Links 3/2: South Jersey's Checkpoint Systems to be sold to Canadian firm; A peak at SevOne's & Vanguard's development plans

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Canada's CCL to buy anti-theft tag maker Checkpoint for $422 million (Reuters)
A little side story: Checkpoint briefly moved its headquarters from South Jersey to Philadelphia a few years ago, but the shrink management expert experienced its own prolonged shrinkage period and moved HQ back to Thorofare.
Checkpoint has a lot of good technology, and its shares were up 29% to $10.23 today in post-acquisition bid trading. But it traded at over $29 prior to the recession.

SevOne’s 2016 Product Roadmap Vision (SevOne)
From a month ago, but still relevant.

From client labs to big data: How Vanguard has evolved customer experience (John T. Marcante/The Enterprise Project)
John T. Marcante is Vanguard’s chief information officer and managing director of Vanguard’s Information Technology Division.
Doesn't give away trade secrets, I'm sure, but still an interesting look at some of the
technologies Vanguard is incorporating.

Workday Rises on Demand for Business Cloud-Based Software (Bloomberg)

FCC Complaint Filed Against Comcast's Stream TV (Broadcasting & Cable)

Roberts: Tensions Could Rise On Programming Costs (Multichannel News)

The first ever Google Car crash has a dirty little secret (Computerworld)