Daily Links 9/21/2012: Can SAP do social?

Evolve IP Acquires Managed Communications Provider IPiphany Company identifies opportunity for expansion into Midwest market (Business Wire)

At Center City Apple Store, Long Lines and Wide Smiles For iPhone 5 (CBS Local)


Dreamforce: a conversation with John Wookey about 'work' (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet)

Can SAP Really Get Social This Time? (Esteban Kolsky/Enterprise Irregulars)

Are SMEs Skeptical about SAP? (SAP.info)


Oracle Q1 profit up 11 percent, but hardware products revenue drops 24 percent
The results come on the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld show (Network World)


Oracle targets raised on cloud push, new products (Reuters)


DirecTV CEO: Dish Merger Could Benefit Consumers Amid Rising Content Cost (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast To Soon Allow External DVR Drive Storage
Starting Trial Next Week in Indiana (Broadband Reports)

Life Sciences Entrepreneurship: How to Keep Pennsylvania Competitive ( James A. Datin/Safeguard Scientifics Blog)



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Daily Links 5/25/2012: Curt Schilling's videogame startup lays off all (several hundred) employees

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios lays off entire staff (400+ people) (Boston Globe)

Skeleton crew cleans up at Big Huge Games in Timonium (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)

Verizon likely to divest wireless spectrum to get cable deal OK ( Marguerite Reardon/CNET News)

Christie: N.J. will start sports bets on its own (AP via CourierPost Online)

The Lingering Impact of SuccessFactors (Infographic) (All Things D)

Wookey's worldview: why SAP and Oracle still don't have it right in the Cloud (BusinessCloud9)

Dell Said to Mull Buying Quest for Computer-Management Tools (Bloomberg)

Dell-Quest deal possible over weekend: sources (Reuters)

Dell Buying Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Migration Specialist? (TalkinCloud)
Article speculates about possible synergies between Quest and Boomi, should Dell acquire the former.

Oracle Exec Slams Sun Hardware, Saying 'We Bought A Dog' (SAI: Enterprise)

Has Google changed its mind about sharing its fiber network? (Gigaom)



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Daily Links 5/10/2012: Former Oracle, SAP Exec Wookey to Lead 'most' Application Development at Salesforce.com

SAP gets tough on violation of software use terms (Computerworld)

Spinnaker to fight Rimini Street for third-party SAP support market (SearchSAP)

Ex-Oracle, SAP Exec Wookey to Lead 'most' Application Development at Salesforce.com (PC World)

Salesforce.com Slides On Worries Business Is Decelerating (Forbes)
Down over 8% so far today.

Rootstock Software and FinancialForce.com Announce Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive Manufacturing and Accounting Solution on Force.com
(Business Wire)

Groupon’s Low-Key Rewards Program Now Available Nationwide (All Things D)
Tested in Philadelphia.

WatchESPN finally streams to Comcast customers, but not on Android (Engadget)

Prime-Time Stern (New York Times)
Howard Stern joins NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” as a judge this season.

Ensequence Raises $26M Round To Tap Mobile, Connected TVs
Funding Led by Myrian Capital, a Fund Affiliated With Family That Owned Iams Co. (Multichannel News)

Cisco Cable Unit Sales Pop 12%
Networking Giant's Shares Fall on Weak Quarterly Outlook (Multichannel News)


Technology Industry Seen Growing Fastest in New York (New York Times)

Philly software project to implement lobbyist disclosure law crashes (Newsworks)

EBay's GSI Unit Sparks But Analysts Want Bigger Bang (Investor's Business Daily)



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Daily Links 11/11/2011: John Wookey joins Salesforce.com

SAP, EMC and VMware in 3-way cloud orgy (Channel Register)

Accenture Launches Private-cloud Service for SAP Customers (PC World)

Crystal Ball Is Cloudy for ERP Market (Robert Kugel/Ventana Research)


Salesforce.com Hires Ex-Oracle, SAP Software Executive Wookey (PC World)

Comcast's CIO to Exit in 2011 (Light Reading Cable)

Barnes & Noble Rises on Speculation of Purchase by Liberty Media (Bloomberg)

Safeguard Scientifics: health IT could grow to one-third of business (Med City News)



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Daily Links 4/19/2011: Comcast, NHL reach 10-year deal reported to be worth $2 billion

NBC Sports, NHL Reach New TV Deal (Hollywood Reporter)
Press conference planned for 1pm ET.

Comcast Extends U.S. NHL Rights; Deal Said to Reach $2 Billion (Bloomberg)

With $4 Million From Comcast, Fwix Launches Its Own Open Places Databases (TechCrunch)

Sprint to pay Clearwire $1 billion for wireless services in new pricing deal (AP via Washington Post)

Sprint & Clearwire Kiss & Make Up. But Where’s WiMAX? (Gigaom)

Sprint/LightSquared Deal Expected Soon (Light Reading Mobile)

Symphony Technology Buys Drug Info Co. ImpactRx From VCs (Dow Jones LBO Wire)
Mt Laurel-based ImpactRX had previously raised about $37.5 million from VCs.

SAP’s Wookey Departure: Much Ado About Nothing (ASUG News)

Wolfram|Alpha & DuckDuckGo Conspire to Eat Google's Lunch (Search Engine Watch)

Gruber ruminates on Apple's cloud (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

Phillies Science Day at the Ballpark: Robot to Throw First Pitch Tomorrow?! (Geekadelphia)



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Daily Links 4/18/2011: Do Ebersol and Comcast disagree on Olympic strategy?

Olympic$ hurdle for Ebersol and Comcast (New York Post)

Key SaaS Software Executive Leaving SAP (PC World)

SAP denies acquisition rumours (v3.co.uk)
SAP moving closer to HP in market value, Bill McDermott notes.

MoneyTree: Venture funding up significantly in Philadelphia area (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Susquehanna Growth Equity Acquires MediMedia Information Technologies, LLC (PR Newswire)

New Invite Media Sales Chief, Bruce Falck, Discusses The Road Ahead For Google’s Demand-Side Platform Business (AdExchanger.com)

SavingStar Brings Coupon-Clipping Into Digital Age (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
First Round Capital invests again in $7 million second round for Massachusetts company.

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation (All Things Digital)
Comcast Interactive Ventures a new investor.

Liberty Sets May Date for Spin-Off Vote
Spin Would Make Liberty Interactive Asset-Backed Stock (Multichannel News)

MRO Corp. Acquires Release-of-Information Services Vendor Keystone Management Solutions (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 1/19/2011: Franken can't let Comcast/NBCU deal go

Comcast’s Biggest Regulatory Win? What The FCC And DOJ Didn’t Do (paidContent)

Comcast-NBC Deal: What’s Next? (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Senator Al Franken: No joke, Comcast trying to whack Netflix (Ars Technica)


SAP sets ambitious goals, faces restructuring: report (Reuters)

ASUG to Launch Online Magazine (Business Wire)

SAP Community Podcast: Talking SAP On-Demand with SAP's John Wookey (SAP Community Networks Blog)

Microsoft Steps Up Competition With Dynamics CRM 2011 (Information Week)

Thoughts on Paul Greenberg's CRM 2011 Watchlist (Read Write Enterprise)

Verizon To Continue Rapid Cloud Ramp (Information Week)

What happens when the CD factory closes? (CNET News)
On the closing of Sony's Pitman, NJ CD plant.



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