The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Merkle ,Baltimore,Maryland

Merkle, an independent marketing agency, builds custom databases that analyze information and translates that information into marketing intelligence. The company offers the full services of a traditional agency but bases its approach on tools for quantitative measuring and testing to help clients get a better return on their marketing investment. >>>

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Gigamon , Milpitas, California

Following on Friday’s coverage of network forensics with Solera Networks, today’s post profiles Gigamon, which develops data access solutions to enhance network monitoring of data centers, service provider, and enterprises. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Solera Networks ,South Jordan, Utah

Solera Networks develops software and appliances for network forensics, a technology created to give more complete information into breaches of network security. Solera compares it to “putting a security camera on your network” by combining high-speed data capture, indexed storage, and comprehensive analysis tools. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: DollarDays, Scottsdale, Arizona

DollarDays International is an online wholesaler that helps small businesses compete against larger enterprises by offering more than 80,000 high-quality goods at closeout and wholesale prices close to those at which large chains purchase the same merchandise. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: The Income Tax School, Virginia

Peoples Income Tax (PIT) was founded in 1987 by Chuck MCabe, who had the idea of creating a national tax franchise after an almost twenty-year career with H&R Block. His vision was to create an upscale mass market tax service that could compete with H&R Block on quality and certified public accountant (CPA) firms on price. He was committed to using technology including computer tax preparation and e-filing. Today, PIT is divided into two entities, one for tax preparation and another, The Income Tax School, for educating tax professionals. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: ResellerRatings.com, American Canyon, California

Today’s special Deal Radar returns to ResellerRatings.com, a company I covered in a 2008 interview with its founder, Scott Wainner. American Canyon, California-based ResellerRatings.com is a platform for consumer ratings and reviews of online retailers. It features 430,000 reviews of 24,000 retailers, and its reviews are syndicated to Google Product Search, Bing Shopping, Google AdWords (Seller Ratings Extension), TheFind, and ShopWiki. Retailers can participate with the site to generate, monitor, and manage customer feedback. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: HealthWarehouse.com, Cincinnati, Ohio

HealthWarehouse.com is an online pharmacy whose goal is to eliminate every possible layer of cost between drug manufacturers and consumers and pass those savings onto the consumer. It will soon be licensed in all 50 states (Maine is the last state to be licensed by the end of July) and is the fastest-growing and largest legal online pharmacy in the country. HealthWarehouse.com is one of only 20 pharmacies to be Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) certified in United States. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Accrisoft

Accrisoft Corporation provides SaaS solutions to organizations of all types. The company’s main products are Accrisoft Freedom, a content management system, and Accrisoft Business Tools, a software suite designed for website development companies to help manage their business and automate processes. The aim is to enable companies to manage their business from a single place by offering a high degree of control combined with depth of features. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Avatron Software

Avatron Software develops productivity apps for Apple’s iOS platform, three of which have topped the list of top grossing third-party apps. Avatron has produced dozens of apps in partnership with media content owners in order to bootstrap its financing, but the company’s primary focus is on developing and marketing its own apps. Avatron has built its reputation around apps that help people get work done more productively, with a focus on wireless connectivity. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Balihoo ,Boise, Idaho

Balihoo provides local marketing automation technology and creative, media buying, and media planning services to the distributed marketing partners (i.e., franchisees or resellers) of national brands. Balihoo’s customers have reduced local production costs by up to 90%, improved local ROI by more than 30%, and improved national visibility into local marketing efforts and their results. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Xvand ,Houston,Texas

Xvand Technology is the provider of IsUtility, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution. The company invests in servers and technical support and delivers enterprise-level IT resources by selling access to clients as a utility. The aim is to eliminate the costs and risks of buying and managing an on-site IT system and to help clients put more money back into their businesses. >>>

Deal Radar 2010: Logic Software ,Toronto

Logic Software started as a custom development house and still does custom work, but in 2003 it started working on its first “shrink-wrapped” product – Easy Projects.NET, a Web-based project management software. Easy Projects now accounts for about 95% of the company’s revenue. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: SitStay ,Lincoln,Nebraska

SitStay, Inc. started as an online mom-and-pop dog supply store that has become one of the largest dog supply retailers on the Internet, defying conventional wisdom about the viability of selling pet products online. Readers may recall the failure of Petopia and the collapse of Amazon-backed Pets.com, which raised $82.5 million in an IPO in February 2000, bought rival Petstore.com in June 2000, and folded in November 2000. SitStay, which was founded in 1998, survived perhaps in part because of its niche approach. With a focus on “good for your dog supplies,” SitStay believes strongly that the health of the dog comes first. This philosophy has led it to focus on healthy dog treats, chews, and foods, and safe dog toys and equipment. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Paltalk ,Los Angeles

Paltalk provides software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video-based communities on the Internet and has more than 4 million active members, with nearly 100,000 people at any one time chatting in rooms on a variety of topics, talking with friends, instant messaging, or conducting meetings. >>>

The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: BlackLine Systems ,Los Angeles,California

BlackLine Systems creates and sells enterprise software designed to automate and control the entire financial close process. This is the basic monthly accounting process wherein a company reconciles its books. In April, Gartner named BlackLine in its 2010 “Cool Vendors in Risk Management and Compliance” report. >>>