Defense firm to cut 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks
A defense contractor is cutting about 170 jobs in Thousand Oaks as it shutters a facility that made signal jammers to prevent IED attacks during the Iraq war. McLean, Va.-based ITT Exelis’ electronic systems division operated a factory with about 215 employees on Willow Lane in Thousand Oaks. About 45 of those workers will be Read More →
Disney vet talks animation at CSUCI
Hollywood is reinventing the technology of visual effects each time a studio produces a new feature film. That’s the view of Drew Tolman, a post-production supervisor at The Walt Disney Co. and veteran of the animation industry. “Visual effects changes are so rapid that they are literally happening production by production,” she told members of Read More →
Eyeing an IPO: InTouch brings public company executive on board
In its quest to go public, InTouch Health is getting the band back together in its executive suite.
Panel tackles startup funding
There’s less venture capital to start technology businesses, and most of it is being crammed into existing firms rather than raw startups. But for new entrepreneurs who have a viable product in a large market with the team that can make it happen, there are as many opportunities as ever to get started and get Read More →
Rebooting South Coast tech, byte by byte
Business and civic leaders across the region have started to recognize the South Coast’s bevy of software, hardware and ecommerce firms for the economic gems that they are.
Big name in backup: Global Power Supply keeps Facebook’s lights on
GPS customers are “critical facilities” such as law enforcement operations centers, hospitals, payment servers at big financial firms or data centers for top-shelf tech companies.
