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JUNE 16, 2020

Open Raven , the Los Angeles-based security startup founded by a team of cybersecurity veterans from CrowdStrike and SourceClear, has closed on $15 million in new financing only four months after emerging from stealth and in the middle of a pandemic. . and provided by the company.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Los Angeles-based Ziff Davis (which until recently was known as J2 Global) has spun out its cloud computing business, Consensus Cloud Solutions, into a new, publicly traded company. According to Consensus, it began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol CCSI on Friday. Consensus is being led by CEO Scott Turicchi.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, REAL says it has launched a new, online platform that lets creators offer up exclusive content to their fans, using their own currency. The startup is led by CEO and founder Ian McLoughlin, who previously founded LiquidSky.tv, and edge cloud computing service acquired by Walmart.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting provider DreamHost has expanded into the cloud computing services market, saying this morning that it has launched a new OpenStack-based cloud computing platform called DreamCompute. Pricing on its new cloud based service was not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two Los Angeles cloud computing firm have joined the new Openstack Foundation , an industry group looking to promote the open cloud computing system spawned out of Rackspace. The foundation said it will help the development, distribution and adoption of the OpenStack cloud software. Intel, NEC and VMware.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 -- CloudCamp Los Angeles. CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged you to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing.

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MAY 5, 2016

Los Angeles-based Lightcrest , a provider of cloud computing software, said it has rolled out a new, hybrid cloud computing platform it calls Kahu.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project has launched two new products into beta, saying this week that it has launched DSP Builder and HFC2, both developed in the company''s "innovation lab". rubicon project beta hfc2 cloud infrastructure launch product research' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

European cloud services operator Interoute has opened up a new location in Los Angeles, the company said today, part of a U.S. expansion for the provider of cloud computing and hosting services. interoute cloud hosting services angeles telecom connectivity iaas' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based private equity firm The Gores Group has acquired cloud computing consulting and systems integrator Astadia , Gores said Monday. Astadia serves enterprise customers, helping them build cloud-based software; the firm says it has 2,600 clients using its services.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. Great post by John Shiple. They put on great events.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

ELC is known for its cloud computing applications development, and Ruby On Rails development. Pourzanjani founded PriceGrabber and sold it to Experian in 2005 for $485M, and is among one of the active angel investors in Los Angeles. According to ELC Technologies, Rahmat takes the helm of ELC. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud.

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JULY 16, 2018

Google Cloud’s new region in Los Angeles is now online, the company announced today. This isn’t exactly a surprise, given that Google had previously announced a July launch for the region, but it’s a big step for Google, which now boasts five cloud regions in the United States.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based hosting company DreamHost is announcing this morning that it has raised $30M in a debt financing round, from Goldman Sachs. Dreamhost offers up a wide range of web hosting services, including domain name registration, web hosting, Wordpress hosting, cloud computing, cloud storage, and other services.

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MAY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners (RLH Equity), has sold one of its portfolio companies, BlueWolf Group , to IBM. Bluewolf provided IT consulting and cloud computing for Salesforce.com, and had more than 500 employees spread across 12 offices in the US, Europe, and Australia.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based cloud and hosting provider Dreamhost has joined the Linux Foundation, the group which supports the Linux operating system, the Foundation said Monday. Deramhost offers up shared hosting, dedicated server hosting, cloud computing, cloud storage, domain name registration, and other services.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Santa Monica-based Infinitely Virtual , which provides cloud computing and virtual servers to clients, said today that it is moving its backup data center from San Diego to Boston. The firm's primary data center remains in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Ninja Metrics announced this morning that it has raised $2.8M in funding came from the Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels. in funding came from the Harvard Business School Angels and Tech Coast Angels. The company is led by Dr. Dmitri Williams. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based cloud computing provider Infinitely Virtual announced this morning that it has launched a new, cloud-based file sharing application aimed at small and midsize businesses. The firm said the service starts at $19.99 per month.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based web and cloud hosting provider DreamHost looks to be readying its OpenStack cloud offering, DreamCompute, for wider consumption, after showing off the service at the OpenStack Summit in Portland last week. dreamhost cloud computing openstack dreamobjects dreamcompute morphlabs metacloud mediatemple'

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APRIL 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ceph , the developer of an open source, scalable distributed storage system which is in the midst of spinning out from Los Angeles hosting firm DreamHost, said today that it has named Ross Turk as Vice President, Community. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based EdgeCast Networks , a provider of content delivery network services, said Monday that it has linked with cloud infrastructure hosting service GoGrid, to deliver a new offering called GoGrid CDN. Tags: edgecast content delivery network gogrid cloud computing. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based NanHealth , the subsidiary of NantWorks, the incubator of LA billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has scored an investment from Verizon Investments , the investment arm of Verizon Communications. Size of the funding was not disclosed. NanHealth said it will use the funding to "accelerate innovation" at the company.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

NantHealth, which is based in Los Angeles, is apparently working to provide advanced, next-generation healthcare services by using fiber networks, cloud computing, and wireless technology, based on an earlier announcement by the firm in October. Details on investors and the funding have not been announced by the company.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based NantHealth , the developer of next generation diagnostics and therapeutics tools for the healthcare industry which is backed by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said it has partnered with ALERT Life Sciences Computing. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

And when seed deals have no where to go you end up with “seed extensions” where seed funds and angels are buying an extra 6–12 months of runway to try and reach a phase that can attract traditional venture. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). This trend so a huge rise in funds, dollars and deals in the seed category.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Los Angeles-based Morph Labs , the latest startup of Gluecode Software founder Winston Damarillo, has launched a new product focused on private cloud management, the firm announced today. Morph said it has launched Morph CloudServer, a set of software tools to manage and provision enterprise cloud computing. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

For all of the consumer adoption of the cloud, enterprise users are still not as bought into the vision of cloud computing as one might think they would be. So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals?

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JULY 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based tmpsocial , a provider of display advertising, in-game ad integration and virtual currency management products, has tapped cloud computing provider Joyent for its infrastructure services, the firms said this week. tmpSocial is a division of Epic Media Group.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Fund size: New $250M growth fund Los Angeles Partners: Dana Settle, Mark Terbeek, Dylan Pearce, Paul Bricault, Jon Goldman. Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Greycroft Ventures. greycroft.com. www.amplify.la.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- CloudCamp Los Angeles. CloudCamp is an unconference where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Redpoint Ventures , said late Monday evening that the firm has closed on Redpoint IV,a $400M, early stage venture capital fund specifically aimed at the social and mobile Internet, cloud computing, and clean technology. Redpoint is based in Menlo Park with offices in Los Angeles. The firm said it now has over $2B in management.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. Explain what Kazuhm does? It's been, honestly, amazing.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

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JUNE 29, 2017

Fund size: $250M growth fund Los Angeles Partners: Dana Settle, Mark Terbeek, Dylan Pearce, Paul Bricault, Jon Goldman. Investment interests: Consumer Internet, eCommerce, enterprise software, cloud computing, financial technology, advertising technology. Greycroft Ventures. greycroft.com. Section 32. www.section32.com.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based EdgeCast Networks , a provider of content delivery network services, said Monday that it has linked with cloud infrastructure hosting service GoGrid, to deliver a new offering called GoGrid CDN. The firms said that GoGrid is offering the new service immediately from its hosting site.

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