| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 19, 2013 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Redwood City-Based Rocket Fuel Files to Raise Up to $100M in IPO o Sunnyvale-Based Mellanox Technologies Completes Deal for Kotura o McAfee Public Sector CTO to Take Key Role at DHS o Twitter Hires Former Google Ad Exec to Target Hollywood o AOL to Cut Nearly Half of Patch Workforce, Close Some Sites o Briefly Noted: Riverbed Technology, RingCentral, Quixey _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Free Webinar from Smartlogic: Secure your Documents in SharePoint --IDF13 San Francisco --The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online --Airport CIO/ITT Director --Mobile Commerce World --Patent Applications Drafted --Research Leader – Collaboration and Communications --Director of Business Development --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 Redwood City-Based Rocket Fuel Files to Raise Up to $100M in IPO Redwood City, Calif. -- Rocket Fuel, the Redwood City-based developer of a media-buying platform that uses artificial intelligence to improve the success of ad campaigns, on Monday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $100 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The company has not released specific details of the offering, such as the number of shares to be sold or their expected price range. It plans to list its stock in a market to be determined under the symbol "FUEL." Credit Suisse and Citigroup will serve as lead underwriters. http://rocketfuel.com/ http://rocketfuel.com/newsroom/press_release/rocket-fuel-inc.-files-registration-statement-for-proposed-initial-public-o http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1477200/000104746913008517/a2216430zs-1.htm _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Mellanox Technologies Completes Deal for Kotura Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Mellanox Technologies, a Sunnyvale-based supplier of interconnect products for data center servers and storage systems, said on Monday it has completed its $82 million acquisition of Monterey Park-based Kotura, a developer of optical interconnect technology used in high-speed networking. Mellanox first announced plans for the all-cash deal in May. Mellanox said the acquisition will bolster its ability to deliver high-speed networks with next generation optical connectivity. The company plans to use Kotura's facility in Monterey Park as its first R&D center in the U.S. http://www.mellanox.com http://www.kotura.com http://www.mellanox.com/page/press_release_item?id=1096 _____________________________________________ o McAfee Public Sector CTO to Take Key Role at DHS Santa Clara, Calif. -- Phyllis Schneck, the public sector CTO of Santa Clara-based Internet security firm McAfee, on Monday accepted a key cyber security role with the Department of Homeland Security. Schneck, a frequent congressional witness on isses involving cyber security technology and policy, was named Deputy Undersecretary for Cyber Security. She is expected to start next month, succeeding Bruce McConnell, who announced plans to step down from his interim role in July. Schneck has held her current role at McAfee since 2009, and also currently serves as chairman of the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance. http://www.dhs.gov/blog/2013/08/19/appointment-new-deputy-under-secretary-cybersecurity http://www.mcafee.com/us/about/news/2013/q3/20130819-01.aspx _____________________________________________ o Twitter Hires Former Google Ad Exec to Target Hollywood San Francisco -- Looking to add more business from movie and TV companies, San Francisco-based social networking giant Twitter has hired former Google sales executive Jennifer Prince as its director of entertainment industry sales, Variety reported. Prince, previously Google's head of media and entertainment ad sales, will lead the company's effort to lure more business from Hollywood. "All entertainment brands are working with Twitter, but they’re just scratching the surface," Prince told Variety. http://variety.com/interstitial/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2013%2Fdigital%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-lures-top-google-entertainment-ad-sales-exec-exclusive-1200580745%2F _____________________________________________ o AOL to Cut Nearly Half of Patch Workforce, Close Some Sites New York -- AOL on Friday announced plans to significantly downsize its Patch local news business, cutting nearly half of its approximately 1,000 employees and either closing or consolidating about 20% of its money-losing websites. "Patch's strategy will be to focus resources against core sites and partner in towns that need additional resources," AOL said in a statement. "Unfortunately, with these changes we are announcing today, we will be reducing a substantial number of Patch positions." AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who co-founded Patch in 2007, had warned of the cuts earlier this month during a conference call with employees. http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/16/aol-boss-tim-armstrong-says-40-of-patch-workforce-will-be-laid-off/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/08/16/aol-lays-off-500-at-patch/2666059/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology, a developer of hardware, software and virtualized tools designed to improve IT performance, said its board has approved a $200 million increase I the company's share repurchase program. The total authorized repurchase amount under the program, which began in mid-2011, is now $500 million. http://ir.riverbed.