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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

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Asterisk was not build with scalability in mind, and it was built by software engineers who don't know telecom. One of the other things we do very well, and where we have engineering expertise, is we provide one-off, interactive IVR solutions for media companies in the Los Angeles Area.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. acquired Overture for $1.63