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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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What Mattered in 2012: Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital

socalTECH

We very quietly went live with our second fund, Okapi Ventures II, LP, back in March and have already made 4 investments. I also think that 2012 will be "year of the accelerator" in retrospect with 500, YC, Science, Amplify, TechStars, LaunchPad L.A. and the like taking center stage. I think "enterprise 2.0" READ MORE>>.

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Q2 Venture Funding Drifts Downward In Southern California

socalTECH

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. in funding, followed by San Diego, with $304.7M in funding. County and San Diego seeing slightly less funding that the prior quarter. M raised, and cloud computing provider Eucalyptus , with $30.0M

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Finding business agility in the cloud. Chief Digital Officers.

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

InfoChachkie

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors.

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Interview with Kian Saneii, Independa

socalTECH

Among those startups is San Diego-based Independa (www.independa.com) , which is trying to crack the code to figure out how to apply the convergence of wireless technology, cloud computing, and software to elderly care. Cloud computing is also very important. Can you talk a bit about your recent funding round?

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Arterys, GE Healthcare to Roll Out Next-Gen MRI Scans of Heart

Xconomy

Less than five years ago, those GPUs weren’t available from commercial cloud services, says Arterys co-founder and chief technology officer John Axerio-Cilies. “In In 2012, when we started, Amazon had just released the GPUs into the public cloud,” Axerio-Cilies says. That opened a door for GE Healthcare’s next-gen cardiac MRI.