-Arizona and is being held at Sky Song.

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