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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008 -- Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. PDC is the definitive Microsoft event for software developers and architects focused on the future of the Microsoft platform. See [link].

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MARCH 12, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used for partnership automation, said this morning that it has raised $75M in an investment round. According to the company, the funding will go towards accelerating development of its platform, for go-to-market and regional expansion, and other growth efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Ticketmaster Santa Barbara Equity 113

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JANUARY 9, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise software developer ServiceNow has been ranked the top job creator in a listing from Inc. Magazine, the company reported today. The company added 792 jobs during the three period. The company said it was number six among all companies in California, and number 14 in the overall top 100.

Software Review 159

Software Review San Diego Software Development Software 159

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MARCH 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based PromoJam , a developer of enterprise, social marketing tools, has raised $1.2M According to the company, the new round will go towards growing its social marketing software, plus expansion of sales and marketing. PromoJam was founded in 2008 by brother and sister Matt and Amanda MacNaughton.

Social Network 183

Social Network Los Angeles Tool Software 183

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software headed by Peter Csathy, said late last night that it has launched a new product, Sorenson Squeeze Premium. The new product is a version of its standard Squeeze video encoding software specifically aimed at running on windows Server 2008.

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Media Product San Diego Design 124

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JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics.

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Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do?

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Software Report Startup IBM 100

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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok , a developer of online applications to help employees improve their health--and also help companies manage their health programs--has acquired Mindbloom , a developer of mobile apps for improving your health. billion deal in 2008. TriZetto was later moved to Colorado by its new private equity owners. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Orange County Miramar SoCal 113

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MARCH 19, 2010

Eucalpytus develops open source, cloud software used to manage cloud deployment, and is venture backed by Benchmark Capital and BV Capital. Mickos was CEO of MySQL for seven years, and headed up the firm until its acquisition by Sun Microsystems--for $1 billion--in 2008.

Santa Barbara 182

Santa Barbara Cloud Computing Software Acquisition 182

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MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

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MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of sales lead management software, said today that it has named Nick Hedges and President and Chief Executive Officer. Hedges has been at Leads360 since 2008. Morefield will remain an advisor to the firm. Morefield will remain an advisor to the firm. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 157

Rustic Canyon Sales Los Angeles Software 157

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JANUARY 12, 2011

San Diego-basd ESET , a developer of security software, said today that Andrew Lee has been named CEO of the firm. Lee was most recently at K7 Computing, and had previously been Chief Research Officer at ESET from 2004 to 2008. Lee replaces founder Anton Zajac, who becomes President of the firm.

San Diego 133

San Diego Research Software Develop 133

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software which allows computer images to interact with live video, said today that it has added a certified value added reseller to its partner network. Tags: total immersion virtual world augmented reality software graphics brand advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Advertising Software Networking 167

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JUNE 16, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , which develops open source, cloud management software, said today that it has launched the latest version of its Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition (EE) software with support for Windows virtual machines. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara EC2 Cloud Computing Software 145

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

In the world of drone aircraft and robots, right now everyone develops their own, on-board operating systems software to run those autonomous systems. We spoke with Dreamhammer''s CEO, Nelson Paez , about the company''s software and its vision for a interoperable operating system for drones and robots. What''s Dreamhammer?

Startup 183

Startup Software Southern California Santa Monica 183

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based FlipGloss , which develops online photo publishing software for the magazine industry, has been acquired by Forbes. FlipGloss was backed by Forbes, which invested in the firm in March of 2008. Tags: flipgloss photo publishing content software mergera cquisition. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 133

Santa Monica Content Software Media 133

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based CyberDefender , a developer of PC security, antispyware, and antivirus software, reported today that the firm saw a boost in sales in Q4, boosted by its anti-malware products. for the fourth quarter, or 128% over fourth quarter of 2008, when it saw $4.3M Tags: cyberdefender malware antivirus software.

