Another Inc. 500 IPO

On the heels of the 24th annual Inc. 500, Omniture, No. 259 on the 2005 list, has filed for a $120 million IPO, according to Reuters. The company is in the web analytics software business. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the company roughly doubled in terms of revenue last year, to $40 million up from $20 million in 2004. And it's on track to close $60 million in business a year this year, the paper says.

The deal caps a frenzy of activity involving Inc. 500 companies. In the past few weeks, Alienware and Jamba Juice were acquired and Under Amour went public in November.

Mike Hofman was previously editor of Inc.com and a deputy editor at Inc. magazine, which he joined in 1996. The site was nominated for a National Magazine Award for Digital Media in 2010, and was named the best business website by Folio Magazine. In 2006, Hofman was part of a team of writers nominated for a Webby Award for best business blog. He lives in New York City. @mikehofman