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CSM Software Acquired By SOLIZE

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CSM Software , and engineering and high tech services outsourcer whose founder and chairman is based in Westlake Village, has been acquired by Japanese company SOLIZE Group , acording to the companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Four Firms Hoping To Tap Into Facebook's 500M Users

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On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Backed by Facebook's fbFund.

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Job Fairs Back, As SoCal Technology Firms Ramp Hiring

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In an announcement Wednesday, Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick said that it is planning to hire over 100 new employees, as it plans to increase its workforce by over 10 percent. and MerchEngines , said they are running a job fair later this month to attract new employees.

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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion

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Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. for Row 44 , the Westlake Village-based developer of wireless equipment for commercial airlines.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors

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Southern California's high tech news and companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. Westlake Village. They include: Sponsors. Technology.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain.