Utah’s Tech-related News Announcements for 2-21-08

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Another spate of technology-related news announcements hit the commercial wire services today for Utah-based and/or Utah-related companies.
Shown below are the respective headlines and distribution times, including hotlinks to the respective releases themselves.
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5:50 a.m. (EST) ACULIS CEO James Stone Appointed President of UVSC’s Computer Science Industrial Advisory [...]

Honoring James Kim

I thought I would take a minute to express my condolences to the family of James Kim, who passed away recently trying to save his family, which was stranded in the Oregon wilderness.

James Kim died of hypothermia, autopsy reveals
James was always very fair, balanced and detail oriented in his work. He was one of my [...]

AOL cuts 125 Utah jobs

The dogs will be released in 10 minutes . . .
AOL is showing the door to 1,300 of it’s workers (mainly in call centers) all across the U.S.. The layoffs will affect 125 workers at the Ogden, Utah facility.
AOL says that it’s user base is is little more “savvy” than it was when the [...]

v100 for 2006

Utah venture capital group vSpring announced its 2006 v|100 today.
“Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals with ties to the state of Utah who are most likely to lead a successful startup venture in the next five to seven years in the IT (information technology) or biotech industries in [...]

Cannon opposes ban on Internet gambling

“Rep. Chris Cannon is again opposing a bill to ban Internet gambling, contending it could lead to legalize some online gambling in Utah.” [ via KSL ]
The amusing thing is to read how certain web sites put a different spin on it.
“Utah Republican Chris Cannon an unlikely ally of online gambling”
“Cannon’s motives questioned on [...]

Data visualization tech company names new president and CEO

Lindon-based Corda Technologies, which provides technology that presents complex data into visually-appealing presentations, today announced that John Purvis has been appointed the new president and chief executive officer of the company, replacing Neal Williams. Williams will remain on the board of directors.
Via [Deseret Morning News]

Local company provides Web-based solution to employee time cards

HourDoc.com, based in Salt Lake City, has recently announced the availability of their Web-based time clock solution for businesses. Instead of relying on software or other manual methods, employees can easily clock in and out of work, and employers can log in to see what employees are working as well as to provide future work [...]

MWI Chief Executive Officer Recognized as Top Entrepreneur

Joshua Steimle Elected into 2005 Class of vSpring Capital’s 100 Top Entrepreneurs
Joshua J. Steimle, chief executive officer and founder of MWI, Inc., a Draper, Utah-based Web development and brand management firm, was named one of Utah’s top 100 entrepreneurs by vSpring Capital, a Utah-based venture capital firm.
Known as the v|100, the vSpring Capital Top 100 [...]