Links 1/9/2014

IBM to invest $1 billion to create new business unit for Watson (Reuters)

All change at SAP/Ariba: does it matter? (Diginomica)

Disney-Fox Bid to End Web TV Threat (Aereo) Nears Court Action (Bloomberg)

Verizon: Broadband Key To Owning Home Market (Investor's Business Daily)

Seattle is not alone: Gigabit's $2M deal with Illinois also in trouble (TechFlash)

Sidecar raises another $1M from Philly eCommerce gang (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


Salesforce.com rolling out big CRM upgrade following Salesforce1 launch (PC World)

Eileen Martinson of Sparta Systems on Clarity of Leadership (New York Times)
Sparta Systems is based in Hamilton, NJ.