Links 9/9/2013: Drexel forming new College of Computing and Informatics

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DREXEL ANNOUNCES NEW COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS (Drexel Now)

Deloitte gobbles enterprise software specialists
(ZDNet)

SAP focuses on stability, data source support with Business Objects update (PC World)


Why SunGard AS Chose CloudStack (Data Center Knowledge)

Unisys takes on the big names in x86 servers with mainframe technologies (IT World)

Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires Mirth Corporation (Business Wire)
Quality says acquisition will "accelerate {Healthcare Transformation Strategies of QSI’s [Horsham-based]NextGen Healthcare Subsidiary and Mirth".

Aramark files plans to go public again (AP via Boston Globe)

OLED CEO Lists Blue Material, Lighting, Thin-Films, Vapor Printing Among Goals (Barron's: Tech Trader
Daily)

NBC spreads its wings on Sixth Avenue (New York Post)
Should pretty much rebut ridiculous rumors about Comcast relocating NBC stuff to Philly.



Comcast Begins EA Games Pilot (Light Reading)

NBCU Switch-Up: Esquire Network to Take Over Style, Not G4 (Exclusive) (Hollywood Reporter)

Live From Tokyo? NBC Faces a Time Shift for the 2020 Olympics (Business Week)



PACT Announces IMPACT 2013 Venture Summit Full Conference Lineup (Business Wire)

How Infor CEO Charles Phillips Is Quietly Becoming The 'Steve Jobs' Of Business Software
(Business Insider)

Daily Links 7/1/2013: Drexel launching seed fund & incubator; Apple store opens at Quaker Bridge Mall

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Salesforce.com Abandoning Its Postgres Flirtation?
(ReadWrite)

Oracle’s Expanding Cloud Ecosystem? (Michael Fauscette/Enterprise Irregulars)

ABC rolling out Watch ABC app to Los Angeles and other markets (LA Times: Company Town)
Initially available only in NY & Philly, but now will require cable subscription.

InterDigital loses first round of US case against Huawei, others (Reuters)


Apple Mania at the Quaker Bridge Mall (Planet Princeton)

Drexel launching seed fund, incubator (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Vanguard's decision in 1990s was boon to jobs here
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Icahn Says He Has Secured Financing for Alternative to Dell’s Buyout (New York Times: DealBook)

Oracle rolls out analytic apps for E-Business Suite (PC World)

Softmart Announces Its Involvement in the Microsoft Devices Program (PR Newswire)
Downington-based company one of ten Microsoft resellers/distributors to handle Surface
devices.



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Daily Links 1/30/2013: PE firm to acquire Newtown-based BioClinica for $123 million, along with NJ firm

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JLL Partners to Acquire BioClinica and CoreLab Partners
Transaction to Create an Industry Leading Provider of Medical Imaging and eClinical Solutions for Clinical Trials (Business Wire)

Drexel U. to launch entrepreneurship school with gift from Close Foundation (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Ticketmaster Launches New, Innovative CAPTCHA Solutions, Making The Fan Experience Better (PR Newswire)
Partners with Solve Media, which is based in New York and Philly.

Unisys watches ClearPath mainframe sales climb
Plans to build a channel, push Windows and Linux (The Register)

How Dell Computer's Philly-born president learned to sell (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


Salesforce.com 'aggressively investigating' database error
Salesforce.com has long used Oracle under the hood, but is also embracing other database technologies (Infoworld)

Oracle Has Big Plans To Beat Salesforce And Amazon In A $72 Billion Market (SAI: Enterprise)



Amazon Makes Murmurs About Its Video Business (All Things D)

Comcast Business Services Offers Hotel Industry an All-in-One Communications Suite (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 8/24/2011: Time Warner Cable to subsidize Slingboxes for subscribers

Aging East Coast infrastructure a concern after quake (Computerworld)

Comcast's Roberts hosts President Obama on Martha's Vineyard (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Moffett Rethinks TV Sector
Top Analyst Modifies Cable, Satellite Targets (Multichannel News)

