Daily Links 4/3/2012: Sungard wants to sell you Hadoop as a service

New owners discuss details of the sale (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sungard wants to sell you Hadoop as a service (Gigaom)

Quepasa And MyYearbook Rebrand As MeetMe (TechCrunch)

Introducing our New Head of Talent at First Round Capital, Jack Leidlein (Redeye VC)

Dell acquires Clerity as shopping spree continues (ZDNet Blogs)
Sounds like it might be a pretty good fit with what Boomi does.

SAP Jumps On Predictive Analytics Bandwagon
SAP supports R statistical programming language, following in the footsteps of rivals. So what's new about this predictive software? (Information Week)

Netflix: Rising Competition a Big Concern, Barclays Says (Wall Street Journal: MarketBeat)

The End of the World[Gate] ( Jeff Baumgartner/Light Reading Cable)

From Google to Comcast, Tech Giants Are Shaping Your Home's Smart Future (ReadWriteWeb)

FirstBest Growth Financing Round Reflects Insurer Interest in Front-Office Solutions (Insurance & Technology)
NewSpring Capital (also investor in iPipeline) among leaders in $10 million round for Massachusetts startup.