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Children's Hospital CEO Madeline Bell joined Comcast board to "get out of my comfort zone" (Philly Voice)

Jeff Freyer on leading a Comcast region during uncertain times (Minnespolis Star Tribune)

Adam Stotsky Named NBCU's E! Entertainment President (Multichannel
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SAP Introduces Its New Chief Security Officer (PR Newswire)

SAP Names Rob Hetherington Global Head of Financial Services Industries Organization (PR Newswire)

AC Lordi Expands Leadership Team with New Executive Hires (Business Wire)


Carl Taylor, Vice President of U.S. Channel Sales for OKI Data Americas, Recognized as 2016 CRN Channel Chief (OKI Data Americas)


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“The cause of the fiber issue has yet to be determined however based on multiple fibers being damaged it is suspected to be something like a squirrel chew.”

Comcast statement on California outage this week.

Chewbacca?








 Comcast Cable CEO Neil Smit: "We've build out the public spots based on the usage trends we see and I think it's – concerning the handoff between Wi-Fi and cellular, there is some technology out there. The question is whether you'd need to do the handoff or not and how seamless it would be. But we are looking at technology in that space as well." 

 ( Comcast Earnings Call, 2/3/2016).










“As much as buying the software, I think SAP is buying the talent.” Forrester Principal Analyst Martha Bennett, quoted by ASUG News, on SAP's acquisition of mobile BI vendor Roambi last week.