Friday, February 11, 2005Tachyon Names CEOSan Diego-based broadband satellite firm Tachyon Networks has named Peter A. Carides as President and CEO. Carides will also join the board. Carides was most recently a VP at Equant Inc. and has served as COO at Advanced Remote Communications Solutions. Tachyon provides high performance IP access via satellite to customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Mexico.
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Dorr Joins Nereus PharmaceuticalsSan Diego-based Nereus Pharmaceuticals has added F. Andrew Dorr to the company as Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs. Dorr was most recently COO at Salmedix, and CMO and VP Drug Development at Isis Phramaceuticals. Nereus is a drug discovery an development company focusing on anticancer compounds and anti-infectives.
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Bell Micro Adds SMC To PorfolioIrvine-based network equipment maker SMC Networks said this week that Bell Microproducts, a leading distributor of storage components, has added SMC's networking solutions to its lineup. Bell will offer SMC's 300 networking products to its customers, and allows Bell's storage and server customers access to networking products.
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USC Names Electronic Arts Founder To Faculty ChairThe University of Southern California has named Bing Gordon, Chief Creative Officer, Executive Vice President, and Founder of Electronic Arts to the Electronic Arts Endowed Faculty Chair at the USC School of Cinema-Television. The head of the videogame giant will be appointed chair for the rotating position, which is designated for an industry entertainment leader. He will be added to the School's faculty as a visiting professor. Bing is a graduate of Yale and holds and MBA from Stanford, where (More info...)
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Leap, V-Enable Ship Ringtone ApplicationSan Diego-based Leap Wireless said this week that it is adding V-Enable's musicmatch voice-enabled ringtone application to its Cricket Clicks wireless services. V-Enable's voice-recognition technology allows Leap's wireless customers to verbally ask for ringtones from their favorite artists. The addition of the technology reduces the number of menus and steps that users need to wade through to download a ringtone. V-Enable, a startup backed by Acumen, Poole Investment Ventures, Siemens Venture C (More info...)
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BakBone Delisted From OTCBBSan Diego-based data storage software firm BakBone Software said this morning that the NASD has denied the company's request to continue trading on the Over The Counter Bulleting Board (OTCBB), due to the company's failure to regularly report to the SEC. Effective Monday, February 14, the company will stop trading on the OTCBB. BakBone had failed to be current with its SEC filings, and is currently working on resolving issues in its fiscal 2004 results. BakBone said that the company's stock wil (More info...)
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Interview with Douglas Glen, ZeteraToday, I have a quick interview with Douglas Glen, Chief Marketing Officer of Zetera, a startup in Irvine which just launched its IP-based storage controller technology. BK: Tell me a little bit about Zetera -- what are your products, and what kinds of customers are you targeting? DG: Zetera has developed a patented technology that dramatically improves the performance of data storage systems. A Zetera-powered network storage device is faster, more scalable, and easier to use than any more (More info...)
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