Daily Links 11/17/2011: SAP co-CEO Snabe's comments reignite acquisition speculation

SAP Aims to Enter New Product Categories, Snabe Says (Bloomberg)
Comments spur new round of acquisition speculation. My recollection is that the last time Snabe started talking about big acquisitions, Sybase was announced shortly thereafter.

SAP co-CEO talks new product areas, in-memory computing (Computerworld)

Localisation is not the problem facing SAP - boosting take-up is
(Dennis Howlett/CloudPro)

Salesforce Drops 6% After Hours On Earnings Miss (Silicon Alley Insider)


Starz and Liberty Capital merged (Variety)
Liberty Capital's holdings include TruePosition of Berwyn and the Atlanta Braves.

Philly Fed Manufacturing Index Slips (Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics)
Philly Fed's Press Release

Connexin Software, Inc. Receives Strategic Investment from Bluff Point Associates; Deal Will Accelerate Growth and Leadership Position of Pediatric EHR Software Provider (Business Wire)

Safeguard Scientifics Leads $7M Series a Financing for Medivo
New York-based Healthcare IT Company Leverages Clinical Data to Improve Health Through Faster, Easier Access to Lab Testing and Actionable Information (Business Wire)

ICW Announces Improved Networking Solutions for Patient Identification and Data Sharing (Marketwire)

Monetate Launches National Search for Top Engineering Talent
Philadelphia Technology Company Offers $2,000 Referral Bonus for Hired Engineers (PR Web)

AppLabs founder Reddi back on startup scene in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Please Turn On Your Cell Phone: Comcast's Fandango Embraces Mobile Movie Tickets (Mashable)

Philadelphia Media Network goes to Saxotech for 400-seat deployment (News & Tech)

Daily Links 1/12/2011: SAP To Focus More On Channel Sales Following Reorganization

Comcast’s Gilford Jumps To ABC As SVP, Digital Media (paidContent)

Comcast Merger Conditions Involve Basic Neutrality Protections
And a requirement that all caps be created equal... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast-NBC merger expected to have net neutrality conditions (Washington Post: Post Tech)

The Buzz from CES 2011 - Trends to Watch (Comcast Voices |Comcast Corporate Blog)

SAP to Acquire Software Security Products and Assets From SECUDE (PR Newswire)

SAP To Focus More On Channel Sales Following Reorganization
(CRN)

HP Wins $30 Million Texas Medicaid Contract
(Information Week)
Solution to be powered by InterComponentWare's eHealth Framework. InterComponentWare's US headquarters are in Wayne.

Ex-Philadelphia mag editor named Philly Daily News editor (Poynter)

U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book: Philadelphia District (Bloomberg)

Daily Links 12/9/2010: Edison Ventures increasing New England presence

SERS to cut private funds, buy stocks and bonds (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Could have an impact upon some area PE and VC firms.

Edison Ventures growing Boston investment deals (Mass High Tech)

The Real Mobile News from the SAP Influencer Summit (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Cloud Platform, App Store Set For 2011
(Information Week)

What’s Next for NBC’s Jeff Zucker? Maybe Private Equity (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Kerry Asks Copps, Clyburn To Back Net Neutrality Compromise
The chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee says item may not be perfect but is good enough (Multichannel News)

InterComponentWare Enterprise Master Patient Index Achieves First Milestone at New York State HIE (PR Newswire)

Air Products Makes Best and Final Offer for Airgas; Increases All-Cash Offer to $70 Per Share (PR Newswire)

Tyco Electronics Completes Acquisition of ADC (PR Newswire)

Larry Ellison Vows To 'Go After' HP; Is Alliance Dead? (Information Week: Global CIO)

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces the Acquisition of iCare Educational Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software (PR Newswire)

AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui Is Already Working On A Secret New Project (Silicon Alley Insider)
Hamoui founded AdMob while at Wharton.




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