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MARCH 18, 2011

San Diego-based Websense is reportedly considering a sale of the company, according to a report this week in the Wall Street Journal. Websense is a provider of web filtering software. The Journal reports Websense has hired investment banking firm Qatalyst Partners on the sale.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Greg Martin , the partner heading up Redpoint Ventures ' Los Angeles office, has reportedly left the firm, according to a report from the Private Equity Insider. Martin is no longer listed on Redpoint's web site, was not listed in its latest fundraising documents, and declined to comment on the story. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2021

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘ Semantic Web ’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based music software startup Topspin has laid off a "significant" amount of staff, according to reports , with a majority of the company''s staff getting the pink slip. The startup offered up web-based apps to help artists and labels reach their fans. topspin music media layoff jobs employment software'

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

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JULY 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based web application security software developer Signal Sciences says that it is seeing strong revenue growth, as it grows its headcount by nearly 100 employees just in the past year. The company said its software protects more than 25,000 applications.

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JULY 26, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise tag management software provider Tealium said this week that it has partnred with Splunk , a developer of IT log monitoring software. tealium enterprise software management splunk market reporting analysis' READ MORE>>. tealium enterprise software management splunk market reporting analysis'

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based OpenX , the developer of online advertising serving software, reported today that it has achieved its first full quarter of profitability, and is has exceeded an annual run rate of $100M. OpenX develops online ad serving software, which is used by web publishers to display web advertising.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which develops free web conferencing and online meeting software, reported this morning that it has released a new feature which lets users share any YouTube video into their meeting, and has also hit a milestone of 200,000 registered users.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security reports this morning that it has released a new version of the firm's flagship WebDefend web application security appliance. According to Breach, the latest version of the firm's product is primarily focused on Web 2.0 Tags: breach security web2 ajax soap software. programming techniques.

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MAY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Webalo is reporting today that it has upgraded its software, used to create mobile enterprise applications. Webalo's software is used to create mobile enterprise applications based on existing software, rather than relying on custom programming or a vendor's own mobile version of its software.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

San Diego-based Websense , a developer of web security products, said Wednesday that it is seeing strong demand for the firm's new Web Security Gateway and appliances, and is also benefiting from currency exchange rates, and upped its guidance range Wednesday. Tags: websense security software. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. The firm said the new X1 Rapid Discovery search product can be deployed anywhere in the cloud "within minutes", including deploying through Amazon Web Services.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Anymeeting , the free web conferencing and webinar service headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, reports today that it has added a new, ad-free version of the software aimed at small business users. per month for up to 200 attendees.

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APRIL 21, 2015

Irvine-based medical practice management software developer Kareo , led by Dan Rodrigues, said Tuesday that it has launched the next generation of its cloud-based software for outsourced billing. kareo medical office software billing cloud update' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

La Mirada-based Crazy Egg , which develops a web analytics and visualization tool for tracking web site visitors clicks, has released version 2.0 of the web site. The firm switched over to its updated software over the weekend, telling its users via Twitter that older, Crazy Egg 1.0 READ MORE>>.

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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. Tags: rightsignature saas software signature healthcare staffing health medical. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based Cinedigm reported today that it has signed up MJR Theaters, to use the company''s new web-based software for theater chains. Cinedigm said that MJR had previously been using the company''s Theatre Control Center software, and has upgraded to its latest version, TCC3, with the win. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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MARCH 24, 2013

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Carlsbad-based security software firm Breach Security announced today that it has launched a new product, in conjunction with Akamai, called WebDefend Global Event Manager. The security software specifically covers security of cloud-based, web applications, along with data center security. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Santa Monica-based ExpenseBay , the online, expense report automation startup founded by Eric Sicola, is announcing today that it has integrated with web site TripIt. Tags: saas software reports expense site travel tripit expensebay. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

A new article this morning from ReadWriteWeb has identified Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software firm Eucalyptus has one of the open source software companies most likely to become the next, $1 billion company (in annual revenues).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the current dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who invented the (first) World Wide Web. He calls his dream ‘Web 3.0’ or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Web 3.0 As you search the Web, the browser records your interests in your local storage.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet traffic acceleration technology, reported today that online file storage service FilesAnywhere has selected its web acceleration software. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

San Diego-based Websense , the developer of web security software, is announcing a partnership today with Facebook , where all of the external links on Facebook will be run against the Websense database of malicious sites, according to multiple reports. Details on the business deal have not been disclosed.

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MAY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Crowdfunder , an online crowd funding site headed by Chance Barnett, has raised $400,000 in seed funding, according to reports today. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What about reporting and moderation? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small. If so, are specific software development processes necessary? A leaderboard among users or groups? Administer users?

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MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer OpenX reported this morning that it has named Jason C. OpenX developers advertising serving software and related advertising network services, aimed at web publishers. White as its General Manager, Publisher Business - West. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What about reporting and moderation? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small. If so, are specific software development processes necessary? A leaderboard among users or groups? Administer users?

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APRIL 9, 2014

Calabasas-based communications and networking testing software and equipment provider Ixia reports that it has been selected by Microsoft, to qualify mobile devices for use with Microsoft''s web conferencing and unified communications software, Microsoft Lync. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the provider of online collaboration and project management software headed by Isaac Garcia, reported today that it has signed three marketing agency customers. Central Desktop's tools are being used for project management, Gantt charts, web conferencing, and other activities for those firms.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based online restaurant ordering systems developer Tillster , which is led by Perse Faily, reported today that it has scored a win with Pizza Hut and KFC. Financial impact of the win was not annonuced. READ MORE>>. tillster pizza international restaurant ordering mobile tablet'

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of SMB security tools and software, has raised $3.0M M86 -- which was formerly known as Marshal8e6--develops appliances which provide web security functionality to small and medium sized businesses, used by schools and businesses to filter out inappropriate URLs and to report on web usage.

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Venture Capital Web Tool Software 124

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The personal account details of nearly 28 million users of HauteLook , the private sales site founded in Los Angeles and now owned by Nordstrom , have been hacked and have just shown up for sale on the "dark web" , according to security researchers. It's unclear how those records were stolen from HauteLook and others.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which provides cloud-based, enterprise storage technology, reports that its products are being used by a provider of farm data. All of that data is being stored in the cloud, using Zadara''s virtual storage array software. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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