Saturday Highlights: The Benioff Scale and SAP’s Cloud Leadership Conundrum; How Cable Labs is paving the way for lightning-fast broadband

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Is SuccessFactors about to do a Salesforce? (ResourceOnDemand)
In late November, Microsoft announced it would adopt SAP SuccessFactors as its HCM solution for its entire workforce.

Looking for Mr. Cloud: The Benioff Scale and SAP’s Cloud Leadership Conundrum (Joshua Greenbaum / Enterprise Applications Consulting)\









Pharma adopts data-science culture in move toward AI (Medical Marketing & Media)


Venture capital's bold move into population health (Modern Healthcare)
On Philly venture TowerView Health and DreamIt Ventures.


How Cable Labs is paving the way for lightning-fast broadband (VentureBeat)
Fascinating interview with the CEO. Interesting story about how he was recruited.


It’s begun: Internet providers are pushing to repeal Obama-era privacy rules
(Washington Post)

Links 10/1/2013: LLR invests $50mm in Cigital; Heartland Payment invests $20mm in Leaf

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Cigital Secures $50M Investment from LLR Partners (LLR Partners)

Square Competitor Leaf Scores $20 Million Investment From Payments Giant Heartland (All Things D)
First question: What does this mean for Heartland's relationship with LevelUp?

After Raising $20M from Heartland, Aron Schwarzkopf's Vision for Leaf Grows (VentureFizz)


Artisan Adds Two New Products to Its Mobile Experience Management Platform (Business Wire)

AT&T attempts to out-Google Google in Austin fiber race (CNET News)

CableLabs Exec Joins Apple (Multichannel News)

Comcast forms VIPER team to deliver IP video to Apple, Microsoft, Samsung devices (FierceCable)

NBC Digital Hit With Layoffs (Variety)

Intel boss joins Hulu CEO contenders (NY Post)

Intel and Sony Ambitions for Internet TV Services Meet Skepticism (New York Times)



Merck reorg reimagines sales force (Medical Marketing & Media)

Salesforce Is A Platform Company. Period. (TechCrunch)

Links 8/13/2013: Alteva eliminates dividened; LeadiD raises another $1 million from Genacast

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Carl Icahn Discloses ‘Large’ Stake in Apple in Tweet (Bloomberg)

Alteva kills dividend; shares skid (Philly.com: Phlly Deals)

LeadiD Receives $1 Million Capital Infusion to Support Accelerated Growth (PR Web)

Comcast Expands Low-Cost Internet Plan, Ups Speed (ABC News)

Cable Europe Labs Merges With CableLabs (Multichannel News)

Business Intelligence Startup Looker Raises $16M From Redpoint, First Round (TechCrunch)

TIM ARMSTRONG: I Made An Emotional Mistake Firing That Guy (Business Insider)


The quiet successes that drive Silicon Valley (Jeff Richards/TermSheet)

Long-time tech execs' new company goes global (Philadelphia Business Journal)

PointRoll Settles 'Safari Hack' Lawsuit (MediaPost)

USA Technologies Launches ePortGO, a One-Stop Solution for the $11 Billion Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Market (Business Wire)

Daily Links 11/5/2012: Supreme Court hears Comcast appeal of suit's class action status today

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Supreme Court may raise hurdles to class actions again (Fortune)
Hears Comcast appeal in Philly suit today.

Class Action Cases Divide U.S. Supreme Court (Bloomberg)

As Netflix Pops Its Poison Pill, Wall Street Struggles to Find Icahn a Buyer (Peter Kafka/All Things D)

Time Warner Cable misses on falling video demand (Reuters)

CableLabs Lands Device-Security Deals With NetworkFX Unit (Multichannel News)

Cablevision and NBCUniversal sign distribution deal (LA Times: Company Town)

Workday targets SAP, Oracle with enterprise apps (Computerworld)

Trimble's Provisioning of the Connected Work Site and Bentley's Provisioning of Virtual Positioning Leverages 3D Precision for Construction and Operations
Quality, Efficiency, and Safety (Bentley Systems Press Release)

Social Media Marketing Firm HubSpot Adds $35 Million in Funding (Kara Swisher/All Things D)

