NET(net) VENT matches IT project requirements against thousands of prescreened / qualified vendors and enables comparison criteria to be evaluated quickly and anonymously. With NET(net) VET, the complementary offerings of NET(net) and xPeerient combine to create a completely auditable operating environment of world-class strategic IT sourcing that assures every purchase is optimized both economically and strategically.

Additional information can be found on the NET(net) press release.

“Modiv has spent the last several years building in-store mobile solutions from the ground up, engineering for a very complex environment,” said Jamie Egasti, CEO, Catalina Marketing. “Today, they have the only mobile commerce solution designed to meet the demands of high-frequency retail. From comprehensive integration with POS systems to leveraging loyalty and CRM to influence behavior, this solution integrates perfectly with Catalina and will change how retailers and brands engage and empower consumers.”

Additional information about Modiv and Catalina can be found in this marketwatch article.

“MIT is all about innovation and entrepreneurship, and we developed the Innovation Showcase to highlight early stage companies that are on the leading edge. xPeerient.com is one of these companies,” said David L. Verrill, executive director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and co-chair of the Innovation Showcase. “The Symposium provides these early stage companies with a platform to demonstrate their new thinking and approaches to vital challenges facing CIOs in today’s digital economy.”

More than 800 CIOs and senior IT executives will be attending the 2011 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, which will take place Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 7:30 am to 7:00 pm at Kresge Auditorium, MIT (77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA). The full agenda is available at http://www.mitcio.com/agenda.

xPeerinets platform enables CIOs to anonymously initiate the buying process with vendors - making technology sourcing efficient for both buyer and seller.

Something’s got to give — particularly in outsourcing, a relationship business where starting off on the right foot is critical," Hall says. "The core problem is how buyers and sellers are introduced - It’s fraught with friction."

Additional information can be found on the CIO Magazine xPeerient article.

The article points out as the proliferation of red-light cameras and speed traps increase, drivers are turning towards devices and applications that give them a heads-up when it’s time to slow down. The author continues by mentioning "One of the most popular is PhantomAlert, an online database that drivers can download to GPS devices or smartphones. It uses audible alerts to warn drivers about everything from speed and red-light cameras to speed traps, school zones and DUI checkpoints."

For additional information about PhantomAlert, please review the complete USA Today article.

AAA says statistics show that “a lot of people still send messages while driving,” even though text bans exist in more than half of the U.S. AAA hopes a new, eyes-free phone application called StartTalking will help replace traditional texting. And it’s free.

ABC affiliate News 12 Phoenix has additional coverage on this endorsement.

Veloxum’s software measures and then automatically adjusts the manufacturer supplied settings to improve overall system performance. Additional tuning modules are available for: SharePoint, Exchange, OWA and virtualized environments.

Additional information can be seen in the Veloxum Press Release.

The company is focused on streamlining the process of buying and selling enterprise IT solutions to make it more efficient, trust-based and effective for both IT buyers and solution providers. Participants interact with peers discussing similar technology and provider experiences; avoid decision pitfalls by engaging with peers one-on-one; and gather information from providers.

additional information can be found here.

"Integrating a complete eyes- and hands-free texting solution would seem like an enormous task. Not so!" said Martin Cantwell, Co-Founder and President of Product Development for chompSMS. "Through our partnership with AdelaVoice, it simply took a few hours of integration work, and everything worked seamlessly first time. What a great concept, well implemented and all thanks to the team at AdelaVoice!"

"chompSMS illustrates how quickly companies can use StartTalking to drive-time-enable their applications to address distracted driving," said John Nogrady, AdelaVoice Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development.

For more information about the StartTalking Mobile Application Developer program, visit www.starttalking.com/developers.php.

Additional coverage can be found on the CNBC website.