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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Aug. 25, 2015
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Featured Job: Front End JavaScript Engineer -- First Opinion, Inc. -- SF
o Santa Clara-Based Intel Invests in Mountain View-Based BlueData
o Palo Alto-Based Nok Nok Labs Raises $8 Million More in Third Round
o Sunnyvale-Based DynoSense Raises $9.4 Million in Venture Capital
o CEA: Consumer Confidence Dropped in August
o Santa Clara-based Hortonworks to Acquire Open-Source Developer Onyara
o Briefly Noted: BetterWorks, WizRocket, Lecorpio
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--Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco
--Front End JavaScript Engineer -- First Opinion, Inc. -- San Francisco
--Enterprise Architect - SFO
--Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit Baltimore - Sept. 30, 2015 - Baltimore
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o Santa Clara-Based Intel Invests in Mountain View-Based BlueData
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Intel and BlueData on Tuesday announced a broad new strategic technology and business collaboration, as well as an additional equity investment by Intel as part of a $20 million funding round for BlueData. The new strategic relationship will combine BlueData's infrastructure software for big data with data center architecture based on Intel's Xeon processor technology. "The goal is to accelerate the adoption of big data solutions by simplifying deployment," according to the announcement. "This builds upon Intel's existing investments and initiatives in the big data market, including Intel's strategic collaboration with Cloudera for Apache Hadoop as well as recent projects focused on Apache Spark."
http://bluedata.com/blog/2015/08/new-funding-and-strategic-collaboration-with-intel
http://www.intelcapital.com
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o Palo Alto-Based Nok Nok Labs Raises $8 Million More in Third Round
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Nok Nok Labs, a Palo Alto-based provider of security authentication technology for mobile and web applications, on Tuesday announced it has completed the second and final closing of $8 million for its third round of venture capital, raising a total of $16.25 million in the deal. Nok Nok Labs was launched in 2011 by Ramesh Kesanupalli, the main technologist behind the FIDO Alliance, to transform online authentication for modern computing. The company offers client and server software products that leverage existing security capabilities on a user's device, such as a built-in fingerprint sensor, camera or trusted platform module. Nok Nok's customers and partners include NTT DOCOMO, PayPal, AliPay, Samsung and Lenovo.
http://www.noknok.com
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o Sunnyvale-Based DynoSense Raises $9.4 Million in Venture Capital
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Digital health company DynoSense, based in Sunnyvale, has closed on $9.4 million in its first round of funding. Investors included WI Harper Group; JKOM Cloud Health Technology; Plug and Play Tech Center; Jinmao Capital; and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati. The company will use the proceeds to support U.S. regulatory clearance and commercialization of its patented Dyno -- a health scanner technology that can capture 33 critical health metrics in 60 seconds with a single user action. The captured health data is uploaded to the company’s cloud computing platform for further analytics and processing, and is then communicated with healthcare professionals.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150825005309/en/DynoSense-Closes-9.4-Million-Series-Funding
http://dynosense.com/
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o CEA: Consumer Confidence Dropped in August
Arlington, Va. -- Consumer confidence toward the overall economy and technology spending dropped in August, according to the latest data released by the Arlington-based Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The CEA Index of Consumer Expectations (ICE), which measures consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy as a whole, dropped 3.7 points from July to 170.1. July’s ICE also tracks lower for July year-over-year. “August’s drop in sentiment toward the overall economy comes in the midst of a significant stock market correction,” said Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at CEA.
http://www.ce.org/News/News-Releases/Press-Releases/2015-Press-Releases/Consumer-Sentiment-toward-Overall-Economy-Drops-Am.aspx
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o Santa Clara-based Hortonworks to Acquire Open-Source Developer Onyara
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Hortonworks, a provider of Hadoop data management technology, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Onyara, the privately held creator of Apache NiFi, a top-level open source project. The acquisition will "make it easy for customers to automate and secure data flows and to collect, conduct and curate real-time business insights and actions derived from data in motion," according to the announcement. As a result of the acquisition, Hortonworks is introducing a new data product called "DataFlow" which is complementary to its existing Hadoop platform. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015, were not disclosed.
