Former Polycom Robert Hagerty to take over as Poly interim CEO after Joe Burton steps down
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Poly CEO Joe Burton steps down) As Poly president and CEO Joe Burton steps down, board of director..
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Elaboration: Machine Learning, People Centered
(Contributed) February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Elaboration’s technology will provide other tech companies with the ability to deeply understand nuanced..
Steve Blum: SB 917 is a plausible PG&E public buyout plan, if the public wants to pay the price
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA A credible PG&E public takeover plan is on the table in the California..
The Tech Talent Struggle
By Chris Miller Apprentice Brigade February 11, 2020 (Image source: Apprentice Brigade) The title says it all. If you’re reading this, your company is..
UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome
By James McGirk Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz February 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Genomics Institute’s Genome Browser team has posted..
VentureBeat: Paystand raises $20 million to modernize B2B payments with blockchain
Dean Takahashi VentureBeat February 6 — Scotts Valley (Photo: Jeremy Almond, CEO of PayStand. Source: PayStand) “It’s like Venmo for complicated..
Paystand raises $20M to give businesses a frictionless, open infrastructure for commercial finance
(Contributed) February 6, 2020 — Scotts Valley, CA Blockchain payments leader accelerates expansion of zero-fee, Payments-as-a-Service platform for the B2B..
Unprecedented study yields most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz (Photo: Bioinformatics expert Joshua Stuart leads the Pan-Cancer Initiative. Source: Kevin..
Engineering speaker series highlights diverse voices in tech
(Contributed) February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering is presenting Diverse Voices 2020, a professional speaker series running..
Watch: Patrick Reilly on how to protect your intellectual property (IP)
Source: SBDC Website February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Video Source: SBDC Website) Trademarks, copyrights, contracts and more, it’s all included in the..