| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 13, 2012 ============================================ Sponsored By: Bridge Bank – Flexible Solutions for Technology Companies www.bridgebank.com o WSJ: Google to Acquire Frommer's Travel Brand o Redwood City-Based Actian Offers to Buy Pervasive for $154 Million o Federal Trade Commission Approves Privacy Settlement with Facebook o Milpitas-Based Dialogic Promotes Kevin Cook at CEO o San Jose-Based Xilinx to Buy Back Up to $750 Million in Stock > The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies. o Briefly Noted: Yahoo, Cupertino Electric, Trianz _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies --3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 --BA: Turn Sunshine into Savings -- Go Solar With Your Home or Office --Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates --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 WSJ: Google to Acquire Frommer's Travel Brand Mountain View, Calif. -- Looking to bolsters its local reviews content, Mountain View-based Google will acquire the Frommer's travel brand from publishing house John Wiley & Sons, The Wall Street Journal reported. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close shortly, were not disclosed. The Journal said that Google hasn't yet decided if it will continue to publish Frommer's guide books, which it speculated could be merged with the company's Zagat brand, which it acquired last November. Frommer's has been publishing its travel guides since 1957. http://www.google.com http://www.frommers.com/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577587131075164366.html _____________________________________________ o Redwood City-Based Actian Offers to Buy Pervasive for $154 Million Redwood City, Calif. -- Actian, a Redwood City-based developer of data management tools for big data, on Monday publicly offered to buy Texas-based rival Pervasive Software in a deal valued at $154 million. Under the proposed deal, Actian would pay $8.50 a share in cash. Steve Shine, the CEO of Actian, said his company has broached the idea of a combination on several occasions, though Pervasive so far has "declined" to negotiate a deal. "It remains our strong preference to reach a negotiated agreement with Pervasive, and we are confident that working together, we can reach a mutually agreeable transaction," said Shine. http://www.actian.com http://www.pervasive.com/ http://www.actian.com/newsroom/press/actian-to-acquire-pervasive-software _____________________________________________ o Federal Trade Commission Approves Privacy Settlement with Facebook Menlo Park, Calif. -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday approved a settlement with Menlo Park-based Facebook, requiring the social networking giant to obtain the express consent of users before sharing their information beyond established privacy settings. The agreement resolves charges that Facebook deceived users by telling them their information on the service could remain private, then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The company and FTC originally reached the settlement in November. Under the terms, Facebook must maint a comprehensive privacy program to protect consumers' information, and submit to independent privacy audits every two years for the next two decades. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/facebook.shtm http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0923184/111129facebookagree.pdf (Settlement agreement) _____________________________________________ o Milpitas-Based Dialogic Promotes Kevin Cook at CEO Milpitas, Calif. -- Dialogic, a Milpitas-based developer of technology that help mobile operators offer enhanced mobile communications services, said it has promoted Kevin Cook, its current president and COO, to the additional role of CEO. He succeeds Nick Jensen, who has resigned. Jenson will remain on the company's board as non-executive vice chairman. Cook, who has been with the company since 2008, became president and COO last December, after previously serving as its executive vice president of worldwide field operations. Recent board appointee Patrick Jones, the former CFO of Gemalto International, has been named to succeed Jenson as non-executive chairman. http://www.dialogic.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120810005057/en/Kevin-Cook-Appointed-President-CEO-Dialogic _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Xilinx to Buy Back Up to $750 Million in Stock San Jose, Calif. -- Xilinx, a San Jose-based developer of programmable devices, said on Monday it will repurchase up to $750 million in company stock through a new buyback program. The amount represents roughly 8% of company shares. Since fiscal 2008, Xilinx has repurchased over 68 million shares for approximately $1.8 billion. "Our repurchase authorization signals a high level of confidence in Xilinx's growth prospects as well as in our continued ability to consistently generate healthy operating cash," said Moshe Gavrielov, the company's president and CEO. http://www.xilinx.com http://investor.xilinx.com/?from=blhp _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| The Smarter Banking Choice for Growing Technology Companies. Bridge Bank’s Technology Banking Division serves venture-backed and non venture-backed companies from inception to IPO. Bridge Bank's product offering includes growth capital, equipment and working capital credit facilities and treasury management solutions, along with a full line of international products and services and financing secured by domestic, government and foreign receivables. For details, visit www.bridgebank.com |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Yahoo on Monday named Ron Bell as general counsel. Bell, who joined Yahoo in 1999, will be responsible for the company's global compliance programs and legal affairs worldwide. He most recently served as interim general counsel, and prior to that as a deputy general counsel for 11 years. http://www.yahoo.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120813006207/en/Yahoo%21-Appoints-Ron-Bell-General-Counsel (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Cupertino Electric, a provider of engineering and construction services, said on Monday it has expanded its data center operations with a new office in Oregon. With the move, the company also has hired veteran project executive Michael Coleman, who most recently served as mission critical group president of a national electrical contractor based in Seattle. http://www.cei.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120813005977/en/Cupertino-Electric-Expands-Data-Center-Division-Team (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Trianz, a provider of IT and management consulting services, on Monday named Nagi Marellapudi as its director of ITS delivery. 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