Thursday, June 16, 2005


ValueClick Promotes Executives
Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this week that it has promoted three of its executives. Jeff Pullen has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer from his position as EVP Operations; Carl White has been named Chief Operating Officer ValueClick Europe from Managing Director; and Tom Vadnais has been promoted to Senior Vice President from his former position at GM of Mediaplex. ValueClick provides a number of internet advertising properties.
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Breach Names Execs
Carlsbad-based Breach Security has named Joe Eskew as VP Worldwide Sales and promoted Lee Patenaude to VP of Worldwide Customer Service. Eskew joins from Citrix Systems, where he headed worldwide sales for their Gateways Division. Eskew has also served at Network Associates, Oracle, Xerox, and IBM. Patenaude was previously VP of Sales at Breach, and will now focus on customer service programs.
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FindWhat Adopts Miva Name
FindWhat.com has renamed the company Miva Corporation, after acquired company Miva, according to a letter to Miva customers. The company operates a network of performance marketing, shopping cart software, and other products. San Diego-based Miva was acquired in January of 2004 for $6M by FindWhat.com. Miva’s San Diego division will be renamed to MIVA Small Business and continue to provide web shopping card software.
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Tandberg Unveils 1U LTO Autoloader
Poway-based Tandberg Data announced that it has unveiled a 1U, high density tape autoloader. The company said that it supports up to 3.2TB compressed storage capacity and a transfer rate of up to 173 GB/hr. using a half-height LTO-2 tape drive using a Ultra 160 SCSI/LVD interface. Tandberg is targeting small to medium businesses with the autoloader.
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Printronix Gets IBM Agreement
Irvine-based Printronix has signed an extension of its agreement with IBM to provide line matrix and thermal bar code printer technology for IBM. Printronix also said that IBM will add its radio frequenty identification (RFID) encoding technology to its product portfolio. Printronix solutions are used for supply chain management applications. IBM is Printronix’s largest customer.
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SMC Ships 802.11b/g Products
Irvine-based SMC Networks said this week that it is shipping a new line of 108Mbps wireless 802.11b/g products. The company said that its new EZ Connect products include a wireless router, cardbus adapter, USB adapter, and PCI adapter. The company also said that the products will be available in kit form. The product uses the Atheros Super G chipset.
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