Technology

Cyan Inc. mounts its comeback

Game developer launches first foray into virtual reality

November 3, 2016

In an effort to return to the forefront of the video gaming industry, Spokane-based game developer Cyan Inc. has launched this week a version of its newest game, Obduction, that can be played on a virtual-reality platform. Rand Miller, cofounder and CEO

PacifiCAD adds software for manufacturers

Spokane company looks to grow revenue in sector

October 20, 2016

Kim Crompton

PacifiCAD Inc., a 27-year-old Spokane reseller and servicer of design software for the architectural, engineering, construction, and manufacturing industries, says it's launching a new offering that it expects will boost its presence in the manufacturin

Allergen supplier expands

Art Only

October 6, 2016

Mike McLean

Spokane software maker ezIQ reports subscriber gains

ezIQ also releases new version of main product

October 6, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

In the past six months, Spokane-based software company ezIQ, a subsidiary of Effortless IQ LLC, says it has gained subscribers and completed the third version of its main product. EzIQ's main product, also called ezIQ, is a customer relationship manag

DaRK Capital's flagship matures

Imprezzio set to surpass $30M in annual revenue

October 6, 2016

Kim Crompton

Just two years after celebrating its 10th anniversary, Spokane-based business software company Imprezzio Inc.-named after the Italian word for enterprise-is expanding its presence locally and globally and reporting strong sales gains as it prepares th

Spokane software provider PacifiCAD to refocus its offerings

Company sells Autodesk manufacturing, plant assets

September 22, 2016

Kim Crompton

PacifiCAD Inc., a 27-year-old Spokane reseller and servicer of software for Autodesk and some other products related to engineering design, is preparing to diversify its offerings. The company says it has sold its Autodesk manufacturing and plant assets

Consumer technology reshapes health, wellness

New e-tools are making us better self-monitors

September 8, 2016

Francisco Velázquez

The cost of health care in the U.S. is approximately $3 trillion-more than what we spend in education, transportation, or defense. We as consumers also spend $502 billion a year on health care-related services, products, and devices. This is projected t

Lawton acquires high-speed printer

'Seven-figure' purchase said to boost production

September 8, 2016

Laura Lawton, president and majority owner of 76-year-old Lawton Printing Inc., says the Spokane company has made a 'seven-figure purchaseâ€ of a digital press that she claims is the first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. Lawton says the company

GenPrime launches device in U.S. toxicology market

Biotech company partners with East Coast distributor

September 8, 2016

Kim Crompton

GenPrime Inc., a biotech company based in downtown Spokane, says it has launched domestic sales of a point-of-care diagnostic device for workplace drug testing, called the POC Reader, with partner company Alere Inc., of Waltham, Pa. GenPrime says it and

Diversity distinguishes third Ignite NW class

Nearly half of participants are based elsewhere

September 8, 2016

From a company that makes wireless USB devices to a North Idaho business that makes cider, Ignite Northwest may have with its third class its most diverse group of companies to date, says CEO Bill Savitz. 'We've got a total of 18 companies-10 in Sp