Time Warner to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (New York Times)

PowerBoost: A Comcast Innovation for High-Speed Internet Users (Comcast Voices /Official Comcast Blog)

COMCAST ROLLS OUT METRO E, ADDS REGIONAL PARTNERS (Channel Partners)

Drexel U scrapping plans for 2nd campus in Calif. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)

HP: Where is it going? (Dennis Howlett/Irregular Enterprise)


AT&T’s Hyperlocal Sites Show Off Network Upgrades (TechCrunch)
One of the sites is for Philadelphia.

Fallout? Pharma & The Facebook Wall (Pixels & Pills)

The Next Tech Patent Powerhouses (Forbes)
Could Ewing, NJ-based Universal Display be the next InterDigital (or more?)

Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s TV-box business worries WPP’s Sorrell
(FT Tech Hub)

Epicor Announces Cloud Computing Solution for Distributors (Marketwire)
Complementary to Epicor's Prophet 21 product line, which is based out of Yardley, PA.



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Daily Links 2/25/2011: Drexel to get five times the bandwith

Comcast Preps a Docsis 3.0 Boost (Light Reading Cable)
For upload speeds.

Peers or not? Comcast and Level 3 slug it out at FCC's doorstep (Ars Technica)

NBCU Local Strategy: Balancing Individualism And Uniform Qualities (paidContent)

Is Verizon's FiOS Deployment Freeze Thawing?
Verizon Tells Wilmington, Delaware New Deployments Loom (Broadband Reports)
Update: One more reason why blogs are no substitute for newspapers (Delaware Online: Delaware Inc.)
While the Broadband Reports article above is wrong (sometimes old articles pop up in search engines or RSS Feeds), there is still a certain irony in going back and reading what the Verizon
exec said two years ago and what hasn't happened since then.

Salesforce wins bet on the cloud, doubles down on social (Fortune)

SAP Announces Blockbuster BusinessObjects Upgrade (Information Week)

Alcatel Lucent to help bring metering technology to Pennsylvania (PennEnergy)

Philadelphia Business Journal’s Social Media Stars announced (Philadelphia Business Journal)

ICG Announces 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results
Core Consolidated Revenue Increases 27% in 2010
Metastorm Sale Completed (Globe Newswire)

Demand for Accelerated Cost Savings Fuels Continued Growth for ICG Commerce
Comprehensive Procurement Solution Provider Sees 20 Percent-Plus Revenue Growth for Sixth Consecutive Year (Globe Newswire)

Network to be upgraded
Five times more bandwidth for campus (The Triangle)



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Daily Links 10/13/2010: Lockheed sells Valley Forge consulting unit EIG for $815 million

Lockheed Sells EIG Consulting Unit to Veritas Capital (Bloomberg)
EIG is based in Valley Forge.

Sony’s Google TV-Powered Devices Have Arrived (Mashable)

Clearwire Said to Seek Up to $5 Billion in Spectrum Auction (Bloomberg)

Philly's their game
City places and faces enliven a first-of-its kind app coming from a flourishing indie game community. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Joe Nocera Pleads Ignorance in Fiancée-Based Conflict of Interest (Gawker: Valleywag)


SAP Workflow use spreading beyond financials to compliance, utilities, HR (SearchSAP.com)

QlikTech : There is a Huge Untapped Opportunity in BI (Channel World)

Almac Successfully Moves its Clinical Technologies Business Unit Into New North American Headquarters (PR Newswire)

Salesforce.com and Veeva Systems Announce Expanded Alliance to Serve the Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry (Business Wire)
Though based in California, Veeva has much of its sales and client services functions in Malvern.

NextGate and NextGen Healthcare Form Partnership to Deliver Health Information Exchange Solutions (Business Wire)

Drexel Engineers May Soon Replace E-Z Pass Box with Transparent Antenna (PR Newswire)