Product 162

Product Sales Los Angeles Software 162

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

El Segundo-based iRise , a developer of visualization products used for prototyping corporate software projects, reports today that the firm has settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Axure Software Solutions. iRise had sued Axure in June of 2008 over patent infringement. The firm said the that the U.S.

Patents 124

Patents El Segundo Software Report 124

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Silicon Valley’s 9+, an accelerator founded by serial entrepreneur and company builder Peter Relan is investing $110,000 into game developers to quit developing games and shift to consumer, mobile, Big Data and wearable apps. 110,000 to quit developing games for wearable apps. 2 million raised. 2 million raised.

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Startup Develop Development Incubator 79

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Marshal8e6 , the Orange-based developer of web and email security products, announced today that it has renamed the firm and brand to M86 Security. Marshal and 8e6 merged in November of 2008; the merged firm acquired Avinti in April of this year. Tags: marshal8e6 avinti merger acquisition security software.

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Email Web Acquisition Software 113

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Carlsbad-based ToutVirtual, which develops software used to manage virtualized servers, said Monday that the firm has extended its tools and now supports Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization software.

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Tool Software Product Develop 124

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. I stayed close.

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Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

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JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. It's developed quite a bit from when we first conceptualized the firm in 2008.

Invest 113

Invest Framework Coach Startup 113

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites. web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

Social Network 150

Social Network Web Sites Networking 150

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M The firm said the revenues were an increase of 37% over 2008's Q4, and were up 21% over the $46.4M Ixia is a developer of hardware and software used for testing high speed networks.

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Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software, has snagged another win in the entertainment industry with 'Iron Man 2'. The firm moved its headquarters to LA in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Paramount Los Angeles Entertainment Web 198

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MARCH 12, 2009

San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase , which develops software for tracking stock options compliance, said Thursday that the firm had 300% revenue growth in 2008. OptionEase develops software-as-a-service for tracking stock options compliance and the FAS 123(R) and IFRS2 regulations. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels SaaS Pasadena 100

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JUNE 8, 2011

But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. People were calling us every week, and started getting probably 300 to 400 inbound requests a month for the software.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

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MARCH 3, 2009

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , a privately held firm developing software for human resources and talent management, said today that it had a "record" fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 year. Cornerstone OnDemand's software is used for employee development, compliance, compensation planning, and other related areas.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Resource Software 100

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APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. The software developed by OpenX is used by online publishers to serve up Internet advertising.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The privately held firm, which develops software used by companies to reconcile their balance sheets, said it had an increase in revenues of 45 percent, and three times the number of customers signed versus the same quarter last year. in 2007, and nearly $5M in 2008, according to numbers from the Inc. READ MORE>>.

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SaaS Calabasas Software Report 100

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops private, online communities for brands to help them gain insight into their customers, said today that Microsoft Corp. Passenger said that Microsoft has been using the company's service since the beginning of 2008, to gain insight into members of Generation Y, the target of Microsoft's KIN brand.

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Steamboat Ventures Mobile Los Angeles Design 145

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JUNE 10, 2009

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops software-as-a-service for managing employee learning and other human resources functions, announced today that it had its best, first quarter results in the firm's history. million users using its services in March, which it said was a 250 percent jump from 2008.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Custom Customer Santa Monica 100

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JANUARY 26, 2009

iRise said this morning that its software revenue for Q4 2008, just surpassed the "entire fiscal year 2007 total" at the company. iRise develops software used to visualize and model IT software applications. Tags: economy irise software visualization. iRise's CEO and co-founder, Emmet B. READ MORE>>.

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El Segundo Southern California Software Organization 100

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Tom tells us how he went from running Intuit's Tax Group--which is behind the popular TurboTax tax software--to his own startup, which allows non-technical, business users to create their own business forms and processes. I decided to get back to startups in August of 2008. How long has your software been available to customers?

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Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

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MARCH 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , a developer of talent management and human resources management software, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $12.7M Tags: ondemand human resources venture software capital cornerstone saas. in a new round of financing. READ MORE>>.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica SaaS Resource 100