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Blue Box

Tech Moves: IBM names Blue Box founder distinguished engineer; Avvo recruits former Microsoft ad manager; and more

—IBM named Blue Box CTO and founder Jesse Proudman as one of IBM’s distinguished engineers. The executive-level position means Proudman will serve as a technical consultant for… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon same-day delivery, Windows 10 launch, and farewell to Urbanspoon

This week on the GeekWire radio show: What happened when we tested Amazon same-day delivery on a weekend; what’s at… Read More

Blue Box founder Jesse Proudman on private clouds, bootstrapping and why he sold to IBM

Before IBM swooped in to buy Blue Box, the Seattle cloud computing startup entertained at least one other offer. Blue… Read More

IBM acquires Seattle’s Blue Box in major deal for private cloud service

Blue Box, meet Big Blue. Blue Box, a 12-year-old Seattle company that offers on-demand private cloud services, has agreed to… Read More

New ‘Mad Max’ trailer is ridiculously scary and cool

Sure, Oscar season is well over, but we are gearing up for the action-adventure time of year. Mad Max: Fury… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Blue Box locks down $14 million financing round

Blue Box, the Seattle startup that offers an on-demand private cloud as a service, just completed its series B financing… Read More

Private cloud service Blue Box secures $10M, taking on Rackspace

Blue Box, the 11-year-old Seattle startup that specializes in private cloud offerings, has raised $10 million in fresh funding. Blue… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow CMO named to Avvo board; Blue Box bolsters team; Dendreon CEO out; Snap Skout’s new COO and more

—Zillow Chief Marketing Officer Amy Bohutinsky has joined the board of Avvo, the Seattle company that’s building an online marketplace… Read More

Tech industry vet Matthew Schiltz named CEO of Blue Box

Matthew Schiltz has been named CEO of cloud hosting startup Blue Box, assuming the duties from founder Jesse Proudman who is… Read More

Blue Box raises more cash, this time from David Frankel’s Founder Collective

Jesse Proudman’s Blue Box has reeled in $800,000 in fresh capital, part of an oversubscribed venture capital round that the… Read More

Cloud hosting startup Blue Box raises venture capital after nearly 10 years in business

Blue Box, a Seattle-based cloud hosting company which has bootstrapped its way to success over the past nine years, has… Read More

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