San Diego-based ID Analytics , a provider of software used for detecting identity fraud and risk, disclosed today that the firm has added a new family of products focused on tapping information not found in typical public records or credit bureaus. According to the firm, its new ID Network Attributes products use information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, reported identity fraud, and other information to detect possible identity theft. The information is used by financial institutions, banks, and others. ID Analytics is venture backed by Investor Growth Capital, Canaan

Torrance-based Active Storage , a venture backed developer of storage products for the Apple market, announced a new, 32TB RAID product this morning. According to Active Storage, the new 3U product is specifically targeted at media production and Apple professionals, and includes an iPhone monitoring app and native Mac OS X storage management software. Active Storage is headed by ex-Apple The firm said the new product starts at $19,999. ...Tags: Tags: data raid apple macintosh storage activ

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La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless , a developer of products for managing mobile video streaming, said this morning that it has signed on Mobix Interactive as a customer. Mobix deploys its services on O2, 3, and Vodacom; according to the firms, Mobix will incorporate Ortiva's technology into its products, to improve quality of service of its platform. Ortiva's products adapt video streams depending on wireless Financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. Mobix Interactive is a provider of video-on-demand and TV services.

La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, a provider of products for managing and optimizing mobile video streams, has snagged Vodafone Portugal as a customer, the firm said today. Ortiva said that Vodafone Portugal will deploy its mobile Video Optimization Gateway product. Ortiva's products are used by telecommunications carriers to adapt video content to mobile phone capabilities and connection quality. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed, however, Ortiva said that Vodafone is the firm's first European customer. Ortiva is backed by Artiman Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Comcast Interactive

San Diego-based Transaction Wireless , a developer of mobile gift card and other mobile marketing products, announced this morning that it has raised an additional $2M in funding. The funding came from its existing investors, Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures. Transaction Wireless develops a stored value, gift card platform which allows users to purchase products using their mobile The company said the new funds will go towards ongoing technology and customer deployment and sales and marketing. The firm's customers include AMC Theatres and Bass Pro Shops.

Torrance-based Active Storage a developer of RAID products for Apple computers, has raised a Series A funding round, the firm said Tuesday afternoon. said the funding was led by Intel Capital, and also included Mission Ventures and Valhalla Partners. The firm said its founders were responsible for Apple's Active STorage XRAID products. The company--which was founded by former executives at Apple, Inc.--said Amount of the funding was not disclosed.

NIM said tha Hakam was senior director of product engineering at Kyocera, managing its global software engineering team. Networks in Motion is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures, and provides local search software for such services as AAA Mobile on Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Alltel; Verizon Wireless' VZ Navigator; and YellowPages.com Mobile, among others. Irvine-based location-based services (LBS) firm Networks in Motion said this week that it has hired on a new Vice President of Engineering at the firm.

Torrance-based Active Storage , a venture-backed developer of RAID products for Apple computers, said this week that it has released an upgraded iPhone application, which allows its customers to monitor its products directly from their phone. The firm said that the ability to monitor its products from the iPhone--which is not widely available from other storage manufacturers--has been a bit hit with its customers. Among updates to the software are better connectivity and support options in the case of component failures in the firm's storage devices. The firm is backed

Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops avatar creation technology for turning photos into animated, 3-D likenesses, said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new effort targeted training content creators on the firm's products. BigStage said its new online effort--Big Stage Studio--is aimed at production studios, advertising, marketing agencies, and others. The firm said it will teach content partners how to use 3D graphics and animation tools to learn steps to mask and motion track facial images in stills and video, so that they can be used with the firm's 3D avatars.