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

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

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

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

Huffman had previously served as President of Worldwide Sales and Distribution at NetSuite, and also had served at Oracle. Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine said on Thursday that it has named Marc Huffman as its new Chief Operating Officer. Huffman also sites on the board of ChannelAdvisor. BlackLine develops accounting automation software, used for automating the financial close process. READ MORE>>. 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

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Schuler, Oracle Partners, L.P. and other Oracle funds, three funds managed by Camber Capital Management, LLC, Eagle Growth Partners I and II, Birchview Capital L.P., Irvine-based dental laser manufacturer Biolase reported Tuesday that it has raised $35M in a private placement. The publicly held company said the investment came from Jack W. Trellus Partners, as well as its directors, officers, and employees. MORE

Los Angeles-based FloQast , which develops software to help accountants manage closing their books, has connected its software to Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft with a new software product. According to FloQast, its new Robotics Process Automation (RPA) connectors provides "near real time" access to Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft, and helps automate the currently manual aspects of running and uploading reports for month-end close. MORE

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

It seems like ancient history now, but “big data” was once a hot field with startups, investors, and big companies all buzzing with hype. Then the tech industry moved on, and marketers crowned data science and machine learning the Next Big Things (at least until blockchain takes over). Of course, big data never really went away—though many companies did. MORE

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

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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

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

Tarbet previously served at such companies as UnboundID, RightNow Technologies, and Oracle. Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor said Thursday that it has named Michael Tarbet as its new Vice President of Sales. LogicMonitor is a developer of cloud-based, performance monitoring software for IT infrastructure. The company is backed by Providence Equity Partners. READ MORE>>. logicmonitor sales executive michael tarbet 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

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He also has served at Siebel Systems (now Oracle). In addition to his executive positions, Queener also is a seed investor, and sits on the boards of SmartRecruiters, Pendo, Lytics, and Invoca, and was an investor in MOAT (acquired by Oracle), Yespath (acquired by Medium), Guru, Outreach, Postie, ROAM Analytics, and others, according to Bonfire. 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

Join 400+ industry professionals to learn about the latest trends and technology updates for Microsoft, Oracle + NetSuite, SAP and a wealth of other technology solutions. Thursday, May 25, 2017 -- nVerge 2017. nVerge 2017—the must-attend technology conference—is back for the 5th year and better than ever! See [link] (more 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 Java 8 javadocs are hosted locally for the time being because I don't know of an official, Oracle-hosted location for them. When Oracle eventually hosts them, I'll change the links to point to the official home for the javadocs. The following post is a comprehensive summary of the developer-facing changes coming in Java 8. This next iteration of the JDK is currently scheduled for general availability in September 2013. MORE

Braune was previously at Panzura, and also served at Oracle and LSI Engenio. Irvine-based enterprise storage-as-a-service provider Zadara Storage said today that it has expanded its footprint in Europe, and has named Oksana Braune as Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Braune reports to Dani Naor, Zadar's Vice President of International Sales. Zadara provides a combination of storage hardware and cloud services aimed at the enterprise market. READ MORE>>. 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

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

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

Culver City-based DataScience.com , a developer of data science software led by serial entrepreneur Ian Swanson, has been acquired by Oracle , the companies said on Wednesday. Oracle said it will add DataScience.com's platform to its Oracle Cloud, to allow its customers to "fully utilize" machine learning. learning machine exit swanson acquisition merger software oracle datascience 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