Great post by John Shiple. He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application

Pasadena-based OpenX , which develops open source, ad serving software, said Tuesday that it has launched a new version of its software. Among updates to the software, the firm said that software now provides better statistics on advertising, more streamlined install and upgrades, and a new wizard for generating advertising tags. OpenX is venture backed by DAG Ventures, Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Mangrove Capital, Tags: openx open source advertising software network publishin

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. The software developed by OpenX is used by online publishers to serve up Internet advertising. According to OpenX, the Financial impact of the customer wins was not disclosed; the software is available as open source, and the firm said it makes money through offering professional services to its publishers, providing premium support packages, hosted offerings, and OpenX market, a new marketplace the firm is working on that allows publishers to sell their advertising space.

Pasadena-based OpenX is in a major deal with software giant Microsoft , saying today that the two are in a deal to cross-market and promote products to their publishers. OpenX said it it will become a preferred partner to publisher for enterprise ad serving, and will promote Microsoft's Content Ads monetization products, as part of a multi-year agreement. OpenX said that publishers usings Financial details of the advertising technology partnership were not disclosed. READ MORE>> ...Tags:

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a provider of ad serving software for web publishers, announced this morning that the firm has launched a new, advertising marketplace it is calling OpenX Market. According to OpenX, the marketplace will integrate with its software, and allow publishers to maximize their revenues. The addition of the marketplace--which The new marketplace uses a real-time auction for impressions on web sites, comparing the ad rates for advertising through its marketplace with a publisher's own inventory, and running the one which will provide more revenue.

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a developer of ad serving software for web publishers, said this morning that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding round. OpenX's software and services are used by online publishers to serve up web ads; the firm also recently launched its own ad marketplace. Tags: openx venture capital advertising internet softwar According to the firm, the new round was led by DAG Ventures, and also included prior investors Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Mangrove Capital, First Round Capital, and Jonathan Miller. The firm said the

Best Exit Internet Technology, Networks In Motion; Best Funding in New Media/Internet: Rubicon Project, The, HauteLook.com, Zag; Best Funding in Software/Services: OpenX Technologies, Inc. (FKA: Thursday, January 21, 2010 -- LAVA's 7th Annual Venture Awards Dinner. Master of Ceremonies: Ken Rutkowski, METal International.

OpenX ( $10M ) - online advertising X1 Technologies ( undisclosed ) - enterprise search software In what can only be a strange alignment of the stars, Southern California’s three venture announcements today are all companies with “X” in their name: Ophthonix ( $25.9M ) - medical devices/visual correction technology ...Tags: