| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 8, 2012 ============================================ Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 http://mamsummit-baltimore-2012.eventbrite.com/ o San Mateo-Based FreeMonee Network Raises $34 Million in Second Round o Sunnyvale-Based PLUMgrid Lands $10.7 Million in First Round o Mountain View-Based Pattern Insight to Sell Platform to VMware o San Francisco's Influitive Raises $3.75 Million in Seed Funding o Rate of Information Technology Job Growth Increases in July > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 o Briefly Noted: DataSift, Ustream, Glam Media _____________________________________________ > 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 San Mateo-Based FreeMonee Network Raises $34 Million in Second Round San Mateo, Calif. -- FreeMonee Network, the San Mateo-based developer of a consumer gift incentives program designed to reward customers of particular merchants with digital coupons, said it has raised $34 million in its second round of funding. Charles Ryan, the chairman of UFG Asset Management and former chief country officer and CEO of Deutsche Bank Group in Russia led the round, with previous backers Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures also participating The round comes two years after the company initially raised $11 million. "FreeMonee Gifts are a new class of consumer incentive that will change the economics of advertising forever, marking the death of coupons," said CEO Gadi Maier. "The new funds will help us to expand FreeMonee to even more retailers and broaden programs with top U.S. banks and credit card issuers." FreeMonee Gifts link directly to a consumer's credit or debit card, delivering cash gifts that can be spent on any purchase at designated stores or restaurants. Unlike a coupon, the consumer is free to spend any amount they want. The company launched the service in Sept. 2011. http://www.freemonee.com http://www.freemonee.com/index.php/freemonee-network-raises-34-million/ _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based PLUMgrid Lands $10.7 Million in First Round Sunnyvale, Calif. -- PLUMgrid, a Sunnyvale-based provider of network infrastructure software to companies building and managing data centers, said on Wednesday it has landed $10.7 million in its first round of funding. US Venture Partners (USVP) and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners participated in the round, which comes a year after the company initially raised $2 million. "Network virtualization and the move to software-defined networking (SDN) is a strategically important focus area for the networking industry, said CEO Awais Nemat. "PLUMgrid was started nearly two years ago with a vision of providing a better way for customers to address new networking application needs and reduce excessive costs and complexity." The company said its technology will enable businesses to manage their physical, virtual and cloud datacenters with greater agility and efficiency. http://www.plumgrid.com http://media.wix.com/ugd//3d8658_be99804b198dea3ed911103c7c85d4f3.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Pattern Insight to Sell Platform to VMware Mountain View, Calif. -- Pattern Insight, the Mountain View-based developer of a data mining and search platform, said it has agreed to sell its Log Insight analytics and log management platform to Palo Alto-based VMware. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale will include the product, team and technology. The platform, used for operational analytics in traditional data center and cloud environments, is designed to analyze large amounts of machine-generated data in real time. Pattern Insight said the VMware "will help deliver the technology to a broad number of users." http://patterninsight.com/ http://patterninsight.com/company/news/post/article/log-insight-has-been-acquired-by-vmware/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco's Influitive Raises $3.75 Million in Seed Funding San Francisco -- Influitive, developer of a platform for advocate marketing with offices in Toronto and San Francisco, said on Wednesday it has raised $3.75 million in a seed round of funding. Participants included Menlo Park-based Lightspeed Venture Partners, Oakland-based Illuminate Ventures, Mountain View-based 500Startups and San Francisco's First Round Capital, Resolute.VC and Accelerator Ventures, in addition to New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Relay Ventures, CommonAngels and Golden Venture Partners. Influitive's marketing platform, AdvocateHub, is designed to help companies leverage and mobilize passionate customers through a game-like experience. http://www.influitive.com http://influitive.com/influitive-closes-3-75-million-to-drive-b2b-advocate-marketing-platform/ _____________________________________________ o Rate of Information Technology Job Growth Increases in July Alexandria, Va. -- The pace of information technology job growth showed modest improvement in July, according to new figures released by the TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. The organization said that the U.S. added 4,800 IT jobs in July -- up from 2,600 in June -- to finish the month at 4.19 million. "While the rate of IT job growth is not quite as robust as it was earlier in the year, July's numbers are nevertheless encouraging," said Mark Roberts, CEO of the TechServe Alliance. "Based on our data as well as the anecdotal reports of my member companies, demand for IT professionals remains fundamentally strong." http://www.techservealliance.org http://www.techservealliance.org/pressroom/documents/IndexReleaseAugust2012-MBR.