Daily Links 6/05/09: SAP- Plenty of Money for Acquisitions; Motorola Set-Top Box Biz May Be Shopped.

SAP Could Spend EU5B on Acquisitions, Chief Tells Figaro (Bloomberg)

Verizon Business Unveils 'Computing As A Service' (Information Week)

Ray Ozzie: Cloud Platforms Are Less Profitable (GigaOM)

Jobs ‘On Track’ to Return to Work; WWDC Speculation Ticks Up: WSJ (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Motorola: Shopping Wireless And Set-Top Box Units? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Wanted: A National Broadband Plan that Works (Comcast Voices)

Verizon Willing To Consider Fifth FCC Internet Principle
Executive V.P. says company open to considering principle but thinks competition has driven market to openness (Broadcasting & Cable)

Advanta makes AmEx deal for card-holders (Philadelphia Inquirer)

MAC Alliance CEO Balderston moving on (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp (Computerworld)
SAP, Comcast among those involved.

Kenexa Jumps; Cowen Bullish On HR Outsourcing Trend (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Best Buy announced planned opening dates for 13 new stores today, including Pottstown on August 7. Also. Comcast launched more HD channels, including Speed HD, FX HD and Fox News Channel HD, in the Greater Philadelphia area.



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