Tech Moves: Expedia tech vet joins Varolii; EveryMove names marketing chief; NanoString hires CFO; and more

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Varolii has named Sunil Shah as vice president of engineering and Patrick Chaney as vice president of professional services. Shah is an Expedia veteran who most recently served as the vice president of engineering at DataSphere Technologies. He previously worked in engineering executive roles at TravelPost, a hotel review site, and Disney Interactive Media Group. At Expedia, where he spent 11… Read More…

Hotel tech startup Buuteeq checks in with $10 million from Madrona and Concur

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The top three executives at Buuteeq all grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley, attending Palo Alto High School in the late 80s. Forest Key, Adam Brownstein and Cameron Steele still have plenty of roots in that tech Mecca. But when it came time to raise their latest round of funding, they found all of… Read More…

Concur unveils Trip Maximizer to help sales professionals find prospects

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Redmond-based Concur is best known for helping business travelers manage travel and entertainment expenses.  Now, with the addition of Trip Maximizer, the company is looking to go a step further, helping sales professionals locate and communicate with clients. Here’s how the new Trip Maximizer service works: The user inputs their initial travel plans into the Salesforce… Read More…

Shares of Concur fall despite revenues increasing 26%

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Shares of Concur are down more than five percent in trading today despite the fact that the company beat its expectations for revenue, cash flow and other financial metrics during its fiscal third quarter. “Our core business continues to perform ahead of our expectations across all geographies and channels,” said CEO Steve Singh in a statement…. Read More…

Blucora to move HQ to new Bellevue location

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There’s a bit of shuffling going on in downtown Bellevue. High-tech clients are moving around the city, with Blucora (formerly InfoSpace) announcing today that it plans to moves it corporate headquarters to 36,763 square feet of space in the Plaza Center building at 10900 NE 8th Street. That’s a stone’s throw from the company’s current office… Read More…

Motricity to terminate lease at downtown Bellevue HQ

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Motricity, the mobile software company, has entered into a lease termination agreement for the 8th, 9th and 10th floors at its Bellevue headquarters, a SEC filing revealed today. The struggling company plans to give up the 8th floor space at 601 108th Avenue Northeast at the end of this year, with the 9th and 10th… Read More…

Firm files protest over Concur’s $1.4B government contract, dubs it an unfair 15-year monopoly

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Shares of Concur Technologies soared earlier this month after the Redmond company was awarded a $1.4 billion contract to provide travel and entertainment expense management services to the government, with CEO Steve Singh saying at the time that they were “thrilled” with the decision. But not everyone is happy about it. In a protest filed June… Read More…

Big score for Bellevue: Concur to relocate HQ from Redmond

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Concur, one of Seattle’s largest technology companies, is leaving its longtime home of Redmond for downtown Bellevue. The maker of travel and entertainment expense management software has secured a lease for 122,742 square-feet at 601 108th Avenue Northeast in the Key Center building, according to a SEC filing today. The company has outgrown its current space in… Read More…

Concur’s stock soars after landing huge government contract

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Shares of Concur Technologies jumped nearly seven percent in heavy trading Monday after the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software announced a long-term deal with the U.S. General Services Administration. As part of the deal, Concur will manage online bookings, travel authorizations and vouchers across various U.S. government agencies. The contract has a… Read More…

Shares of Concur rise after revenues beat expectations

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Concur, the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, today reported a 28 percent increase in revenue, to $108.4 million, for its fiscal second quarter ended March 31. Non-GAAP net income came in at $18.5 million. CEO Steve Singh called the results “exceptionally strong,” leading the company to raise its outlook for revenue and… Read More…