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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- April 1, 2015
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o Mountain View-Based HyTrust Raises $25 Million in New Funding
o Cupertino-Based TaaSera Raises $4.1 Million in Bridge Funding
o San Jose-Based CipherCloud Acquires Technology from Anicut Systems
o MegaPath Completes $152.3 Million Sale of Managed Services Business
o SIIA Names Finalists for Software, Content and Education CODiE Awards
o Briefly Noted: RichRelevance, Perion Network
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o Mountain View-Based HyTrust Raises $25 Million in New Funding
Mountain View, Calif. -- HyTrust, a Mountain View-based developer of cloud security automation software, said on Wednesday it has raised $25 million in a new round of funding, plus another $8 million in venture debt and credit facilities. Accelerate-IT Ventures led the round, which also included participation from Vanedge Capital and previous backers Epic Ventures, Granite Ventures, Trident Capital, Cisco, Fortinet, Intel and VMware. HyTrust plans to use the funds to boost marketing, sales and product development initiatives, as well as expand into international markets. City National Bank provided the venture debt and credit facilities. Brian Nugent, founding principal and general partner at Accelerate-IT, will join the company's board of directors. HyTrust's software is designed to secure data centers by automating data protection and continuously enforcing security policies for those operating private, hybrid and public clouds.
http://www.hytrust.com
http://www.hytrust.com/company/news/press-releases/hytrust-raises-33-million-cement-leadership-position-cloud-security
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o Cupertino-Based TaaSera Raises $4.1 Million in Bridge Funding
Cupertino, Calif. -- TaaSera, a developer of cybersecurity technology with dual headquarters in Cupertino and Virginia, said on Wednesday it has raised $4.1 million in bridge funding -- the first part of a planned $15 million second round. The company, which now has raised $19.4 million since its inception in 2012, said it will use the new funds to bolster sales and marketing activities, as well as further develop its core platform. TaaSera's NetTrust platform, developed in conjunction with SRI International, uses behavior detection and analytics technology to detect evidence of pending data breaches before data is lost or stolen. The platform has been installed by more than 50 clients over the past two quarters. "This latest financing signals investor confidence in company management, technology and sales performance," said CEO Scott Hartz, the former CEO of PwC Consulting.
https://www.taasera.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taasera-secures-additional-funding-to-fuel-growth-in-preemptive-breach-detection-300059047.html
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o San Jose-Based CipherCloud Acquires Technology from Anicut Systems
San Jose, Calif. -- CipherCloud, a San Jose-based developer of cloud security technology, said it has acquired technology from Anicut Systems, a provider of adaptive security as a service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. CipherCloud said the acquisition will bolster its cloud discovery, data protection and monitoring platform through additional intelligence and security controls. "We are making this investment to go deeper into cloud visibility and security given the clear demand," said founder and CEO Pravin Kothari.
http://www.ciphercloud.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ciphercloud-acquires-cloud-security-analytics-technology-300058752.html
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o MegaPath Completes $152.3 Million Sale of Managed Services Business
Pleasanton, Calif. -- MegaPath, a Pleasanton-based provider of voice, data, security and cloud services, said on Wednesday it has completed the $152.3 million sale of its managed services business to Virginia-based GTT Communications. The deal, which includes $144.8 million in cash and the remainder in stock, was first announced in February. The division provides private networking, access services and managed security services to more than 500 large clients. Craig Young, the executive chairman of MegaPath, said the sale puts his company in position to "place an even greater emphasis on investments in our cloud and unified communications service offerings to drive growth in these expanding markets."
http://www.gtt.net/
http://www.megapath.com
http://www.megapath.com/about/press-releases/megapath-completes-sale-of-managed-services-business-to-gtt-communications/
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o SIIA Names Finalists for Software, Content and Education CODiE Awards
San Francisco -- The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), a large trade association for the software and information industries, has named 370 finalists for its CODiE Awards. The list includes 121 finalists in 29 software categories, 92 finalists in 25 content categories and 157 finalists in 28 education categories. Winners will be announced at ceremonies in May and June, including a dinner for the education winners in San Francisco on May 5. The complete list of finalists is available at the links below.
http://www.siia.net/codies/2015/finalists.asp
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based RichRelevance, a developer of e-commerce personalization tools for retailers, on Wednesday named Mahesh Tyagarajan as its chief product officer and John Dickson as its vice president of client services. Tyagarajan most recently led the development of the global e-commerce platform at WalmartLabs, while Dickson led services teams at MicroStrategy and Business Objects.
