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Deal Radar
Deal Radar 2010: Zong
Zong is a mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking sites. It leverages direct connections with mobile network operators around the world to provide consumers, merchants, and publishers with a a secure payment solution. It claims that its payment experience converts shoppers into buyers at rates up to ten times greater than traditional payment methods. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Avisena
Avisena provides revenue cycle management (RCM) technology and services to medical practices à la athenahealth. The Avisena business model combines proprietary practice management technology delivered through the Web with a back-office service organization staffed with a team who manage collections and help physicians to better understand and improve their revenue cycles. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Thread Logic
Thread Logic creates custom logo embroidered apparel for businesses and organizations. Products include everything from polo shirts to aprons to fleece blankets. In a business that has been slow to go online, Thread Logic has focused almost exclusively on Internet sales while maintaining close customer relationships. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Nimbus Partners
Nimbus builds business process management (BPM) software for the iPod generation. Its main product, Nimbus Control, has evolved from a single user documentation tool to a Web-based application. Clients can use Nimbus Control to create an online operations manual which can, the company says, act as the “single source of the truth” for all employees to understand their role, responsibilities, and the processes which they have to follow. The benefits are easier change management, leaner operations, fewer mistakes, less risk, and easier compliance. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: JanRain, Portland, Oregon
JanRain helps organizations to succeed on the authenticated Web with its user management platform. A key component of the platform is RPX, an enterprise-class solution that enables a website to expedite the registration and log-in processes with a user’s third-party account, import user profile information and address books, and make it easy to publish website activity back to multiple social networks. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Servoy, Amsterdam, Holland
Deloitte Fast 50 company Servoy BV is the developer of a hybrid (SaaS and on-premise modes) platform to help build and deploy applications faster than traditional development environments. Applications can be deployed both modes from a single code base. Servoy is used by independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop entire vertical and horizontal applications and by internal developers and consultants for custom application development. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: nowHIRE, Detroit, Michigan
nowHIRE provides recruiting and hiring management technology for the human capital management (HCM) vertical. The company’s line of Web-based applicant tracking systems were designed for clients seeking measurable results in corporate, hourly, and internal recruitment. Its solutions feature fully integrated talent management software modules, including I-9 compliance, sourcing, and E-Verify. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Rasmussen
Where will the jobs be in the 21st century, and how can the next generation of people prepare to perform them? Several Entrepreneur Journeys interviews with executives of online or blended universities have offered their perspective on how to help people, on a large scale, learn what they need to know to work in today’s world. Now Deal Radar tackles the question with Rasmussen, Inc., an online post-secondary educational services organization that offers degrees in fields of high demand through its network of 18 Rasmussen College campuses across the Midwest and the Southeast and partnerships with 14 other universities through its online education services provider, Deltak. >>>