aQuantive, Inc.
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AdReady Appoints Advertising Veteran Karl Siebrecht as President and COO [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 23 hours 14 minutes ago
AdReady, a pioneering technology company that makes online display advertising accessible to advertisers of any size, today announced Karl Siebrecht has been named President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In these roles, Siebrecht will set and execute strategies related to the growth and leadership of all AdReady product lines. He was previously President of Atlas, an online advertising technology provider and operating unit of aQuantive, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft). In this role, Siebre...
Big Fish Games Further Strengthens Leadership Team; Names Michael Vernon Chief Financial Officer, Ian Hurlock-Jones Chief Technology Officer [Press Release]
Business Wire | 10 days 14 hours 44 minutes ago
Big Fish Games today announced that Michael Vernon and Ian Hurlock-Jones have joined the company as chief financial officer and chief technology officer, respectively. Mr. Vernon brings to Big Fish Games proven financial leadership spanning a career that includes five years with NASDAQ-traded aQuantive, while Mr. Hurlock-Jones brings his experience of providing technology leadership as CIO of Fox Interactive Media and Buy.com. Mssrs. Vernon and Hurlock-Jones will report to Jeremy Lewis, Big F...
Microsoft and OpenX forge Web ad deal
Reuters | 5 days 21 hours 53 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Online advertising start-up OpenX and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) announced a partnership to promote each other's Internet technologies to their respective customers.
Extreme Reach Appoints Robert Haskitt as Chief Marketing Officer [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 11 days 15 hours 53 minutes ago
...NEEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Reach, Inc., a pioneer in connecting and simplifying the world of video...communications. He arrived at Microsoft through its acquisition of aQuantive, where he directed marketing for Atlas and DRIVEpm. "Old...
Permuto Joins the Network Advertising Initiative and Receives TRUSTe Certification for Privacy Standards [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 24 days 17 hours 13 minutes ago
...so quickly after launch." Permuto, Inc. (www.permuto.com) is developing...expertise. In October 2008, Permuto, Inc. raised $6.05M Series A from Rembrandt...s Platform-A division, Microsoft's aQuantive division, Google, Yahoo!, AlmondNet...
Photon Infotech Selected by Dachis Group as Alliance Partner [Press Release]
MarketWire | 26 days 12 hours 33 minutes ago
SANTA CLARA, CA and CHENNAI, INDIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/09 -- Photon Infotech, a next-generation Internet consulting firm accelerating innovation with Social Media and Mobile technologies, today announced that it has been selected by the newly formed Dachis Group as a
PC sales ticked up in the quarter, but likely not enough to bolster Microsoft's results -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 17 days 9 hours 32 minutes ago
SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Microsoft Closes Deal on Razorfish
eWEEK.com | 24 days 20 hours 41 minutes ago
Microsoft and French advertising agency Publicis Groupe SA have finalized the sale of Razorfish, Redmond?s digital-advertising subsidiary which it originally acquired as part of a $6 billion deal in 2007. Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted during that period that Microsoft would expand its advertising-services base and acquire a range of companies, the ensuing economic recession and PC-sales slump has forced Microsoft to consolidate around its software lines, including the upcomin...
Earnings Preview: PC weakness to hurt Microsoft - Technology - MiamiHerald.com
Miami Herald, The | 17 days 9 hours 16 minutes ago
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
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Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 17 days 9 hours 14 minutes ago
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Earnings Preview: PC weakness to hurt Microsoft
Seattle Times, The | 17 days 9 hours 9 minutes ago
SEATTLE Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Earnings Preview: PC weakness to hurt Microsoft
Forbes | 17 days 9 hours 19 minutes ago
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Earnings Preview: PC Weakness to Hurt Microsoft
ABC News | 17 days 9 hours ago
PC sales ticked up in the quarter, but likely not enough to bolster Microsoft's results
PC sales ticked up in the quarter, but likely not enough to bolster Microsoft's results
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 17 days 8 hours 59 minutes ago
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter on Friday before the opening bell.
Microsoft, Yahoo Deal Approved By Microsoft Beneficiary
eWEEK.com | 18 days 20 hours 17 minutes ago
Microsoft and Yahoo's search-and-advertising agreement received a thumbs-up from the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), which includes Publicis Groupe S.A., which just finalized a deal to acquire Microsoft subsidiary Razorfish for $286.8 million and 6.5 million shares of stock. The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting an antitrust evaluation of the Microsoft-Yahoo deal, still on track to finalize in early 2010.
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Company Overview
| Company: | aQuantive, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Advertising Agencies |
| Website: | http://www.aquantive.com |
Online advertising won't take you to Easy Street anymore, but it might lead you to Avenue A. aQuantive, through its Avenue A/Razorfish subsidiary, offers digital marketing services to help clients make the most of their online ad budgets. Services include online media buying and planning, ad campaign management, e-mail direct marketing, search engine optimization, and data warehousing and analysis. Its Atlas unit provides marketing software which allows clients to manage digital campaigns. Through subsidiaries such as DRIVEpm and Mediabrokers, aQuantive's third business line buys blocks of online media advertising to resell on a targeted basis. In August 2007, Microsoft acquired aQuantive for $6 billion.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 442.2 (2006) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 43.4 (2006) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 54 (2006) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 53.4 (2006) |
| Number of Employees | 2,106 (2006) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 44.0 (2006) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |