| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 23, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Apple Unveils iPad Mini, Surprises with Fourth-Generation iPad o San Mateo-Based Actuate Acquires Spain's Quiterian o Highland Capital Partners Leads $12.5M Investment in CrowdSource o FTC Announces $50,000 Robocall Challenge o Arlington National Cemetery Launches New Mapping App o Briefly Noted: Xceedium, BiTMICRO Networks, SanDisk, Openwave Messaging, McAfee _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! 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With a 7.9-inch screen, the iPad Mini will compete head-to-head with smaller tablets such as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 -- though the latter two both feature higher screen resolution. Other features include dual cameras for FaceTime, faster Wi-Fi and 10 hours of battery life. Prices will start at $329 for a 16GB Wi-Fi version -- higher than the $200-$250 predicted by most analysts. But the biggest surprise was the unveiling of a new iPad, just six months after Apple introduced its third-generation model. The fourth-generation model, which starts at $499 for 16 GB Wi-Fi, features new chip that doubles the performance of CPU tasks and graphics, plus a new image processor. The morning event in San Jose also saw the company unveil updates to the Mac Mini, iMac and a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/10/23Apple-Introduces-iPad-mini.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/10/23All-New-iMac-Features-Stunning-Design-Brilliant-Display-Faster-Performance.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/10/23Apple-Introduces-13-inch-MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-Display.html _____________________________________________ o San Mateo-Based Actuate Acquires Spain's Quiterian San Mateo, Calif. -- Actuate, a San Mateo-based developer of open source business intelligence software and founder of the BIRT open source project, said it has acquired Spain-based Quiterian, a developer of visual data mining, social media analytics and predictive analytics software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quiterian Analytics will be integrated into Actuate's flagship product, ActuateOne, and will be known as BIRT Analytics. Its employees will join Actuate, with founder and CEO Josep Arroyo becoming vice president of BIRT Analytics. "We're taking powerful analytics and visual data mining technologies that have demonstrated traction in Spain to the rest of the world via our direct, OEM and partner channels," said Pete Cittadini, the president and CEO at Actuate. Quiterian's clients include Telefonica, Vodafone, Orange, La Caixa, Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen, BBVA, Renault, Bayer and several governmental bodies in Spain and Latin America. http://www.actuate.com/quiterian http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-release/?articleid=24209 _____________________________________________ o Highland Capital Partners Leads $12.5M Investment in CrowdSource Menlo Park, Calif. -- Highland Capital Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park and Massachusetts, has led a new $12.5 million round of funding for CrowdSource, a St. Louis-based provider of technology that helps large organizations accomplish labor-intensive tasks such as content creation and structuring big data. Corey Mulloy, a general partner at Highland, has joined the company's board of directors.Launched last year, CrowdSource has aggregated about 500,000 workers to provide crowdsourcing services. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand its offerings, grow its community of workers and bolster in sales and marketing. http://www.crowdsource.com/ http://www.hcp.com/ http://www.hcp.com/news/newsdetails.php/id/102694 _____________________________________________ o FTC Announces $50,000 Robocall Challenge Washington, DC -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a new $50,000 competition challenging developers to create technology capable of blocking illegal robocalls. "The vast majority of telephone calls that deliver a prerecorded message trying to sell something to the recipient are illegal," said the FTC. "As technology has advanced over the years, so have the number of illegal robocalls." The agency is looking for technology that can block the calls on both landlines and mobile phones. Judging primarily will be based on whether the product works, as well as its ease of use and ability to be rolled out. One winner will receive $50,000 in cash, as well as opportunities for promotion, exposure and recognition by the FTC. Companies with over 10 employees will be eligible to compete for the FTC Technology Achievement Award?, which does not include a cash prize. The submission period opens Thursday and runs through Jan. 17, with winners announced at the beginning of April. Complete details are at the link below. http://robocall.challenge.gov/ _____________________________________________ o Arlington National Cemetery Launches New Mapping App Arlington, Va. -- Arlington National Cemetery said it has launched a new web and mobile app designed to help visitors more easily navigate its massive grounds, which span 624 acres and house the remains of veterans dating from the Civil War. The free app, called ANC Explorer, helps users locate gravesites, events or other points of interest throughout the cemetery; find photos of a headstone or monument; and receive directions to these locations. The app is now available on Arlington's website, the iTunes store and Google Play, and also is loaded on new kiosks at the cemetery's visitors center. "This is just the beginning," said CIO Nicholas Miller. "In the future, ANC Explorer will offer features such as emergency and event notifications, restroom and water fountain locations, shuttle stops and self-guided tours." As part of the effort, the Army photographed 259,978 gravesites, niches and markers using a custom-built smart phone app, then cross-checked each headstone photo with existing cemetery records and other historical documents. The end result is a single authoritative database of all those laid to rest at Arlington that is linked to the cemetery's digital mapping system. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ancexplorer http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/News/NewsItem.aspx?ID=1d0533e0-ef8f-42e5-bccb-c5ef6eaec141 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Palo Alto, Calif.) Xceedium, a Virginia-based developer of identity and access management technology, said on Tuesday it has opened a new office in Palo Alto dedicated to supporting West Coast customers. The company said it plans to expand the office over the next 12 months as it continues to sign new clients and partners. http://www.xceedium.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121023005311/en/Xceedium%E2%80%99s-Continued-Growth-Spurs-California-Office (Fremont, Calif.) Fremont-based BiTMICRO Networks, a developer of flash-based solid state disk technology, has named Zophar Sante as its vice president of marketing. Sante most recently served as the vice president of marketing at NTP Software, and previously was the vice president of product marketing at Nexsan and a founder and vice president of market development at SANRAD. http://www.bitmicro.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121023005691/en/BiTMICRO%C2%AE-Expands-Executive-Team-VP-Marketing (Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based SanDisk, a developer of flash memory storage products, on Tuesday named Thomas Rampone as senior vice president of its solid state drive (SSD) business, which includes Enterprise Storage Solutions (ESS) and Client Storage Solutions (CSS). Rampone previously spent 27 years in various engineering and executive roles at Intel, most recently as vice president and general manager of Intel's Non-Volatile Memory Solutions Group. http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2012/sandisk-appoints-thomas-rampone-as-senior-vice-president-for-its-solid-state-drive-business/ (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Openwave Messaging, a developer of messaging software, on Tuesday named Tracy Allard as its vice president of worldwide sales and Farooq Ali as its senior vice president of products. Allard previously held sales roles in the telecom and industrial markets, while Ali was the vice president of product management at Seven Networks. http://owmessaging.com/index.php/press_releases/openwave-messaging-announces-new-executive-team-members (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Internet security company McAfee on Tuesday named Ari Jaaksi as its senior vice president and general manager of mobile engineering and operations. Jaaksi most recently served as the senior vice president of HP's WebOS Software and Services, and earlier spent 12 years in a range of senior positions with Nokia. http://www.mcafee.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121023006294/en/Ari-Jaaksi-Named-Senior-Vice-President-General =================================================== 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 > webMethods Consultants Software AG USA Now Hiring: Senior and Principal Level Consultants HUB City Locations: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Toronto: Travel 75-100%. Software AG is the world's leading independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software featuring the webMethods product suite that provides an integrated platform for SOA, ESB & Integration, BPM and BAM. 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