Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment announced this morning that the firm has appointed former Clearstone Venture Partners VP Phil Ressler as the firm's President and CEO. Ressler replaces Chuck Heubner, who the firm said will continue as a special advisor to
Westlake Village-based Xirrus, a provider of Wi-Fi switching hardware, disclosed today that the firm's hardware has been deployed at a number of Italian hotels. Xirrus said that SETS S.R.L., a Milan, Italy-based system integrator, has deployed its hardware with a
El Segundo-based Ripple, which operates a network of out-of-home information screens and a related advertising network, said today that John McMenamin has been appointed the company's new Chief Executive Officer. McMenamin was most recently the firm's Executive Vice President of
Los Angeles-based Stamps.com, and Pasadena-based Avery Dennison announced today that Avery Dennison's Office Products Group and Stamps.com are in an alliance to co-brand a postage printing service. According to the firms, small business users and consumers will have access to
Santa Monica-based DECA, a venture-backed digital entertainment studio, announced today that the firm has rolled out another web video show, this time focused on massively multiplayer online games. According to DECA, Project Lore will focus on the World of Warcraft
Los Angeles-based Napster said Monday that it has inked a partnership with Walt Disney Records, to create a Disney-themed radio station from Disney's catalog. According to the firms, the "Best of Disney" radio station will feature favorites from the Walt
Los Angeles-based Cognition, which develops search engine technology for understanding English language queries, said Monday that it has raised $2.7M in a new financing round. The firm said the funding came from Draper Associates, Tim Draper, Fingerhut Ventures, and the
Newport Beach-based The TriZetto Group, a provider of technology for managing healthcare payments, said Monday that it stockholders have approved the firm's acquisition by private equity firm Apax Partners. TriZetto said that 99.8% of shares voted in a stockholder meeting
Movie Beam, the ill-fated movie distribution technology firm funded by Disney, Intel, and Cisco, has been sold again, this time to an Indian firm named the Valuable Group. The Valuable Group said that it has acquired all assets, trademarks, IPR,
