Tuesday, May 23, 2006Interview with Robin Richard, Chairman and CEO of NTI GroupMy interview today is with Robin Richards, Chairman and CEO of NTI Group. NTI Group (www.ntigroup.com) is a Sherman Oaks-based company that is providing mass notification systems for the education and other industries. Robin was previously President of MP3.com, and was Chief Operating Officer of the company after it was purchased by Vivendi Universal. He also was Managing Director of Tickets.com. I thought it would be interesting to talk to Robin and his new company, which includes much of the t (More info...)
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Federal Probe Into Stock Options ExpandsThe Securities and Exchange Commission is expandings its investigation into the granting of stock options at over 30 publicly traded firms today, as a growing firms are being put under scrutiny for the timing of their stock option grants to executives. Yesterday, Camarillo-based Semtech announced that it has received a letter from the SEC requesting stock options grants since January 1, 1997, and Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software said that its board of directors has formed a special committee to (More info...)
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SIPphone Supports Asterisk PBXSan Diego-based SIPphone, the voice over IP firm started by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, said today that it's latest release of its SIP open source project the Gizmo Project supports integration with the popular, open source Asterisk PBX software. SIPphone said that Gizmo Project users can now be universally reachable via their Asterisk PBX software. The Gizmo softphone can be used for office PBX calls. SIPphone said the integration means that users can use voice-over-IP without need for V (More info...)
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U.S. Army, Pragmatic Launch Video Game Statistics SiteWestlake Village-based Pragmatic Solutions and the U.S. Army have launched a beta of a new web site that tracks statistics for the popular America's Army video game. The new aa-mbs.com web site helps players find game servers and players for the online game. The America's Army title was developed by the U.S. Army as a free recruiting tool, and has garnered high marks from the video game industry. Pragmatic Solutions is a software development partner for the U.S. Army, and has been maintaining th (More info...)
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Move.com Releases Search EngineWestlake Village-based Move has relaunched its real estate search engine site, announcing today that its new web site now provides more real estate listings and rental information. The company, which was formerly Homestore, said that its relaunched site provides access to more homes nationwide, provides basic home buying and selling tips, home value reports, and moving checklists. The firm changed its name and stock symbol in February and acquired Moving.com, a web site focused on consumer movin (More info...)
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YubNub Taps SkweezerIrvine-based Greenlight Wireless said yesterday that YubNub, a popular tool for creating "social command lines" for Web browsers, will use the firm's Skweezer technology. Greenlight's Skweezer technology reformats web pages to fit mobile phone and PDA browsers. Greenlight said that YubNub is using Skweezer to create instant mobile versions of Web pages for users. Skweezer is a free service that reformats and optimizes web pages into a mobile format. YubNub is a tool that allows users to create c (More info...)
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Avexus Goes To HawaiiSan Diego-based Avexus, a provider of software for the maintenance and repair industry, said today that Hawaii's Island Air has implemented its asset management and operations solution. Island Air will use the Avexus software to maintain asset management and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) resocrds. Avexus is backed by Red Rock Ventures, Palisades Ventures, Wall Street Technology Partners, and others.
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