| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 17, 2014 ============================================ 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit -$150 off with code "TechWire" www.billingtoncybersecurity.com/2014summit o San Mateo-Based NetSuite Acquires U.K.-Based Venda o Microsoft to Cut 18,000 Jobs, Mostly from Nokia Division o Priya Haji, Co-Founder of San Francisco-Based SaveUp, Dies at Age 44 o San Francisco-Based Expect Labs Lands New Investment from In-Q-Tel o Bloomberg to Open Research and Development Hub in San Francisco > 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit -Use discount code "TechWire" o Briefly Noted: Zirtual, Pure Storage _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 --Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco --5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Conference - Sept. 16, 2014 Use Code "Techwire" --EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising --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 San Mateo-Based NetSuite Acquires U.K.-Based Venda San Mateo, Calif. -- NetSuite, the San Mateo-based developer of cloud-based financial and enterprise resource planning software, said on Thursday it has acquired U.K.-based Venda, a developer of e-commerce tools. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NetSuite said the acquisition will expand its services into the European market. Venda's current clients include Tesco F&F Clothing, boohoo.com, Laura Ashley, Little Tikes, TK Maxx and Arsenal Football Club. Zach Nelson, NetSuite's CEO, called Venda "a perfect match" for his company as more European clients begin to adept its SuiteCommerce platform, which combines point of sale (POS) and e-commerce. http://www.netsuite.com http://www.venda.com/ http://www.netsuite.com/portal/company/pressreleases/07-17-14.shtml _____________________________________________ o Microsoft to Cut 18,000 Jobs, Mostly from Nokia Division Redmond, Wash. -- Marking the largest round of layoffs in company history, Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to cut 18,000 jobs. "The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions is to realign our workforce," wrote CEO Satya Nadella in a note to employees. "With this in mind, we will begin to reduce the size of our overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year." Of that figure, Nadella said about 12,500 cuts will come from "synergies and strategic alignment on Nokia Devices and Services," a 25,000-employee division the company recently acquired. Most affected employees are expected to receive notice in the next six months. They will receive severance packages and job transition help. "It is particularly important to recognize that the role of phones within Microsoft is different than it was within Nokia," wrote Stephen Elop, the former CEO of Nokia and current head of the affected division. "Our device strategy must reflect Microsoft's strategy and must be accomplished within an appropriate financial envelope. Therefore, we plan to make some changes." http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement1.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/jul14/07-17announcement2.aspx _____________________________________________ o Priya Haji, Co-Founder of San Francisco-Based SaveUp, Dies at Age 44 San Francisco -- Priya Haji, the co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based SaveUp, on Monday died unexpectedly of natural causes at the age of 44, TechCrunch reported. Haji previously had founded World of Good, a sustainable goods marketplace acquired by eBay in 2010, and co-founded Free at Last, a substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS intervention program. Her latest venture, SaveUp, offers prizes for members who save money and pay off debt. "I am incredibly saddened to write that my friend and co-founder Priya Haji passed away at her home on the evening of July 14, 2014. Her 11-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son survive her," wrote SaveUp co-founder Sammy Shreibati. "Priya was one of the pioneers of female entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. When she asked me to create this amazing company with her, I was honored and thrilled to be a part of it. She was an inspiration and made me a better person." https://www.saveup.com/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/16/tech-entrepreneur-priya-haji-founder-and-ceo-of-saveup-has-passed-away-at-44/?utm_campaign=fb&ncid=fb _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Expect Labs Lands New Investment from In-Q-Tel San Francisco -- Expect Labs, the San Francisco-based creator of a developer platform that makes it possible to voice-enable any app, device or website, said on Thursday it has landed a new investment as part of a larger technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), a venture fund backed by the CIA. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Through the partnership, Expect Labs will utilize its MindMeld API platform to voice-enable a range of potential applications for use across federal agencies. "Their solution has great potential for creating next-generation, contextual search experiences that can allow government to work more efficiently and derive insight from big data content," said George Hoyem, an investments partner at IQT. https://developer.expectlabs.com/ http://www.iqt.org https://www.iqt.org/expect-labs-announces-strategic-investment-and-technology-development-agreement-with-in-q-tel/ _____________________________________________ o Bloomberg to Open Research and Development Hub in San Francisco San Francisco -- Bloomberg, the financial news and information giant, said on Thursday it will open a dedicated research and development facility in San Francisco. It will mark the company's third R&D hib, with locations already in New York and London. "Opening a dedicated R&D office in the heart of San Francisco's tech corridor is critical to our commitment to attract the best software developers and develop cutting edge technologies for our customers," said Dan Doctoroff, Bloomberg's president and CEO. The San Francisco R&D team is based in a temporary location until the permanent office, located at 140 New Montgomery Street in the South of Market (SoMA) neighborhood, is fully operational in 2015. The office, which ultimately will employ 100 developers, will be led by Zach Haehn, a senior member of Bloomberg's R&D operation. http://www.bloomberg.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140717006201/en/Bloomberg-Opens-Dedicated-Facility-San-Francisco#.U8gkxZRdXng _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 16, 2014 (Use Code "TechWire" for $150 discount) Hear from top cybersecurity officials, companies and investors at this must-attend annual event now in its fifth year. The current director of the NSA, the Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at DHS and the Cybersecurity Coordinator at the White House will keynote at the conference and takes questions. Also on the agenda are senior cybersecurity officials at the FBI, DoD, DARPA, NIST, Goldman Sachs, AT&T, as well as a leading venture capitalist from Kleiner Perkins and government contractors. To register go to www.billingtoncybersecurity.com/2014summit For a $150 discount to the event, use discount code "TECHWIRE" |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Zirtual, an online service that matches uses with vetted and trained virtual assistants, on Thursday named Sonny Garcia as its vice president of strategy and business development. Garcia previously held business development roles with Research Now (formerly e-Rewards). http://www.zirtual.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zirtual-names-new-vice-president-of-strategy-and-business-development-to-executive-team-267489331.html (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Pure Storage, a developer of all-flash enterprise storage arrays, said on Thursday it has expanded its global operations to Latin America, and appointed Wilson Grava as vice president of the region. 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