North Bay Business Journal

  • Autodesk bolsters its BIM software line

    September 12th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — While a number of suppliers offer a range of BIM-related software, the leading North Bay developer is Autodesk of San Rafael, a firm that has been expanding its portfolio of advanced 3D building design software modules since 2002 when it acquired the Revit Technology Corporation.

  • Three Strategies to Selecting Winning Accounting Software

    September 12th, 2011

    The main aim of any accounting software is its use as a business management tool in assessing the fiscal health of one’s business. For business owners, selecting the right accounting software means the ability to post transactions in a way that’s meaningful to your business. This translates into greater clarity into financial results and the ability to create operational reports that help managers run the business.

  • Electrified Games expands in San Rafael

    August 29th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — After nearly six years at 950 Northgate Drive, Electrified Games, Inc., maker of award-winning digital online role-playing and strategy games, is expanding to 10,130 square feet of top-class office space at 100 Smith Ranch Road, in the Regency Center Office Complex.

  • Napa software maker expands as wine point-of-sale evolves

    July 25th, 2011

    NAPA — Microworks Technologies, a locally based developer of direct sales management software for the wine industry, is expanding as the needs of wineries for their tasting rooms, wine clubs and other direct-to-consumer channels change.

  • Telltale Games scores $7 million in series C funding

    June 7th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — Telltale Games, publisher of movie-like episodic games, today said it closed a $7 million round of series C funding that will be used to launch new products on multiple gaming and computer platforms and consumer electronics.

  • Web design conference a first for North Bay

    March 21st, 2011

    ROHNERT PARK — Michael Slater, a veteran of the Internet and Internet conferences, believes the North Bay is ready for its own web design conclave.

  • Autodesk to acquire Blue Ridge Numerics for $39 million

    February 17th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Ridge Numerics Inc., a provider of simulation software, for about $39 million in cash.

  • Autodesk plans to acquire Scaleform for $36 million

    February 15th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — Autodesk, Inc. today announced it intends to acquire Scaleform Corporation, a privately held user-interface tools and middleware company, for approximately $36 million in cash.

  • ClairMail gets $13.8 million more in funding

    October 4th, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — Mobile banking and payments software developer ClairMail Inc. today said it landed $13.8 million in late-stage financing. The company plans to use the money to expand its technology and services, according to a statement.

  • Enphase, Raydiance, Métier bring new energy

    September 6th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA and PETALUMA — Three of Sonoma County’s newest tech companies have widely diverse products: ultra-short pulse lasers, microinverters for the solar industry and project portfolio management software. But Raydiance, Enphase Energy and Métier are alike in three ways: they each arrived within the last four years, they each consciously chose the North Bay to locate their headquarters or a major center and all three are growing as fast as they can find qualified staff.

  • Autodesk leads $6 million funding round for construction software startup

    September 2nd, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL — A Massachusetts-based construction industry software startup today said Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) led a $6 million series B round of equity financing.

  • Napa civil design firm creates ‘site information modeling’ service

    February 15th, 2010

    NAPA — As San Rafael-based design software developer Autodesk expands its civil engineering products into the evolving realm of three-dimensional building information modeling, or BIM, a Napa-based civil design firm has combined that and other software to accelerate the integration of engineering in early project stages.

  • Sonic Solutions to sell $27 million in stock

    December 17th, 2009

    NOVATO — Media software developer Sonic Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: SNIC) today said it expects to raise $27.5 million from an offering of 3 million shares of common stock.

  • North Bay team to launch virtual world to rival Second Life

    November 23rd, 2009

    SAN RAFAEL – A team of artists with a technical bent is preparing to launch an interactive virtual world that its founder said will expand significantly beyond the wildly popular Second Life.

  • East Coast software firm plans operation in Santa Rosa

    July 15th, 2009

    SANTA ROSA – A Washington, D.C. area project and portfolio management software company has chosen Santa Rosa for its first off-site branch that could someday employ up to 125 people.

  • Record growth for Enwisen sign of changing HR

    February 9th, 2009

    NOVATO – Locally grown software-as-a-service human resources provider Enwisen announced record growth of more than 50 percent in 2008 and continued success in 2009, which HR professionals say is a sign of the continued transition of the profession and the economy.

  • Autodesk buys Santa Rosa’s Green Building Studio

    February 12th, 2008

    SAN RAFAEL & SANTA ROSA — San Rafael-based design software developer Autodesk Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced a big step further into green building with the acquisitions of two North Bay software companies.

  • Green Building Studio offers designers Web-based tools

    February 4th, 2008

    SANTA ROSA — Green Building Studio, formerly GeoPraxis, is gaining a reputation among local architects and building designers for its Web-based energy analysis solutions.

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