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JANUARY 27, 2009

San Jose-based networking giant Cisco said today that it has acquired Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, a Santa Barbara firm which develops software used for managing building infrastructure. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cisco's Globalisation Centre East unit is based in Bangalore, India.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Santa Barbara-based optical circuit switching technology devleoper CALIENT Technologies said today that it has linked up with a 10-university research organization, to expand the use of optical circuit switching in software defined data center and metro networks. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Solid Oak Software , a maker of PC Internet filtering technology, is claiming that the firm's software code is being used by the country as part of a new program to force PC makers to install filtering software on all new PCs shipped in the country.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Webia is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

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JULY 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops call tracking and analytics tools, says it has released a new version of its software. According to the company, its summer 2020 product release includes simplified and automated call tracking for multi-location businesses, expanded technology integrations, and other features.

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JULY 27, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of software for the embedded market, reported today that it is shipping its software for chips from TrendChip Technologies. The firm, which develops voice-over-IP (VoIP) software, said the support comes for TrendChip's TC3182 ADSL2+ processor.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded IP communications products, said today that it has enhanced its products to support multiple, Android device types. D2's software is used to implement voice and video calls, instant messaging, and other features for smart phone makers. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M According to TrackStreet, it is developing brand protection technology, which uses artificial intelligence and automation to help brands monitor brand, MAP (minimum advertised price), and resale pricing violations. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies, which develops embedded software for the voice-over-IP market, said this week at CES that it has upgraded the firm's flagship vPort product line. The firm is targeting development of femtocells, mobile internet devices, and handsets with the software. The firm said the 2.0

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Data , which has been developing software that helps companies understand the technology stack their operations depend on, has rebranded itself as HG Insights , and launched a new platform it calls the HG Insights Platform. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 46 Local Splash 3034% Santa Ana Steve Yeich 60 Lpath, Inc. 237 Nik Software, Inc.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops software development kits for the mobile communications market, said today that its mCUE product now has full support for Skype. D2's embedded software is used to shortcut development of voice-over-IP and other communications applications on Android and other phones.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , which develops e-commerce software for subscription-based software businesses, has been acquired by private equity investor Accel-KKR. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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JULY 20, 2017

Santa Barbara-based GraphIQ , the visualization software developer led by technology veteran Kevin O'Connor, has quietly been acquired by Amazon.com , it emerged today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. GraphIQ, which was founded by FindTheBest, will become part of Amazon.com's Alexa efforts.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based AxiaMed , which is developing healthcare payments technology, said late Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $12.4M AxiaMed is a developer of payment software, used b y hospitals and others for managing payments from patients. in a funding round.

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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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate and property management software, said late Thursday that it has acquired Point2 Technologies , a developer of online marketing software for the real estate industry. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Restaurant Revolution Technologies , a firm developing restaurant order management technology, has raised a round of venture funding, according to BR Venture Fund , a MBA student run venture capital fund based out of Cornell University. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Urban Airship , a startup which develops mobile analytics and engagement software, said today that it has named two executives--both of whom have had prominent roles at Santa Barbara area technology companies. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Santa Barbara-based software developer HG Insights is powering a new market research offering from research and advisory giant Forrester, to power Forrester's new Business Technographics Service.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a provider of internet brand protection and analytics software, said today that it has named Ryan Erickson as Vice President of Sales. TrackStreet develops technology for monitoring brand reputation, Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) agreements, customer reviews, and similar information.

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MAY 23, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Carpe Data , a new startup developing predictive data software for the insurance industry, has raised $6.6M The funding was led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG). in a Series A funding round. Carpe Data is led by Max Drucker. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Cognixion, a startup which says it is developing a non-invasive, wireless brain-computer interface with augmented reality display--aimed at helping those with communications and physical disabilities--has raised $12M in a funding round. Andreas Forsland is Founder and CEO of the new startup.

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MAY 26, 2017

Santa Barbara-based LogicMonitor said Thursday that it has named Michael Tarbet as its new Vice President of Sales. Tarbet previously served at such companies as UnboundID, RightNow Technologies, and Oracle. LogicMonitor is a developer of cloud-based, performance monitoring software for IT infrastructure.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Impact, which provides affiliate partnership tracking and automation tools, said this week that it has acquired Trackonomics Ltd, a provider of supply-side affiliate e-commerce tools. According to Impact, the acquisition will enhance its publisher technology capabilities.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded communications software, said today that it has partnered with GCT Semiconductor , a developer of mobile WiMAX products, on a VoIP over WiMAX product. Tags: technologies semiconductor mobile voip wimax android linux embedded. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital , a growth focused, technology investment fund, announced this morning that it has raised $950M in a new fund, Lead Edge Capital V, LP. The company said the funding came from over 500 existing and new limited partners, and was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides analytics around technology installs, IT spend, and contracts, says it has tied with LinkedIn with a new product, HG for LinkedIn.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Santa Barbara-based visualization software developer Graphiq has partnered with Pitney Bowes , to offer up interactive, visual representations of Pitney Bowes' demographic and community data for the real estate industry. That Pitney Bowes data will be available via a Graphiq Real Estate API. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2015

Santa Barbara-based e-commerce software developer FastSpring announced late Tuesday that it has named Michael Smith as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. FastSpring develops cloud-based e-commerce software used by software, cloud, and other online service companies.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Southern California had a healthy showing in the latest ranking of the fastest growing companies from Deloitte''s Technology Fast 500 , which was announced last night. Disclaimer: Deloitte is a sponsor of socalTECH, and socalTECH sponsored Deloitte''s LA Fast 500 awards last night in Santa Monica, although that does not affect our coverage.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, reported a win Monday with American National Insurance Company. Yardi said that American National is using the company''s technology for property management and accounting. Size of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based AnsibleWorks announced today that it has raised $6M in a Series A round, to go towards the company''s open source, IT automation tools. AnsibleWorks was founded by Michael DeHaan, and develops software used for automating IT operations. ansibleworks automation software tools venture capital open source'

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. I will also become more involved in the Santa Barbara startup ecosystem, now that I am no longer vetting deals up and down the CA coast.

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