| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- March 17, 2014 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o Milpitas-Based Aquantia Raises $16 Million in Seventh Round o San Francisco-Based Ebates Acquires Extrabux o Milpitas-Based Hunter Technology Acquires Spectral Response o Los Altos-Based Box Names Former Federal CTO as Advisor o (ISC)2 Opens Nominations for Information Security Leadership Awards > Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Can't Ignore o Briefly Noted: Bromium, Guidewire Software _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Startup Marketing Conference - San Francisco - March 27 --Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Find Irresistible --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Investment Adviser Executive --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 Milpitas-Based Aquantia Raises $16 Million in Seventh Round Milpitas, Calif. -- Aquantia, a Milpitas-based maker of Ethernet connectivity tools used in cloud computing and large-scale data center deployments, said on Monday it has raised $16 million in its seventh round of funding, led by Xilinx. Several previous backers also took part. The company's core investors include Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LSI, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pinnacle Ventures, Rusnano and Venture Tech Alliance. Aquantia said the latest funding will help support its 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) products, which it said are growing rapidly in data centers. "Everything is aligned for a successful expansion of our business," said Faraj Aalaei, the company's president and CEO. http://www.aquantia.com http://www.aquantia.com/news-and-media/press-releases/detail/3640/aquantia-completes-16m-series-g-financing/ _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Ebates Acquires Extrabux San Francisco -- Ebates, the San Francisco-based operator of an online shopping rewards program, said on Monday it has acquired San Diego-based Extrabux, the developer of a comparison shopping website focused on online purchases in China. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ebates has launched Ebates.cn for the Chinese market, and opened a new office in Shanghai. Extrabux co-founders Jeff Nobbs and Noah Auerhahn will assume leadership positions in Ebates' China operations. http://www.ebates.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140317005209/en/Ebates-Acquires-Extrabux%C2%AE _____________________________________________ o Milpitas-Based Hunter Technology Acquires Spectral Response Milpitas, Calif. -- Hunter Technology, a Milpitas-based provider of services that help clients design, engineer and build electronics products, said on Monday it has acquired Georgia-based Spectral Response, a provider of electronics design and manufacturing services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This marks the second major acquisition for Hunter in the past six months, following its deal for Milpitas-based NBS Designs in October. "With the additional acquisition of Spectral Response assets, we now offer design, NPI [new product introduction], volume manufacturing, test, tune and integration in both California and Georgia, along with warranty, repair, upgrade and third-party logistics," said Joseph O'Neil, Hunter Technology's president. . http://www.hunter-technology.com http://www.spectralems.com/ http://www.hunter-technology.com/news/hunter-recognized-milpitas-2/ _____________________________________________ o Los Altos-Based Box Names Former Federal CTO as Advisor Los Altos, Calif. -- Box, the Los Altos-based developer of an online file sharing and collaboration service, on Monday named Aneesh Chopra, the first federal CTO, and Glen Tullman, the former CEO of Allscripts, as special advisors to its healthcare and life sciences practice. Chopra was appointed by President Obama as the nation's CTO in 2009, and voluntarily stepped down in 2012. He is now the co-founder of Hunch Analytics, a data analytics startup. The news comes less than two months after reports surfaced that Box filed for an initial public offering (IPO), which the company may price as early as April. https://www.box.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140317005491/en/Aneesh-Chopra-Glen-Tullman-Join-Box-Healthcare#.UydbcKhdXnh _____________________________________________ o (ISC)2 Opens Nominations for Information Security Leadership Awards Arlington, Va. -- (ISC)2, a membership organization for certified information and software security professionals, said on Monday it has opened nominations for its 2014 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards. The awards honor federal information security leaders in five categories. Hord Tipton, the executive director of (ISC)2 and former CIO of the Department of the Interior, said the program "recognizes emerging leaders in the government cybersecurity field who have inspired innovation, dedication and best practices in the face of the many recent cyber set-backs." Nominations are due at the link below by April 11. https://www.isc2.org/gisla/default.aspx _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Create Your Own Hiring Opportunity - 5 Behaviors Decision-Makers Find Irresistible Many job seekers express confidence in finding a new job this year, according to a recent survey, but many are also frustrated as they struggle to find a job matching their qualifications and salary preferences. In a job market where opportunities are still few and far between, give yourself a leg up that will allow you to create your own hiring opportunity. http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Cupertino, Calif.) Cupertino-based Bromium, a developer of micro-virtualization technology designed to protect businesses from advanced malware, on Monday named Richard Murray as its senior vice president of engineering. Murray most recently served as the senior vice president of worldwide engineering, operations and support at Collabnet. http://www.bromium.com/press-releases/bromium-names-richard-murray-senior-vice-president-engineering.html (Foster City, Calif.) Foster City-based Guidewire Software, a developer of software for property and casualty insurers, has named Paul Lavin to its board of directors. Lavin is the president and CEO of medical management company American Health, and earlier was a managing director at BearingPoint. http://www.guidewire.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2014/paul-lavin-named-to-guidewire-software-board-of-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 > Startup Marketing Conference - San Francisco - March 27 When: March 27, 8am - 10pm Where: Charles Schwab HQ 211 Main St (Howard), San Francisco, CA 94105 Are you looking for low-cost and high impact strategies to drive revenue for your organization? Join a community of data-driven and innovative entrepreneurs who will learn the fundamentals of rapid growth and digital marketing best practices in just one day. Learn more http://bit.ly/1lOQlZr 8 Expert Sessions. 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