Companies like Google, Yahoo, Oracle and PayPal attract top talent for years; when they reach maturity or a major liquidity event, their talent disperses and germinates into the next generation of companies. MORE

Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Oracle said that Sophoi's products will become available as Oracle Media Intellectual Property Management. Oracle said it expects that Sophio's management and employees are expected to become part of its Communications Global Business Unit. Sophoi was backed by Oracle which had funded the firm to the tune of $17.5M MORE

Givezooks is headed by Carol Schrader, who has previously been VP of Marketing at Agile Software, which is now part of Oracle; she was part of the team that took Agile IPO in 1999. Santa Barbara-based Givezooks , a developer of social fundraising software for nonprofits, told its users today that it has launched a new way to allow nonprofits to offer up tickets or sponsorships of their events from Facebook, as well as from their website. MORE

The UC Santa Barbara has received a big boost to the firm's technology programs with a $50M gift from the Chairman of Oracle and his wife, Jeff and Judy Henley. education research power green cleantech efficiency energy oracle henley jeff ucsb MORE

a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, said that it has linked with Oracle to bring the popular Java programming language to its machine-to-machine (M2M) chipsets. The two said they are working to bring Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.2 qualcomm oracle java chipset semiconductor mobile embedded chips softwareSan Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. , MORE

Approximately a year later, the company’s revenues had grown significantly and there were no chest bumps after we finalized a multiple six-figure sale to Oracle. A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. MORE

The software-as-a-service, HR and talent management space has had a flurry of activity in recent weeks, with acquisition of Taleo by Oracle, and SuccesFactors by SAP; Cornerstone OnDemand said that the acquisition of Sonar6 was in part driven by that activity, in that it says it is looking to capitalize on disruption in the talent management market cause by the recent consolidation. MORE

Irvine-based online real estate marketplace Auction.com --fresh off a massive funding round from Google--is further bolstering its board, with the addition of former Oracle Chief Financial Officer Jeff Epstein. auctioncom auction real estate marketplace venture capital google investment realestate commercial executive board oracle MORE

Santa Monica-based Meed , a developer of financial technology and banking applications, said late Thursday that it has linked up with Oracle , to deliver its digital financial services to banks worldwide. Meed said it will integrate with Oracle's Digital Banking Experience (OBDx) solution. meed oracle digital banking international software finance financial fintech MORE

A room full of some of the top tech leaders in our country: Apple, Facebook, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Amazon, Tesla and so forth. MORE

Excited about Oracle Open World? I’ve been invited to attend this year by Dun & Bradstreet to learn about how their data solutions power the Oracle Cloud Platform. The post Empowering Oracle OpenWorld with Data from Dun & Bradstreet appeared first on TechZulu. MORE

Schuler Living Trust, Oracle Partners, L.P. and Oracle Institutional Partners L.P., Irvine-based dental laser maker BIOLASE , which trades on the NASDAQ as BIOL, said this morning that it has raised a private placement worth $10M. The funding came from Jack W. along with a number of its directors and officers. Biolase said the investors are paying $113.00 per share in stock, for 88,494 shares of its convertible preferred stock. MORE

The developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters said that Woolsey has worked on marketing campaigns for such companies as Intel, Oracle, Toshiba, Western Digital, Quantum, Fujitsu, Maxtor, JD Edwards, Mentor Graphics, KLA-Tencor and Cox Communications, among others. Irvine-based Solarflare is bolstering its marketing expertise, the company said this week, and has hired Scott Woolsey as Director of Brand Development. MORE

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San Diego-based MeLLmo , the developer of the Roambi business application for the iPhone and iPad, said this morning that it has integrated its software with Oracle's Business Intelligence (BI) suite. The Oracle support comes on top of existing support for SAP, IBM, and Microsoft products. The software is now able to pull up reports from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g and other Oracle products, showing them to Roambi users on their devices. MORE

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Larry Ellison , the founder and Chairman of Oracle , has been named the speaker for the University of Southern California commencement, the school said on Thursday. Ellison founded Oracle in 1977, and was CEO until 2014, when he shifted to Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. MORE

Tekelec , a developer of telecommunications switching equipment which had its roots in Southern California, has been acquired by Oracle , Oracle announced this morning. oracle tekelec merger acquisition telecom signalingFinancial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Tekelec had started in Southern California back in 1978, and had been a onetime technology darling when it had its IPO back in 1986. MORE

