LinkedIn updated two of my contacts this morning — Vish Raju, and Peter Brockmann. The reason? SIPQuest has just raised a $7 million C round, and changed it’s name to First Hand Technologies — a name more reflective of their mission to “enable enterprise communications everywhere”.
It’s been quite a transformation for SIPQuest over the last few months. When CEO David Hattey was hired in the fall of last year, he set about restructuring the company, its mission, and their product line. This rebranding and recapitalization looks like the final step.
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Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
