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Autodesk first quarter beats expectations
May 17th, 2012SAN RAFAEL — Software maker Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported first-quarter revenues rose 11 percent from a year before and net income jumped nearly 14 percent.
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Petaluma’s Cyan names CEO to guide international expansion
May 15th, 2012PETALUMA — Telecommunications systems and software developer Cyan today said Chairman Mark Floyd is taking on the additional role of chief executive officer as the company expands outside the U.S.
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Agilent local group revenue increases 5 percent, orders up 13 percent
May 14th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies’ (NYSE: A) Santa Rosa-based Electronic Measurement Group again led growth in orders and revenue in the company’s fiscal second quarter results, reported today, but the group’s growth is expected to flatten in the next several months.
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People: Week of May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012Construction Carilile Macy, a Santa Rosa-based civil engineering, landscape architecture and surveying firm, has hired Christopher Brown as its finance manager. Health Care Chris Bandy, MD, FACS, has been named trauma medical director of Kaiser Permanente’s Vacaville Medical Center. Dr. Bandy joins Kaiser Permanente from Enloe Medical Center in Chico where he was a trauma and [...]
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New Tech to expand to dozens of more schools
May 10th, 2012NAPA — New Tech Network today announced it will expand by three dozen new middle and high schools schools this year, adding to 115 schools in 18 states already using the Napa-based nonprofit’s project-based learning methods.
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Santa Rosa said to be home for reborn Aptera electric roadster
May 7th, 2012SANTA ROSA — A Chinese vehicle manufacturer recently purchased the Aptera electric roadster project, which underwent a highly visible shutdown in December amid a cash crunch, and has moved it to Santa Rosa with plans to start assembling thousands of the futuristic-looking vehicles locally by year-end.
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Calix reports 10 percent revenue boost in first quarter
May 1st, 2012PETALUMA – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), a Petaluma-based provider of broadband communications equipment and software, announced that company revenue rose 10 percent during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to a regulatory filing from the company.
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Enphase widens European expansion with new testing lab
April 30th, 2012PETALUMA — Enphase Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENPH), today said it is setting up a new laboratory in Lyon, France, for local testing of the company’s European products.
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Direct Flow Medical names new chief medical officer
April 30th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Direct Flow Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease, announced the appointment of Charles Davidson, MD, as chief medical officer.
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Agilent to acquire part of Centellax
April 27th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A), whose Electronic Measurements Group is based in Santa Rosa, today announced it signed a deal with Centellax to acquire the 11-year-old Santa Rosa company’s test-and-measurement business.
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TriVascular names new CEO as it prepares for growth
April 18th, 2012SANTA ROSA — The board of directors of TriVascular, Inc. appointed Christopher G. Chavez as chairman, CEO and president, effective immediately. Mr. Chavez takes over from TriVascular co-founder Michael V. Chobotov, Ph.D., who was appointed chief technology officer and will continue to serve on the company’s board.
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Palm Drive to decide soon on electronic medical records
April 16th, 2012SEBASTOPOL — Palm Drive Hospital is expected to make a final decision within the next month on an electronic medical records system that could bring the 37-bed facility in line with its strategic partners while improving care.
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Sonic.net sells wireless division to CDS Enterprises
April 16th, 2012SANTA ROSA – “I hate wireless,” said Sonic.net CEO Dane Jasper on his blog last week, announcing that he had spun off his wireless division to concentrate on DSL and fiber.
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We have smart phones, so why not smart gardens?
April 16th, 2012NORTH BAY – With its unique concentration of high-tech talent and growers it’s not surprising the North Bay region has sprouted a number of companies dedicated to better yields through technology.
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Lucas withdraws Grady Ranch studio project
April 10th, 2012SAN RAFAEL — Filmmaker George Lucas has dropped plans to build a 270,000-square-foot digital movie studio northwest of San Rafael and will take the project elsewhere, his real estate company announced this afternoon.
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St. Joseph Health faces class-action lawsuit over patient data exposure
April 9th, 2012SANTA ROSA — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Joseph Health System, which operates Santa Rosa Memorial, Petaluma Valley and Queen of the Valley hospitals, for allowing private patient data to be searchable online for 31,800 patients across the system’s California hospitals, including about 10,000 patients locally.
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Jackson lights up large solar cogen array
April 5th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Jackson Family Wines today unveiled a 241,000-kilowatt-hour solar energy cogeneration array atop the main Kendall-Jackson Kittyhawk winery in Windsor.
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Workrite names Lawrence president
April 5th, 2012PETALUMA — Workrite Ergonomics named Charles Lawrence as president in a move the company said is aimed at accelerating growth and investment in the business.
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Enphase IPO proceeds reach nearly $62 million
April 4th, 2012PETALUMA — Photovoltaic panel microinverter maker Enphase Energy, Inc., (Nasdaq:ENPH) today said it closed its 4-day-old initial public offering of common stock, after selling 10.32 million shares, including all 1.345 million reserved for underwriters of the debut. Net proceeds from the sale of the shares, after deducting underwriters’ discounts and other estimated expenses of the [...]
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Radiant Logic expands to East Coast
April 4th, 2012NOVATO — Data security software developer Radiant Logic said it opened a new office in Ashburn, Va., to focus on increasing opportunities associated with sales to the U.S. federal government, as well as Mid-Atlantic states.
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