Bay Area Tech Wire -- Feb. 28

============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Feb. 28, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o Reports: Apple to Unveil iPad 3 Next Week in San Francisco o Harold Hughes to Retire as CEO of Sunnyvale-Based Rambus o San Francisco-Based Admeris Names Brian Bogosian as President, CEO o Charles River Ventures Raises $375 Million for 15th Fund o Sanjiv Ahuja Resigns as CEO of LightSquared Following FCC Rejection o Briefly Noted: Server Farm Realty, GlobalFoundries _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --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 Reports: Apple to Unveil iPad 3 Next Week in San Francisco Cupertino, Calif. -- Shares of Cupertino-based Apple hit an all-time high on Tuesday after the company announced plans for a media event next week, presumably to unveil the third generation of its popular iPad tablet computer. The event is scheduled for March 7 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Though rumors of the unveil have persisted for weeks, CNBC drove the buzz into a frenzy early Tuesday when it tweeted: "Quad-Core iPad 3 with 4G LTE to be unveiled in New York next week." A New York unveil would've be a major shift for Apple, which previously has introduced the bulk of its major products either in San Francisco or at its headquarters in Cupertino. The news sent shares of Apple up nearly 2% to $535.41. https://twitter.com/#!/CNBC/status/174522294549479424/ (CNBC Tweet) http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/28/2830603/quad-core-ipad-3-launch-rumor-cnbc-lte  _____________________________________________ o Harold Hughes to Retire as CEO of Sunnyvale-Based Rambus Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Rambus, the Sunnyvale-based developer of computer memory technology, said it has launched a search to replace CEO Harold Hughes, who plans to retire once a successor is found. Hughes, 66, a former longtime executive at Intel, has been CEO since 2005 and served on the company's board of directors since 2003. The company said he will be nominated for another term at its annual meeting in April. "Rambus is on a strong path as a result of our diversification strategy and recent license agreements with key semiconductor companies," said Hughes. "Given this, I have decided it is time to start the process of identifying my successor and help the company move into the next phase." http://www.rambus.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120227006929/en/Harold-Hughes-Retire-Rambus-Chief-Executive-Officer  _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Admeris Names Brian Bogosian as President, CEO San Francisco -- Admeris, a developer of mobile commerce technology that recently moved to San Francisco from Toronto, on Tuesday named Brian Bogosian as its president and CEO. Company founder Simon Law called Bogosian, the former longtime CEO of Good Technology, "the leader who will drive this company to its full potential." Admeris' cloud-based technology enables secure, one-touch payments on mobile devices. http://www.admeris.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120228006744/en/Admeris-Mobile-Names-Brian-Bogosian-CEO _____________________________________________ o Charles River Ventures Raises $375 Million for 15th Fund Menlo Park, Calif. -- Charles River Ventures, the Massachusetts-based venture capital with West Coast operation sin Menlo Park, said on Tuesday it has raised $375 million for its 15th investment fund. The fund, known as CRP XV, will focus on early-stage technology companies within the mobile, Internet and software segments, as well as emerging companies focused on energy and intellectual property. "We closed the fund in just two months at the top end of our range," said Izhar Armony, general partner. Investing partners of the fund include Armony, Jon Auerbach, Saar Gur, Bruce Sachs, Devdutt Yellurkar and George Zachary. http://www.crv.com  http://www.crv.com/news/press_releases/charles_river_ventures_closes_ fifteenth_fund_at_375_million/  _____________________________________________ o Sanjiv Ahuja Resigns as CEO of LightSquared Following FCC Rejection Reston, Va. -- Two weeks after having its plans for a nationwide mobile broadband network rejected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Virginia-based LightSquared said on Tuesday that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his position as CEO. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Doug Smith, currently LightSquared's chief network officer, and Marc Montagner, currently CFO, have been named as interim co-COOs while the company looks for a new CEO. The company spent nearly $4 billion on its nationwide mobile project, which initially had been approved by the FCC in 2005 and amended in 2010. But plans changed earlier this month when the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a report that found the company's technology would harm GPS signals. http://www.lightsquared.com http://www.lightsquared.com/press-room/press-releases/ _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Santa Clara, Calif.) El Segundo-based Server Farm Realty said on Tuesday it has leased space to a "California-based Fortune 500 semiconductor company" at its new data center in Santa Clara. The company also said it has appointed Chad Freese and Aaron Kulick to serve as the exclusive marketing agents for the site. http://www.serverfarmrealty.com  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120228005499/en/Server-Farm-Realty-Leases-Data-Center-Santa  (Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based GlobalFoundries, a provider of semiconductor foundry services to more than 150 clients, on Tuesday named Magnus Matthiasson as its chief procurement officer (CPO). Matthiasson most recently served as the vice president and CPO of Philips Lumileds, and previously held the same roles with Spansion. http://www.globalfoundries.com/newsroom/2012/20120228.aspx  =================================================== 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 > Generation Gaps: How to Understand the Digital Differences to Succeed in Business Facebook, smartphones, up-to-the-minute updates of what you ate for lunch – where do we begin? In the last decade, digital technologies have taken our personal and professional worlds by storm. One generation in particular – the twenty-something “digital natives” – have made this type of communication the norm and have forced the rest of the world to pay attention. 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