http://www.onyara.com/
http://www.hortonworks.com
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> Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco
The City and County of San Francisco is recruiting for the position of Chief Information Security Officer (City CISO). Minimum Qualifications required at time of submittal: Security Clearance: Applicants must have federal security clearance at the SECRET level or higher within the last ten years to apply. Must have at least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role overseeing information security
initiatives. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is up to $174,850. Appointments above the maximum of the normal range may be considered based on documented and substantiated recruitment and retention issues or exceptional skills. Interested candidates are asked to apply before September 14, 2015. Send resume and cover letter to apply@ralphandersen.com. Details on requirements in full brochure at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/san_francisco_ciso.html or contact Mr. Robert Burg or Mr. Greg Nelson at 916-630-4900
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o Briefly Noted:
(Palo Alto, Calif.) BetterWorks, a developer for helping companies set and meet goals, announced on Tuesday that Jim Priestley has been named new head of revenue. Priestley formerly worked at Oracle, SAP and most recently Box.
http://www.betterworks.com/
(San Francisco) Following a successful round of funding earlier this month, WizRocket, real-time analytics and mobile engagement platform, on Tuesday announced the hire of Malcolm Friedberg to its executive team. Friedberg will serve as WizRocket's chief marketing of and head of acquisition. He previously served as founder and CEO of MiDash Marketing Intelligence Platform.
http://www.wizrocket.com
(Fremont, Calif.) Lecorpio, a provider of cloud-based enterprise intellectual property (IP) management and analytics services, has hired Elisa Cooper as its vice president of marketing. Prior to joining Lecorpio, Cooper was vice president of product marketing at MarkMonitor, a brand protection company which is part of Thomson Reuters.
http://www.lecorpio.com
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> Chief Information Security Officer, San Francisco
The City and County of San Francisco is recruiting for the position of Chief Information Security Officer (City CISO). Minimum Qualifications required at time of submittal: Security Clearance: Applicants must have federal security clearance at the SECRET level or higher within the last ten years to apply. Must have at least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role overseeing information security initiatives. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is up to $174,850. Appointments above the maximum of the normal range may be considered based on documented and substantiated recruitment and retention issues or exceptional skills. Interested candidates are asked to apply before September 14, 2015. Send resume and cover letter to apply@ralphandersen.com. Details on requirements in full brochure at http://www.ralphandersen.com/jobs/san_francisco_ciso.html or contact Mr. Robert Burg or Mr. Greg Nelson at 916-630-4900
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> Front End JavaScript Engineer -- First Opinion, Inc. -- San Francisco
First Opinion, Inc. in San Francisco is looking for an experienced Front End Engineer who can assist us in architecting and developing web based applications. With tens of thousands of users contacting our doctors, we are in search of a candidate who would take pride in keeping our services fast and reliable. Responsibilities: Build and contribute to complex interactive web applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams. Essentials: Highly proficient in JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Understand key server-side web development concepts. Ability to build and work with SPA’s Technologies: While not all skills below are required, we will be favoring candidates who have experience working with the following technologies: Backbone.js, Marionette.js, AMD / Require.js, WebSockets, WebRTC, Grunt, Less, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Linux, Git/Github, Python, PostgreSQL, Vagrant. Please email resumes to: paula-anne@firstopinionapp.com
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> Enterprise Architect - SFO
The EA for SFO is focused on developing and delivering a holistic view and framework for the Airport’s IT strategy, processes, and roadmap. Requires 5 years of senior level experience as an application and information systems architect; experience in the development of platforms, languages, and technologies is required. Bachelor’s degree required. Annual salary range is $123,578 to $157,742 plus outstanding benefits. Brochure available at http://www.ralphandersen.com. To apply, send a compelling cover letter and a comprehensive resume to apply@ralphandersen.com. Apply immediately; position open until filled. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Heather Renschler or Greg Nelsen at (916) 630-4900.
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