Bay Area Tech Wire -- Feb. 21

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 21, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Comcast to Take on Netflix with Xfinity Streampix Service o San Jose-Based Nanosolar Raises $20 Million in New Funding Round o Mountain View-Based Zettaset Names Jim Vogt as President and CEO o San Jose-Based Compass Labs Lands $6 Million in New Funding o Carpathia Hosting and Bay Area Partners to Build New Data Center o Briefly Noted: Bitzer Mobile, ArcSoft, MobiTV _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Webinar! Best Practices in Mobile Marketing --How to Understand the Digital Differences to Succeed in Business --Clean Energy & Smart Grid Directory - Special Limited-Time Discount Offer --Enterprise Sales Manager --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Comcast to Take on Netflix with Xfinity Streampix Service Los Gatos, Calif. -- Taking direct aim at Los Gatos-based Netflix, cable giant Comcast said on Tuesday it will launch a new subscription video service called Xfinity Streampix. The service, set to debut later this week, will allow cable subscribers to instantly view movies and TV shows from partners including Disney-ABC Television Group, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Cookie Jar Entertainment. Programming will be available for streaming to TVs, computers and mobile devices. Comcast said that Steampix will be included as a component of many of its package deals, as well as sold separately for $4.99 a month. http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=1156&SCRedirect=true  _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Nanosolar Raises $20 Million in New Funding Round San Jose, Calif. -- Nanosolar, a San Jose-based maker of thin film solar cells and panels, said it has raised $20 million in a new round of funding, from previous investors Mohr Davidow Ventures and OnPoint Technologies and new backer aeris Capital. The company said it will use the proceeds to fuel continued expansion, as well as newly committed projects. "This represents the beginning of an exciting new period of growth," said CEO Eugenia Corrales. "With our team firmly entrenched, we will be unveiling new projects and new partners" http://www.nanosolar.com  http://www.nanosolar.com/company/blog/nanosolar-secures-20-million-new-funds   _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Zettaset Names Jim Vogt as President and CEO Mountain View, Calif. -- Zettaset, a Mountain View-based developer of open source data analytics tools, on Tuesday named Jim Vogt as its new president and CEO. He will succeed company founder Brian Christian, who will become CTO. Vogt most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of the Cloud Services business unit at Blue Coat Systems, and previously was the president and CEO at Trapeze Networks, which was acquired by Belden. "Brian has done an exceptional job laying the foundation for success, in not only developing our initial products, but also in forming the first critical commercial partnerships," said board member Andreas Stavropoulous, managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. "Jim has all the proven leadership skills and experience necessary to lead Zettaset to its next phase of growth." Zettaset was known as GOTO Metrics until mid-2011. http://www.zettaset.com  http://www.zettaset.com/pages/big-data-innovator-zettaset-appoints-jim-vogt-as-new-president-and-ceo/  _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Compass Labs Lands $6 Million in New Funding San Jose, Calif. -- Compass Labs, the San Jose-based developer of a social media advertising platform, said it has raised $6 million in a new round of funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Presidio Ventures. The company said it will use the funds to further develop its core CLIQ platform, as well as bolster sales and marketing efforts and expand into international markets. "This new area of social media intelligence will introduce new players, new data sets and new customer behavior metrics," said co-founder and CEO Dilip Venkatachari. "This funding will help us stay one step ahead of these changes." http://www.compasslabs.com  http://www.compasslabs.com/company/press2012/press021612.php  _____________________________________________ o Carpathia Hosting and Bay Area Partners to Build New Data Center Dulles, Va. -- Carpathia Hosting, a Virginia-based provider of managed hosting services, said on Tuesday it will team with a pair of Bay Area companies to build a 64,000-square-foot data center near Washington, DC. Under the agreement, Carpathia will work with a join venture comprised of Redwood City-based Equinix and San Francisco-based Digital Realty Trust to construct the facility, which will sit adjacent to one of the company's existing data centers. Equinix will serve as manager, while Carpathia will provide physical security and be the exclusive provider of managed hosting and cloud services. http://www.carpathia.com  http://www.carpathia.com/equinix-and-carpathia-hosting-announce-new-data-center-designed-to-meet-stringent-security-and-compliance-requirements  _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Bitzer Mobile, a developer of technology that proves secure access to corporate applications on mobile devices, on Tuesday named John Boyer as its vice president of engineering and Alan Hahn as its vice president of worldwide sales. Boyer most recently worked as the senior vice president of engineering and chief architect at ActivIdentity, while Hahn was a co-founder of Scale Computing, where he served as vice president of worldwide sales. http://www.bitzermobile.com/press-release-8/  (Fremont, Calif.) Fremont-based ArcSoft, a developer of multimedia technologies and applications, on Tuesday named Todd Peters as its senior vice president of consumer and commercial business. Peters most recently served as the corporate vice president of mobile communications business at Microsoft, and previously was credited with the creation and management of the iconic "easy button" campaign while at Staples. http://www.arcsoft.com  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/arcsoft-names-former-microsoft-cvp-as-svp-to-accelerate-its-consumer-and-commercial-business-139813073.html  (Emeryville, Calif.) Emeryville-based MobiTV, a developer of services that deliver television and other media content across Internet-enabled devices, has named Steven Goodbarn and William Morrow to its board of directors. Goodbarn is the CEO of Secure 64 Software, and Morrow previously was the CEO of Clearwire and president and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric. http://www.mobitv.com  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobitv-strengthens-board-of-directors-with-two-key-appointments-139701343.html =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > Webinar! Best Practices in Mobile Marketing Mobile adoption increased by 53% between 2011 and 2012. Mobile ad spending is expected to grow by 48% in the next year. What makes the mobile channel so unique? 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