Daily Links 12/13/2011: Comcast in deal to distribute BBC

BBC strikes 'breakthrough' US news deal with cable giant Comcast (The Guardian)

Jive Software Raises $161.3 Million in Initial Public Offering (Bloomberg)

SAP promises innovation will help it compete in cloud space (v3.co.uk)

Making its Case: SAP HANA Coming to TIBCO, Tableau and Jive Software (Silicon Angle)

Gartner Has First Ever IaaS Magic Quadrant Report (ReadWriteCloud)

Philadelphia Technology Park Partners with Sunesys to Expand Connectivity Network in Southeastern Pennsylvania Region (Business Wire)
Sunesys is based in Warrington.

CDI to cut 200 jobs, narrow outsourcing services (MarketWatch)


Falcone’s LightSquared Said to Disrupt 75% of GPS in Tests (Bloomberg)

Dish May Partner With T-Mobile If AT&T Acquisition Fails (Bloomberg)

Verizon Said Not to Have Talked Netflix Offer (Bloomberg)


The Five Stages of Telecom Transition (Werblog)
By Wharton Prof and Telecom policy analyst Kevin Werbach.

Motorola Mobility Licenses FourthWall's EBIF, Mobile Device Software
Motorola Package Interactive TV Technology With Medios Service Management Suite (Multichannel News)

ChoozOn Named Newcomer of the Year by TechFlash
The World’s First Personal Shopper for Deals Brings Brands and Consumers Together (TechFlash)
I wrote about ChoozOn's King of Prussia operations in August.

GSI spinoff’s family values on display at office: Slideshow (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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Philly Tech People News 8/28/2011

QlikTech Announces Changes within Executive Leadership Team to More Closely Align R&D and Product Strategy
Anthony Deighton to Assume Role of Chief Technology Officer
Jonas Nachmanson Appointed as Chief Product Strategy Officer (Business Wire)

PwC Appoints Barry Misthal as Leader of Global Industrial Manufacturing Practice (PR Newswire)

PwC US Appoints Dean Simone U.S. Risk Assurance Practice Leader (PR Newswire)

Mitchell Chi joins Electronic Ink as Executive Vice President of Client Strategy (Press Release)

CDI Corp. Names Robert M. Larney Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

SunGard names Leslie Barbagallo to lead energy and commodities business (Oil & Gas Financial Journal)

Mace Security International, Inc. Announces Appointment of Michael E. Smith as Chief Executive Officer (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 7/29/2011: Inquirer building is sold

Motorola Mobility Sees Home Unit's Sales Dipping In Q3
Full-Year 2011 Revenue of Cable-Centric Unit Projected to Be Flat With 2010 (Multichannel News)

Hulu Sued by Rovi for Infringement of Patents for Interactive Television (Bloomberg)

Comcast's Bill Stemper leads journey into the enterprise market (FierceCable)


Inquirer sells its building
The buyer is developer Bart Blatstein. Plans for the tower are unclear. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

L-3 profit rises, firm spinning off unit (MarketWatch)
L-3 has major operations in South Jersey.

ICG Announces Second Quarter Financial Results (Globe Newswire)

CDI Corp. Reports 2011 Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)

Wolters Kluwer, betting on apps, plans sale of pharma-related unit (Medical Marketing & Media)


NetSuite's Q2 blows out all metrics (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Co-Innovation Lab: Collaborative, open innovation (Gigaom)

Oracle Buys InQuira to Boost Fusion CRM (PC World)



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Daily Links 7/25/2011: Comcast teams with Elemental Technologies for OTT technology; Netflix expects slower subscriber growth

Comcast Teams With Elemental Technologies to Stay Ahead of Netflix and Hulu (ReadWriteWeb)

Former Comcaster Kunkel Joins Microsoft's Entertainment Unit
Exec Previously Headed Up GuideWorks Joint Venture (Multichannel News)

Netflix, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do! (Gigaom)

Netflix Says Its Price Hike Will Clip Revenues For a Quarter (All Things Digital)

Netflix expects subscriber growth to slow in Q3 (VentureBeat)


DVL Announces New Data Center Installation At The Microsoft Technology Center In Malvern, PA (Business Wire)

appMobi’s cloudKey Revolutionizes E-Commerce Security by Eliminating Credit Card Databases
Patent-pending "Distributed Key" technology stores personal information locally, locked with secure keys delivered from the cloud (Business Wire)

Healthcare Disruption: Pharma 3.0 Will Drive Shift from Life Science to HealthTech Investing (Part I of III) (TechCrunch)

Behind Wharton's record-breaking female enrollment (Fortune)

Unisys Announces Second-Quarter 2011 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Revenue down 10% despite 5% positive foreign currency impact.

Walker brothers are fast-moving entrepreneurs (Philly.com:
Philly Inc)

CDI IT Solutions Moves to New Office in Charlotte, North Carolina (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 1/11/2011: Verizon iPhone finally introduced

Verizon iPhone Is Real, Is 3G and Is a Hotspot. (Gigaom)

The Verizon iPhone: What the Web Is Saying (Gigaom)

IPipeline Acquires CRM Provider GaleForce Solutions (Insurance & Technology)

Veeva Systems Launches First Integrated Pharma CRM and CLM Solution Designed for the Apple iPad (PR Newswire)
Announced at Philadelphia press conference this morning.

How to build a tech startup outside of Silicon Valley (VentureBeat)
By Monetate founder David Brussin.

Customer Analytics Initiative Launches at The Wharton School
(PR Newswire)

Calling All Fintech Entrepreneurs (A VC)

Enabled, empowered and inspired – advocating for QlikView (Donald Farmer)

Allurent, not quite dead yet, sells to Jenzabar (Mass High Tech)
Cambridge ecommerce company was funded by GSI Commerce, among others.

HardMetrics Establishes New Corporate Headquarters in Philadelphia Suburbs
Continued growth and expansion for operational analytics and business intelligence solutions company fuels establishment of new corporate roots (Business Wire)
Hadn't heard much about these guys in quite a while; wasn't sure what they were up to.

Dupont SAP systems crucial to £3.7bn Danisco acquisition (Computerworld UK)

Eberhart tapped as CDI Corp. chief (Philly.com: Philly Inc)




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