Blacksocks is an e-commerce site that delivers high-end socks for men by “sockscription.” Customers can select the quantity and frequency to receive socks automatically or order individual pairs from a selection of five styles: calf-length business socks, business light (made from a lighter cotton), knee socks, sport socks, or cashmere socks. The company also carries ski socks. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>
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. >>>