Bay Area Tech Wire -- July 29

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- July 29, 2014 ============================================ 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit -$150 off with code "TechWire" www.billingtoncybersecurity.com/2014summit o Nanosatisfi Changes Name to Spire, Raises $25 Million in First Round o Santa Clara-Based Green Charge Networks Lands $56 Million in Funding o San Jose-Based Bright Computing Lands $14.5 Million in Second Round o San Rafael-Based Canara Raises $4.25 Million in New Funding Round o San Jose-Based Open Source Storage Tabs Two Oracle Veterans for Key Roles > Billington Cybersecurity Summit - $150 off with code "TechWire" o Briefly Noted: 23andMe, Capsilon, WSO2, Globo, Silicon Image _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Senior Analyst - Consumer Services US --Intel's IDF14 San Francisco. September 9–11 --Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 --Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco --5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Conference - Use Code "Techwire" --EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio --Don't Miss Summer Rates On All Bay Area Tech Wire Advertising Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Nanosatisfi Changes Name to Spire, Raises $25 Million in First Round San Francisco -- Nanosatisfi, a San Francisco-based provider of satellite-powered data services, said on Tuesday it has raised $25 million in its first round of funding and changed its name to Spire. RRE Ventures led the round, which also included participation from Moose Capital, Quihoo and Mitsui & Co. Global Investment. The company, which plans to extend its satellite network and data infrastructure, as well as expand its team, now has raised $29 million since it was incubated by hardware accelerator Lemnos Labs. Spire so far deployed four of its small form factor satellites into space, and plans to scale to more than 50 satellites in the near future. http://www.spire.com http://www.spire.com/insights/news/spire-funding-annoucement/  _____________________________________________ o Santa Clara-Based Green Charge Networks Lands $56 Million in Funding Santa Clara, Calif. -- Green Charge Networks, a Santa Clara-bas4ed developer of intelligent energy storage products, said on Tuesday it has raised $56 million in a new round of funding from K Road DG. K Road also will help the company accelerate the deployment of its GreenStations, which are currently installed at 7-Eleven, Walgreens, UPS, school campuses, and cities across New York and California. The stations are designed to help clients better control of rising demand rates on their monthly electric bills. "Power efficiency is the next frontier in energy savings," said CEO Vic Shao. "We plan to leverage the alliance and financing from K Road DG to scale our company's deployments." http://www.greenchargenet.com  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/green-charge-networks-secures-56m-in-financing-for-its-power-efficiency-agreementsm-269050311.html  _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Bright Computing Lands $14.5 Million in Second Round San Jose, Calif. -- Bright Computing, a San Jose-based developer of cluster management software, said it has landed $14.5 million in its second round of funding, co-led by DFJ and DFJ Esprit. Prime Ventures and previous backer ING Corporate Investments also took part in the round. Founded in 2009, Bright Computing specializes in management software for clusters and clouds used in high performance computing, storage, databases, Hadoop and OpenStack. The company, which also has offices in The Netherlands, currently counts more than 400 customers. The company will use the proceeds to continue investing in its flagship cluster management technology, focusing particularly on the Hadoop and OpenStack ecosystems. http://www.brightcomputing.com  http://www.brightcomputing.com/News-Bright-Computing-Raises-14.5M-Series-B-to-Accelerate-its-HPC-Hadoop-and-OpenStack-Business  _____________________________________________ o San Rafael-Based Canara Raises $4.25 Million in New Funding Round San Rafael, Calif. -- Canara, a San Rafael-based developer of predictive monitoring and analytics for backup power systems used in data centers, said on Tuesday it has raised $4.25 million in a new round of funding from previous backer Columbia Capital. The news comes roughly a month after the company, formerly known as IntelliBatt, appointed Tom Mertz as its new CEO. "This funding gives Canara a solid financial foundation to support our strategic plan, which includes aggressive growth objectives for sales as well as initiatives to strengthen relationships with partners while enhancing our product offering," said Mertz. Canara's customers include Barclay's, CenturyLink, Cologix, Comcast, Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, FedEx, PG&E and Sony. http://www.canara.com  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/canara-secures-additional-funding-from-columbia-capital-to-support-growth-269023141.html  _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Open Source Storage Tabs Two Oracle Veterans for Key Roles San Jose, Calif. -- Open Source Storage, a San Jose-based developer of enterprise data storage technology, on Tuesday named a pair of Oracle veterans to key executive roles. The company has hired Leynette Larioza as its COO and Mark Nelson as its executive vice president of solutions sales. Larioza was Oracle's principal program manager of high-end systems quality, and earlier held roles with Sun Microsystems, Maui High Performance Computing Center and Cray Research. Nelson was a strategic customer manager at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. Open Source Storage designs, installs and maintains enterprise level storage systems built with open source software and open standards components. http://www.opensourcestorage.