DataSphere Selected to Present At WTIA Fast Pitch Forum Showcase
Innovative SaaS company chosen for continuing innovation and leadership in local tech community
SEATTLE – May 06, 2009 – DataSphere today announced that the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) (http://www.washingtontechnology.org/) has selected the company as a presenter for the 2009 Fast Pitch Forum and Technology Showcase. The event, taking place May 27 from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, will give 24 of the Northwest’s most innovative start-ups the chance to showcase their companies to the local tech community and leading venture capitalists (VCs).
“Washington is home to some of the fastest growing and most innovative technology companies in the world, but until now we have not had a start-up technology showcase event to match those in the Silicon Valley or New York,” said Ken Myer, president and CEO of the WTIA. “This year, with the new format and new name, our Fast Pitch Forum and Technology Showcase will serve as the premier event for local rising stars.”
DataSphere helps companies make their websites more profitable through the use of innovative SaaS technologies. Their most recent product, Search & Discovery for media, has been used by Fisher Communications to improve the site search experience and increase search page views by more than 2.5x on their flagship KOMONews Web site. The new search experience can be found at http://search.komonews.com/ .
With decades of experience in driving traffic and creating amazing end user products at some of the world’s foremost Web sites including Amazon.com and MSN.com, the DataSphere team has built a set of services that fuse the latest technologies with the best in user experience design and unlimited scalability.
“DataSphere’s services are the best and most affordable way for companies to rapidly increase the profitability of their Web sites by attracting new traffic from across the Internet, and helping them to find what they are looking for within the site” said Satbir Khanuja, CEO of DataSphere. “The WTIA conference is a great opportunity for us to showcase these benefits and to learn from the other successful and innovative companies featured in this event.”
The event will feature presentations from 24 of Washington state’s most interesting and promising companies. Attendees will hear presentations from our region’s leading entrepreneurs and watch as the next generation of Northwest start-ups gets direct input from leading VCs and angel investors about market strategy, business plans and products. Tim Draper, founder and managing director of Silicon Valley’s leading VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, will keynote the event. More information about the Fast Pitch Forum and Technology Showcase is available on the WTIA’s Web site: http://www.washingtontechnology.org/.
About DataSphere
DataSphere Technologies, Inc. (http://www.datasphere.com/) is a Software as a Service (SaaS) Web technology company. The DataSphere Web Suite gives website owners access to a range of best in class capabilities for automatically attracting traffic from across the Web and delivering outstanding in-site experiences through an innovative SaaS approach. In addition to powering its own market-leading websites (http://www.resortscape.com/) and LandWatch.com (http://www.landwatch.com/), DataSphere powers Web site experiences for more than 50 other leading companies, including Time Warner Inc., Meredith Corporation, Readers Digest Association Inc., Fisher Communications Inc. and Hanley Wood, LLC.
About the Washington Technology Industry Association
The Washington Technology Industry Association, founded in 1984, is the largest statewide association of technology companies, IT departments and individual technology professionals in North America. With more than 1,000 member companies representing more than 100,000 employees in Washington State, the association is a catalyst for sharing expertise, fostering collaboration, delivering key business services and advancing the value and global impact of technology companies doing business in Washington. The association’s global partners are Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Microsoft, Regence BlueShield, Sun Microsystems, Vertafore and Wells Fargo Insurance Services. The association’s funding partners are AH&T Insurance, F5 Networks, Moss Adams and RealNetworks. For more information, go to http://www.washingtontechnology.org/.
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