| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- May 17, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Palo Alto-Based Pinterest Lands $100 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation o Santa Clara-Based Agilent to Acquire Denmark's Dako for $2.2 Billion o Report: Palo Alto-Based HP to Eliminate 30,000 Jobs in Restructuring o San Carlos-Based MarkLogic Names Gary Bloom as New CEO o Survey: 44% Say They Would "Never" Click on Facebook Ads o Briefly Noted: CrowdOptic - Silicon Valley Bank, Accuray _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Face-to-Face PR: How to Increase Your Organization's Visibility --Executive Briefing - Product Portfolio Briefing --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Palo Alto-Based Pinterest Lands $100 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation Palo Alto, Calif. -- Pinterest, the pinboard-style social photo sharing site operated by Palo Alto-based Cold Brew Labs, has landed a new $100 million round of funding at a $1.5 billion valuation, led by Japanese online marketplace Rakuten, the companies said on Thursday. Previous backers Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital, as well as a number of angel investors, also participated. Pinterest said it will use the funds to improve its service and expand its community globally. The investment also marks the launch of a partnership with Rakuten, aimed at helping Pinterest expand in Japan and Rakuten's 17 other markets. "We see tremendous synergies between Pinterest's vision and Rakuten's model for e-commerce," said Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani. "Rakuten looks forward to introducing Pinterest to the Japanese market as well as other markets around the world." http://www.pinterest.com http://global.rakuten.com/group http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120516007086/en/Rakuten-Leads-Investment-Pinterest _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based Agilent to Acquire Denmark's Dako for $2.2 Billion Santa Clara, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies, the Santa Clara-based measurement technology giant, on Thursday announced the largest acquisition in company history, agreeing to acquire Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company Dako in a deal worth $2.2 billion. The acquisition is expected to close within 60 days, adding more than 1,000 employees and $340 million in annual revenue. "Agilent's strategy in acquiring Dako is about strengthening the company's presence in life science and about revenue growth," said Bill Sullivan, the company's president and CEO. Dako provides antibodies, reagents, scientific instruments and software to customers in pathology laboratories, and also collaborates with a number of major pharmaceutical companies. http://www.dako.com http://www.agilent.com http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2012/17may-gp12009.html _____________________________________________ o Report: Palo Alto-Based HP to Eliminate 30,000 Jobs in Restructuring Palo Alto, Calif. -- HP, the Palo Alto-based technology giant, plans to eliminate around 30,000 jobs -- nearly 10% of its current workforce -- as part of a long-term restructuring plan to be unveiled next week, All Things D reported on Thursday. The blog said the cuts are likely to take place over a year or more, with CEO Meg Whitman reinvesting much of the savings into new initiatives. The program reportedly will include around 5,000 voluntary buyouts. http://www.hp.com http://allthingsd.com/20120517/hps-whitman-to-announce-restructuring-plan-wednesday-30000-jobs-targeted/ _____________________________________________ o San Carlos-Based MarkLogic Names Gary Bloom as New CEO San Carlos, Calif. -- MarkLogic, a San Carlos-based developer of database software designed to help clients process large amounts of data, on Thursday named Gary Bloom as its new president and CEO. Bloom most recently served as the president and CEO of eMeter, and previously was a consultant at private investment firm TPG. He also earlier served as the vice chair and president of Symantec, as well as the chairman and CEO of Veritas Software. http://www.marklogic.com/ http://www.marklogic.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2012/gary-bloom-joins-marklogic-as-chief-executive-officer/ _____________________________________________ o Survey: 44% Say They Would "Never" Click on Facebook Ads London, England -- Thirty percent of people "strongly distrust" Facebook with their personal data, while 44% say they would "never" click on Facebook-sponsored ads, according to a new survey by digital marketing agency Greenlight. Though half of the survey's 500 respondents say they use the site -- ranking it third in popularity behind Google and YouTube -- only 3% of them said they regularly click on the site's ads or sponsored listings. "Facebook's popularity doesn't come as a surprise. However, with over 30% of respondents saying they 'strongly distrust' Facebook with their personal data, Facebook's advertising program has an upward struggle," said Hannah Kimuyu, director of paid media at Greenlight. "Facebook's advertising program allows brands to connect with more than 800 million potential customers, through targeting their age, gender, location and interests, in other words -- personal data." http://gossip.greenlightdigital.com/whitepaper/search-and-social-media-survey-20112012/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based CrowdOptic, a developer of crowd-driven mobile apps, said on Thursday it has landed a new round of debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The company said it will use the funds to accelerate development of its technology platform, as well as to expand sales efforts. Financial terms of the round were not disclosed. http://www.crowdoptic.com http://www.svb.com (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Accuray, a developer of technology used in radiation oncology, on Thursday named Richard Pettingill to its board of directors. Pettingill previously served as the president and CEO of Allina Health System, and most recently was president and CEO of the California Division of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. http://investors.accuray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177244&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1697034&highlight= =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Face-to-Face PR: How to Increase Your Organization's Visibility Between regular meetings, phone calls and emails, you may often wonder how you can fit another task into your workday. 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This position reports directly to the Marketing Manager to plan, coordinate and manage all aspects of client seminars and receptions, sponsorship events, Firm events and retreats, and other special events. Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively in one-on-one and small group settings with business partners and outside vendors. Additionally, candidate must be a self-starter, detail oriented, have the ability to organize and prioritize a number of tasks and complete them under time constraints. Strong computer, backend web development, HTML and graphics skills are required. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is preferred. Salary: DOE. Please include your salary requirement. 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Our Finance team seeks an individual who will report to the CFO, with the ability to develop and maintain long-range financial models for the company's strategic plan, produce product revenue projections and forecasts and prepare financial analyses. They will also be able to analyze trends, manage components of the operating plan process, participate in the valuation of potential business development opportunities, and collaborate with R&D, Commercial and Operations functions. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging and highly diverse team environment is critical. To be a successful candidate you will have at least 4 years of finance/accounting experience, with a proven track record of incorporating applications of accounting principles, financial reporting, and cash management, and be an expert in Excel. It's important that you have experience in life sciences and knowledge/experience with Microsoft GP is a plus, as is an MBA. 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