A Startup That Makes Data Centers Efficient, Smooth-Stone, Gets New VPs And A New Name

Green IT startup Smooth-Stone today announced a new company name, Calxeda (pronounced "cal-zeh-dah") and the addition of three vice president-level executives to its team: Karl Freund, Bob Baughman and Steve Beatty. The talent comes from IBM, Polycom and Freescale, respectively. Calxeda also launched a new website to reflect its rebranding, and moved into a new corporate headquarters office in Austin, Texas. Founded in January 2008, Calxeda raised a $48 million investment in August this year from a syndicate of venture capital firms and semiconductor companies...