| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Jan. 8, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Elliott Management Makes Bid for S.F.-Based Riverbed Technology o San Mateo-Based Lumiata Raises $4 Million from Khosla Ventures o Santa Clara-Based Citrix Acquires San Francisco-based Framehawk o Adyen Moving North American Headquarters to San Francisco o San Francisco-Based Fandor Names Ted Hope as New CEO o Briefly Noted: Reputation.com, Docker, Rovi - Google _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Don't Quit Your Day Job to Become an Entrepreneur: You Can Do Both! --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --Siteworx Complimentary Report: Best Practices: Digital Asset Management --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Investment Adviser Executive --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --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 Elliott Management Makes Bid for S.F.-Based Riverbed Technology San Francisco -- Hedge Fund Elliott Management has offered more than $3 billion to acquire San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Elliott offered $19 a share for the company, in which it already owns a 10.5% stake. The news drove shares of Riverbed up more than 9% to $19.53 in Wednesday's trading on the Nasdaq. "Consistent with its fiduciary duties, and in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, Riverbed's board will review the offer and communicate its views in due course," the company said in a statement. Riverbed recently adopted a shareholders rights plan designed to help the company fend off hostile takeovers. http://www.riverbed.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140108006473/en/Riverbed-Technology-Confirms-Receipt-Unsolicited-Proposal-Elliott#.Us2wy9JdXng _____________________________________________ o San Mateo-Based Lumiata Raises $4 Million from Khosla Ventures San Mateo, Calif. -- Lumiata, a San Mateo-based developer of predictive analytics focused on medical science and patient data, said on Wednesday it has raised $4 million in its first round of funding from Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures. The company, formerly known as MEDgle, said it will use the proceeds to refine and commercialize its medical graph-based predictive analytics engine, currently being piloted by several hospital networks and health insurance carriers. Ash Damle, the founder and CEO of Lumiata, said the company uses a "GPS-like health navigation system" to calculate a user's best routes to getting and staying healthy. "We believe that data-driven medical decisions can drive high quality, optimized care at a much lower cost," said Damle. http://www.lumiata.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140108005454/en/Lumiata-Raises-4-Million-Series-Financing-Khosla#.Us20SdJdXng _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based Citrix Acquires San Francisco-based Framehawk Santa Clara, Calif. -- Citrix Systems, the Santa Clara-based developer of cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, said on Wednesday it has acquired San Francisco-based Framehawk, developer of a platform designed to optimize the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to mobile devices. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Citrix said it plans to combine the technology with its own products, with Framehawk's leadership and engineering teams integrated into its Enterprise and Service Provider division. "Enabling businesses to embrace and deliver Windows apps and desktops for all of its employees, regardless of their work location, is a key success metric for both of our companies, and our customers alike," said Peter Badger, the co-founder and CEO of Framehawk. http://www.citrix.com/ http://www.framehawk.com/ http://www.citrix.com/news/announcements/jan-2014/citrix-acquires-framehawk.html _____________________________________________ o Adyen Moving North American Headquarters to San Francisco San Francisco -- Dutch payment technology firm Adyen on Wednesday announced plans to move its North American headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. The company said the move will strengthen its presence in Silicon Valley and put it in closer proximity to the majority of its customers. The company also named Kamran Zaki as the president of Adyen North America. Zaki most recently served as the head of global payments at Netflix, and previously spent seven years at PayPal. He succeeds Peter Caparso, who will continue to lead all of Adyen's commercial activities in the U.S. market. "The U.S. is a very strategic market for Adyen, having experienced a fantastic growth in the region last year," said CEO Pieter van der Does. "We look forward to Kamran driving our future success and building the Adyen brand here." Adyen's platform supports all sales channels, including online, mobile and point-of-sale, and is used by clients such as Mango, KLM Airlines, Superdry, TomTom, i-Parcel, PhotoBox, Lebara, Indiegogo, SoundCloud and Vodafone. http://www.adyen.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adyen-appoints-kamran-zaki-as-president---adyen-north-america-239237501.html _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Fandor Names Ted Hope as New CEO San Francisco -- Fandor, the San Francisco-based developer of an online service for independent and international films, on Wednesday named Ted Hope as its new CEO. Hope, former executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, will officially begin Jan. 30. "Our entire film culture remains structured around antiquated concepts of cinema, audience and engagement," said Hope, who has been on Fandor's board of advisors since 2011. "Fandor is part of a great systems reboot of this ecosystem, one that is as equally rewarding for the artist and the audience." Founder and current CEO Dan Aronson will transition to CTO and continue to serve on the company's board of directors. http://www.fandor.com http://www.fandor.com/press/press_release/Fandor_Announces_ Ted_Hope_as_CEO_01082014.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Reputation.com, a developer of tools designed to help users control their digital privacy and reputation, on Wednesday named Colleen McCreary to the newly created role of chief people officer. McCreary previously served as the chief people officer of social games developer Zynga. http://www.reputation.com http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/former-zynga-executive-colleen-mccreary-130000128.html (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Docker, the commercial entity behind the open source Docker project, on Wednesday named Roger Egan as its senior vice president of sales and channels. Egan most recently served as the vice president of North America channels alliance and commercial/SMB sales at Red Hat. He earlier spent nearly 17 years at IBM. http://docker.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140108005579/en/CORRECTING-REPLACING-Docker-Names-Open-Source-Veteran#.Us2zrNJdXng (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Rovi, a developer of digital entertainment technology, said on Wednesday it has signed a new multi-year patent license agreement with Menlo Park-based Google. 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