Online ad industry overview, June 22, 2010

June 22, 2010 - Here's a look at what's happening in the online marketing, search engine, ecommerce and mobile advertising industries for June 22, 2010:

Vik Chaudhary, a VP for Keynote, will be delivering a keynote of his own on end-user experience at the 2010 O'Reilly Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference.

Internet ad network Adknowledge says it has acquired CPA affiliate network Hydra Group.

Omniture announces its SiteCatalyst analytics solution has been selected by Ticketmaster.

Open source software provider Red Hat has launched the Red Hat Partner Center, “an online community and resource center for Red Hat Business Partners”.

Cisco takes a look at what may be holding broadband development back in Africa.

Gartner sees a dramatic expansion in the worldwide market for cloud services.

GoAdv CEO Salvatore Esposito comments on Google's “inadequate content” patent, and what the implications may be for the long tail.

justAd.TV announces new interactive ad technologies allowing internet ads to run on IPTV boxes.

Email marketing provider GetResponse releases a study finding improved email marketing CTR with social sharing options.

Pew looks at the importance of states' efforts in improving broadband expansion in the US.

Video advertising network BrightRoll has released a new reporting suite which improves advertiser assessment of ROI in online video campaigns.

Sitecore has a new email campaign management product, Sitecore Email Campaign Manager.

PPC ad network AdSide makes it to the AlwaysOn East Top 100 (AOE100) list.

Goodmail Systems finds consumers seem to like email marketing when it includes embedded streaming video.

Contextual advertising player Kontera is expanding in the UK.

Lotame is teaming up with OpenAmplify on sentiment analysis.

Zedo comments on the pros and cons of real-time bidding.

Adobe opens registration for MAX 2010 and announces new mobile Flash player, Flash Player 10.1.

AdReady wins kudos from Seattle Business Magazine as one of Washington's best 100 companies to work for.

Online video platform Brightcove announces a solution for delivering video to Android devices.

Hitwise finds a 72% search share for Google in May, 2010.

A new Zeta Interactive survey looks into the benefits and challenges of cross-channel integration in digital marketing.

Mediabrands and AOL are teaming up on digital retail advertising.

A survey by The National Retail Foundation finds Internet and email access are important to consumers shopping for new cell phones.

Ad serving provider ADTECH announces online advertising support for Apple's iPad.

Adventive, Inc. has launched a new self-serve rich media ad building solution.

Network Solutions announces the start of the Landrush domain registration period for the new .CO ccTLD.

Video ad company YuMe announces brand security solutions for online video advertising campaigns.

Social commerce app provider Bazaarvoice has introduced a new social marketing product suite.

Solbright has been named a finalist for “Best Ad Technology Platform” at the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) Digital Publishing Awards 2010.

Crystal Semantics says it will begin licensing its semantic advertising technology to ad agencies, publishers and ad networks.

Maxifier, the 24/7 Real Media Open Ad Stream Optimization Module, won the Ad Technology Platform award at the AOP's Digital Publishing Awards.

That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for more updates from around the industry.