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2008

December

Bay Microsystems Ranked #136 Fastest Growing Company in North America

Billeo Survey: Online Bill Payers Incur Fewer late Fees

November

Bay Microsystems Named #17 in Deloitte’s Silicon Valley Fast 50

Intematix Blue Chips + Amber Phosphor Boost System Efficiency

Novariant Hires VP/GM for AutoFarm

October

Novariant Announces $40M Financing

September

Bay Microsystems named Finalist in Best of VMWorld 2008 Awards

Bay Microsystems Named to Inc. Magazine’s 27th Annual List of America’s 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Billeo Introduces Search of Stored Receipts Online

Billeo Makes Online Shopping and Bill Pay Easy

Intematix Taps Former Cree Executive to Lead LED-Lighting Business Expansion

August

A Look at Online Payments in the U.S.

Novariant Launches Terralite XPS Multi-Pit Solution

July

15 Web Sites for Managing (and Saving) Money

June

SOFTBANK and Bay Microsystems Deploy Industry’s First Multi-Site Disaster Recovery solution for Virtual Machines

Smart password management right in your browser

Intematix expands Solid State Lighting distribution

May

Sprint, NetLogic Microsystems Join Road to 100G Alliance

Intematix Unveils LED "Chip on Ceramic" Solutions Optimized for General Purpose Solid State Lighting

Billeo CEO in Silicon Valley Who’s Who

Seth Halio Joins Novariant as CFO

April

Bay Microsystems CEO appointed to Global Semiconductor Alliance Leadership Council

Novariant announces record first quarter

Patents proliferate at Novariant

March

Samsung acquires Clairvoyante

Bay Microsystems’s CEO on the Need for 100G

Billeo and PRBC Give Consumers a New Way to Build Credit

Intematix Boosts Phosphor Capabilities with Chinese Acquisition

Intematix Adds to Growing IP Portfolio

GPS is Key for Mining Efficiency

February

Billeo Announces Record Year

Novariant Streamlines Data Collection and Transfer

Google Simplifies Email Security with Postini Infrastructure

January

Novariant and Raven Announce GPS Steering & Application Control
System

Novariant Builds Strong Mining Team

2007 News

December

Bay Microsystems named to Red Herring’s Global 100 List

Intematix Expands Offerings, Adds Lighting Development Center

November

Bay Microsystems a Finalist for “Most Respected Private Company”

Billeo secures $7M Series B Funding

Postini Announces New Email Content Policy Management Features

October

Bay Microsystems and Dune Networks announce SPAUI support

Bay Microsystems named Rising Star in Deloitte’s Technology Fast50 Program

Billeo named PC Magazine’s Site of the Week

Samsung develops world’s first wVGA OLED with Clairvoyante

Google completes Postini acquisition

September

Bay Microsystems adds Provider Backbone Transport for 40G

Novariant and Raven Expand Partnership

August

Postini CEO discusses the challenges of compliance

Postini CEO discusses Software as a Service (SaaS)

Postini announces message discovery service

July

Bay Microsystems obtains new funding for global expansion

Billeo offers convenient bill payment options

Novariant grows GPS product sales

Postini and Baker McKenzie on Managing Electronic Data

Google to acquire Postini

June

Bay creates “Road to 100G” Alliance

Intematix hires veteran Chris Bajorek to lead Technology Development

Novariant GPS Steering Named one of NASA’s Top 20 Spinoff Technologies

Novariant Provides “Hands Free Harvest”

