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OCTOBER 12, 2010

ELC is the firm behind startups RightScale, RightCart, and RightSignature, and also provides technology consulting and development to other companies. ELC is known for its cloud computing applications development, and Ruby On Rails development. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software developer RightScale has expanded into Australia, the firm said last week. RightScale is a provider of software used to manage the configuration, monitoring, and other aspects of both private and public cloud computing. READ MORE>>.

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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. Terms of the loans were not announced by the company. The company was advised by DH Capital in the funding. The company said the financing closed November 27th. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Amplify , the startup accelerator program being run by Paul Bricault in Venice Beach, has tied with a cloud computing provider, Joyent , the two said this morning. The two said they are in a partnership, where Joyent will provide free cloud computing resources and marketing services to Amplify's portfolio companies.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems. OpenStack is an emerging standard which lets developers create cloud computing applications which are portable across different Internte service providers, private clouds, and more.

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MAY 13, 2014

Pasadena-based Metacloud , the provider of OpenStack-based private cloud deployment services, said it has begun supporting what is called Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) networking support. According to Metacloud, the move eliminates the typical scalability problems found in large cloud computing environments. 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 will be merged with Idea , a current portfolio company of The Gores Group. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

San Diego-based Chronos Tech said this week that it has named Ali Farhang as CEO of the company. Farhang also will join the company's board of directors. Chronos Tech is developing technology for systems-on-a-chip (SoC) in the cloud computing, AI, mobile, automotive, and other areas.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based 3Tera , a developer of cloud computing services and software, is being acquired by CA , CA announced today. According to CA, it will use the acquisition to expand its portfolio of solutions to manage cloud computing. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Morphlabs' products are used by data center and hosting providers to deploy and manage cloud computing instances. The firm is the latest company run by open source serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now, he and Gudanis are trying to solve the issues of identity access management that the new, ubiquitous cloud computing model presents for security officers and developers. Instead of granting permanent access to, there re policy-based pre authorizations that a company can set up defined for specific tasks and roles.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus has upgraded its cloud computing software, saying last week that it has released Eucalyptus 3, its third generation infrastructure-as-a-service software for cloud computing. The software is aimed at enterprises, who want to maintain private and hybrid clouds. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software developer Eucalyptus said Monday that it has named Greg DeKoenigsberg as Vice President of Commuinty. The company said DeKoenigsberg will help lead its engagement with the open source community. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , a developer of cloud computing software, has linked with a London developer of enterprise content management software, Alfresco Software, the two said this week. Financial details behind the partnership were not disclosed by the company. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Many “tech companies” now have green screens.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Two, San Diego-based software development and integration companies-- Solekai Systems and Fairway Technologies --said this morning that they have merged into a new company. According to both companies, they will continue to operate under their respective names. The combined company now has over 80 engineers.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Here’s one for executives of any company with next generation products in mind. In many companies, there are quiet geniuses, wanting to work on projects outside of the daily focus of the department or company. Technology companies are prime targets for this problem. . First, let’s recognize the problem.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the developer of cloud computing management software headed by Michael Crandell, has raised $15.6M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. The firm has now raise $58.10M in funding.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software developer Eucalyptus Systems is deploying its software to India, the firm said this week, via a new partnership with distributor Ingram Micro.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Other local companies involved in the OpenStack movement include Morphlabs , MediaTemple (which launched its own OpenStack offering in October of last year), and Metacloud (fully managed OpenStack cloud offerings). dreamhost cloud computing openstack dreamobjects dreamcompute morphlabs metacloud mediatemple' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based cloud computing software developer Morphlabs said today that it has appointed Lee Thompson as its new Chief Technology Officer. Morphlabs is the latest startup of Winston Damarillo, who has had prior success in a number of open source-based companies.= READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The firm said the new office expands the company into its eleventh country. ReachLocal provides help to local and small businesses to advertise their companies online. ReachLocal has tapped Jose Coscelli as CEO of its Brazilian operations; Coscelli was previously COO of cloud computing firm Globalweb Brazil.

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JUNE 26, 2013

The startup, which is led by Sean Lynch and Steve Curry, offers up on-premise, OpenStack-based private clouds to companies, who want to deploy cloud service but do not want to have to manage the infrastructure and maintenance of those cloud deployments. 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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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based ServiceMesh , a developer of cloud computing management software, announced today that it has raised $15M in a funding round. ServiceMesh provides software to help enterprise business units self-provision cloud infrastructure and enterprise apps. The round came from Ignition Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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. Dreamhost was one of a number of companies to join the nonprofit, which helps to support the growth of Linux. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

A new article this morning from ReadWriteWeb has identified Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software firm Eucalyptus has one of the open source software companies most likely to become the next, $1 billion company (in annual revenues).

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the developer of cloud computing management software, said Tuesday that it has linked with a Korean company to distribute its products in Korea. RightScale said that the Korean Internet Neutral eXchange (KINX) will resell its software for managing public, private, and hybrid clouds.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Irvine-based Numecent , a stealth-mode, cloud computing firm run by Osman Kent, said yesterday that it has raised $2M as part of a Series A financing round. Names of the investors in the company were not disclosed. Numecent said it is developing "cloudpaging" technology, in the area of hybrid cloud computing.

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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. location, following a New York operation opened in June.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has led an investment in a cloud computing company, Standing Cloud , based in Boulder, Colorado. According to Standing Cloud, it received a $3M, Series B financing from Avalon, which also included the firm's prior investor, The Foundry Group.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , the cloud computing software developer headed by Marten Mickos , has raised $30M in a Series C round of funding, the firm announced this morning. IVP's Steve Harrick joins the company's board. Eucalpytus said it has now raised a total of $55.5M in capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2010

Cloud computing is all the rage in the startup world these days. A typical definition (from Wikipedia) is that “cloud computing, is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand, like a public utility.”

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

NanHealth said it will use the funding to "accelerate innovation" at the company. NantHealth is looking to provide advanced, next-generation healthcare services by using fiber networks, cloud computing, and wireless technology.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

The two companies said the investment and strategic partnership will help them accelerate business expansion into the global market and the enterprise cloud computing market. Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo.

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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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MARCH 25, 2013

Santa Monica-based virtual server and cloud computing provider Infinitely Virtual announced this morning that it has completes its move of its backup data center from San Diego to Boston. The company also said it will begin building a primary hosting facility in Boston, which it says will support customers in mid-summer.

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