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140729005306/en/Open-Source-Storage-Adds-Oracle-Managers-Executive#.U9ex3ONdXng  _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 5th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit - Sept. 16, 2014 - use discount code "TECHWIRE" 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: (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based personal genetics company 23andMe said on Tuesday it has received a $1.37 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will support a two-year project for the company to further develop its web-based database and research engine for genetic discovery. http://mediacenter.23andme.com/press-releases/nih_grant_2014/   (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Capsilon, a developer of cloud-based document management tools for mortgage lenders and investors, on Tuesday named V.J. Anand as its CTO. Anand previously co-founded a marketing analytics technology firm, where he served as CTO. He also has been the CTO of Lyris and vice president of engineering at GetJar. http://www.capsilon.com/news/capsilon-appoints-v-j-anand-as-chief-technology-officer/  (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based WSO2, a developer of open source service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology, on Tuesday named Douglas Garn as its executive vice president of worldwide sales. Garn most recently assisted venture capital firm Toba Capital, and previously served as the president and CEO of Quest Software. http://wso2.com/  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140729005309/en/Doug-Garn-Joins-WSO2-Executive-Vice-President#.U9ezlONdXng  (San Jose, Calif.) Globo, a U.K.-based developer of enterprise mobility software, with U.S. operations in San Jose, on Tuesday named Gary Rogers as vice president of sales, Mittal Parekh as senior director of product marketing and strategy and Naima Mian as senior director of marketing. The moves follow last month's acquisition of San Francisco-based Sourcebits. http://www.globoplc.com/en-GB/press-releases/?newsid=1345  (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Silicon Image, a provider of multimedia connectivity products and services, on Tuesday named Raymond Cook as its CFO. Cook most recently served as the executive vice president and CFO of STEC, and previously was the vice president of finance and corporate controller of Mindspeed Technologies. http://www.siliconimage.com/Company/News_and_Events/Press_Releases/2014_07_28___Silicon_Image_Appoints_New_Chief_Financial_Officer/ =================================================== 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 > Senior Analyst - Consumer Services US Current Analysis is seeking to recruit a Senior Analyst to join the Consumer Services US team contributing to Current Analysis' existing capabilities and coverage in the US mobile, fixed and converged providers of consumer’s services. 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Get your passes now for only $995, use promo code CMKTWM or take advantage of a complimentary day pass, use promo code CDPTWM. https://secure.idfregistration.com/IDF2014/ ____________________________________________ > Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 19, 2014 Leading marketers, technologists and agency professionals from throughout the region come together at this annual event to discuss major marketing, social, digital and advertising trends, along with dozens of case studies, presentations and keynotes. Now in its third year and co-produced by Potomac Tech Wire, this summit is becoming a "must attend" event for the region's marketing community. For more information: www.mamsummit.com ____________________________________________ > Human Services Agency IT Director - City and County of San Francisco Seeking dynamic leader to manage $22.5 million division budget and staff of 75. 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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" ____________________________________________ > EnMasse Design - Bay Area Product Design Studio Founded in 2002, EnMasse Design is a design studio specializing in industrial design, mechanical engineering, product development and user interface design. We have experience in designing a range of products from small hand held devices to large systems. We're located in Mountain View. 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