http://www.richrelevance.com/blog/2015/04/richrelevance-expands-executive-leadership-team-key-appointments/
(San Francisco) Israel-based Perion Network, developer of a software monetization platform for online publishers and app developers with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, on Wednesday named Mike Vorhaus to its board of directors. Vorhaus is the president of Magid Advisors, and also currently serves on the advisory board of Digital Media Wire.
http://mail.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=904406
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The Kennedy Center Information Technology department's Report Developer would help to gather report requirements, document specifications, estimate project timelines, and will be responsible for the design, development, QA, and delivery of custom reports and reporting solutions. Also required will be an understanding of ETL processes and data warehouse concepts, transactional databases, star/snowflake schema databases, as well as familiarity of OLAP cubes. Responsibilities Include: Perform advanced report development utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services. Utilize an understanding of relational database concepts as well as data warehouse and ETL concepts. Design, code, and test database objects to support reporting. Experience: 3+ years’ experience with full life cycle of Report Development projects. 1+ years' experience with SQL Server Reporting Services. Excellent written and verbal communication. For consideration, apply online here.
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> The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium - May 20 - Cambridge, Mass.
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium will help CIOs to invent their future and accelerate success through technology. CIOs will engage with business leaders, technology trendsetters, and academic thought leaders in panel discussions and explore new thinking and practices. Panel discussions include: Academic Keynote Panel -- The Impact of Automation; Platform Shift -- How New Business Models are Changing the Shape of Industry, and the Role of CIOs; Leading Digital: A Manifesto for IT and Business Executives; The Board, CEO and CIO Roles in Dealing with Digital Disruption; Cybersecurity - New Approaches to Assessing and Maximizing Your Protection; Demand Shaping: How IT Becomes a Distinctive Advantage; and Cashing in on Your Data. Use code 15NETECHWIRE when registering for a $200 discount. Register at www.mitcio.com.
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> Sales Operations Manager - FirstFuel Software - Massachusetts
FirstFuel is looking for an experienced and diligent self-starter to lead FirstFuel's Sales Operations group. As manager, you will be responsible for directly supporting the Field Sales Team and supervising a lean team of talented individuals to manage sales systems and processes, customer proposals and sales training. The Sales Operations Manager will directly report to FirstFuel's SVP of Global Sales & Business Development and will work cross-functionally with Marketing, Regulatory, Product Management and Customer Solutions to help drive continued company success and rapid growth. For more information or to apply, click here.
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> Business Development Representative - FirstFuel Software - Massachusetts
Our Lead Generation Representative thrives in a fast-paced environment and is accountable for identifying and qualifying new business opportunities for the sales team. He/she enjoys prospecting and is skilled at qualifying new customer opportunities. He/she is capable of challenging a prospect’s existing business practices, introducing and aligning FirstFuel’s products, solutions, and service. You will be driving initial discovery calls to confirm a business need. For more information or to apply, click here.
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> Associate - North Atlantic Capital - Portland, ME
Portland, Maine based North Atlantic Capital is seeking an Associate to play a crucial role in executing our investment strategy by researching promising technology market segments and proactively reaching out to the CEOs and CFOs of leading private companies within those market segments. He or she will also participate in all phases of investment process including: due diligence, meetings with management, focused company and industry research, financial modeling and writing investment recommendations. All candidates considered must have: 2-4 years work experience, investment banking or corporate development experience, experience working with or strong affinity for technology companies and an exceptional educational background. Send resumes to: haley@northatlanticcapital.com
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> Principal Analysts, Enterprise Security
Current Analysis, a Progressive Digital Media company, is seeking a Principal Analyst to work in our Enterprise Security group with expertise spanning secure messaging, data security and governance, firewall/VPN and intrusion prevention and detection. Of particular importance is the ability to view security broadly and speak to its impact upon the entire IT technology landscape such as mobility, data center, application development, big data, and collaboration. Qualified candidate should have the ability to identify market trends and weigh the relative strengths and weaknesses of companies and products while delivering high quality analysis under tight deadlines. The goal is to deliver intelligence that alerts and helps sales professionals respond to competitive threats and opportunities, and gives end users insight into the strengths and weaknesses of competing products/strategies. Companies covered include, but are not limited to CA, Checkpoint, Cisco, EMC/RSA, IBM/ISS, Juniper, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec, and Trend Micro. Send resumes to ieppolito@currentanalysis.com. For more information about the position, go to: http://currentanalysis.com/about/careers.asp
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