Bay Area Tech Wire -- Sept. 27

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 27, 2012 ============================================ Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ o San Francisco-Based Desmos Lands Investment from Google Ventures o Francisco to Sell Division of QuadraMed to Nuance Communications o Comcast Launches Wi-Fi Service in Northern and Central California o ACSF Opens Nominations for $250,000 Energy Visions Prize o Smithsonian Launches First Ad Campaign, New Website > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit – Oct. 18, 2012 o Briefly Noted: Move Inc., VeriFone Systems _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai --Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 Francisco-Based Desmos Lands Investment from Google Ventures San Francisco -- Desmos, a San Francisco-based education technology startup focused on math, said it has landed a new investment from Google Ventures, the investment arm of the Mountain View-based Internet search giant. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company said it will use the funds to pursue further hiring and growth. Desmos has launched a re-imagined graphing calculator for today's wired classrooms. The device runs on an interactive, HTML5 graphing platform that works across all modern browsers. and allows users to create, save and share full-color graphs online without the need to download or install software. "People have been clamoring for an alternative to outdated, overpriced graphing technology," said founder and CEO Eli Luberoff. http://www.desmos.com  http://www.googleventures.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120926006344/en/Google-Ventures-Backs-Math-Education-Startup-Desmos  _____________________________________________ o Francisco to Sell Division of QuadraMed to Nuance Communications San Francisco -- Francisco Partners, the San Francisco-based private equity firm, said on Thursday it will sell the Quantim health information management business of portfolio company QuadraMed to Nuance Communications, a Massachusetts-based developer of communications technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quantim provides software and services focused on health information management and financial reimbursement to clients such as hospitals and healthcare organizations. Nuance said the integration of its clinical language understanding technology with Quantim' computer-assisted coding will help healthcare providers more easily deal with upcoming changes in medical coding. ICD codes, which serve as the foundation for financial reimbursement, are set to increase from 17,000 diagnostic and procedural codes today to more than 155,000 codes over the next two years. http://www.quadramed.com  http://www.nuance.com  http://www.nuance.com/company/news-room/press-releases/Nuance-to-Acquire-Quantim_FINAL1_web.doc    _____________________________________________ o Comcast Launches Wi-Fi Service in Northern and Central California Livermore, Calif. -- Cable giant Comcast said on Thursday that its Xfinity WiFi service is now available in select cities in Northern and Central California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Fresno, Monterey, Santa Maria and Chico. The service provides wireless Internet access -- via several thousand hotspots -- for no additional charge to Xfinity Internet residential customers and Comcast Business Class Internet customers. http://www.xfinity.com/wifi  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comcast-launches-xfinity-wifi-in-california-171537911.html  _____________________________________________ o ACSF Opens Nominations for $250,000 Energy Visions Prize Washington, DC -- The American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF), a non-profit promoting the expansion of America's clean energy options, said on Thursday it has opened nominations for its $250,000 Energy Visions Prize (EVP) competition. The EVP will award up to $40,000 in prize money to makers of films, videos and mobile or web-based apps that show either how to end the nation's dependence on foreign oil, generate and distribute cleaner electricity or bridge political and geographic divides on energy policy. Organizers have extended the deadline for submission until Dec. 14, with an awards gala planned for next year in Washington, DC. http://energyvisionsprize.org/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120927005902/en/Nominations-Open-250000-Multimedia-Clean-Energy-Prizes  _____________________________________________ o Smithsonian Launches First Ad Campaign, New Website Washington, DC -- Hoping to revamp its stoic image, the Smithsonian has launched its first-ever national ad campaign, focused on spreading the word about its role in scientific research, cultural exploration and collaborative learning. The campaign, built around the tagline "Seriously Amazing," along with a new website, seriouslyamazing.com, aims to broaden the 166-year-old organization's appeal to young people. Ads will run online, in magazines and in outdoor venues in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, DC through November, with the website continuing through at least next year. "The Smithsonian isn’t just about museums and research centers but also the crucially important work that goes on within them," said Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian. "This campaign offers us an historic moment to directly show the American people that we are much more than they ever thought and that the Smithsonian is an open resource for them to discover and explore." http://seriouslyamazing.com  http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/what-smithsonian  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 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. Register at: http://mamsummit.com/baltimore2012/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Campbell, Calif.) Move Inc., the Campbell-based operator of Realtor.com, on Thursday named David Roth as its vice president of performance and social marketing. Roth, most recently the director of search and affiliate marketing at Yahoo, will oversee the company's marketing efforts in web search and social media. http://news.move.com/index.php?s=11609&item=133840  (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based VeriFone Systems, a developer of electronic payment technology, has named Wenda Harris Millard to its board of directors. Millard is the president and COO of MediaLink, and previously held key roles at DoubleClick, Ziff Davis, Yahoo and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. http://www.verifone.