Iomega Partners with Postini

May

Bay Microsystems and Dune Networks Partner for Carrier Ethernet

Clairvoyante Controls Power and Color Purity

Top Viruses and Web Threats

April

Intematix provides LED ingredients

Bay Microsystems goes after Network Processor market

Bay Microsystems and Enigma announce 40G interoperability

Clairvoyante enhances LCD performance

Former Symbol CTO joins Cranite Board

Postini Wins Gold Award

Postini Upgrades Hosted Security Services

March

Bay Microsystems Ships first 40G Processor

Novariant’s AutoFarm Enhances Strip-Tilling

Postini Awarded New patent for Email Processing

February

Billeo and Link2Gov Align for Online Tax Payments

Clairvoyante Enables Bigger LCD Screens without Bigger Batteries

Postini and Google Partner on Google Apps

January

Postini says January’s Second Massive Virus Outbreak Portends Threat Growth

First Data Acquires Size Technologies


2006 News

December

With Clairvoyante, Portables Get Bigger LCDs without Batteries

Novariant AutoFarm’s RighTrac ™ Offers Repeatable Performance at Low Cost

Novariant’s AutoFarm and Raven Announce Partnership

Saving Space and Time: The Tractor that Einstein Built

Postini Announces Top 5 Messaging Security Predictions for 2007

November

New Management Team Members Bring Over 20 Years of Experience to Cranite Systems

Intematix Raises $16.5 million

Novariant Continues Global Expansion

Spammers Morph Tactics

October

Clairvoyante Featured In Digital Journal Online

Billeo Scores Distribution Deal with Target

Postini Ranked as Top for Law Firms

September

Bay Microsystems selects IDT search accelerator

Newlyn Technologies’ Peter Scovell Joins Cranite Advisory Board

Postini in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant”

BASF chooses Postini for email security in 170 countries

August

Clairvoyante on cover of IEEE Spectrum

Postini reports escalating attacks on public IM

Postini is law firms’ top choice …. again

July

Clairvoyante selected by EETimes as one of 60 start-ups to watch

June

Tomato LSI to Produce World's Smallest Single-Chip IC Driver to Enable Compact, Power-Efficient Pentile Displays

Cranite Systems Secures $11.5 Million in New Funding Led by Warburg Pincus

Postini Reports Record 500 Percent Increase in Instant Messaging Attacks During the Month of May

May

Bay Microsystems Unveils World's First 40G Network Processor

Bay Microsystems Named a Red Herring Top 100 Winner

Novariant and Wenco Partner to Deliver Next Generation Positioning Applications to Open Pit Mines

April

The Linley Group Names Bay Microsystems The Fastest Growing Network Processor Vendor for 2005

Billeo Closes Series A Investment Led by Altos Ventures

Postini's Integrated Message Management Platform Paving the Way for Enterprise Message Security & Compliance

March

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February

LG Innotek to Produce Family of High-Resolution Display Modules Fully Integrated with PenTile RGBW™ Technology

Intematix Announces Key Win for Solid State Lighting LED Phosphor Technology

Novariant Names Herb Satterlee New CEO

January

Bay Microsystems builds an MSPP strategy

Cranite’s SafeConnect selected as a 2006 Mobility Award Winner

IM is the new threat vector in messaging, says Postini

Postini Expands Market Leadership


2005 News

December

Clairvoyante founder profiled on cover of EE Times

Cranite’s SafeConnect offers security superior to IPsec VPNs

Intematix named as finalist for "Best Product of the Year"

First Novariant Terralite deployment at Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine

Novariant announces Cultiva OnTrac Assisted Steering System

Sober Virus Largest Ever on Internet, says Postini

November

Postini to offer new threat ID service

Postini Names Quentin Gallivan as President and CEO

October

Bay Microsystems and N.E.T. to Deliver Secure High Speed Multiservice Platform

Cranite Provides Military–Grade Security for WIFI Hotspots and Remote Access

Chunghwa uses Clairvoyante's PenTile RGBW™ Technology for Mobile qVGA

AU Optronics' Mobile Panel with PenTile RGBW™ Dramatically Improves Power Efficiency

IDT and Bay Microsystems Give Network Processor Customers Complete Search Solutions

September

Phosphor Partnerships Accelerate : Edison Opto Joins Intematix In Delivering Innovative LED Lighting Solutions 

