eClinical sector remains of high interest to PE: CRF viewed as next target (PE Hub)

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From PE Hub Buyouts (Subscription)

"The eClinical sector remains of high interest to PE
Vitruvian's CRF (Plymouth Meeting) viewed as next eClinical target of scale to go
Bracket Global (Wayne), ERT (Philadelphia) and BioClinica (Doylestown) all commanded mid-teen multiples of EBITDA."

Bracket Global was just acquired by Genstar Capital.

Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV), with offices in Radnor, is also about to enter the market.

Daily Links 7/9/2012: QlikTech sees Q2 revenue shortfall

QlikTech Announces Preliminary Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results (Businesss Wire)
QlikTech now says it expects revenue in the range of $84.0 million to $86.0 million, down from its previous forecast of $91.0 million to $96.0 million. Blames it mostly on Europe.

Qlik Issues Q2 Rev Warning, But Shares Trade Higher (Forbes)

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UBPS to Acquire and Consolidate Three Business Payment Companies in Proposed $179 Million Transaction (Business Wire)

Inquirer, Daily News, philly.com move into new home on Market Street (Philly.com)

Verizon's cable deals make headway but regulatory doubts linger (Reuters)

Cloud Is ‘Bright Spot’ in Global IT Spending (Wall Street Journal: The CIO Report)

Selling SAP HANA: Enticing Customers—and SIs and Resellers (ASUG News)

Salesforce Is About To Buy This Two-Year Old, 12-Person Startup For $70 Million (Silicon Alley Insider: Enterprise)

ERT scoops up Invivodata for ePRO clinical trials tech (FierceBiotechIT)


PA Pushes Direct Messaging For Health Data Exchanges (Information Week)



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Daily Links 6/22/2012: CloudMine officially launches CloudMine 1.0

Comcast 'Invents' Its Own Private Internet (Bloomberg Business Week)

Dish Network, Netflix, NCTA execs set to clash at House hearing (FierceCable)


Bringing the BaaS (CloudMine Blog)
Officially launches CloudMine 1.0.

Google to launch Amazon, Microsoft cloud rival at Google I/O (Gigaom)

Don't expect a kinder, gentler Oracle after sales exec's departure (InfoWorld)

QlikTech Jumps the Shark (Paul Staelin/Birst Blog)
Interesting point of view on QlikTech's recent Expressor acquisition, though keep in mind it is written by a competitor that's trying to move into QlikTech's space.

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NBCU Rock-ing mega-lease (New York Post)


ERT Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Operating Results (PR Newswire)
Also changing trading symbol from "ERES" to "ERT".

SAP Sales OnDemand: Got It, Got It, Need It? (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP CRM Sales On-demand Heads to Market (Enterprise Matters)

SAP Offers Resellers Big-Account Opportunities, Cuts Pre-Pay Requirement (CRN)

'Over the hill' Boston tech community lashes out at academic (Telegraph)

Attorney for Philadelphia entrepreneurs Goodman to be honored (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Broadband Growth Slows For Fourth Straight Year: Analyst
Top U.S. Cable Operators Added 2.3 Million Broadband Subs In 2010, Says Leichtman (Multichannel News)

Cox, Motorola Tests See 400 Mbps Upstream
Cable's Upstream Limits Soon To Be Less Of A Problem? (Broadband Reports)

NEC to Integrate Niteo Partners, a Leader in Business Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management Systems (Business Wire)
Niteo Partners is headquartered in Princeton.

ADP To Acquire AdvancedMD (Information Week)



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Daily Links 11/4/2010: MetroPCS launches LTE in Philly Area

Panic buying spree hits cloud integration (ZDNet Blogs)

MetroPCS Launches First Commercial 4G LTE Services in Los Angeles and Philadelphia Metropolitan Areas (PR Newswire)

SAP and NEC collaborate on cloud services (Computerworld)

Orace v SAP: Courtroom Diary (Information Week)

Oracle’s Ellison to Testify Nov. 8 at SAP Trial (Bloomberg)

Netsuite CEO Zach Nelson on his relationships with Salesforce and Larry Ellison (CIO UK)

ICG Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Globe Newswire via MarketWatch)

Motorola: More Devices, Screens Coming To A Home Near You (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Big Cable Is Bleeding: 500K+ Subscribers Lost In Q3 (Gigaom via New York Times)

AT&T’s Bet on Health Technology (New York Times)

Universal Display Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

ERT Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

BioClinica Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 3/10/2010: FCC commissioner blasts Comcast for raising broadband prices

SevOne Continues Success With Robust Growth and Sales (Marketwire)

InterDigital Signs Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (Business Wire)

FCC commissioner blasts Comcast for raising broadband prices (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Rovi Claims $2.4B Loss On 2008 Sale Of TV Guide Mag
Company Says IRS Has Completed Review of Divestiture (Multichannel News)

Gallery: SAP's tech of the future (ZDNet)

Hercules Technology Growth Capital Provides an Additional $3.0 Million of Capital to InfoLogix, Inc. to Launch New Products Roll-Out and Fund New Growth (Business Wire)

Clearwire exec shares WiMAX road map
Clearwire's master plan to cover most major U.S. cities by the end of 2010 (Network World)

What Does Google Have In Store For The Set-Top Box? (paidContent)

Billboard.biz Q&A: Comcast-Spectator President (Billboard.biz)

Newspaper economics: online and offline (Google Public Policy Blog)

ERT Launches 'Centralized Cardiac Safety 2.0': A Revolutionary New Approach to ECG Management in Clinical Trials (PR Newswire)

CardioNet rises as analyst expects greater revenue (Associated Press via Business Week)

Program increases Internet comfort level for older adults (Dothan Eagle)




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