Bay Area Tech Wire -- Sept. 3

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Sept. 3, 2014 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Redwood City-Based ItsOn Raises Additional $7.5 Million in Third Round o Teradata Acquires Mountain View-Based Think Big Analytics o Acceleprise Incubator Names Inaugural San Francisco Class o Mountain View-Based Sgrouples Lands $1.2 Million in Seed Round o Daly City-Based Genesys Acquires CanaPlus Consulting o Global Semiconductor Sales Break Monthly Record in July o Briefly Noted: Quantcast, SentinelOne, Echelon _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --CyberMaryland 2014 Conference – Oct. 29-30 --Interop New York - Attend NY's Biggest IT Event - Sept. 29-Oct. 3 --Lease SoMa. Live Mosso. --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 - $150 off 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 Redwood City-Based ItsOn Raises Additional $7.5 Million in Third Round Redwood City, Calif. -- ItsOn, the Redwood City-based developer of a cloud-based services platform for mobile operators, said on Wednesday it has raised an additional $7.5 million in its third round of funding, led by Cisco. Other undisclosed investors also took part in the tranche, which closed the round at $20 million. The company in April announced the first $12.5 million tranche, led by Tenaya Capital. ItsOn is using the proceeds to expand its sales beyond the U.S. market. The company's platform is designed to simplify mobile operators' business processes and allow them to more quickly deploy new services at a fraction of the current costs http://www.itsoninc.com http://www.itsoninc.com/news/itson-inc-raises-12-5m-in-series-c-funding-led-by-tenaya-capital-with-additional-investment-from-andreessen-horowitz/  _____________________________________________ o Teradata Acquires Mountain View-Based Think Big Analytics Mountain View, Calif. -- Teradata, a San Diego-based developer of analytic data platforms, said on Wednesday it has acquired Mountain View-based Think Big Analytics, a provider of big data consulting services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Think Big's consulting expertise enhances Teradata's capability to advise customers on the best way to leverage diverse, open source big data technologies to grow their business," said CEO Mike Koehler. Think Big's employees, including its management team, will remain in place, and join Teradata's big data consulting practice in the Americas. Its main offices will remain in Mountain View. http://thinkbig.teradata.com/  http://www.teradata.com/News-Releases/2014/Teradata-Acquires-Think-Big-Analytics-to-Accelerate-Growth-of-its-Hadoop-and-Big-Data-Consulting-Capability/  _____________________________________________ o Acceleprise Incubator Names Inaugural San Francisco Class San Francisco -- Less than three months after announcing plans to open a second enterprise software accelerator in San Francisco, Acceleprise on Wednesday announced the first batch of companies to take part in that program. All told, eight companies are now in the midst of the four-month program, which provides selected startups with $30,000 in funding, as well as mentorship and access to potential customers and investors. Partner Silicon Valley Bank also is providing banking services and access to office space at WeWork in San Francisco, while other partners, including Box and salesforce.com, are helping with education and mentorship programs. The inaugural class includes Flipcause, BridgeCrest Medical, Allbound, Vianza, ZenPurchase, PocketSuite, RedHotMayo and Gobbler. Companies can now apply for Acceleprise's second class in San Francisco. http://www.acceleprise.vc/  http://www.acceleprise.vc/2014/09/03/introducing-the-first-class-in-san-francisco/  _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Sgrouples Lands $1.2 Million in Seed Round Mountain View, Calif. -- Sgrouples, the Mountain View-based developer of a privacy-centric social networking service, said on Wednesday it has raised $1.2 million in its second seed round. Investors included John Friedman, the managing director of Easton Capital; author Jack Canfield; author Marci Shimoff; investment advisor Tom Myers; personal improvement guru Mykola Latansky; Dan Phillips, the CEO of CloudHealthTech.com; and Jack Sweeney: the CEO of SevOne and an operating partner with Bain Capital Ventures. The company now has raised $1.8 million since its inception, and plans to raise $15-$20 million in a future round, according to CEO Mark Weinstein. https://sgrouples.com/   http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140903005398/en/Sgrouples-Raises-1.2M-Series-Seed-II#.VAd049ddXng   _____________________________________________ o Daly City-Based Genesys Acquires CanaPlus Consulting Daly City, Calif. -- Genesys, a Daly City-based developer of customer experience and contact center software, said on Wednesday it has acquired Singapore-based systems integrator CanaPlus Consulting. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CanaPlus has been implementing Genesys' technology for clients in the Asia Pacific region for more than a decade. "CanaPlus Consulting has been instrumental in the success of Genesys in the APAC region since their inception," said Bruce Eidsvik, Genesys' senior vice president of Asia Pacific. http://www.genesys.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140903005387/en/Genesys-Acquires-CanaPlus-Consulting#.VAdxmNddXng  _____________________________________________ o Global Semiconductor Sales Break Monthly Record in July Washington, DC -- Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.1 billion in July, the industry's highest-ever monthly sales total, according to new figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The figure was 9.9% higher than July 2013, as well as $2.4% higher than June. "The global semiconductor industry posted its highest-ever monthly sales in July and remains on track for a record year in 2014," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO, of the SIA. "All regions posted both month-over-month and year-over-year increases for the third straight month -- the first time that has happened in over four years -- and sales increased in July across all semiconductor product categories." http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2014/09/02/global_sales_report_ 2014/global_semiconductor_market_maintains_broad_consistent_growth_in_july/  _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Quantcast, a developer of real-time advertising and audience measurement technology, on Wednesday named Adrian D'Souza as its vice president of operations. D'Souza most recently served as the director of global brand solutions at Google, and previously was Google's director of media services. https://www.quantcast.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/quantcast-names-google-veteran-adrian-dsouza-vice-president-of-operations-273745131.html  (Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based SentinelOne, a developer of endpoint security tools, on Wednesday named Bob Cariddi as its senior vice president of sales. Cariddi most recently was the vice president of sales at WhiteHat Security, and previously held senior sales management positions at NetScout Systems. http://www.sentinelone.com/  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140903005184/en/SentinelOne-Appoints-Robert-Cariddi-Senior-Vice-President#.VAdzhNddXng  (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Echelon, a developer of open-standard control networking platforms, on Wednesday named Sohrab Modi as its CTO, replacing the recently retired Robert Dolin. Modi previously held technology vice president positions with both Huawei and Sun Microsystems. http://news.echelon.com/press-release/corporate/echelon-names-seasoned-technology-industry-executive-sohrab-modi-chief-techn  =================================================== 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 > CyberMaryland 2014 Conference – Oct. 29-30 - Baltimore Convention Center Collaborate, Educate and Innovate at the fourth annual CyberMaryland 2014 Conference October 29-30th at the Baltimore Convention Center, One W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. A two-day event of entrepreneurs, investors, academics, students, enterprises and government officials from across the nation and globe will convene in Maryland—the nation’s epicenter for cybersecurity. Network with nationally known speakers and entrepreneurs, join flash talks and pitch forums, attend sessions on commercialization and product ventures and Job Fair. Registration also includes National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Awards Dinner and MaryLand of Opportunity Night. Please visit www.cybermaryland.org Send inquiries to liz@fbcinc.com or (800) 878-2940 ____________________________________________ > Interop New York - Attend NY's Biggest IT Event - Sept. 29-Oct. 3 Interop is the leading independent technology conference and expo designed to inform and inspire the world’s IT community. Featured conference topics include IT Management & Career Development, Software-Defined Networking & Data Centers, Enterprise Mobility, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Security and more. Attend Interop New York, September 29-October 3, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Special Offer for New England Tech Wire Subscribers: Save $200 off Conference Passes or get a FREE Expo Pass! 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