Jive Acquires Innovative Companies Meetings.io and Producteev (Globe Newswire)

ICG Announces Third Quarter Financial Results
Company Reports Record Revenue and the Achievement of Important Strategic Milestones (Globe Newswire)

Alteva parent WVT Communications Group Commences Corporate Restructuring (Marketwire)



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News from The Cable Show 5/23/2012: Ramping up Docsis, Conan O'Brien speaks

Does Docsis Have a 10-Gig Future? (Light Reading Cable)

Cable Show 2012: Motorola Envisions 'Whole-World DVR'
Vendor Says an MSO Customer Will Launch Basic Network DVR Trial by End of 2012 (Multichannel News)

Cable Show 2012: Conan O'Brien Evangelizes Social Media, Admires Walt Disney (Hollywood Reporter)

Cable Execs Root for TV Everywhere, But No Timeline on Mass Adoption
From ESPN to Discovery, a Quest to Get Viewers to 'Authenticate' (Ad Age)

Cable Show 2012: NCTA President Praises FCC's Broadband Campaign (Hollywood Reporter)


Comcast Asks FCC to Revoke Boston's New License to Reregulate Rates
FCC's Media Bureau had recertified the city in April (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast CEO Roberts not attending The Cable Show (FierceCable)


CableLabs Nears End of CEO Search (Light Reading Cable)

Carlyle's Cable Muscle (Light Reading Mobile)



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Daily Links 9/21/2010: Oracle, SAP, SunGard advance Cloud strategies

Exclusive: Comcast Reshuffles Its Digital Deck Before NBC Comes Aboard (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)



CableLabs Eyes a Super-Sized Upstream (Light Reading Cable)

Oracle, HP Settle Hurd Lawsuit (Information Week)

Hasso Plattner Ventures Invests $6 Million in Panaya
New Investor will be Instrumental in SAP Upgrade Automation Leader's Expansion Plans (Business Wire)

When Group Buying Met Check-In: SCVNGR Hooks Up With BuyWithMe On Local Deals (TechCrunch)

Loan Quality Firms Merge to Form Aklero Risk Analytics (Aklero Press Release)

USA Technologies Reports Results for Fiscal Year 2010 Highlighted by Record Gross Profit for Its Fiscal Fourth Quarter (Business Wire)


MetroPCS Launches First LTE Network in U.S. (PC Magazine)

Oracle Unveils Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 8 (Marketwire)
I didn't realize Primavera founder Joel Koppelman was still with Oracle. Bala Cynwyd-based Primavera was acquired by Oracle in 2008.

Exalogic: Larry Gets the Cloud Now & He Wants It All (GigaOM)

Exclusive: Sungard to launch public cloud services (Computer Business Review)

SAP Moves an OnDemand Service to Amazon (PC World)






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Daily Links 4/26/2010: Alberto Culver cites SAP problems in earnings report

CableLabs Next-Gen Broadband Project Envisions Multigigabit Speeds
Data-Over-Coax Technology Would Eliminate 6-MHz Channel Divisions (Multichannel News)

Perelman Joins Toll in Fight to Buy Inquirer Owner (Bloomberg Business Week)

10 Tech Acquisitions That Would Rock The Industry (Information Week: Global CIO)

Enterprise Software: Awaiting An Outbreak Of Merger Mania (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Alberto Culver profit rises less than expected (Reuters)
Company cites continuing problems with SAP system.

Microsoft Announces Business Platform Integration, Updates (eWeek)

DreamIt Ventures Startl-ed by its largest program yet (Philadelphia Business Journal)

FAA Controllers in Philadelphia Transition to Next Generation Air Transportation System Technology (FAA via ATC News)

SES WORLD SKIES’ SES-1 Satellite Successfully Launched on Board ILS Proton (Business Wire)

NBC Universal Plans Benchmark Three-Part Offering (Bloomberg via
San Franciso Chronicle)

Ben Franklin (Northeastern PA) to Invest $393,146 In Regional Economic Development (PR Log)

Got a gripe? Do something about it with SeeClickFix (Lansdale Reporter)
Journal Register partners with website.

PA's tax amnesty program plagued by weak IT and phone support (ZDNet Blogs)




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