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MetroWest495 Biz | August 2014 7 rebounding following a lackluster 2013. eMc units push coMpany gRoWth Hopkinton-based EMC Corp. posted a 5-percent increase in revenue in the second quarter, or $5.9 billion, led by strong growth in its Pivotal and VM Ware businesses. Pivotal Software, a platform-as-a-service company that serves larger businesses, saw revenue jump 29 percent over the second quarter of 2013, while revenue for cloud services provider VMware was up 17 percent. Meanwhile, EMC Information Infrastructure — the company's main business unit — saw more modest revenue growth of 1 percent. News of strong growth at VMware comes as an activist investor, Elliott Management Corp., is pushing for EMC to sell VMware as a way to restructure the company, the Wall Street Journal reported. lacK of laB space pushes out KaRyophaRM Karyopharm Therapeutics, a life sciences startup that's poised for growth following a successful initial public offering of stock and preliminary drug approvals, was a rising star in Natick until the company announced it was moving to a bigger headquarters in Newton at the end of July. According to Senior Vice President Paul Brannelly, the expanding company needed a larger headquarters, including laboratory space, but an initial search within Natick was unsuccessful. Craig Johnston, senior vice president at commercial real estate firm R.W. Holmes in Wayland, said that's typical of MetroWest, particularly Natick and Framingham. He said startups that need small laboratories can find homes in the region, but an expanding company like Karyopharm might struggle. southBoRough's WeBco eXtends lease The 40-year-old Southborough-based Webco Engineering has signed a lease extension for its headquarters at 155 Northborough Rd., according to an announcement from Greater Boston Commercial Properties, which handled the transaction. While terms of the extension were not released, Greater Boston Commercial Properties said the extension will allow the manufacturer of custom equipment for the paper industry to continue to utilize 3,000 square feet of the 12,432-square-foot facility for both its office and design space, with the rest for manufacturing. n roundup When it comes to reaching the Central Mass market, no group of radio stations has the POWER to talk to as many of your potential customers as we do. Our tOtal Weekly listeners WOuld fill MeChaniCs hall 400 tiMes! That's right. Over 616,000 people tune into WXLO, The Pike and WORC. Are they hearing about your business these days? Put the power of our family of stations to work for you today! * Nielson/Arbitron / 18+ Adults/ Fall 2013 NRD / Monday-Sunday 6am – 12pm REACH We'd like to share with you our proven strategies to help make your business become "known before its needed" Call John Sutherland or Bob Goodell today at 508-752-1045 Fore Kicks – Marlboro, MA Service Tire Truck Center - Millbury, MA solect.com | info@solect.com 508-598-3511 | Hopkinton, MA As a leading commercial solar developer & installer, Solect delivers smart solar solutions to help businesses and organizations reduce energy costs. Our collaborative and practical approach of developing "smart solar" solutions ensures simplified, reliable, and profitable results that best fit our customers' needs, and has earned Solect a reputation for integrity and quality. There's a Reason Why Businesses Across Massachusetts are Installing Solar Energy

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