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MBEP invites Central Coast residents to take broadband survey
By Joann Moreira Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) April 5, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Monterey Bay Economic Partnership survey created to identify which Central Coast areas have insufficient high-speed internet access. Residents invited to […]
Salinas Valley AgTech Summit Kicked Off AgTech Season
By Emily Lyons Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology April 3, 2018 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Colin Brown of TracMap, and Steven Romig of iFoodDecisionSciences, set up their booths for the Salinas Valley […]
Launchpad awards $40K to three UCSC technology projects
(Source: UCSC Office of Research website) Launchpad is one of seven innovation and entrepreneurship support programs under IATC’s SPLICE program April 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA The UCSC Industry Alliances & Technology Commercialization (IATC) […]
Looker Announces Support for Oracle’s New Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud
By Bruce Sandell Sales Engineering, Looker April 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Last week, Oracle announced the General Availability of Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud (ADWC) during the Keynote Speech at Oracle OpenWorld. Looker has […]
Plantronics and Polycom: David Buys Goliath
By Alan D. Greenberg and Andrew H. Nilssen Wainhouse Research April 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Last week we published Plantronics to buy video conferencing gear maker Polycom for $2 billion (3/28/18). […]
A Bag with a Story
By Tony Evans Marketing Intern, Bagito Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Contributed. Credit: Jack Leonard) Reengineering single-use items for multi-use Single-use plastic bag manufacturing and […]
Buoy Labs Enters Strategic Relationship with Delta Faucet Company
(Contributed) March 30, 2018 — Santa Cruz CA “To find a partner in Delta Faucet Company with over 75 years of experience as a global leader in the home water industry and a startup’s drive […]
Salinas AgTech summit nets record crowd
By Amy Wu The Californian March 29, 2018 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: A scene from the 5th Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit at Hartnell College. Credit: Amy Wu) Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit drew […]
Drones, tractors and robots: Salinas Valley addresses evolving industry at Ag Tech Summit
Cristian Ponce The Californian March 29, 2018 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: A scene from the 5th Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit at Hartnell College. Credit: Amy Wu) Hundreds gathered to learn about drone use […]
PhotoBloom AR launches Kickstarter Campaign
(Source: Kickstarter) March 28, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat introduced PhotoBloom AR in Four startups selected to participate in UCSC-funded accelerator pilot (6/8/17).] Simply put: we’re like the ‘Shutterfly’ […]