Predixion Software , a developer of collaborative predictive analytics solutions, announced today it has raised $6 million in Series B financing.  Predixion's Series B round was led by a new, unnamed strategic investor and subscribed to by current investors DFJ Frontier, Miramar Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures.

OptionEase named the 22nd fastest growing private software company in the U.S. and the 19th fastest growing private business in the Los Angeles Area.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced it has acquired Azuro, Inc., a company that has pioneered a paradigm shift in the digital implementation and optimization of next-generation SoCs.

FastSoft, Inc., a leading Web acceleration software company, announced today it will demonstrate a new web performance optimization solution that combines its origin-content acceleration (OCA) technology with Google’s mod_pagespeed front-end optimization (FEO) tool.

RealPractice, Inc., a leading provider of software and marketing services for law firms, announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) has acquired Coradiant Inc., the market leader in end-user experience and web application performance monitoring.

AccelOps, a developer of monitoring solutions designed for cloud-generation data centers and service providers, has named Elie Antoun president and chief executive officer. Previously he served as C.E.O. of Genesis Microchip, a publicly traded company, and of the venture-backed start-up MediaQ.

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