Daily Links 1/27/2012: Datatel says 'fewer than 40' cuts after SunGard HE deal closes

Datatel cuts 'fewer than 40' after deal with SunGard Higher Ed closes (Washington Business Journal)

Motorola Mobility's Cable Sales Fall 11% In Q4
Set-Top Shipments Down 3% in Fourth Quarter But Up 6% for Full-Year 2011 (Multichannel News)

Like Sports On Cable? Pay Up. Don’t Like Sports On Cable? Pay Up, Anyway (Peter Kafka/All Things D)

Comcast's Split-Personality Problem (Jonathan Takiff/Philadelphia Daily News)

SAP Takes On Oracle Database, Salesforce Cloud
(Information Week)

SAP Extends Offer For SuccessFactors While Government Entity Investigates (CRN)

Ametek Q4 beats Street, sees strong 2012 (Reuters)
Also acquires O'Brien for about $175 million from Industrial Growth Partners.


Investors bet $16 million on growth in application delivery market (Computerworld)
On Kemp Technologies, New York-based firm in which Edison Ventures just led $16 million round.

The Neat Company Is Putting Paperless in the Cloud [Macworld / iWorld 2012] (Cult of Mac)
Neat's soon to be launched Cloud services may open new opportunities for it.

More Venture Capital Dollars Flow To Health IT (Information Week)

FiOS Being Installed in East Mt. Airy (Mt. Airy Patch)


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Daily Links 1/23/2012: Datatel, SunGard Higher Education close transactions to combine businesses

Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Close Transactions to Combine their Businesses (Business Wire)
Company will temporarily be called Datatel+SGHE ; headquarters will be in Northern Virginia, according to FAQ on website
according to FAQ on website. (pdf)

InterDigital Calls Off Patent Sale (New York Times: DealBook)
May still sell off pieces. InterDigital down almost 16% in after hours to $37.50.
InterDigital press release on concluding strategic alternatives review (Business Wire)
InterDigital Announces Preliminary and Unaudited Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Newtown-based Epam Systems files to raise up to $133 million in IPO (Bloomberg)


TargetX: Helping colleges recruit (Philly.com: Philly Inc.)
A Conshohocken-based SaaS CRM vendor that built its offering on Salesforce's Force.com platform.

San Francisco-based Joyent gets $85 million for cloud expansion (Gigaom)

If Comcast can’t make it in the wireless biz, who can? (Gigaom)

Verizon spectrum deal faces scrutiny (New York Post)

VIDEO: Comcast Xfinity Commercials Interrupt Giants Vs. 49ers Game (SB Nation DC)
Report says its not clear yet whether it was Comcast or Fox who made the error.
(Update: It turned out to be an error on the part of DC Fox affiliate WTTG.)

Apply to Open Angel Forum Philly III (Gabriel Weinberg's Blog)

XBRL: A New Language for the Large Data Challenge (Safeguard Scientifics Blog)

Scala Introduces New Consumer Device Controlled Screen Communication Solution at ISE 2012 (PR Web)

Daily Links 12/7/2011: Datatel/SunGard Higher Ed deal gets regulatory approval

Jive IPO Gets Boost Following Billion-Dollar Cloud Deals: Tech (Bloomberg)

Comcast: No plans for usage-based broadband pricing (Gigaom)

Universal Studios Hollywood Plans ‘Harry Potter’ Attractions (Bloomberg)


Comcast Names Neil Smit Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Cable Communications (Business Wire)

Exclusive: Verizon to take on Netflix with Web service (Reuters)
Verizon joins the crowd; service would be "limited" but available beyond its traditional footprint.

Verizon CEO: We looked at buying Hulu (CNET News)

Datatel and SunGard Higher Education Combination Clears Regulatory Review
Companies Prepare to Close Transaction in the First Quarter of 2012 (Business Wire)


Salesforce.com Service Cloud joins Dell's CRM package (ZDNet Blogs)

Uber Gets $32M From Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos And Goldman Sachs (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital was an early investor in Uber, though it doesn't appear to be in on this round.
Another FRC portfolio company, Fab, has just raised $40 million at a $200 million valuation.


AstraZeneca to cut 1,150 more jobs
(Philadelphia Inquirer: PhillyPharma)

VC says 'lots of money' going into HIT (Government Health IT)



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Daily Links 10/12/2011: Verizon denies interest in Clearwire

Verizon denies Clearwire talks, eyes LTE devices (Reuters)

Intel Abandons Plans to Get Its Processors Into Televisions (Bloomberg)

IBM launches platform-as-a-service effort, beefs up cloud focus (ZDNet Blogs)

LevelUp app aims to keep coupon users coming back (CNN Tech)
Originally available in Boston and Philly, SCVNGR's LevelUp launches today in New York and San Francisco.

SCVNGR Unveils QR Code Payment System (Mashable)

Hot New York Ad Startup MediaMath Is Looking At Raising A Big Round (Business Insider)
Safeguard Scientifics is a major backer of MediaMath.

Verizon Opens Door To 'Smart Home'
Home-Security Monitoring Features Not Currently Part of Offering (Multichannel News)
Developed with Motorola Mobility.

Universal Dumps $60 Home Video Rental Plan (All Things Digital)

S&P: TE Connectivity to replace Cephalon (AP via Business Week)
TE Connectivity has its operational headquarters in Berwyn. Frazer-based Cephalon's acquisition by Teva will be completed on Friday.

eBay Officially Launches X.Commerce Developer Platform (Mashable)

Datatel Adds SaaS Deployment Option to Industry-Leading Datatel Colleague (Business Wire)
Not sure if this is really SaaS or not.
Datatel is working torwards completing its announced acquisition of SunGard Higher Education.

Daily Links 8/19/2011: HP down 20% on day; What are implications for SAP?

Europe Losing Autonomy to HP Signals Software Boom as SAP May Be Targeted (Bloomberg)

HP Tumbles as Shift Undermines Confidence (Bloomberg)

Does Apotheker need an apothecary? Why HP is exiting the PC business (Ars Technica)

Public sector is turning to SaaS while SAP and Oracle dither (Cloud Pro)

SAP Business ByDesign strengthens channel efforts (SearchITChannel.com)

SAP going mobile: How big ERP is embracing small technology (ZDNet Blogs)

Will Google Be Good for Cable? (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast Drops Its Lawsuit Against DirecTV After Just Two Weeks (paidContent)

Datatel Acquiring SunGard: T+10 and Counting (The Higher ED CIO)

NewSpring Capital Leads Mezzanine Investment in Emtec, Inc. (NewSpring Press Release)

Dow’s success helping Newark (Newark Post)

Infradapt Launches Next-Generation Cloud Computing Solution for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 8/8/2011: Verizon strike is on; NextGen Healthcare to work with Dell

Customer service seems unaffected by Verizon strike (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NextGen Healthcare and Dell to Deliver Advanced Health IT Solutions (Business Wire)

NextGen Healthcare Launches Enterprise Patient Portal Powered by MEDSEEK
Partnership Agreement Expands NextGen Patient Portal Offering to Include MEDSEEK’s eHealth Solutions (Business Wire)


SAP Analytics Push to Pay Off as Software Trumps Hardware in Oracle Clash (Bloomberg)
Will Hana live up to its hype?

SunGardHE and Datatel: 'An Arranged Marriage' (Campus Technology)

Universal Display Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results (Business Wire)

NBCU's Telemundo Station Group to Expand Local News Programming by 25% (Hollywood Reporter)

Insight Auction Fizzles: Sources
Mediacom, WOW Drop Out Of Bidding (Multichannel News)

UniTek says Multiband rejected its bid (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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