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The incubator, known as the CIC, said Aprilo 16 it was reducing its facilities byaboutr three-fourths and would house eight to 10 companies. That's down from the CIC'sz peak of almost 20 technology startups takingtup 24,000 square feet. The facility, whichb garnered national attention, has had turnove recently in its leadership and has been grapplin g with abudget deficit. Partnering with defense contractot and the should help alleviate someoperationall challenges, county officials said.
Arincd signed on as a partner and iscommittinh $75,000 to the relationship, executives "Without the CIC, companies that have developed groundbreakinv products may not have been able to brinbg them to market," CEO John M. Belchetr said in a statement. The National Security which helped the CIC gain credibilit y in the homeland security industry when the facility openedin 2003, signed a memorandumj of understanding with the county to renew its said Robert Hannon, CEO of the Anne Arundel Economiv Development Corp.
has signed up an Icelandic company that will use its Portable Peoplse Meter to measure television and radio audiences for its The six-year contract was awarded to Reykjavik-based research and consultingt firm , which will use the Portablw People Meter to better measure television and radio audiences for the nation'se broadcasters. Headquartered in New Arbitron's research and technologgy division is basedin Columbia. The company'sx Portable People Meter helpsmedias companies, advertisers and marketers bettef understand audiences and reach consumersx more effectively.
Companies that currently use the technologyincludee , Wendy's and media and marketingt conglomerate WPP Group plc. The technologh works by detecting inaudible codes embedded in the audio portionn ofbroadcast content. Zietz, Morgan to judge 'MoshPit' Venture capitalists Jenny Morgan and Nora Zietz are among the area busines s leaders who have been named judges for the Greater BaltimoreTechnology Council's "MoshPit" business plan College students form teams for a chance to win $10,00 0 and free space in one of Baltimore's Emerginhg Technology Center's incubators. Other judges include CEO Jasonn Pappas and CEORick Geritz.
Morganj is principal of and former CEO ofViPS Inc. and Ziet z is managing directorof . The 2007 MoshPit contesgt received more than 130 40 were chosen to be developed by student teams, and up to seven will participate in the finals April 17.