Philly Tech News' best articles of 2014


Tom Paine



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12/29: Horsham-based chip equipment maker SSEC acquired by Veeco Instruments for $150 million

12/23: Center City-based Cloudamize, helping customers manage cloud spending, ramps for growth

12/16: Veeva Systems, coming off strong quarter, announces several growth initiatives

12/10: Where in the world is Kenexa founder Rudy Karsan? In Philadelphia, investing in startups

11/30: LiquidHub, on acquisition path, aims to get larger but keep focus

11/24: First Round Capital. first institutional investor in Uber, has yet to comment on controversy

11/17: Keystone NAP's new Bucks County modular data center planned for early 2015 opening

11/13: Edison Partners returns fire at out-of-town critics at IMPACT '14, but tends to find most of its own deals elsewhere

10/24: Bill McDermott, Digital Health highlight IMPACT 2014 Capital Conference

10/19: Neat, after period of organizational changes, seeks broader market; Partners with HP on product
Update 11/5: Announces new CEO


10/11: Philadelphia Salesforce.com ecosystem on display at Dreamforce '14

9/29: Villanova-based RoundCorner partners with Salesforce.com Foundation for non-profit, higher ed SaaS

9/23: Sage Group to acquire Mt Laurel-based PayChoice for $158 million

9/6: Quintiq CEO Allis discusses his company's pending acquisition by Dassault Systemes

9/5: Pet360 being acquired by PetSmart for $130 million, plus potential $30 million earnout

8/9: NJ Serial Entrepreneur, Wharton Grad Marc Lore Snags $55 Million to Build E-Commerce Platform Jet

8/5: Cerner acquires Malvern-based Siemens Health Services for $1.3 billion

7/13: Philadelphia Technology Park acquired by St. Louis firm

7/5: Penn Mezzanine, TL Ventures and their ties to Safeguard Scientifics

6/2: Allentown's Trifecta Technologies sells IBM ecommerce practice to focus on fast-growing Salesforce.com business

5/18: Nebraska firm acquires Plymouth Meeting-based Health Advocate for about $265 million

5/7: Garfield Group rebrands and repositions

5/4: Boomi co-founder Rick Nucci launching new venture, Guru

3/20: SevOne to expand to larger Philly office

3/18: Phorum 2014, to be held April 10 during Philly Tech Week, has powerful list of headliners

3/6: LLR Partners closes 4th fund at $950 million

2/23: Convergence, consolidation in US, Global broadband markets

2/21: RJMetrics' growth seen as symbol of Philly entrepreneurial progress

2/15: Hoopla Software raises $8 million led by Trinity Ventures; moving development team to larger Malvern-area offices

2/13: Comcast's objectives in acquiring Time Warner Cable

2/9: Oregon firm acquires King of Prussia-based Maxwell Systems from LLR Partners; some job losses expected

1/13: Charter makes opening bid of more than $61 billion for Time Warner Cable; will (& when will) Comcast get involved?