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About California

California (ˌkælɪˈfɔrnjə) is a state located on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, and Arizona to the southeast, as well as by Baja California in Mexico to the south. The most populous U.S. state, California's capital city is Sacramento, and its four largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. California is known for its varied climate and geography, as well as for its ethnically diverse population. The state is divided into 58 counties.

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Before becoming a part of the United States, Alta California was colonized by the Spanish Empire, beginning in 1769. Alta California became a part of the newly independent nation of Mexico in 1821, and remained so until 1846. That year, an independent California Republic was declared. The Republic's first and only president was William B. Ide, who played a pivotal role during the Bear Flag Revolt. His term lasted twenty-five days and concluded when California was occupied by U.S. forces during the Mexican-American War. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, Mexico formally ceded California to the United States. California was admitted to the Union as the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

California is the third largest U.S. state by land area; it contains a diverse geography, which ranges from the sandy and rocky beaches of the Pacific coast, to the rugged snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the east, to desert areas in the southeast and the forests of the northwest. The center portion of the state is dominated by the Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world and the largest of any U.S. state. The Sierra Nevada mountains contain Yosemite Valley, famous for its glacially-carved domes, and Sequoia National Park, home to the giant sequoia trees, the largest living organisms on Earth. The state is home to Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, as well as the second lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere, Death Valley. Many of the trees located in the California White Mountains are the oldest in the world; one Bristlecone pine has an age of 4,700 years.

The California Gold Rush began in 1848, dramatically changing California with a large influx of people and an economic boom. The early 20th century was marked by Los Angeles becoming the center of the entertainment industry, in addition to the growth of a large tourism sector in the state. Along with California's prosperous agricultural industry, other industries include aerospace, petroleum, and computer and information technology. California ranks among the ten largest economies in the world, and were it a separate country, it would be 34th amongst the most populous countries, just behind Poland, as well as the world's sixth-largest economy.

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  2. WhiteHat Security Founder and CTO to Present at Black Hat USA 2010 and Cloud Security Alliance Summit

    Explore Article redorbit.com (Jul 22 2010)

    ...at booth #26, located in the Palace Ballroom. About WhiteHat Security Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WhiteHat Security is the leading provider of website risk management solutions that protect critic... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   California   Cloud Security Alliance Summit   Firefox

  3. Lawmakers Question the Security of Cloud Computing

    Explore Article pcworld.com (Jul 1 2010) Compliance

    ...they can implement guaranteed security in a cloud environment," said Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican. "As all of you know, we do not guarantee security. We have breaches every week, every m... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Salesforce   California   IDG News Service

  4. Microsoft pushes ADFS 2.0, federated cloud security

    Explore Article itworldcanada.com (Jun 9 2010) IAM

    ... organizations interconnect with business partners and customers. By: Jaikumar Vijayan (04 Jun 2010)California's Marin County has sued Deloitte Consulting LLP for $30 million over an allegedly botched SAP Enter... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hewlett-Packard Co.   California   British Columbia

  5. The Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing

    Explore Article .NET Developer's Journal (May 19 2010) Compliance , IAM

    The Top 250 Players in Cloud Computing ...S - Founded in early 2007, Good OS is an operating system software company based in Silicon Valley, California, USA and Taipei, Taiwan. Its mission is: "to enable cloud computing through software." Grid Dynamic... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon   Salesforce   NAS

  6. Whit Diffie Examines Cloud Security Aspects

    Explore Article Home | SYS-CON MEDIA (May 18 2010)

    Whit Diffie Examines Cloud Security Aspects ... and Top Delegates! Cloud Expo 2010 West, November 1-4, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   California   Cloud Expo Europe   Cloud Expo

  7. Intel Launches First 32nm Secure Data Center Processors

    Explore Article CENS.com (Mar 18 2010)

    ...ndation for cloud security. ...and more » Taipei, March 18, 2010 (CENS)-Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, on March 16 launched the Xeon Processor 5600 family of microprocessors, which features two new sec... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   California   Taipei   Intel

  8. Hope, Concern Behind States' Quest for the Cloud

    Explore Article govinfosecurity.com (Mar 12 2010) Compliance

    ...loud but I think we proceed very carefully because simply of the kinds of the information we have," California Chief Information Security Officer Mark Weatherford said. Colorado CISO Seth Kulakow agreed that cl... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nevada   Colorado   Ciso

  9. CISOs rain on cloud-computing parade at RSA

    Explore Article NetworkWorld.com (Mar 4 2010)

    ...s state's financial situation "extremely bad." "We are doing some cloud services with e-mail," said California's CISO, Mark Weatherford. "It's very efficient. We can't ignore the benefits in the cloud, but we h... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Amazon   RSA Conference   Colorado

  10. CISOs Rain on Cloud-Computing Parade At RSA

    Explore Article CIO.com (Mar 4 2010)

    CISOs Rain on Cloud-Computing Parade At RSA ...s state's financial situation "extremely bad." "We are doing some cloud services with e-mail," said California's CISO, Mark Weatherford. "It's very efficient. We can't ignore the benefits in the cloud, but we h... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Network World   California   Ciso

  11. Symplified CEO to Present at America's Growth Capital InfoSec ...

    Explore Article Forbes.com (Feb 22 2010) IAM

    ...AGC Emerging Growth Conference, Westin San Francisco Market Street, 50 Third Street, San Francisco, California, Olympic Room. WHEN: Monday, March 1 at 4:00 PM PST HOW: Please contact Marc Gendron at marc@mgpr.n... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Salesforce   San Francisco   California

  12. Novell and Red Hat: Taking Linux to the Cloud

    Explore Article Web 2.0 Journal (Feb 21 2010) IAM

    Novell and Red Hat: Taking Linux to the Cloud ...h firms, Institutional investors and Government agencies. He holds an Executive MBA from UC Irvine, California and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, New York. (Read Full Article)

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