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit - Intelligence & Insights on the Future of Communications. This one-day conference, organized by Potomac Tech Wire and Capitol Communicator, will bring together 300+ executives from the marketing, advertising, technology and communications sectors to discuss major issues facing the industry. The themes will focus on emerging technologies and trends in marketing communications. Topics will include: metrics, mobile, social media, multi-platform campaigns, online video campaigns, experiential advertising, B2B, PR, and much more. 7:45 am – 6:00 pm. Oct. 18, 2012. Super Early Bird Rate thru Aug. 10, 2012. Register at: http://mamsummit-baltimore-2012.eventbrite.com/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based DataSift, developer of a social data platform that lets users extract insights from conversations on social networks, on Wednesday named Robert Passarella as its managing director of finance and Paul Balser as its managing director of financial institutions sales. Passarella was previously vice president and managing director for the institutional markets business at Dow Jones, while Balser most recently served as the vice president of business development and head of sales at StockTwits. Both will be based out of DataSift's new office in New York City. http://www.datasift.com http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/datasift-expands-team-with-finance-veterans-opens-new-york-office-1688480.htm (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Ustream, developer of a live and interactive video streaming platform, on Wednesday named David Thompson as its senior vice president of marketing and Matt Imbach as its vice president of finance. Thompson is the former CMO of WebEx, and Imbach is the former vice president of finance at Yammer. http://www.ustream.tv http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/article/Ustream-Adds-Former-WebEx-and-Yammer-Executives-to-Accelerate-Company-Growth-2141578 (Brisbane, Calif.) Brisbane-based Glam Media, a vertical social media company focused on the lifestyle category, on Wednesday named Lane Buschel as its vice president of communications. Buschel, who will be based in New York, previously co-founded First Person Communications and was the founding president of SeisMK. http://www.glammedia.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120808005326/en/Glam-Media-Welcomes-Lane-Buschel-Vice-President =================================================== 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 > 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 ____________________________________________ > 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 27, 2012 - Wash., DC Is your business positioned to capture your share of the over $120 billion global cybersecurity market expected by 2017? The 3rd Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit addresses the urgency of America's need to remain cyber secure. Join us as we assemble a stunning array of cybersecurity experts such as His Excellency Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia; John C. (Chris) Inglis, Deputy Director, NSA; Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, Director, DISA; Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky Lab; Gen. 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It is perfect for someone who is interested in using his/her business acumen, eCommerce expertise, and analytic skills to drive exceptional short- and long-term business results. Apply online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/about/positions.jsp?jvi=oW3aWfwP ____________________________________________ > Account Manager Come join PaperG, just named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America, as we reinvent modern advertising. A PaperG Account Manager works as a key member of the Accounts team, where they will support PaperG's media company partners and help them thrive using PaperG's technology. Qualifications: College degree. A friendly and engaging personality - a must!. Excellent computer and Internet knowledge. High energy level. Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented. Knowledge of online advertising industry a strong plus. Send your resume to careers@paperg.com In your email or cover letter, let us know why PaperG interests you. ____________________________________________ > Sr. Financial Analyst Veracyte is a molecular diagnostics company that is pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology. 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. We would like you to share our commitment to teamwork and collaboration and be excited by the challenges of applying your expertise to an important, emerging area in diagnostics. To apply, please send your resume to jobs@veracyte.com For additional information, see our website www.veracyte.com ____________________________________________ Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. Bay Area Tech Wire has various advertising offerings ideal for jobs listings, events, service offerings, and office space for rent. 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