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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 22, 2017
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o Apple to Open New Cupertino Campus to Employees in April
o Campbell-Based Noel Technologies Expands Semiconductor Foundry Facility
o San Jose-Based Tessera Changes Name to Xperi
o Study: Tone of Tech Reporting Has Become More Pessimistic Since 1980s
o Briefly Noted: 8x8, Tanium, New Relic
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o Apple to Open New Cupertino Campus to Employees in April
Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple on Wednesday said that its new 175-acre campus in Cupertino, known as Apple Park, will be ready for employees to begin occupying in April. The company expects the process of moving more than 12,000 employees to take more than six months, with construction of the buildings and parklands scheduled to continue throughout the summer. The campus, situated on rolling parkland and run entirely on renewable energy, will include a 1,000-seat auditorium known as the Steve Jobs Theater. Jobs would have turned 62 on Friday. The ring-shaped 2.8 million-square-foot main building is clad entirely in the world' largest panels of curved glass. Apple Park also will include a visitors center with an Apple Store and cafe open to the public, a 100,000-square-foot fitness center for employees and secure research and development facilities. "Steve invested so much of his energy creating and supporting vital, creative environments," said Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer. "We have approached the design, engineering and making of our new campus with the same enthusiasm and design principles that characterize our products." Pictures and a video tour are at the link below.
http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/02/apple-park-opens-to-employees-in-april.html
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o Campbell-Based Noel Technologies Expands Semiconductor Foundry Facility
Campbell, Calif. -- Noel Technologies, a specialty semiconductor foundry performing process development and substrate fabrication, said it has expanded its wafer-fabrication facility in Campbell. The company said it has added square footage and installed additional equipment to boost its production capacity by 25%. With the upgrades, the 20-year-old company said it has increased its range of foundry services for customers in the semiconductor, MEMS, bio-medical device, sensor and LED markets. "We perform many wafer-fabrication services integral to the development of the newest micro- and nanoelectronic products," said founder and chief technical officer Leon Pearce. "As a manufacturing partner located right in Silicon Valley, we offer chip designers a local foundry solution to shorten their R&D cycles and reduce their time to production."
http://www.noeltech.com
http://www.noeltech.com/press-release-Expands-Facility-Adds-New-Wafer-Processing-Capabilities
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o San Jose-Based Tessera Changes Name to Xperi
San Jose, Calif. -- Tessera, a San Jose-based provider of product and technology licensing services, said on Wednesday it will change its name to Xperi and its Nasdaq ticker symbol to "XPER," effective Feb. 23. The company, which has approximately 700 employees, said the change reflects its expanded capabilities and refined vision. Founded in 1990, Tessera originally focused on the research and development of semiconductor packaging technology, but has since focused more on licensing technology and intellectual property to semiconductor, smartphone and digital imaging manufacturers.
https://tesseraholdingcorporation.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170222005478/en/Tessera-Holding-Corporation-Announces-Change-Xperi-Corporation
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o Study: Tone of Tech Reporting Has Become More Pessimistic Since 1980s
Washington, DC -- News coverage about technology in the 1980s and early 1990s was largely favorable, but the tone of tech reporting has gradually become more pessimistic in the past 20 years, according to a new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a science- and tech-policy think tank. The organization conducted a textual analysis of 250 articles from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post from 1986-2013 to assess the tone of tech reporting. The findings show that coverage of technology in the 1980s and early 1990s was largely favorable, with a heavy focus on the economic and military advantages afforded by advancing technologies. In the late 1980s, in particular, there was a notable focus on the economic opportunities afforded by the developing tech sector and its offerings. From the mid-1990s-2013, however, the tone of tech reporting gradually shifted, with more articles highlighting the potential ill effects of technology: its displacement of face-to-face interaction, its role in environmental degradation, its threat to employment and its failure to live up to some of the promises made on its behalf. "If technology reporting continues with the trend we're seeing toward pessimistic -- and in some cases technophobic -- critiques, it will likely spur policymakers and the public to support even more unnecessary, unwarranted, or unwise policy interventions," said Daniel Castro, vice president of the ITIF.
https://itif.org/publications/2017/02/22/tone-tech-reporting-souring-criticisms-garner-more-coverage-new-study-finds
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> Director of the Department of Technology/Chief Information Officer
The City and County of San Francisco is conducting a national search for an engaging, customer-service driven executive to oversee the award-winning Department of Technology with over 220 employees and an annual operating budget of nearly $100 million. The Director of the Department of Technology/Chief Information Officer (Director of DT/CIO) is at-will management-level position reporting to the Mayor with functional reporting to the City Administrator. Interested candidates should apply by by submitting a compelling cover letter, comprehensive resume, and current salary to apply@ralphandersen.com. Confidential inquiries welcomed to Ms. Heather Renschler at (916) 630-4900. Detailed brochure available at www.ralphandersen.com.
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o Briefly Noted:
(San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based 8x8, a provider of enterprise cloud communications tools to businesses, on Wednesday named Dejan Deklich as its senior vice president of global research and development. Deklich most recently served as the vice president of platform and cloud at Splunk, and earlier was the chief technology officer (CTO) of Merced Systems, which was acquired by NICE Systems in 2011.
http://investors.8x8.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1013913
(Emeryville, Calif.) Emeryville-based Tanium, developer of an endpoint security and systems management platform, on Wednesday named Anthony Belfiore and Maggie Wilderotter to its board of directors. Belfiore is the former senior vice president and chief security officer of Aon, and Wilderotter is the former CEO of Frontier Communications. In addition, Scott Rubin, previously the company's chief communications officer, has been named chief marketing officer (CMO), Tyker Fagg has been promoted to vice president of sales for North America and former Symantec and Veritas executive Matt Ellard has been named vice president of sales for EMEA.
http://www.tanium.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170222005585/en/Tanium-Adds-Board-Members-Appoints-Executives-Key
(San Francisco) San Francisco-based New Relic, developer of a digital intelligence platform, on Wednesday named Kristy Friedrichs as its inaugural chief people officer. Friedrichs previously spent 16 years at Bain & Company, first as a consulting principal and for the past four years as the head of consulting operations for the Bay Area.
https://newrelic.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170222005562/en/Kristy-Friedrichs-Joins-Relic-Chief-People-Officer
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