Lockheed relies on Trust: Motion-control firm lands defense contract
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Central Coast, Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Lockheed relies on Trust: Motion-control firm lands defense contract
San Luis Obispo-based Trust Automation is rapidly expanding on the heels of an important defense contract.
Read More →Digital West adds New York node, looks to Australia
By Staff Report / Thursday, December 12th, 2013 / Central Coast, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Digital West adds New York node, looks to Australia
San Luis Obispo-based Digital West Networks has added a data co-location center in New York and is set to bring another online in Australia early next year.
Read More →Salem buys Twitchy.com from Michelle Malkin
By Staff Report / Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Salem buys Twitchy.com from Michelle Malkin
Salem Communications said Dec. 10 that it has purchased startup Twitter curation website Twitchy.com from conservative political columnist Michelle Malkin for an undisclosed sum. Camarillo-based Salem runs dozens of Christian and conservative radio stations and websites including HotAir.com. It also publishes magazines and books under those themes.
Read More →Clean Diesel CEO resigns after Pirelli deal dissolves
By Staff Report / Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Clean Diesel CEO resigns after Pirelli deal dissolves
Ventura-based Clean Diesel Technologies said Dec. 10 that CEO and President R. Craig Breese has resigned to “pursue other opportunities.” He will remain at his post until Jan. 8 and the company has created an interim office of the chief executive to replace him. Breese was also a member of the board of directors.
Read More →ValueClick sells websites to About.com parent for $80M
By Staff Report / Monday, December 9th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on ValueClick sells websites to About.com parent for $80M
Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick is selling its owned-and-operated websites to the parent company of Dictionary.com, Match.com, Ask.com and About.com. The aggregate purchase price was $80 million, according to a regulatory filing.
Read More →$86.2M Inogen IPO puts Goleta startups in play
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on $86.2M Inogen IPO puts Goleta startups in play
Goleta-based Inogen, a maker of portable oxygen concentrators founded by UC Santa Barbara students, has filed for an initial public offering to raise up to $86.2 million. While many successful companies have been spun out of UCSB by professors and doctoral students, Inogen would likely be the first company founded by an undergraduate team to go public. Inogen won the program’s very first business plan competition in 2001.
Read More →The gift of gadgets: The best of the region’s gizmos for the geeks on your list
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Technology / Comments Off on The gift of gadgets: The best of the region’s gizmos for the geeks on your list
This year, consider giving a consumer electronics gift from one of these 10 tri-county companies. While not all of the gizmos are made here, the design, engineering, marketing and most of the other important parts of the business are right in our backyard.
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