Postini Adds IM and Archiving To Message Management Service 

Postini Recognized as Top Security Vendor in Customer Satisfaction

August

AutoFarm and Cultiva Join Forces

Intematix Partners with ProLight Opto for Solid State Lighting LED Phosphor

Postini Powers New McAfee Secure Messaging Service

Intematix Signs New Phosphor License Agreement

Postini Reports Sizzling Summer Phishing Season

Cranite Systems Awarded Contract to Secure New York City First Responder Network

Clairvoyante Founder Nominated for Prestigious World Technology Network Award

July

Cranite Secures Wireless Infrastructure for Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations (CWID)

Bay Microsystems and IP Infusion form strategic alliance

Postini listed in leader quadrant by Gartner

June

Bay Microsystems acquires Parama Networks

Bay, Marconi, NRL and NET demonstrate 10G Triple-Play

Postini wins key patent; to provide reputation service

Postini to add IM filtering

May

Bay wins another military contract

Billeo named Emerging Star at TiEcon 2005

Clairvoyante enables world's first Pentile qVGA SOC driver

Cranite qualified by Canadian government

Novariant receives $16M funding

Postini attacks Europe

April

Billeo wins best of the Web award

Cranite's Wireless Wall secures 100 mile wireless link

Intematix wins Second License for White LED technology

March

Clairvoyante announces next generation of Pentile RGBW Technology

Intematix Licenses White LED Phosphor

Novariant Announces GPS-Enabled System for Construction Market

First email Security Service Launched for SMEs

European Data Center Extends Postini's Global Footprint

February

Cranite Releases WirelessWall 4.0, First Layer 2 Wireless Security Software Solution to Support Virtual LANs

(Novariant) AutoFarm Announces New RTK AutoSteer System

January

Postini goes global with reseller program

Frost & Sullivan Study Shows Postini's Email Security Managed Services is the Most Cost-Effective Approach


2004 News

November

Marconi Partners with Bay Microsystems on Marconi's Newly Announced MPG-1000 Media and Protocol Gateway

October

Novariant Recognized in Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies

Sitronix to Supply PenTile Matrix™ Driver ICs to LCD Panel Makers

CREDANT Technologies and Cranite Systems to Provide Comprehensive, Government-Certified Wireless Security Offering

AMLAW Tech Survey Identifies Postini as Top Solution in Use by Law Firms to Stop Spam

September

Clairvoyante, Inc. Names Display Industry Veteran, Joel Pollack, President and CEO

Novariant Announces Industry First Terralite XPS Positioning Infrastructure

August

IntegriNautics Appoints Industry Veterans, Changes Name to Novariant

Cranite names new CEO, secures additional funding

Integrinautics appoints industry veterans, announces name change

Cranite and AirMagnet Join Forces To Offer Best-of-Breed Wireless Network Security and Monitoring

Clairvoyante receives Series B Funding

Postini Beefs Up Anti-Spam Managed Service

Triformix announces Acquisition of JDSU's Molded Optics Business Unit

July

New U. S. Army Guidelines for Wireless LAN Security Validate Cranite Technology

June

Bay Microsystems Expands Federal Business With Deal to Develop Next Generation Secure Broadband Solutions

Postini reports 'CAN-SPAM' Act Is Ineffective at Reducing Junk E-mail Levels

Postini Anti-Spam Service gets Nod at WiscNet

May

Cranite's Wireless Wall is ZDNET Australia's Editor's Choice for large enterprises

Postini Named Best of TechEd 2004 Winner for The Editors' Choice for Services Award

April

Samsung Shows 400ppi-Equivalent LCD Panel Incorporating Clairvoyante Technology

Intematix Closes $7 million Series B

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation completes the acquisition of 3Ware

March

3Ware to be acquired by Applied Micro Circuits Corporation for $150M

Postini Wins Network World Best of Tests Award

February

The Granite Wall of Safety

Mesh Meets Security

Business 2.0: Postini one of 12 Hot Start-Ups

January

USA Today: Spam blaster does job for Merrill

Cranite Systems Named Finalist in 19th Annual SIIA Codie Award Competition

3ware First to Market with New Escalade Serial ATA Controllers Featuring Multi-lane Connectors


