Chatsworth-based Aleratec , a manufacturer of hard drive, DVD and CD duplication and other hardware, said Monday that it has hired on Howard Wing as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Wing joins the company from Plextor, where he was VP of Sales and Marketing. Aleratec's hardware includes hard disk duplicators, and DVD and CD publishing products. Aleratec's products are sold through online and other retailers. ...Tags:

Chatsworth-based data storage provider DataDirect Networks is reporting this morning that the firm's products have been selected by Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) for a supercomputer storage installation. DataDirect Networks manufactures high speed data storage devices, specifically geared toward the high performance computing (HPC) market. DataDirect said that sixteen of the firm's S2A9900 products are being used in LLNL's next generation computational simulation environments. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

has snagged a sales VP from Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks, naming Scott Genereux as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Genereux has served at DataDirect, where he was SVP of Worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Support, as well as Hitachi Data Systems, where he served for 17 years in a number of sales positions, most recently EVP and GM of Worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Suport. QLogic is a manufacturer of host bus adapters, switches, Aliso Viejo-based data storage networking hardware firm QLogic Corp. QLogic said that Genereux will report to CEO H.K.

QLogic said Darling will be based in Singapore and will report to Scott Genereux, the company's senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Prior to joining QLogic, Darling worked as vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific for Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks. Aliso Viejo-based networking equipment maker QLogic , reported Tuesday that it has hired Martin Darling as vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan Sales. Before that, QLogic said, he handled Asia Pacific sales for Copan Systems and for EMC's Dell Business Sales unit. READ MORE>> ...Tags:

Chatsworth-based Capstone Turbine , a manufacturer of microturbine systems for the power generation market, announced this morning that the firm has laid off 22 positions at the firm. According to Capstone, the cuts came on March 23rd, and are on top of a February cut of 19 employees and 16 open positions at the company, bringing the firm's total employees to 212. The firm said the two cuts were made to lower the company's future operating expenses, and will save it approximately $3.7M

Chatsworth-based Provision Interactive Technologies, which is developing 3D display technology, has snagged former Apple Computer CEO Gil Amelio for the firm's board of advisors. Provision is developing technology it says can project full-color, high-resolution videos in 3D; the firm is targeting the technology toward the advertising and merchandising market. Amelio has previously served as CEO and Chairman of Apple Computer; President, CEO, and Chairman of National Semiconductor, as well as President of Rockwell Communication Systems. Amelio was also behind Aquicor and the recent purchase

Aliso Viejo-based QLogic said earlier this week that it has certified the firm's InfiniBand adapters and switches with Chatsworth-based DataDirect 's S2A InfiniBand storage arrays. The firms said the certification is aimed at customer in the high performance computing (HPC) market. DataDirect Networks provides data storage specifically optimized to provide high performance to supercomptuers and other high performance computing environments; QLogic is a maker of storage related networking hardware. The two said the certification would give their respective customers better access to

Chatsworth-based Pentadyne Power said Monday that it has raised $22M in a financing round. The firm, which develops flywheel energy storage systems, said the funding will go to fuel expansion of the firm into new markets. The company said the funding came from existing investors in the firm, although specific investors in the funding round were not disclosed; the company has previously scored funding from Nth Power, DTE Energy, Energy Innovation Portfolio, Semptra Energy, Rustic Canyon Partners, Electricite de France, Loudwater Investment Partners, and Ben Rosen. Pentadyne's flywheel systems

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications has been dropped from the NASDAQ Stock Market, the firm said this morning, saying that it has failed to demonstrate compliance with various Nasdaq Marketplace Rules around filing of quarterly and annual reports. In the meantime, MRV said it will trade on the Pink Sheets and over the counter markets. ...Tags: The delisting came as a result of a restatement of the firm's financial statements. MRV said in June of 2008 that it was conducting an investigation of the firm's historical stock option granting process; that investigation

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , a manufacturer of storage systems focused on the high performance market, said Monday that the firm has created a storage system specifically targeted at cloud storage. DataDirect said its new Web Object Scaler (WOS) product is specifically focused on solving performance, scalability, and management problems associated with content creation, storage, and distribution. The firm is focusing its new product on use for storing Internet content, including photo, video, music, social networking, and other sites, as well as use in data intensive applications