Technology

Spokane Valley internet provider buys Pend Oreille Valley Network

WOW plans $1.5 million in improvements to its network infrastructure

September 24, 2020

Spokane Valley-based Wired or Wireless Inc. has acquired Pend Oreille Valley Network and plans to upgrade the infrastructure to better serve the Newport, Washington-based company's existing customers, says WOW president Bill Geibel Jr. Mike

Ignite Northwest, Limelyte launch job search tool

Early response said to be enthusiastic

September 24, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Ignite Northwest has launched a tech jobs search tool to match those seeking employment in the greater Spokane area with open employment positions here. Tom Simpson, president and CEO of the nonprofit life sciences and technology business accelerator

Sea change: etailz changes its name to Kaspien

E-commerce company rebrands

September 10, 2020

Kevin Blocker

What was a proposal from its marketing department last year has now come to fruition. The Spokane Valley-based e-commerce company has a new name. Kaspien unveiled its rebranding on its website last week.

California company acquires Quest Integration

Company to keep N. Idaho location, expand offerings

September 10, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Post Falls-based Quest Integration Inc. has been acquired by California-based Hawk Ridge Systems. Chantel Hirschel, marketing manager for Quest, which sells and provides support of manufacturing-design software and hardware for 3-D printing technology,

2020 Rising Stars: Medcurity's Joe Gellatly

Health tech startup exec drawn to entrepreneurship

September 10, 2020

LeAnn Bjerken

Joe Gellatly has what he calls a 'heart for entrepreneurship.â€ 'The most rewarding part of my job is being part of the start-up community here in Spokane,â€ he says. 'I'm always excited to meet, interact with, and encourage people who

Pet boom benefits Paw Print Genetics

Spokane company adds testing products for cats, birds

September 10, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Paw Print Genetics owner Lisa Shaffer is on the path to building another big company, something she wasn't sure she wanted to do. Genetic Veterinary Sciences Inc., which does business as Paw Print Genetics, currently has 40 employees and is adding

Arevo Health rolls out screening, tracking app for employers

Tool used to follow results of coronavirus monitoring

August 27, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Arevo Health LLC, a Spokane developer of cloud-based health care analytics software, has launched a mobile and web application meant to help employers monitor COVID-19 symptoms in employees, track employees' self-disclosed test results, and report

Fatbeam develops new cloud service

Cloudbeam is one step in effort to diversify company's product mix

August 27, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Fatbeam LLC, a Coeur d'Alene-based fiber optics company, has developed a new product that allows its customers to connect securely to cloud services providers. Fatbeam builds high-capacity fiber optic networks and leases connectivity through what

Sharp Wall Technologies makes snap of working with bricks, blocks

Cuban native innovates with system

August 27, 2020

Craig Howard

These days, Lazaro Martinez and his novel approach to construction can be found on a bluff in east Liberty Lake. Using products developed by his young company, Sharp Wall Technologies LLC, Martinez is building a home for his family using nontraditional

Avista exceeds energy-savings target

Utility achieved savings of 99K megawatt hours

August 27, 2020

Kevin Blocker

A Washington state Department of Commerce report released last month shows 17 utilities statewide exceeded their projected 2018 and 2019 energy efficiency targets. Spokane-based Avista Corp. reported reaching 111% of its conservation goal.