Links 3/16: SAP denies backdoors, defends its software used in government; Rovi Reacts To Investor Pressure

Little support in D.C. for Comcast-Time Warner deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast more vexed by HBO Now than other MVPDs, analyst says (FierceCable)

Rovi Reacts To Investor Pressure
(Multichannel News)
Based in California, Rovi has significant parts of its business operating out of Radnor.


​SAP denies backdoors, defends its software used in government (ZDNet)

SAP is pushing mobile apps, and that’s great news for their mobile security partner Mocana(Brian Madden.com)

Oracle Analysts Reduce Q3 Estimates Ahead Of Report (Investor's Business Daily)


AWS market share reaches five-year high despite Microsoft Cloud growth surge (Computerworld)

HR analytics “stuck in neutral”, warns Deloitte (Diginomica)

ResearchKit An “Enormous Opportunity” For Science, Says Breast Cancer Charity (TechCrunch)

Inside Big Taxi's Dirty War With Uber (Bloomberg)


Microsoft reportedly declines to invest in $110M round for Android OS-maker Cyanogen (GeekWire)

Blue Pillar Secures $14M Led by EnerTech Capital for Facilities IoT (Marketwire)


Gilt Groupe’s Very Cloudy Future (Re/code)

Healthcare providers test new venture capital, innovation models (Healthcare Finance News)