http://www.utahtechwatch.com Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:28:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rarely is the appointment of a new chief executive officer a landscape-changing event. But I believe that is exactly happened a few days ago when it was announced that Finnis Conner is the new CEO of Millenniata. For those of you know may not know his background, Conner is a legend in ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=338 You'd think that one of the fastest growing Social Media companies on the planet would want to do all that it could to keep people and companies flocking to its platform, creating new accounts and growing it into a worldwide behemoth, right?  And yet, Twitter's Sign-up Page is broken, and it has ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=334 I'm now on the ground in Las Vegas, and in part, I'll be checking in on more than 20 Utah-based companies that are going to be exhibiting their products and services to the more than 100,000 people from around the world that will attend this year's International Consumer Electronics Show. Among the ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=333 The latest rankings of the fastest-growing firms in Utah is out, and once again technology firms dominate the annual listing. Produced by the MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN), the Utah 100is designed to identify and recognize the fastest-growing companies in the state (based upon percentage revenue growth). Inaugurated 15 years ago by ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=330 I attended a fun and interesting first time event this past Tuesday, an event I hope stays around for some time. It was the inaugural launch of the Utah Genius Awards, an event designed to recognize and promote Utah's top inventors and innovators -- those in the state who are awarded ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=327 Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Hall of Fame dinner of the Utah Technology Council. Slated for Friday, October 23, 2009, this will mark the 11th year the UTC has held a Hall of Fame dinner to honor native Utahns and ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=324 Workers at the IM Flash Technologies facilities in Lehi, Utah will apparently keep their jobs in spite of an announcement earlier today by its parent company, Micron Technology, to lay-off up to 2,000 employees. Citing dropping demands for its 200 millimeter (mm) Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) products, Micron (NYSE: MU) today announced at ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=322 Fast Company magazine has selected Raser Technologies (NYSE: RZ) as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Provo, Utah-based Raser was named as the 50th company on the Fast Company list of notable firms worldwide, a list that includes such corporate heavyweights as Google (#2), Apple (4), Cisco Systems (5), Intel (6) and Amazon (9), just ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=321 In the end, it was only 55 minutes. At least that's what the official word was on the Google blog: "If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message "This site may harm your computer" accompanied each and ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=319 It’s now nearly three weeks after the closing of the 2009 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, and my senses have almost completely recovered from being overloaded by the barrage of sights, sounds and smells that accompany any trip to Las Vegas, let alone one to attend the largest technology ... http://www.utahtechwatch.com/?p=316