socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

According to FMC, it will pay $120M for Direct Drive Systems, which makes components used for pumping natural gas pipelines, offshore platforms, and for the subsea processing market. Direct Drive is a spinout of Calnetix.

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Cerritos Offshore Acquisition Platform 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2008

According to the firm, it has created G1MobileSoft, an offshore development company devoted solely to creating mobhile applications. Murano Software maintains four offshore development centers in Russia. The firm said it will create both iPhone and Android applications for its clients.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Bolt is a supplier of marine seismic energy sources and replacement parts for offshore energy exploration, and also makes underwater cables and connectors, along with developing underwater remotely operated vehicles (Mini ROVs). The deal was worth approximately $171M, or $22.00 per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

According to ExteNet, Palomar, an existing investor in the firm, was part of a new round of equity financing led by SSP Offshore LLC, an affiliate of Soros Fund Management and SBA Communications Corporation, which also included Centennial Ventures, Columbia Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds, and CenterPoint Ventures.

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Palomar Offshore Invest Equity 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

Alorica said it has also hired 1,500 nearshore employees in Jamaica and Mexico, 5,400 offshore employees in the Philippines, and 18,400 domestic employees to the company--bringing the company''s total employee base to over 48,000. Alorica said that those businesses represented approximately $580M in revenues for West in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

hHousand Oaks-based electronics and instrumentation firm Teledyne Technologies announced this morning that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group has scored a three year agreement with FMC Technologies, to provide interconnect and sensing products and services for FMC's offshore oil and gas business. Size of the deal was not disclosed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2016

William Toman, President of Protean Wave Energy, will discuss the new national CalWave Wave Energy testing center offshore near Vandenberg Air Force Base. Wednesday, October 12, 2016 -- CalWave Ocean Wave Energy Project in California. He will address how Wave Energy impacts the environment and alternative energy plans.

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Offshore 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 3, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 9, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop LA. Please bring your questions.

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TCVN Offshore Guide Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 2, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. Please bring your questions.

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Orange County TCVN Offshore Guide 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2013

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not-offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development. It turns out that that’s a good way for small, nimble companies to survive.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2016

The company says it is superior to alternative, offshore software QA providers, both due to time zone and cultural advantages, as well as because its services helps companies meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community relations goals.

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Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.]

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2017

How domestic drone makers can fly above offshore competitors.

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Offshore 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

Their list is fairly similar to Here’s what we hear in roughly the order of preference: Direct referral LinkedIn (both Job Postings and Searching for Talent) Dice.com Recruiters Developer Groups Craigslist Of course, there are lots of firms that you can offshore your work. I’m sure we’d all like to hear about it.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2010

With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. There is no impetus to get everything done in-house and not everything is sent offshore for cost savings either. In todays world and current economic state, much has changed.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Examples 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 18, 2011

LAVA Healthcare was formed to have "an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs." See [link] (more)

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LAVA Offshore Outsource Training 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Given the mind boggling speed of change in web and mobile technologies, on shoring, offshoring, intellectual property protection and slew of other challenges, the road to success is full of obstacles. Software products, while being easier to mold and perfect, offer additional set of management and technical challenges.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2012

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs.

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LAVA Offshore Outsource Coach 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Apparently, the little known provision in the national defense bill was inserted on behest of American electric bus manufacturers, who claim that BYD's buses would make it easier for China to spy on offshore Chinese nationals. BYD employs around 700 people in Lancaster. READ MORE>>.

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Lancaster Offshore Los Angeles Training 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2012

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the healthcare-industry's mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. LAVA Healthcare is a special interest group of the Los Angeles Venture Association.

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LAVA Offshore Outsource Training 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 18, 2011

LAVA Healthcare is an ongoing conversation about how we might fix the mess applying innovation across a wide range of dimensions  including technology, business models, patient involvement, offshore outsourcing, and training programs. See https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=lavandformId=102018.

LAVA 100

LAVA Offshore Outsource Training 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

VanceInfo is an IT services provider providing offshore software development in China. According to VanceInfo Technologies, it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wireless Info Tech, in a deal worth $1.08M in cash plus stock.

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Offshore San Diego Software Development Mobile 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Teledyne said that Baton Rouge-based Odom has designs and manufactures equipment for port survey, dredging, offshore energy and other applications. Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said today that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems, a Louisiana-based firm developing hydrographic survey instrumentation.

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Thousand Oaks Offshore Acquisition Design 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Newport Beach-based Wave Neuroscience , a newly formed startup, says it has acquired a number of assets from Newport Brain Research Laboratory (NBRL), along with "many different onshore and offshore holding companies" owned by NBRL, as part of its efforts to provide non-invasive neuromodulation technology.

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Research Offshore Acquisition Startup 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

TAKE is also buying EntComm's offshore operations, which will merge with Take Solutions' center in Chennai.

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Gardena Offshore SaaS Software 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Alvand Solutions - Alvand Solutions (www.alvandsolutions.com) provides world-class technology solutions, professional services and technical training with a focus on Offshore Software Development Management and Enterprise Data Protection. We get IT done, so you don't have to.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

I asked him if he wouldn't mind sitting down with me, and he helped me develop the business model, and suggested that I work with some offshore developers on automating the system. The current way people handle this is someone calls a call center, they walk through a process by phone call.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Dont expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup' Its hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development. It turns out that that’s a good way for small, nimble companies to survive.

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Offshore Examples Software Email 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

That india isn’t just a headline about call centers, computing programming and offshoring. He wants him to understand how it really works. The author wants us to understand these lessons. These topics all feature in the book. Balram goes on to describe the system how he sees it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2023

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Remember the old newspaper publishing rule of “All facts must be verified by two independent sources.”

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Invest Startup Offshore Tips 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. Look for investor experience in your business domain, as well as evidence of integrity and trustworthiness. Check the content of the investor’s website, and pay particular attention to the source of funds.

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