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Aerojet Rocketdyne Eyes Energy Storage

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Canoga Park-based aerospace and defense products developer Aerojet Rocketdyne is taking aim at the energy storage market, saying today that it has tied with ZAF Energy Systems , to work on an energy storage system.

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Acquired By GenCorp

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Canoga Park-based Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne , the aerospace and defense manufacturer which develops rocket propulsion and engine systems, has been acquired by GenCorp in a deal worth $550M, the firms said this morning. GenCorp is acquiring Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies Corporation. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Jon Ferrara on Nimble, The Microsoft Accelerator, And The Cloud

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Jon Ferrara: I'd like to tell you a little story on how I scaled Goldmine in Canoga Park, bootstrapped with $5,000 without a dime of venture capital. Microsoft didn't have a network OS, until Novell built a market for it, and ate Novell with NT Server. They now dominate the market. How did you get involved with Microsoft?

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