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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on RightScale: Now we do Windows
When Apple overtook Microsoft in market capitalization earlier this year, it grabbed headlines. But when it comes to the enterprise technology world, Redmond, Wash., still rules the roost. Case in point: Santa Barbara-based RightScale more than doubled its potential market on Aug. 17 just by rolling out compatibility with Windows Server software. RightScale makes a Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Central Coast Health Watch / Comments Off on An end to the paper chase: Sansum to spend $7M to digitize health records
Every day at Sansum Clinic’s 17 health care facilities between Carpinteria and Santa Maria, an old ritual takes place. Couriers bring stacks of paper medical charts for the day’s patient visits. That’s all about to change, as the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit spends $7 million over the next two years to convert to electronic health records. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: A little cooperation isn't enough
As you read this editorial, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten’s office is poring over thousands of documents taken abruptly from Oxnard City Hall. Totten hasn’t spelled out exactly what he and federal officials are investigating, but it’s likely that the document search is part of an investigation into whether Oxnard officials broke the law Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: U.S. News knows our colleges are tops
Our region’s four-year colleges and universities fared well in the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report — yet another indication that over the long haul, the tri-county region’s economy is likely to be stable and that our tradition of successful entrepreneurship remains intact. For the record, five of the region’s four-year institutions of Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 23rd, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Headquarter hunting: Ventura covets a big corporate employer
The city of Ventura seems to have it all: beaches, a burgeoning arts scene, a revitalized downtown, some of the region’s largest retail centers and relatively affordable housing. But if there’s one thing the city lacks, it’s corporate headquarters. The Camarillo-Oxnard corridor hosts publicly traded firms such as Semtech, Power-One and CalAmp. From Carpinteria to Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Dynacorn muscles in: Classic car firm grows in Ventura County
Oxnard-based Dynacorn International is revving up for a move into bigger environs. For the past 26 years, the company has supplied parts and even whole body shells for classic muscle cars, the big-block, deep-throated monsters that came out in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later this year, Dynacorn will move from its 60,000-square-foot space Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pay disupte breaks out at wind firm
A pay dispute has broken out between Continental Wind Power and two of its former engineering consultants, as timelines for the Carpinteria company’s plans to build wind turbines in Santa Paula stretch into the future. In a lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, William Miller and Rain Byars say they were not paid Read More →
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