ABL ONLINE APRIL 26, 2007

ABL Members Named Finalists for AeA Innovation Awards
Congratulations to these Finalists for AeA High-Tech Innovation Awards, for Orange County and the Inland Empire: Jayco, where Hemant Mistry is President, in the Innovation Design category; Memeo, Inc., where Hong Bui is CEO, in the Internet category; Primal Solutions, where Joe Simrell is Chairman and CEO and Bob Richardson is COO, also in the Internet category; Telelogic North America, where Jesper Christensen is EVP, Software Assets Division, in the Outstanding Public Company category; and Vision Solutions, where Alan Arnold is EVP & CTO, in the Outstanding Private Company category. The High-Tech Awards recognize innovative products, people and business processes that stand out. Winners will be revealed on May 10, 2007 in Newport Beach. >>

Primal Solutions Proclaimed an "Innovation All-Star"
Primal Solutions Inc., where Joe Simrell is Chairman and CEO and Bob Richardson is COO, has been selected as one of the California Innovation Corridor’s 75 Innovation All-Stars for 2007. Also, Primal announced it is now making available online the very same Voice Profitability management tools that are used by Tier 1 MSO service providers. The toolkit is being offered as a web-enabled Software as a Service solution. >>

Line 6 Garners Two More Awards
Line 6, where Mike Muench is CEO, has won two recent awards: the "2007 Guitar Player Reader's Choice Award - Best Home-Recording" for TonePort UX2, and MusiciansLife.de's "Editors' Choice Award" for TonePort KB37. >>

Alvaka's Chief Victorious in SCCA Race
Congratulations to Oli Thordarson, President of Alvaka Networks, for his first win at a Sports Car Club of America race, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Southern California. Oli led the race from "Green Flag to Checkered Flag," driving his Touring One-class Corvette Z06. He is now hoping for an invitation to the championship run-offs in October at Heartland Park Raceway in Topeka, Kansas. In Alvaka news, the company is moving its headquarters to 10 Corporate in Irvine, and Oli made a presentation in San Jose the other night on managed services for developer Nimsoft.

Pipeline Software Merges with Intech Professionals
Pipeline Software Inc., where Charlie Sundling is CEO, has completed a merger of assets and operations from Sarasota, FL-based Intech Professionals Inc. The combined company will retain the Pipeline Software name and headquarters in Santa Ana. "By folding in Intech's SAP-specific technologies and skills, we have created a company with the unique ability to solve the most challenging SAP connectivity and cross-system integration problems imaginable," said Charlie. >>

Primarion Offers Industry-First Dual Output DC/DC Controller
Primarion, where Ron Van Dell is CEO, has added a dual-output, dual-phase PX7522 to the Primarion Di-POL product family of fully programmable digital power conversion and power management ICs. The PX7522 is for synchronous DC/DC converters in the telecom, datacom, computing and storage markets, configured to regulate two independent outputs, or two phases in a single output mode. >>

Microsemi Expands Dual Lamp Family
Microsemi, where Jim Peterson is CEO, has added three new modules to its StayLit backlight inverter family, which is designed to ensure safe operation of dual-lamp cold cathode fluorescent displays if one lamp fails -- particularly useful in patient monitoring equipment, ATM machines, point-of-sale terminals and similar applications found in medical, industrial and commercial markets. >>

Cornerstone Gains Learning Management System Clients
Cornerstone OnDemand, where Adam Miller is CEO, has announced that United Supermarkets, Ltd. and Roebbelen Contracting, Inc. have selected Cornerstone Learning to optimize training programs and workforce productivity, accelerate on-boarding of new hires, improve employee retention, reduce risk, and support corporate business objectives as well as internal and regulatory compliance requirements. >>

TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

California Ranks First In Tech Employment Report
California has been ranked number one in terms of the number of workers, job gains, and wages, according to the annual Cyberstates report issued by AeA. The report, which tracks national and state trends in high-tech employment, found that California high tech workers had the highest average wages in the nation, at $95,300. There were 14,400 jobs gained between 2004 and 2005 in the state, bringing the state's total high tech workers to 919,300. AeA's report was based on data from 2005, the most current state data available. (socaltech.com TechNews, 4/24/07)

Venture Grows in SoCal
The Southern California region is now second only to Silicon Valley in venture capital investments, according to a report from Ernst & Young LLP and Dow Jones VentureOne. In Q107, SoCal companies received $1.1 billion in funding, a 23% jump from the same period last year, the first time SoCal investment has topped $1 billion in a single quarter since 2000. More than $350 million of the $401 million invested in Los Angeles was for information technology concerns. Overall, California companies received $3.32 billion, a 12.5% increase in the amount of investments compared with Q106. (L.A. Business Journal, 4/23/07)

Meanwhile, “Green" Venture Investments Hit $903M in Q1
North American and European investors invested $903 million in clean technology investments in Q107, according to a report from Cleantech Venture Network, a group that focuses on clean technology investments. Cleantech Venture Networks said that it tracked $903 million in investments for the quarter, a 16.5% increase over $775 million invested in Q406, and up 42% from Q106, when there was $634 million in investment in the sector. (socaltech.com TechNews, 4/19/07)

China Seeks to Limit Game Hours
The Chinese government has clamped down on the amount of time youngsters can spend playing online games. Under-18s who play for more than three consecutive hours a day will have limits imposed on the amount of points they can score. Online game companies based in China have been given three months to install the so-called anti-addiction software, part of an on-going attempt to limit how long people are online. Online gaming is hugely popular in China. A recent report from the China National Children's Centre said that 13% of under-18s who used the web were addicted to online gaming. Beijing-based analyst firm CCID Consulting estimates that there are 17.8 million fee-paying gamers in China, about 20% of whom are under 20 years old. A further 10% are younger than 16. (KenRadio's Daily Tech News Clicks, 4/11/07)

“Silicon Sandwiches" to Power Next-Gen PCs
Stacks of chips, one on top of the other, will power the next generation of super-fast PCs, IBM has announced. Laying chips vertically, instead of side by side, reduces the distance data has to travel by 1,000 times, making the chips faster and more efficient. IBM has said that it will start producing the compact silicon sandwiches in 2008. Intel previously announced that it is also developing similar vertical chip technology. Last year, the firm unveiled a chip with 80 processing cores and capable of more than a trillion calculations per second that used vertical stacking technology. Other firms, such as Tru-Si, have also developed techniques for creating 3D stacked chips. >> (KenRadio's Daily Tech News Clicks, 4/12/07) Meanwhile, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have unveiled a prototype for a revolutionary new general-purpose processor that they claim has the potential to clock trillions of calculations per second -- Tera-op Reliable Intelligently adaptive Processing System (Trips). >> (KenRadio's Daily Tech News Clicks, 4/25/07)

UPCOMING ROUND TABLES & EVENTS

5/3 - Thursday Orange County Round Table
5/4 - 210 Corridor Round Table
5/9 - Wednesday Orange County Round Table
5/11 - West Los Angeles Round Table