Utopia Inc., a global leader in enterprise data management solutions, announced the closing of a $50 million round of growth capital to accelerate its expansion into fast growing markets and enhance capabilities in Big Data managed services offerings. The investment was led by FTV Capital and included Liberty Mutual Insurance.

The start of 2012 has seen Honda (UK) develop its retail network; both expanding with existing franchisees and recruiting several new franchise partners. These additions across the pan-brand business illustrate confidence in the Honda brand, with investment being made in the long-term future of its dealer networks.

YouSendIt, Inc. today announced it has appointed Brad Garlinghouse as chief executive officer and chairman of its board of directors. A former senior executive who led key groups at both Yahoo! and AOL, Garlinghouse is a proven leader with a track record of driving significant results.

STEC, Inc., a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products, today announced that the company has validated its proprietary CellCare Technology's ability to extend the endurance of 24 nm consumer-grade multi-level cell (cMLC) NAND flash memory to 40,000 program/erase cycles.