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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Dec. 5, 2016
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Job of the Day: California-based Marketing Representative - Fairfax County EDA
o Sunnyvale-Based Datrium Raises $55 Million in Third Round
o Los Altos-Based Accompany Lands $20 Million in New Funding
o Petaluma-Based Enphase Energy Sells Division to SunSystem Technology
o White House Announces New Initiatives to Spur Computer Science Education
o New Report Card Gives World Cybersecurity Readiness C-Minus
o Briefly Noted: Rani Therapeutics, Ygrene Energy Fund
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o Sunnyvale-Based Datrium Raises $55 Million in Third Round
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Datrium, the Sunnyvale-based developer of an open convergence platform for private clouds, said on Monday it has raised $55 million in its third round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Previous backer Lightspeed Venture Partners and another unnamed outside investor also participated in the round, which the company will use to bolster its sales, marketing, support and engineering activities. Datrium's flagship DVX data platform is designed to model public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service, eliminating the need for storage arrays, while integrating with multi-vendor enterprise infrastructure. "Our DVX is available for VMware today in the U.S. and Japan, and we are excited to broaden our reach with this new investment," said CEO Brian Biles. The company now has raised $110 million since its inception.
http://www.datrium.com
http://www.datrium.com/press-releases/datrium-closes-55-million-financing/
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o Los Altos-Based Accompany Lands $20 Million in New Funding
Los Altos, Calif. -- Accompany, the Los Altos-based developer of a relationship intelligence platform designed to inform professionals about things they need to know about their key contacts, said on Monday it has raised $20 million in a new round of funding. Ignition Partners led the round, which also included participation from CRV. The company, which now has raised $40.6 million since its inception, said it will use the funds to continue developing its data platform and expand its teams in Los Altos and Portland, Oregon. "Since launch, we've been focused on the data platform and making sure our beta users have the best possible experience," said CEO Amy Chang. "As we scale and expand, so too must the team, so we're really excited about the prospect of more talented people joining Accompany." Available on iOS, the web and as a Gmail extension, Accompany's platform is designed to curate and intelligently manage users' networks and relationships. The platform integrates with a user's email, contacts, calendars and social and professional feeds, and scours publicly available sources to provide detailed briefings on meeting participants, news alerts about contacts and companies, and company profiles.
http://www.accompany.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161205005248/en/Accompany-Raises-20-Million-Funding-Led-Ignition
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o Petaluma-Based Enphase Energy Sells Division to SunSystem Technology
Petaluma, Calif. -- Enphase Energy, a Petaluma-based developer of solar energy technology, said on Monday it has sold the residential operations and maintenance field services division of its Next Phase Solar business to Sacramento-based SunSystem Technology (SST). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. SunSystem now will serve as Enphase's primary residential operations and maintenance service provider. Enphase said the sale will allow it to focus solely on developing energy technology products. "Transitioning the residential field services that were part of our Next Phase business to SST leverages their core strengths and experiences… and enhances our ability to focus on our core business priorities," said Paul Nahi, the president and CEO of Enphase.
http://www.enphase.com
http://www.sstsolar.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sunsystem-technology-acquires-residential-field-service-division-of-next-phase-solar-300372426.html
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o White House Announces New Initiatives to Spur Computer Science Education
Washington, DC -- The White House on Monday announced several new initiatives aimed at bolstering computer science education in the U.S., including $20 million in investments from the National Science Foundation and plans for the development of a new education framework from the National Science and Technology Council. The efforts expand on a program called Computer Science for All, which aims to better prepare educators to teach rigorous computer-science courses and integrate computer science and computational thinking into their classrooms. In addition, the Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers will expand its STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) partnerships, reaching students at more than 200 sites across 25 states. The announcements come nearly a year after President Obama issued a call to action to give every child the opportunity to learn computer science, citing the availability of high-paying jobs, but a lack of computer science education in most schools.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/05/fact-sheet-year-action-supporting-computer-science-all
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o New Report Card Gives World Cybersecurity Readiness C-Minus
Columbia, Md. -- The world's overall cybersecurity readiness gets a grade of C-minus, according to a new assessment from 700 security practitioners in nine countries, compiled by Tenable Network Security. The average score of 70% on the Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card fell six points from a year ago, mainly due to a double-digit drop in the ability of respondents to assess cyber risk across 11 key components of the enterprise IT landscape. "It's pretty clear that newer technologies like DevOps and containers contributed to driving the overall score down, but the real story isn't just one or two things that need improvement, it's that everything needs improvement," said Cris Thomas, a strategist at Tenable. India scored the highest grade of any country in the report at 84%, followed by the U.S. (78%) and Canada (75%). Japan, at 48%, scored the lowest. The complete report is available at the link below.
http://www.tenable.com/lp/2017-global-cybersecurity-assurance-report-card/
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Rani Therapeutics, developer of an oral delivery system for peptides, proteins and therapeutic antibodies that previously could only be delivered through injections, on Monday named Maulik Nanavaty to its board of directors. Nanavaty is currently a senior vice president at Boston Scientific, and president of the company's Neuromodulation Division
http://www.ranitherapeutics.com/news
(Santa Rose, Calif.) Santa Rosa-based Ygrene Energy Fund, a provider of residential, multifamily and commercial property clean energy financing, has named Rocco Fabiano as its president and CEO. Fabiano, who joined the company as president in October, will assume the CEO position from Stacey Lawson, who will become executive vice chairman. Fabiano previously served as the president of retail solutions at Qualcomm.
https://ygreneworks.com/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ygrene-names-consumer-finance-industry-veteran-rocco-fabiano-chief-executive-officer-300372346.html
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