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=198235&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1848377&highlight= (San Mateo, Calif.) San Mateo-based RingCentral, a provider of cloud business communications tools, on Monday named Clyde Hosein as its executive vice president and CFO. Hosein most recently served as CFO of Marvell Technology Group, and also served as Marvell's interim COO from 2008-2010. http://www.ringcentral.com/whyringcentral/company/pressreleases/pressreleasepage/ringcentral-appoints-clyde-r--hosein-as-chief-financ.html (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Quixey, developer of a search engine for apps, has named Silicon Valley veteran Sudhir Mohan as its executive vice president of engineering. Mohan previously spent four years at eBay, where he held several management positions in technology. Earlier, he spent five years at Yahoo as the technology executive leading vertical search. http://www.quixey.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quixey-hires-former-ebay-yahoo-executive-sudhir-mohan-to-lead-engineering-team-219953731.html =================================================== 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 Webinar from Smartlogic: Secure Your Documents in SharePoint SharePoint experts Charlie Holland from Summit 7 Systems and Patrick Fleming, Smartlogic, will host a free 30-minute webinar on August 28th at 12pm EDT. In this session, they will discuss how to identify and secure sensitive information, control workflow processes, enforce governance policies, and make the most of the eDiscovery Center in your SharePoint environment. This session will explain how Semaphore works with SharePoint's information architecture policies to apply rules to documents that will help you govern how these documents are handled. Some may be moved to secure folders or kept from entering the SharePoint environment entirely based on, for example: personally identifiable information, protected health information, or commercially sensitive production information. You can also apply a retention period to a set of documents based on what it is about. Hear about this and more from our experts on August 28th. www.tiny.cc/SharePointWebinar Send inquries to Kelly.McDermott@smartlogic.com ____________________________________________ > IDF13 San Francisco Intel Developers Forum 2013: 40 billion connected devices by 2020. Which ones will run your software? Take a fresh look at attending IDF13 San Francisco, Sept. 10-12. Software developers can expect to see more software, a focus on mobile and a preview of cross-platform technologies. With more than 45 software sessions, hands-on labs and poster chats planned across multiple OS development, open innovation, big data, services, security and more. For developers, attend the full 3-day conference at a special discount rate of $995 until Aug. 6. For Bay Area Tech Wire subscribers, first time attendees experience IDF13 with a free Day Pass using code CDYBATW (availability is limited), Register now! https://secure.idfregistration.com/IDF2013/ ____________________________________________ > The Debate on Public and Private Data Now Available Online Now available online! Listen in to the insightful and entertaining panel of legal and IT experts who debated issues of privacy and big data recently in Menlo Park. Hosted by Concord Law School. Moderated by NYU Professor Arthur Miller, the panelists included: Joseph Alhadeff, Chief Privacy Strategist/VP Global Public Policy, Oracle; Ian Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, Executive Director Stanford Law's Center for E-Commerce; Johannes Ernst, Cloudstore; Thomas Feledy, Lieutenant, SF Police Department; Françoise Gilbert, Founder/Managing Director of the IT Law Group; Ann Geyer, Managing Director of Tunitas Group; Matthew Miller, Managing Director, Walden Venture Capital; and Mark Weinstein of Sgrouples.com. The video is available at www.ConcordDebate.com ____________________________________________ > Airport CIO/ITT Director With a $4.1 billion 10-year Capital Improvement Plan, SFO is building for the future! The Airport CIO/ITT Director will support this aggressive CIP to ensure SFO continues its commitment to setting the standard for the industry and continues to elevate the air travel experience at SFO. 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