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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Commission Junction , the performance marketing and affiliate arm of ValueClick, said today that it is seeing significantly higher conversion rates on its PayPerCall service--which is powered by fellow Santa Barbara-based company RingRevenue --than with its online campaigns.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi continues to add to its long list of customers, saying late last night that it has added a new customer in London. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi said Friday that it has signed up Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as a new customer. Cortland Capital Market Services, which is based in Chicago, provides investment servicing, and is using Yardi's Investment Management software.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the cloud computing firm backed by Tenaya Capital, DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, and Presidio Ventures, said Tuesdya that it has launched a new product called RightScale myCloud.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Jason is another local Santa Barbara CEO and we had a great chat about Make It Work, Ring Revenue, Affiliate Marketing and life in SB. The secret in this game is to start with a product that is viable to the online audience, garner attention from leading affiliates and then turning the traffic into paying customers.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Santa Barbara-based ERP software manufacturer QAD is reporting a win in France this morning, with the Societe Ardennasie d'Essieux (SAE). QAD said SAE is using its software-as-a-service version of its product. SAE is a manufacturer of axles, suspensions, and brake systems for commercial vehicles. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , which develops wireless music systems for the home, said late Thursday that it has tied its systems with social music service Rdio. Rdio is an online, social msuic service started by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the founders of Skype, and is venture backed by Atomico. Rdio costs $9.99

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JULY 13, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks , a developer of broadband telecom equipment, reported today that it has been selected by Slic Network Solutions for a broadband deployment. Occam's hardware is used in the buildout of broadband services, particularly for rural telecoms. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Greenspan said the goal of the new company is to build an automated system that taps into social networks to find customers, based on their online presence: for example, if a user complains on Facebook that they are unhappy with their current Internet service, the firm promises to help deliver that customer to a telecom or cable provider.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home technical support and services firm headed by Eric Greenspan, told its customers Monday that it has launched a brand new, membership program called MIW Digital Advantage. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Citrix Systems said today that it has connected its remote support service, GoToAssist, into Salesforce.com. Citrix said that its customers can now directly launch support sessions from a case within Salesforce.com, with details of support sessions being recorded directly in Salesforce.com. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the on site technical support and computer repair service headed by Eric Greenspan, said Monday that it has switched its services to a new fixed-price, per-service model. The firm also will offer specific service add-ons like application installs and other help at $35.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of easy to use, wireless, whole-house music systems, said this morning that it has updated its controller apps for the Mac and PC. The firm has made a name for its Apple-like ease of use. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Impact Radius , which develops marketing analytics software aimed at optimizing ad spend across digital, mobile, and offline channels, said Tuesday that it has expanded in New York City, opening up a new office on Madison Avenue. READ MORE>>. impact radius york marketing analytics software saas cloud advertising'

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. Great posts.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Rightsignature , a developer of online, electronic signature software-as-a-service, reported Friday that the firm has signed on a healthcare staffing technology firm as a customer. Financial impact of the new customer was not disclosed. Financial impact of the new customer was not disclosed.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. In a perfect world, the coolest widget, the coolest service would automatically sell and people would love it…but this ain’t a perfect world.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate and property management software, has sued Texas-based RealPage , a competing provider of software as a service for the apartment and rental market. According to RealPage, Yardi Systems sued its EverGreen Consulting division, which it acquired in 2009.

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JULY 13, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the pay-per-call services firm headed by Jason Spievak, has signed on a new customer today, Rex Direct Net. According to Rex Direct Net, it will offer pay-per-call services powered by RingRevenue's products. Financial details of the win were not nanounced.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home, information technology support firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, has shut down. The firm told its customers and partners that as of June 25th, the firm has halted operations and is in the process of closing the business. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks said today that it has won five members of the Western Illinois Video (WIV) Group as customers. Occam said the five, who are all working on providing advanced video services to their customers, are using its Occam BLC 6000. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired Netviewer AG , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for business collaboration. The company said Netviewer has more than 18,000 customers using its products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks , a developer of broadband telecom equipment, said today that it has signed on Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. PSC), in Santa Claus, Indiana, as a customer. Size of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online is expanding into the audio conferencing business, the firm said, and has launched a new service called HiDef Conferencing , focused on allowing customers to manage audio conferences for up to 500 participants.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Santa Barbara-based INTEGRITY Global Security , a subsidiary of Green Hills Software, is in a deal to provide security for desktop computing systems to government customers of Dell. According to Dell, it will provide enhanced security to its government customers, through a new global alliance with INTEGRITY.

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MARCH 8, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of the user friendly, multi-room, wireless music systems, said today that it has connected up the MOG music service to its products. MOG said it will offer up high quality, 320kbps streamed music to Sonos customers. The two said the connection will be available later this spring.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Curvature --better known under its prior name, Network Hardware Resale--said this morning that it has acquired CSU Industries , a provider of third party maintenance and support services. Curvature said the buy will help it offer more IT services, support, and equipment procurement options to its customers.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems , a developer of software for managing cloud computing infrastructure, said Wednesday that it has rolled out its first commercial offering, focused on enterprise customers.

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JULY 3, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, looks to have scored a win in a patent lawsuit against RealPage , a developer of cloud-based software for the rental housing industry. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

ALG is based in Santa Barbara, where it will continue to be headquartered. As part of the deal, the two also said that DealerTrack will also be granted a perpetual, royalty free license to certain ALG intellectual property and data for use in its products and services. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2013

8tracks says that Sonos customers can now stream curated playlists from the service through the Sonos music management app. 8tracks says that Sonos customers can now stream curated playlists from the service through the Sonos music management app. Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Innovative Micro Technology , the provider of MEMS foundry services, said late Friday that it has named Craig Ensley as President and CEO. Ensley replaces Dr. John Foster, who the company said has resigned to become CEO of one of its major customers.

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JULY 19, 2010

Santa Barbara-based MakeItWork , the in-home computer repair firm headed by Eric Greenspan, said today that it has launched its services nationwide. According to the company, it has launched a new remote support division, which will provide technology support via Citrix GoToAssist, for clients across the U.S.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

After the slideshow, we chatted about Make It Work’s culture, specifically, our philosophy of “employees first, customers next&# and our dedication to delighting every customer we serve. We talked about “ON IT,&# as a means to responding NOW to every customer request. It was a great day!

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. From day one we focused on customers. Since then we’ve iterated on trying to provide our customers what they wanted next.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk (www.shiphawk.com) is looking to solve the problem of pretty much shipping anything large (like cars and furniture) or unique, with its online shipping service--think "Kayak" for shipping. Who is the ideal customer for your site? Aaron Freeman: Mostly we service the continental US.

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MAY 9, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of the popular, user-friendly multi room music systems, has connected its devices into another cloud music provider--this time, in China. Sonos said it has partnered with Tencent's QQ Music to bring the cloud streaming music service to its customers in mainland China. READ MORE>>.

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