Roambi said the new office will be headed by Sean Luangrath, who has previously served at Apple, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. San Diego-based MeLLmo , the developer of the Roambi mobile business analytics software, said today that it has opened up an office in Shanghai, to support the Greater China market. MellMo said the office will serve its customers in the region in the retail, automotive, pharmaceuticals and consumer technology industries. MORE

Santa Monica-based secure texting and messaging provider TigerText has bolstered its enterprise sales expertise, saying this morning that it has hired Justin Nelson, most recently a VP at Oracle, as its new Chief Sales Officer. tigertext oracle enterprise sales messaging text health texting executive MORE

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 -- Oracle CloudWorld 2013 - Los Angeles. Discover your next steps at Oracle CloudWorld. Mobile, social, and cloud are redefining how business gets done. Immediate access to the latest technologies is essential to be able to innovate and thrive. See [link] (more MORE

in funding from database giant Oracle, which invested in the firm in May of 2007. Tags: oracle property intellectual bankruptcy sophoi Los Angeles-based Sophoi , which was developing software for intellectual property licensing, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. Sophoi had been backed by $17.5M The bankruptcy filing was filed in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. MORE

Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com is making its data assets--including information on how users are shopping, researching, and pricing specific makes models, years, and types of vehicles--through a deal with Oracle , the two said this morning. According to Edmunds.com, the exclusive deal puts its ata assets on the Oracle Data Cloud, which allows marketers to access that information for their own use. edmunds oracle data sharing shopping cloud marketing advertising MORE

jBase is a cloud-based, database product which connects applications built on the Pick operating system with SQL Server, Oracle, and the cloud. Irvine-based Zumasys , a developer of cloud computing products for the business market, said today that it has acquired the jBase database product from Temenos. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. MORE

amazon data analytics paraccel venture capital oracle database warehouseSan Diego- and Campbell-based ParAccel , the developer of data warehouse and big data analytics software, reported this morning that it has scored a new round of funding, which includes Amazon.com as the lead investor. Financial terms of the new funding was not disclosed. MORE

Spotlight said its customers now include Comcast, MetLife, Nike, Oracle, Time Warner Cable Media Sales, NBCUniversal, Stanley Black & Decker, and Principal Financial Group. MORE

The University of Southern California has just received a huge, $200M donation from Oracle founder Larry Ellison , to create a new cancer treatment research center. larry ellison cancer research medicine transformative gift donation nonprofit oracle founderAccording to the school, the donation will create the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC , a multi-disciplinary center focused on the prevention and treatment of cancer. MORE

Irvine-based Relsys International , a developer of drug safety and risk management software for the health care industry, has been acquired by software giant Oracle. Oracle said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Relsys, which will become part of its Health Sciences Global Business Unit. Tags: merger relsys management oracle risk acquisition lifescience international MORE

The company's software connects the Oracle Service Cloud software, Oracle's CRM suite, with telephony software from Genesys, Cisco, Avaya, and Interactive Intelligence. cisco saas telephone telephony genesys cloud oracle anderson kayne software integration center contact openmethodsLos Angeles-based OpenMethods , a developer of software for the contact center and telephony market, has raised $5M in a funding round, according to the company. MORE

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. MORE

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In the latest Silicon-Valley-tech-mogul-buys-into-SoCal story, it looks like Oracle founder Larry Ellison has been making some big investments in Southern California--in the real estate area. oracle larry ellison malibu real estate realestate silicon valley mogul MORE

Vora is the CEO of Acrolinx, and also had served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Foundational Capital, as well as a VP at Oracle and Adobe. Vora also founded Oblix, which was acquired by Oracle, and sits on the boards of Get Satisfaction and NextPrinciples, among other positions. Pasadena-based software developer Central Desktop said this morning that it has added software veteran Kumar Vora to its board of directors. MORE

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 -- 2010 VC Outlook: An Investment Banking Oracle's Perspective on the Venture Capital Industry. San Diego Venture Group. Frank Quattrone, one of the most successful and sought-after investment bankers of the past several decades, will offer his analysis of critical factors that will determine the course of the venture capital industry for 2010. See [link] (more MORE

Pendergraft was most recently at Oracle, and had also served at Quest Software (which is now part of Dell). According to the company, he was most recently driving marketing strategy for Oracle''s Identity management products. secureauth multi factor enterprise authentication executive marketing oracle Irvine-based SecureAuth , which provides two-factor authentication software, hsa named Darin Pendergraft as its new Vice President of Marketing, the company said this week. MORE

As a first-timer at Oracle OpenWorld , I’ve been quite impressed by the sheer number of people thronging Howard Street, Moscone Center and the local San Francisco area in business-suits and professional attire. MORE