| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 7, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Obama Tweet Quickly Becomes Most Popular of All Time o Los Altos-Based SnapVolumes Lands $2.3 Million in Angel Funding o San Francisco-Based Drip Drop Lands New Round of Funding o Newseum Posts 835 Front Pages Announcing Presidential Election Results o Online Retail Spending in Q3 Rises 15% from a Year Ago o Briefly Noted: Altera, Badgeville, Aldata _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Chief Marketing Officer --GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --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 Obama Tweet Quickly Becomes Most Popular of All Time San Francisco -- A tweet by President Obama late Tuesday night needed just 22 minutes to become the most popular posting of all time on San Francisco-based Twitter, according to BuzzFeed. The tweet, posted at 11:16 p.m. EST -- once the President's reelection bid had been solidified -- read simply, "Four more years," with a photo of him hugging First Lady Michelle Obama. The message, which by noon Wednesday had been retweeted more than 684,000 times, supplanted the previous all-time leader, Justin Bieber, whose Sept. 26 tweet, "RIP Avalanna. i love you" had been retweeted more than 200,000 times. Another post from Obama sent earlier in the evening, "This happened because of you. Thank you," quickly moved into the No. 2 spot. https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/266031293945503744/photo/1 (Obama tweet) http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-most-retweets_b29141 (Top 10 list) http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/the-new-most-popular-tweet-of-all-time http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/via-barackobama-the-most-popular-tweet-of-all-time/264809/ _____________________________________________ o Los Altos-Based SnapVolumes Lands $2.3 Million in Angel Funding Los Altos, Calif. -- SnapVolumes, a Los Altos-based startup focused on application lifecycle management, said on Wednesday it has emerged from stealth mode by securing $2.3 million from angel investments. Participants included TiE Angels of Silicon Valley and several individuals such as Kumar Malavalli, the founder and former CTO of Brocade; Sanjog Gad, the senior vice president of technology at SAP Labs; and Robert Thomas, the CEO of Infoblox. Executives from Symantec, EMC, Citrix and TIBCO also took part. Founded by Matthew Conover, Shaun Coleman and Matthieu Suiche, SnapVolumes focuses on the issues of supporting a mixed environment of virtual desktops, servers and cloud computing, while fully leveraging the virtual infrastructure. Raj Parekh, the company's CEO, is the former CEO of Virident and CTO of Sun Microsystems. http://www.snapvolumes.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121107005551/en/SnapVolumes-Secures-2.3-Million-Seed-Financing-Redefine _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Drip Drop Lands New Round of Funding San Francisco -- Drip Drop, a San Francisco-based medical start-up focused on oral rehydration, said on Wednesday it has raised an unspecified amount of funding in a new round led by Pacific Advantage Capital. The company plans to use the proceeds to increase its committed consumer following, as well as to cultivate new customers and expand brand awareness. Packaged in portable packets, Drip Drop is used by the military, ultra-endurance athletes, the chronically ill, children with diarrhea, and elderly patients with acute gastroenteritis. "Our company has advanced the taste of a safe and effective medical solution for dehydration and we are looking forward to expanding our efforts and positively impacting lives," said Eduardo Dolhun, the company's founder and chief medical officer. http://www.dripdropors.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/drip-drop-secures-funding-led-183400187.html _____________________________________________ o Newseum Posts 835 Front Pages Announcing Presidential Election Results Washington, DC -- The Newseum, the Washington, DC-based news museum, said it has posted on its website the front pages of 835 newspapers from 89 countries announcing the results of Tuesday's presidential election. Of those, the museum is displaying printed versions of 60 front pages -- including one from each state and Washington, DC -- at its Pennsylvania Ave. entrance. Another 80 are being displayed inside the Newseum in the Today's Front Pages Gallery. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp _____________________________________________ o Online Retail Spending in Q3 Rises 15% from a Year Ago Reston, Va. -- Online retail spending in the U.S. reached $41.9 billion during the third quarter, up 15% from the same period a year ago, according to new figures from comScore. It marks the 12th straight quarter of positive year-over-year growth and eighth straight of double-digit growth. "The Q3 growth rate… remained in line with the prior quarter and provided confirmation of the strength in the e-commerce sector, despite a few negative headwinds in the macroeconomic environment during the quarter," said Gian Fulgoni, the chairman of comScore. "Such performance offers some optimism as we approach the holiday season, especially given recent improvements in consumer sentiment." http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2012/11/comScore _Reports_Q3_2012_U.S._Retail_E-Commerce_Spending _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Altera, a developer of programmable chips, on Wednesday named Shane Robison to its board of directors. Robison most recently served as the executive vice president, CTO and chief strategy officer of HP from 2002-2011. He also has held senior executive leadership positions in product development and business management with AT&T Labs, Cadence Design Systems and Apple. http://newsroom.altera.com/press-releases/corporate-releases/shane-robison-joins-altera-board-of-directors.htm (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Badgeville, developer of a gamification and behavior management platform, on Wednesday announced the addition of three key hires to round out its executive team. The company has named Ted Farrell as its vice president of development and operations, Chandar Pattabhiram as its vice president of worldwide marketing and Shane Anastasi as its vice president of enablement. http://www.badgeville.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/badgeville-rounds-out-leadership-team-with-executives-from-oracle--ibm-177658731.html (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Aldata, a developer of software designed to help retailers, distributors and manufacturers adapt to rapid changes in shopper behavior and expectations, on Wednesday named Vince Beacom to the new role of president of the Americas. Beacom previously served as group vice president of the Americas for Oracle's retail business and general manager of merchandise operations at Retek. http://www.aldata.com/com/about/news/aldata-appoints-vince-beacom-as-president-of-the-americas =================================================== 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 > Chief Marketing Officer Our $2b technology client is seeking a global Chief Marketing Officer to lead and accelerate the growth of its brand awareness and revenue generation programs, and to take responsibility for defining and implementing every component of the company’s marketing strategy, with special emphasis on creating and executing a comprehensive demand engine framework and constructing a powerful, agile and consistent global messaging capability. Require: At least five years in a Chief Marketing Officer role (or deputy position) for a global technology services provider. At least three years’ experience in product management. Outstanding communication and presentation skills: verbal and written. Resilient, open, collaborative, fast-paced. Advanced degree (MBA) or demonstrable equivalent business acumen desirable. If you are interested in this role, please send your resume to bill.hoffman@trustedforce.com along with a cover note explaining in a paragraph or two why your experience is well aligned. Please use the subject title CMO in the email. ____________________________________________ > GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support Looking to beef up your Federal, State and Local Government Sales? To date, Winvale has supported more than 1500 companies wanting to enhance their public sector practice with a full spectrum of GSA Schedule development, government sales, marketing and channel management services. From GSA Schedule development and simple fulfillment-based programs on up to full-scale channel management, lead generation, sales and distribution services, Winvale allows companies to mitigate their risks and lower the costs associated with entering the government marketplace. Contact us to find out how Winvale can help you build and scale an effective public sector practice. Join companies like Oracle, BMC, Symantec, Intel-GE by partnering with Winvale today. Call 202-296-5505 or visit http://www.winvale.com/gsa_schedule_consulting_inquiry Send inquiries to sales@winvale.com ____________________________________________ > 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%. 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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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