Digest #18

Calling for local tech news! In addition to curating news from other sources, Santa Cruz Tech Beat is looking to publish original news articles. See the new "Features" section below for original news articles. Please let me know if you'd like to write an article about your company, product, students, technology, or some wiz-bang innovation from the local tech scene.

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Features:

Stephen Blum: Santa Cruz looks at turning steel rails into glass pipes
Using Regional Transportation Commission's 32 miles rail line for fiber optic backbone is an attractive option for transportation and telecommunications.

News:

Events this week:

Civinomicon brings new ideas to the political table

"Civinomics founders Robert Singleton and Manu Koenig dubbed the workshop a civic 'hackathon,' similar to events held by computer programmers but for government instead."

What's next after Civinomicon? Read their blog to find out more.

The word is getting out about PayStand (but it's still in private beta)

With a tag line of "Everything you need to seek online & accept payments," Santa Cruz based PayStand offers simple stores and payments so you can take payments directly on your website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Also, PayStand partners with Sitefly.

Looker adds Amazon Redshift and Amazon RDS support to deliver modern BI in the cloud
Customers can quickly set up powerful analytical environments that are 100 percent in the cloud, then distribute a browser-based experience that enables anyone in the organization to access the data they need to make smart business decisions.

Powerslayer: Smart USB charger aims to save money and the planet
Launched on Kickstarter last week, Powerslayer, "a brilliant little USB smart charging device by some product geniuses in Santa Cruz, is here to save the planet, and save you money at the same time."

CSUMB breaks ground on Business-Information Technology building

The $43 million, 58,000-square-foot structure will house the College of Business and the School of Information Technology and Communication Design.

Three technologies that could transform learning
Monarch Media, a local eLearning company that partners with universities, academic publishers, and other learning professionals, reviews three education game changers.

Borland's former HQ for lease After Borland left, the property changed hands and was renamed the Enterprise Technology Centre, serving as a home to a number of smaller tech companies.

Plantronics Announces New 1,000,000 Share Repurchase Authorization "Our philosophy has been to return to our stockholders cash in excess of our operating needs, and stock repurchase programs are an excellent means of executing on this philosophy," stated Ken Kannappan, President & CEO.

Noteworthy, but not brand new

UC Santa Cruz team wins cancer genomics competition

A team of bioinformatics experts at UCSC made the most accurate predictions in a competitive challenge to identify signaling networks in breast cancer cells.