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120926006284/en/Wenda-Harris-Millard-Joins-VeriFone-Board-Directors  =================================================== 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 > Free Live DMW Webinar On Hack Attacks and Cloud Security with Akamai Online media and entertainment companies have become a key target with the rise of the hacktivist movement. Seeking to make political statements, hacktivists focus in on high-traffic or high-profile media sites, bent on embarrassing them by making their Web sites unavailable - or worse. Ensnared in this growing trend media, sites are often caught off guard in their ability to defend themselves against such attacks. Don't let that happen to you! When you register for this Digital Media Wire-hosted webinar, you will also receive a white paper on DDoS defense from Akamai entitled, “Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms.” Sign Up Here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/475021255 ____________________________________________ > Distilled Intelligence 2.0 - October 11-12, 2012 Distilled Intelligence 2.0 is the event that energizes startups and investors. Entreprenuers have until September 21st to apply to the pitch competition created by Fortify.vc and compete for $100K. Last fall's Distilled Intelligence (DI) 1.0 featured 55 companies representing a cross-section of technology including cyber security, educational technology, clean/green tech, critical infrastructure, enterprise software, medical IT, mobile commerce, consumer internet, and social platforms. Since DI 1.0: More than $27 million has been invested into presenting companies; 15 of the involved companies participated in world-class accelerator programs including TechStars, 500 Startups, and TheFort.vc; DI companies have created hundreds of jobs; and Two of DI companies have been acquired. Tickets are on sale at www.distilledintelligence.com for investors and entrepreneurs. ____________________________________________ > Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! "SaaS Entrepreneur: The Definitive Guide to Succeeding in Your Cloud Application Business." SaaS Entrepreneur is divided into the following chapters - Foreword, Introduction, SaaS and the Power of Communities and Analytics, Marketing, Selling and Pricing Your SaaS System, Sales Organization and Compensation in SaaS, SaaS Business Metrics, Operations and Infrastructure in SaaS, Dvelopment and SaaS, Customer Service and SaaS, Professional Services in SaaS, Legal Issues, SLAs, Taxes and VAT in SaaS, International Markets and SaaS. Virtual DVD contains goals and success checklists with over 600 checklist item, videos, templates, sample docs and spreadsheets. Over 200 tables/figures. Purchase today for $49.99 at: http://www.softletter.com/SoftletterStore/tabid/249/p/saas-entrepreneur-the-definitive-guide-to-succeeding-in-your-cloud-application-business/Default.aspx Send inquiries rickchapman@softletter.com ____________________________________________ > A Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference About Keeping Pace in the Tablet Era. The race is on for tablet market supremacy as providers at all levels move at light speed to gain the upper edge. The only thing moving faster than the tablet industry is the demand markets are putting on the devices themselves. The post PC era is upon us and the tablet form factor is accelerating the shift faster than most would have predicted. Keeping up is critical. Getting left behind is a death sentence. Come hear from newly anointed pioneers and leave as one of them yourself. www.modevtablet.com ____________________________________________ > 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. Michael Hayden (Ret.), Former Dir., CIA & NSA; and Shawn Henry, the FBI's former top cyber cop and cybersecurity experts from the CIA, DHS, INTERPOL Washington, NERC, DOE, NIST, etc. Register today at http://cybersecurity-2012.eventbrite.com (Use discount code PTech for a 15% discount!) ____________________________________________ > 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. Register at: http://mamsummit-baltimore-2012.eventbrite.com/ ____________________________________________ > BA: Turn Sunshine into Savings -- Go Solar With Your Home or Office Now the DC area can go solar without the high upfront cost of purchasing a solar system. Instead you simply pay for your solar power by the month -- just like your monthly utility bill -- only lower. We are the leading full service residential solar provider. When you decide to switch to solar, we take care of every step -- including engineering, financing, permits, installation and ongoing monitoring of your system performance. For more information click here ____________________________________________ > Drive Sales - Advertise with Tech Wire - Special Summer Rates According to a recently released study by eMarketer, online advertising is expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales this year…Increase your sales revenue. Advertise with the Tech Wire and enjoy special summer rates.  http://www.bayareatechwire.com/Advertising_Info.html ____________________________________________ > Marketing Events Coordinator Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, a mid-size law firm is currently seeking a Marketing Events Coordinator with 3+ years of marketing events experience in a corporate environment to provide administrative support to the Marketing Department. 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. Submit your resume and cover letter to the following link (or copy and paste the link to your web browser) https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=1185751  ____________________________________________ > Senior Manager, eCommerce -- Redwood City, CA The Sr. Manager of eCommerce will provide leadership on key eCommerce initiatives within Shutterfly.com to continuously improve our customer shopping experience. Reporting to the Sr Director of eCommerce, this seasoned eCommerce professional will use site analytics to drive informed business recommendations, develop site tests aimed at optimizing business goals and serve as the business lead for selected eCommerce projects. This role is focused on driving a compelling and frictionless eCommerce experience for our customers. 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 ____________________________________________ > Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Bay Area Tech Wire has over 6,000 subscribers who rely on it for their daily briefing of local technology news. 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