Thought Leader: Urwiler finds a run of innovation at Vail Resorts
The head of the ski company's tech finds himself closer to tech innovation on the slopes.
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Articles from Greg Avery
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Facebook latest tech giant to hire in Denver
Read Full ArticleFacebook is hiring tech workers in Denver as it begins to build a presence in the city. The Menlo Park, California-based company has posted online notices for 10 types of positions it wants to fill in the city. Online publication BizDen reported Tuesday that Facebook is leasing the seventh floor of a building near Union Station, at 1900 16th St. The Facebook online careers page has recently added Denver as one of its locations.
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CenturyLink to switch CEOs in May, accelerating leadership change
Read Full ArticleJeff Storey, ex-CEO of Level 3, will be promoted sooner than expected and become CenturyLink's CEO and president at the telecom's shareholder meeting in May. Glen Post III, the longtime CEO of Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink. Inc. (NYSE: CTL), will retire at the company gathering, not on Jan. 1, 2019 as was previously announced. Post also will step down from being chairman of the CenturyLink board, a position he was previously expected to remain in after retiring as CEO.
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Broomfield software business buys company to expand its Salesforce product lineup (Video)
Read Full ArticleConga, whose software is used by thousands of companies to make and manage documents with Salesforce.com’s platform, is acquiring another document-generation technology company in a move to expand Conga’s product line.
Broomfield-based Conga reached a definitive agreement to acquire Indianapolis-based Octiv in a transaction expected to close within the quarter.
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Colorado robot startup's self-driving snow clearer draws a flurry of interest (Video)
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Ergen’s Dish Network prepares to spend $1 billion to launch a wireless network
Read Full ArticleThe satellite TV company reveals what it plans to invest to meet a looming 2020 deadline from the FCC.
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Denver metro-area jobs study finds major industries outpacing national growth
Read Full ArticleSoftware and IT employment grew 32 percent in the Denver metro area over the past five years, making it fastest growing among nine major industry clusters the Denver Metro Economic Development Corp. highlights in its latest annual study, which was issued Thursday. Software and IT outpaced the industry’s growth nationwide and its growth made the Denver area the eighth-highest concentration of software and IT workers among major U.S. cities.
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Google shows off new Boulder campus, funds K-12 computer science program (Photos)
Read Full ArticleGoogle Inc. showed off its new Boulder offices on Wednesday, letting the media tour the pair of 100,000-square-foot buildings the online giant moved its 800 local workers into Dec. 4.
The space, off 30th and Pearl streets, is where the company plans to expand to employ 1,500 people after a third building on the property is built.
“It’s an opportunity to grow locally,” said Scott Green, Google’s site director in Boulder “and it improves our collaboration.”
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Maxar Technologies, parent of DigitalGlobe, moves 800-job HQ to Colorado
Read Full ArticleThe Canadian parent company of DigitalGlobe is moving its headquarters to Westminster and plans to create more than 800 new corporate jobs for the space technology company there in coming years. Maxar Technologies Ltd. (NYSE and TSX: MAXR) makes satellites and develops related data and analysis services to companies and government agencies.
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T-Mobile reveals what it paid for Denver's Layer3 TV
Read Full ArticleThe price T-Mobile USA Inc. paid for Denver startup Layer3 TV has now been revealed: $325 million.
The wireless company (Nasdaq: TMUS) acquired Layer3 TV as the basis of new video services it wants to launch this year.
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Colorado lawmakers back faster rural broadband funding; CenturyLink predicts rate spike
Read Full ArticleAn amended bill speeding the end of landline subsidies and funding rural broadband passes the Colorado Senate.
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Arrow Electronics posts record sales, but its profit is zapped by U.S. tax reform
Read Full ArticleArrow Electronics Inc. hit record sales from its electronic components distribution and its computer system sales in 2017, but the company’s profits took a hit from a $125 million fourth-quarter charge under new U.S. tax laws.
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Colorado lawmakers consider tapping phone subsidies to fund rural broadband
Read Full ArticleCenturyLink wonders if regulatory relief will come with ending millions in annual subsidies.
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Peak 10 + ViaWest changes its name following merger
Read Full ArticleThe ViaWest brand name will begin to disappear in coming months as the data center and IT company, called Peak 10 + ViaWest, rebrands itself following last year’s merger.
The Charlotte-based company changed its name to Flexential Inc. on Thursday.
The $1.7 billion purchase of Denver-based ViaWest by Peak 10 last summer created a national company with 40 data centers in 21 U.S. metropolitan areas.
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New CEO makes Denver growth a priority for tech player Marketo
Read Full ArticleA leading company that makes marketing software technology is expanding its year-old downtown Denver office, making room to hire dozens and employ 500 people in a city its CEO describes as a world class but unsung tech hub.
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Smart-home tech startup raises a new VC round
Read Full ArticleA Denver company that makes smart lawn-sprinkler technology has soaked up $9.8 million in new capital from investors.
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Colorado to join AT&T's FirstNet first-responder network
Read Full ArticleColorado has chosen to join AT&T's wireless communications network for police, firefighters and other emergency first responders across the state.
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Amazon HQ2 could qualify for huge Colorado tax incentives
Read Full ArticleThe state's biggest economic carrot, its job growth tax rebate, would really add up for HQ2.
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Quark accelerates its tech shift with acquisition
Read Full ArticleThe desktop publishing pioneer buys a marketing tech company as it grows in publishing automation.
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Ergen departure as Dish Network CEO echoes an earlier move in wireless
Read Full ArticleThe founder of the satellite TV company remains chairman, changes his focus to wireless, again.
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Wearables startup Revolar finds new life, new investors
Read Full ArticleA high-profile Denver tech startup that makes wearable emergency alert devices has been brought back to life just in time for holiday sales.
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Denver's growth, rising client demand fuels data center expansion
Read Full Article"Denver has a thriving business community and that drives a lot of our activity there."
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Techstars raising $400 million venture capital fund
Read Full ArticleThe Boulder startup accelerator's new fund would dwarf the $150M VC fund it raised in 2015.
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Colorado's Optiv buys data science company
Read Full ArticleOptiv, the Denver-based cyber security company, has purchased a data science company to bolster Optiv's ability to help clients manage the explosion of information and software associated with cloud computing, big-data technology and the "internet of things."
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