Bigcommerce partners with Solange Knowles
As part of the Austin-based e-commerce platform’s rebranding,
released a series of videos yesterday to feature the singer, songwriter and fashion retailer Solange Knowles, younger sister of Beyoncé. [Company blog]
Austin trumps San Francisco as best city for recent grads
NerdWallet.com announced the results of a study this week that concluded Austin is the eighth best city for recent grads, slipping from last year’s number seven position but maintaining a lead over Atlanta. The study factored in unemployment rates, cost of living and education levels of 100 U.S. cities. [Built In Austin]
SpareFoot adds on-demand storage providers
The third-party, full-service storage providers, which include Austin-based Closetbox, offer pickup, itemization and prompt customer service. Some full-service companies also offer mobile interfaces for inventory reference. The move is an expansion of
’s original service, which connected users who need storage with those with extra space. [Company blog]
HotSchedules integration with Kitchen Brains to reduce food waste
Kitchen Brains builds software for intelligent commercial kitchen equipment such as fryers and ovens. Its back-of-house Quality Production Manager (QPM) system monitors real-time and historical sales to dynamically coach the kitchen crew on what to cook, when to cook it, how much to cook and when to discard expired product. It will now be able to connect to
’ front-of-house POS systems for a fully connected, intelligent restaurant with significantly less waste. [Press release]
Hypori first company of its kind awarded common criteria certification
The cybersecurity company, which makes enterprise-grade security solutions for an organization’s mobile devices, has been recognized for meeting the stringent requirements for common criteria certification, the internationally recognized set of ISO standards used by governments to assess compliancy by technology vendors. [Press release]
Quantum Interface hires CEO Kevin Reinis
The Austin-based company, which designs intuitive and predictive user interfaces like the heads-up display pictured above, ended their CEO search with Monday’s announcement of hiring Kevin Reinis. He previously led Austin-based Electronic Insight, FloSports and NetStreams as CEO and president after working in storage technology business development and management for IBM. [Press release]
Mozu adds sporting goods retailer clients
The new clients are GORUCK, Sun & Ski and Boathouse. Mozu and its parent company,
, build customizable CRM systems for e-commerce. [source] Learn more about Mozu in this interview with CTO Jason Wallis.
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