Daily Links 4/30/2013: Gartner says Salesforce passes SAP in CRM

Salesforce boots SAP from customer-wrangling software top slot
SaaS outsold on-premises in 2012, says Gartner (The Register)

The Oracle assessment
(Brian Sommer/ZDNet)

Veeva Systems planning initial public offering: sources (Reuters)
Based in California, much of Veeva's US marketing, sales and customer service functions are based in Radnor. I first reported on Veeva's possible IPO plans, speaking to a top company executive, in March.

Comcast’s X1 Takes a Crack at OpenStack
MSO Taps the Open-Source Cloud Operating System to Help it Break the Old, Closed Set-Top Paradigm (Multichannel News)

Comcast Q1 Revenue Gain Seen Slim Amid Weaker NBC (Investor's Business Daily)

Former Wireless Lobbyist Reportedly Obama's FCC Pick/WSJ (Mashable)

Comcast's NBC Sports moving to Connecticut (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Adminovate Integrates Multiple iPipeline Products to Solve Industry Challenges
Partnership Offers Seamless Integrations to Support Policy Delivery, Administration and Related Services (Business Wire)

Exclusive: Ride service Uber raising cash at $1 billion valuation (Reuters via Fox News)
First Round Capital was an early investor in Uber. (But Uber is denying this report.)

On Track For $250M In 2013 Sales, Fab Pivots Again, Buys Custom Furniture Shop Massivkonzept And Opens Retail Storefront (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital was also an early investor in Fab.


Heartland Payment Systems Reports 31% Increase in First Quarter Adjusted Earnings Per Share (Business Wire)

Vishay Reports Results for First Quarter 2013 (Business Wire)