SXSW announces Barack and Michelle Obama as keynote speakers
The President will participate in a keynote conversation with Evan Smith, CEO and editor in chief of The Texas Tribune on March 11. First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16. It marks the first time in the festival's 30-year history that a sitting President and the First Lady have participated in the event. [SXSW.com]
IQ Business Group opens downtown office
The Virginia-based software maker is opening a six-person sales office in the Scarbrough Building on Sixth Street to serve public sector accounts in the area. The 17-year-old company develops CMS software and has roughly 100 workers in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, New York, Chicago and Richmond, Virginia. [Austin Business Journal]
Amazon to open pickup center in UT Austin gymnasium
The facility will be open to the public, and the online retailer will offer next-day pickup on orders placed by Amazon Student and Prime members. [Press release]
Scrypt acquires another Austin company
Scrypt bought J&H Medsoft, which operates DocbookMD, which imports contact directories and converts them to HIPAA-certified secure messaging platforms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. [Austin Business Journal]
Student Loan Genius launches 401k matching service
Companies using the service will be able to make matching, pre-tax contributions to employees’ 401(k) or other retirement plans when those workers make student loan payments. [Austin-American Statesman]
announced a $3.1 million funding round last week and is expanding its design and development teams.
150 pharmacies adopt RxWiki’s SaaS
The health tech company announced today that 150 pharmacies have adopted its Digital Pharmacist SaaS Platform since January 1. Since the product suite launched one year ago, 1,200 specialty and community pharmacies have signed up for the platform. A further 2,500 NCPA pharmacies use
’s content on their social media channels. [Press release. Pictured above: CEO Chris Loughlin, who joined the company last month.]
Mellie Price joins Dell Medical School
The
founder and
director and mentor accepted a position with the new facility as executive director of technology innovation. When the school opens later this year, Price will be tasked with managing initiatives to drive the development of new health tech. She was previously COO of
and CEO of
prior to its acquisition by C3 Presents in 2012. [Austin Business Journal]
Rackspace shuffles employees
As part of restructuring its cloud offerings to market competitors’ solutions and couple them with
support, the company is restructuring its own cloud department. About 90 percent of the company’s more than 6,100 employees are being re-assigned, but a company spokesperson said it’s not clear yet whether anyone will be laid off. Dev interview questions. [Austin Business Journal]
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