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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 19, 2016
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o San Mateo-Based Feedzai Lands New Investment from Citi Ventures
o Santa Clara-Based Malwarebytes Acquires AdwCleaner
o Report: Changes in Policy, Attitude Needed to Improve Government IT
o Oakland-Based Sungevity Names Drew Hamer as CFO
o Survey: Millennials Have Big TV Appetites, but Little Patience
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o Briefly Noted: Veritas Technologies, Linear Technology - Analog Devices
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o San Mateo-Based Feedzai Lands New Investment from Citi Ventures
San Mateo, Calif. -- Feedzai, the San Mateo-based developer of a machine learning platform designed to detect and prevent fraud in banking and shopping, said on Wednesday it has landed a new investment from Citi Ventures. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company said it will use the proceeds to expand its offerings to commerce and banking systems in new geographies. "Citi Ventures will be a partner to advance what we see as the new knowledge economy, helping us forge the cognitive revolution," said co-founder and CEO Nuno Sebastiao. Feedzai joins Citi Ventures' existing portfolio of leading companies like Jet.com, Square, Appboy and Chef.
http://www.feedzai.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005453/en/Citi-Ventures-Strategic-Investment-Feedzai-Provider-Data-Driven
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o Santa Clara-Based Malwarebytes Acquires AdwCleaner
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Malwarebytes, the Santa Clara-based developer of a malware prevention and remediation platform, said on Wednesday it has acquired France-based AdwCleaner, maker of a tool for removing programs, adware, toolbars and other unwanted software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. AdwCleaner has been installed around 200 million times, proving effective against bloatware, questionable software and specific types of malware. AdwCleaner will retain its current name for the time being, supplemented by Malwarebytes branding.
http://www.malwarebytes.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005316/en/Malwarebytes-Acquires-AdwCleaner
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o Report: Changes in Policy, Attitude Needed to Improve Government IT
Fairfax, Va. -- Management structures that inhibit effective decision-making, hiring practices that make it difficult to land top IT talent and an overall "antagonism to innovation" are all roadblocks preventing the government from keeping pace with private industry in technology, according to a new report from the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC). The report outlines recommendations on how the next administration can improve government through IT. "These papers provide a roadmap of actions for the next administration to begin to address the huge gap in effectiveness between public and private sector use of technology to transform business processes," said Mark Forman and Roger Baker, co-chairs of the ACT-IAC transition effort. "Despite spending over $80 billion annually on information technology, most federal agencies have seen little change in how they perform their work or interact and transact with citizens, businesses and other governments," the report states. "Where change has happened, it has typically been the automation of current processes or providing information through websites. The lack of change is caused by federal laws, processes, and culture that inhibit or even penalize risk taking, change and innovation." The full report is at the link below.
https://www.actiac.org/system/files/Presidential%20Transition%20Report%2010172016.pdf (PDF of full report)
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o Oakland-Based Sungevity Names Drew Hamer as CFO
Oakland -- Sungevity, an Oakland-based technology company whose platform enables the sale and installation of solar energy systems, on Wednesday named Drew Hamer as its chief financial officer (CFO). Hamer most recently served as the CFO of ON24, and previously was the CFO of Keynote Systems. He becomes the latest in a long string of executives hired by the company in recent months, following the additions of Elizabeth Rushforth (general counsel), Peter Graf (chief product officer), Jan Slaghekke (chief global officer) and Gideon Roy (chief operating officer).
http://www.sungevity.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005409/en/Sungevity-Appoints-Drew-Hamer-Chief-Financial-Officer
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o Survey: Millennials Have Big TV Appetites, but Little Patience
San Carlos, Calif. -- Tech-savvy millennials have a voracious appetite for TV content across multiple platforms, but also easily give up when trying to access a show becomes too difficult, according to a new survey by TiVo. The group, generally born between 1982-2004, consumes the highest amount of content at more than six hours a day. But a staggering 54% of millennials also have "show dumped," giving up on a show they previously enjoyed because it was trapped behind paywalls or spread across a variety of entertainment sources. That compares with just 17% of boomers. Millennials also spend 32 minutes a day searching for content to watch, a figure boosted by the number of services and devices they have in the home. "The media industry is facing a perfect storm with increased choice and access to content, at the cost of massive fragmentation and frustrated consumers," said Paul Stathacopoulos, TiVo's vice president of strategy and strategic research. "The coveted millennial demographic is in the eye of this storm, consuming the most content across the most services and platforms. However, members of this generation have short attention spans, and they are the most likely to `show dump' when access to content becomes challenging." Complete details are available at the links below.
https://business.tivo.com/content/dam/tivo/pr-images/MillennialsResearch_101916_Infographic.pdf (PDF)
https://business.tivo.com/content/dam/tivo/pr-images/MillennialsResearch_101916_Chart.pdf (PDF)
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o Briefly Noted:
(Mountain View, Calif.) Mountain View-based Veritas Technologies, a developer of information management technology, on Wednesday named David Dart as its chief human resources officer. Dart previously served as the vice president of human resources at Celanese, and also has held various HR leadership positions at Amgen, Ecolab, Bissell Homecare and ConAgra Foods.
https://www.veritas.com/news-releases/2016-10-19-veritas-technologies-appoint-david-dart-as-chief-of-hr
(Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based Linear Technology, a maker of analog integrated circuits, said that its stockholders have approved the company's acquisition by Analog Devices. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2017. Linear said the acquisition will provide customers with increased access to analog and power management products.
http://www.linear.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161018006817/en/Linear-Technology-Stockholders-Approve-Merger-Agreement-Analog
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