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Nirvanix Steals Away Zynga CIO

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San Diego-based Nirvanix , the cloud storage service operator, has snagged the current CIO of Zynga as its new CEO, according to the company Monday. Debra Chrapaty, who formerly was CIO of Zynga, also served at Cisco as SVP of its Collaboration Software Group, in addition to working at Microsoft and E*TRADE Technologies.

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Shoreline Biosciences Finds $140M

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San Diego-based Shoreline Biosciences, a developer of cell immunotherapies for treating solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, has raised $140M in a financing round, the company said today. The company said that Frank Yu, Founder, CEO and CIO of Ally Bridge Group, joined the company's board of directors as part of the funding.

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DriveCam Snags CIO From Sony

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San Diego-based DriveCam , which develops driver monitoring systems for commercial vehicles, reported today that it has named Drew Martingas its Chief Informatoin officer. Martin was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Sony Electronics. Martin has also served at PepsiCo. READ MORE>>.

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Nirvanix Shuts Down, Gives Mere Two Weeks To Customers

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San Diego-based cloud storage firm Nirvanix is shutting down, and has given its customers only two weeks to move their data elsewhere, in a stunning flameout for the venture backed startup. The company seemed to be on the upswing, with a long list of high profile customers; the company had even hired Zynga''s CIO earlier this year.

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ID Analytics Hires CIO

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San Diego-based ID Analytics , a developer of identity and risk management software for the financial and other industries, said Monday that it has hired on Jim Pathman as the firm's new Chief Information Officer. ID Analytics is backed by Canaan Partners, Investor Growth Capital Ltd.,

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New Bootstrap Fund Pulls Itself Up in World of Health IT Deals

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Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. Jean Balgrosky.

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IntraStage Raises Angel Funding

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San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. Other investors were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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