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RightScale Links Into IBM DB2

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Santa Barbara-based cloud computing management software firm RightScale is linking its products into IBM DB2, one of the major enterprise database software packages, the firm said today. RightScale said it will support creating, managing, and automating IBM DB2 Express-C on such services as Amazon EC2. READ MORE>>.

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Curtail, Fresh Off $3.25M Funding, Names VPs

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Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

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For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data? So, I cam on board.

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From IT Geek to Coffee Farmer, Eric Greenspan and his Latest Venture

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After starting my career with IBM and building three successful IT companies, I’ve decided to follow my true passion. The Macaw Coffee factory in Santa Barbara, Honduras. I also manage product development, business development and of course, IT. are run out of my home town in Santa Barbara, California.

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Interview with Winston Damarillo, Morphlabs

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One of Southern California's successful, serial entrepreneurs is Winston Damarillo , who founded Gluecode, which he sold to IBM in 2005. Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

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I was very excited by how inclusion was such a priority in the space, Startup of the Year wanted to work with us to make sure the event reflected our community ,” said Denayja Reese, Partnerships and Production Manager of BlackTech Week. They also align with companies such as Amazon web services, IBM, and many others.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 agrees that Ribbet's strategy is bizarre since they are client-centric.