Laguna Hills-based Parallax Capital Partners , an investment group which acquires and operates software companies, said today that it has acquired Seattle-based Daptiv , a provider of online software-as-a-service for project and portfolio management. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MORE >>

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of social relationship management software, reported yesterday that it has tapped a Salesforce.com veteran to head up its content and product marketing strategy. nimble salesforce customer relationship contact management saas software cloud executiveREAD MORE>>. MORE >>

Pasadena-based Guidance Software , a developer of forensics software for digital investigations of computers, said today that it has hired Leo J. Guidance develops software used by government, corporate, and law enforcement customers to examine computers for e-discovery and other investigations. READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based Projecturf , a developer of software-as-a-service for project and collaboration management for small and medium businesses, is announcing an upgrade to the firm's namesake offering today. Tags: software saas management project projecturf According to the firm, the version 2.0 READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based CEntral Desktop , the developer of online project and collaboration software which is headed by Isaac Garcia, claimed yesterday that it has seen growth in both its employees and customers last year. The company said it grew its staff by 43 percent in 2011, and increased its enterprise customer base by 41 percent. MORE >>