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Interview with Thomas Russell, ETC Solar, Improving Solar Cell Efficiency

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We spoke with Thomas on how the company's technology was spun out of Caltech, and why the startup believes the solar cell industry needs its technology. Thomas Russell: We're a spinout of Caltech, out of the labs of Professor Harry Atwater. While I was working at Caltech we invented this technology. What does ETC Solar do?

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FastSoft Raises $950K

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Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of Internet acceleration appliances based on research out of Caltech, has raised $950K in a debt funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The company's technology is based on research into optimizing the TCP/IP protocol. READ MORE>>.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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One of those high profile neighborhoods here is Pasadena, home of Idealab, Caltech, OpenX, and many other high tech companies and institutions. Because of that, I formally reached out to Caltech, Idealab, the Art Center College of Design, and all the CEOs I knew running tech companies out here. We were at ground zero.

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FastSoft Targets Desktop Virtualization Market

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FastSoft's technology is based on an improved, TCP/IP algorithm which was developed at Caltech as part of research on Internet2, and is based on installing server-side-only software to reduce the latency and improve throughput of Internet traffic. Pricing on the new product was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Successful Acquisition Integration

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Topics include MandA conception, planning, the first 100 days post-merger/acquisition, IP, ongoing improvement. Topics include MandA conception, planning, the first 100 days post-merger/acquisition, IP, ongoing improvement.