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March 30, 2010
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e-Commerce Rebound
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Just two days to our Bisnow Where Do Women Stand breakfast & schmooze, featuring BET co-founder Sheila Johnson and famed corporate counsel Anastasia Kelly (GC of WorldCom, Sears, AIG, and Fannie Mae). Thursday morning at the Reagan Building.
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| Here’s a great sign the economy is turning: This time last year, TARGUSinfo, which powers Caller ID services and verifies online buyer identities, was doing roughly 4.5 billion transactions a month. Now, close to 7 billion. |
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In Vienna, we met CEO George Moore, who says the 220-person company powers Universal Caller ID to 86% of all US cable & VoIP subscribers. (Which explains how they knew we were coming. That and the appointment we made.) They also use their attributes for online merchants like PayPal to verify a person’s contact details. “We see if the phone number and other info matches our records in real time, so we can help clients avoid fraudulent purchases.”
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It’s hard not to love George: He grew up in Ireland (his wife is from Northern Ireland) and came to the states to study at GW. He previously was an EVP at National Decision Systems, a demographic and target marketing company based in San Diego, before co-founding TARGUSinfo in ’93. True to his roots, George says he is a connoisseur of single-malt scotch (there are apparently 137 varieties) and having family and friends over for delicious Irish meals like haggis. (Let’s all say ‘mmmm’ together.)
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| Bitz and Bitz |
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Ready for a new acronym? We bring you GLS (Global Locating System), brainchild of SkyBitz, a Sterling-based company that grew out of DARPA eight years ago. VP Craig Montgomery tells us GLS can track your non-powered assets (things like truck trailers, expensive machinery, military supplies), without transmitting latitude and longitude like a traditional GPS: “Instead, our system decodes the signal on our servers, so even if someone stole the signal, they wouldn’t know what it means.” (To be fair, we lent our folks a regular GPS and they didn't know what it meant.)
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We snapped Craig with SkyBitz product guru Craig Malone, making this our first all-Craig picture (not pictured: Craig T. Nelson, Jenny Craig, and Craig Newmark from Craigslist). A neat part of SkyBitz: The device you place on your property can run for three to five years on eight AA batteries. Even more, the system is two-way, so a user can instantly add alerts (say if an asset goes out of a certain area) or reporting standards. SkyBitz cut its teeth primarily in the trucking market, but is now looking to expand globally.
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| ENVELOPE PLEASE |
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Last week, the Chesapeake Tech Council held its annual TechAwards at the Westin Annapolis. More than 300 execs came out including Tech Council president Kevin Lancaster, Zenoss CEO Bill Karpovich (who took home the Innovator Award), and South River Technologies' Michael Ryan. Other winners included Vision Technologies (company of the year); G-Security (Tech Service Award); and RelianceNet (Good Chip Award).
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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April 01 - Bisnow - Where Do Women Stand - BET co-founder Sheila Johnson and former AIG counsel Anastasia Kelly. Ronald Reagan Building. Info
April 07 - Cardinal Bank - Fairfax: "Our City's Economic Future—Are we positioned to compete." Features Steve Fuller and John McClain from George Mason University. Old Town Hall. 7pm Info
April 08 - INPUT - 8th Annual MarketView Conference - Get the crucial edge between bidding and winning contracts. Sessions led by government CXOs and INPUT analysts include Cloud Computing, Green IT, Acquisition Reform, Data Center Consolidation, and Federal Market Forecast. Fairview Park Marriott. Info
April 14 - FedSources - 25th Annual Federal Outlook Conference: Competing in a Zero-Sum Game. McLean Hilton in Tysons. 7-11:30am. Info
April 15 - AFCEA NOVA - "Naval IT Day." All IT leaders of the Dept of Navy (Navy & Marine Corps) offer insight into needs, programs, and future initiatives, including changes like the N2/N6 merger & standup of the US CyberCommand. Plus, networking, small biz program, and exhibits from Naval commands. Sheraton Premiere, Tysons Corner. Info
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