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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles. We open these doorways.”

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Insights and Opinions: A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011

socalTECH

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we share the thoughts and insights of local technology thought leaders, we have an article from Tony Greenberg , CEO of Ramprate on A Cynic's Prediction of IT and Media in 2011. Last year brought us the return of 3D from the 1950s, cloud (a.k.a. Everything that's old will be new again.

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Solekai Systems Merges With Fairway Technologies

socalTECH

Fairway had focused on custom software development, business technology integration, and said its expertise has been in such areas as mobile computing, cloud computing, data analytics, AI and machine learning, and open source. Solekai's customer base is in the digital media, smart grid, and IoT areas. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them.

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MetaCloud Raises $10M For Private Cloud Service

socalTECH

MetaCloud is one of a number of cloud-focused, technology heavy startups to recently gain funding here in Southern California, including cloud montoring software firm ThousandEyes, cloud application delivery firm Numecent, and open storage software developer Inktank. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

socalTECH

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu?

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tmpSocial Taps Joyent

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based tmpsocial , a provider of display advertising, in-game ad integration and virtual currency management products, has tapped cloud computing provider Joyent for its infrastructure services, the firms said this week. tmpSocial is a division of Epic Media Group.