Daily Links 6/6/2012: Oracle unveils Cloud offerings

Oracle joins public cloud party after six years in development (ZDNet Blogs)

Independence Blue Cross launches $150,000 health innovation contest (Philadelphia Inquirer)

inVentiv Health Announces Acquisition of Kazaam Interactive (PR Newswire)
Kazaam Interactive is based in Newtown.

World IPv6 Launch gets 27 percent of pageviews on IPv6 (Ars Technica)

Sports Retailer Fanatics Growth Game Plan (CNBC)
A part of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC holding company. Interesting article, though it may contain one or two inaccuracies.

Fanatics Completes Acquisition of Dreams; Receives $150 Million in Equity Funding (Business Wire)

Google Pitches Marketing Dashboard for Agencies, Advertisers (Ad Age)
"As part of this, Mr. Mohan said Invite Media -- which allows advertiser to buy audiences across many websites -- has been rebuilt from the ground up and will become 'DoubleClick Bid Manager.'"

When you absolutely need a limousine in five minutes ... Uber Technologies (Peter Key/Philadelphia Business Journal)
Uber officially launches in Philadelphia.

NetProspex scores $7 million for crowd-sourced business contacts database (The Next Web)
Edison Ventures leads round in Boston-based firm.

SDI Closes Additional Investment with Premiere Private Equity Firms (PR Newswire)
Philadelphia-based LLR Partners one of the investors.

Comcast's ThePlatform Moves Down-Market With MPX Essentials
Entry-Level Packages Aimed at Small and Midsize Customers (Multichannel News)

Netflix plan seen as no big threat to content delivery firms (Reuters)

Can Barry Diller Upend the TV Industry Again? (Susan P. Crawford/Bloomberg)
First Round Capital was an early investor in Aereo.

Apax Funds to Sell Plex Systems, Inc. to Francisco Partners (PR Newswire)
Plex. a leader in cloud-based ERP software for manufacturers, was considered by some as a possible acquisition target for SAP.

M&A in the Cloud - Plex Online now part of Francisco Partners (Brian Sommer/ZDNet Blogs)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book- June 6, 2012: Philadelphia (Federal Reserve Board)



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