2003 News

December

Novariant CEO interview

Postini Finalist for 19th Annual Codie Awards

Cranite Systems to Bring Secure, Wireless Computing to Government and Healthcare Organizations with HP

November

Triformix closes series C

Clairvoyante Lab's Pentile Technology shown at FPD International Show in Yokohama (Japanese article)

Postini Receives Highest Rating in InfoWorld Review

October

Novariant Receives Innovation Award at Agritechnica Exhibition in Germany

Postini Awarded Editors’ Choice By PC Magazine For Second Time

3Ware CEO interview

September

Cranite's Wireless Wall Deployed by Renton, WA government

Nokia Message Protector Employs Postini Technology

Postini Raises $10M in Series D Financing

August

Integrinautics Scientist Named one of World’s Top Young Innovators by Technology Review

Postini makes Bank Technology's list of Top 10 Companies to Watch

July

Clairvoyante Lab's Pentile technology featured in PC Magazine

3ware Launches Second Generation Serial ATA RAID Controllers

June

Postini reports 70% of e-mail is now spam

May

3Ware wins place in Iomega NAS products

Securing email a top priority for law firms

April

Postini triples corporate anti-spam revenues

3Ware supports the demands of Pittsburg supercomputing center

March

Cranite Systems Wireless Wall wins FIPS 140-2 rating

Trend Micro to use Postini technology

February

Postini Perimeter Manager named PC Magazine's Editors' Choice anti-spam service

Going 'wardriving' with Cranite Systems

Futuredex features Clairovante's subpixel rendering technology

January

Postini Announces Licensing of High Performance Anti-Spam Engine to
Trend Micro


2002 News

West Point Cadets Scale the WirelessWall

West Point Secures Wireless LAN

U.S. Military Academy at West Point Deploys Cranite's WirelessWallR
Software Suite 2.0

Leading Law Firms Select Postini Email Security

Postini Announces New Email Perimeter Protection Services For
Corporations

Cranite Systems Appoints Kenneth W. Schneider Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer.

Cranite adds Michael T. Gilley Former Sales Executive from Check
Point Software to Executive Team.

Cranite Encrypts Symbol (Unstrung)

Cranite Adds $12 Million in Funding (Silicon Valley Bus. Journal)

Postini Launches Global Spam, Virus, & Directory Harvest Attack
Tracking Service.

Postini — Directory Harvest Attacks Pose Significant Security Threat
to Corporate Email Systems.

Postini Appoints Doug McLean Vice President of Corporate Marketing.

Postini Reports Significant Increase in Junk Email and Virus Traffic.

Clairvoyante Laboratories completes Series "A" funding extension.

Postini — Content filtering without hardware or software.

Clairvoyante Laboratories, Samsung Electronics unveil joint-project flat panel display prototypes.

Cranite Systems announces close of Series B.

Postini Launches Active EMS to provide comprehensive security and control for email systems.

Postini Closes $10 Million in Series C.

Postini Processes Over 1 Billion Messages in 2001.


2001 News

Postini issues warning regarding 'GONER' virus.

Clairvoyante Labs featured in Design Engineering.

Clairvoyante Labs featured in Electronic Products.

Postini featured in ISP-Planet article.

Pacifica Fund closes investment in Postini, provider of e-mail screening and augmentation infrastructure.

Pacifica Fund, Selby Venture Partners, Lakshmi Technologies, and The Angels' Forum close A round funding of flat panel display innovators ClairVoyante Laboratories.  ClairVoyante's human factors based subpixel layout and rendering technology offers improved price/performance to display manufacturers and OEMs.

Pacifica Fund general partners Mochio Umeda and Yukio Okamoto are appointed to NTT DoCoMo's external advisory board.  Japanese   English.

Pacifica Fund general partner Mochio Umeda appointed to Management Advisory Committee of NEC Corporation.

 
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