Daily Links 9/6/2012: Apple talks with broadcasters, cable ops said to be stuck

Apple TV No IPhone As Talks Bog Down With Media Companies (Bloomberg)

The Powers That Be: Brian Roberts and Steve Burke (2) (Vanity Fair)

NBC Broke Even on London Olympic Games, Head of Sports Says (Bloomberg)

FIOS TV exec: Cord cutting is growing, and changing the TV biz (Gigaom)


Newspaper Publisher Journal Register Files for Bankruptcy and Plans for a Sale (NY Times: Media Deocoder)

AT&T 4G LTE Coming To Philadelphia In 2012 (PR Newswire)

AT&T in Spectrum Spree to Catch Verizon (Bloomberg)

SAP executive: HANA customer count nearing 600, pricing tweaks on tap (PC World)

Greenlight Technologies Wins Best Big Data Solution Award at SAP Start-Up Forum
Greenlight Enterprise Business Controls Monitoring Technology Compliments SAP HANA In-Memory Data Analysis for High Volume Transaction Risk Analysis (Marketwire)

Move Over, Marc Benioff: Aneel Bhusri Is King Of The Cloud (SAI: Enterprise)

USA Technologies Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 9/5/2012: Journal Register files for bankruptcy, up for sale; Fiberlink M&A target?

Renewed rumors in MDM M&A, spotlight on Fiberlink (451 Group: Inorganic Growth)
Fiberlink is based in Blue Bell, although it recently opened an office in Philadelphia.

10 Questions for Fiberlink CFO Mark Partin (PC World)

Another Tough Step (John Paton/Digital First)
Yardley-based Journal Register files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, will be sold, parent company CEO announces.

Journal Register Company files for bankruptcy (Poynter)


Nebula Raises $25M From Comcast, Kleiner Perkins To Help Companies Deploy On-Premise, Private Clouds (TechCrunch)

SAP Is Morgan Stanley's New Best Idea; Bullish On HANA (Eric Savitz/Forbes)

Oracle Wins Partial Victory in School's Software Project Lawsuit (PC World)

Qlik Shares Rally As Morgan Stanley Turns Bullish (Eric Savitz/Forbes)

Astea International Launches ServiceVision(TM): Cloud-Based Solution that Will Transform the Way Small and Midsize Businesses Deliver Service (PR Newswire)
Astea is based in Horsham.

Kenexa Releases the Industry’s First Social LMS, an Integral Part of Its Learning Suite (Business Wire)
Perhaps adds more substance to the emphasis IBM place on "social business" when it announced the acquisition last week.

Cable Industry Courts Network DVR (Zatz Not Funny!)

Good news for Del.: Fisker says Atlantic is a priority (Delaware Online: Delaware Inc)
What is the probability of a single Fisker automobile ever coming out of that Delaware plant?

Daily Links 2/2/2012: Are investors favoring Journal Register over Philadelphia’s Inquirer, Daily News?

Are investors choosing Journal Register over Philadelphia’s Inquirer, Daily News? (Poynter)

SAP will add 500 jobs in Newtown (Delco Times)

SAP-SuccessFactors deal delayed as US regulators conduct investigation (IT World)

SAP’s Greg Tomb: We Will Be De Facto Cloud Computing Leader (Talkin' Cloud)

Sizing the SaaS M&A market (Inorganic Growth)

NetSuite Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2011 Financial Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance)

Dell Forms Software Group, Names Former CA CEO as Head (PC World)
Boomi a key component.

Franken wants probe of Verizon cable deal (The Hill)

Verizon-Comcast Alliance Seeing Pushback (Video: MarketWatch)

New Tech Partner Promises To Cut Netflix Streaming Bandwidth In Half (paidContent)

Unisys wallet emptied in rebadged server, storage cash crash
Mainframe biz profit wobbles in Q4 (The Register)

Boeing-Textron V-22 Is Said to Lose $1.75 Billion in Pentagon Budget Cut (Bloomberg)

Expanded Ben Franklin TechVentures helps Pennsylvania start-ups create jobs (Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Keynotes)

Viddler Redesign Launched!!! (The Viddler Blog)

The trials of Uber (Fortune Tech)



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Daily Links 9/7/2011: John Paton to run combined Journal Register/MediaNews operation

Paton to serve as CEO of MediaNews and Journal Register Co. (Poynter)

Post fron John Paton's Digital First Blog.

The Coming Local-Newspaper Rollup (paidContent)
Alden Global Capital, in addition to owning Journal Register and having a major stake in MediaNews (I've seen it reported as 40%; don't know if it is larger now), also has a significant stake in Philadelphia Media Network (Inquirer, Daily News, Philly.com), so this move could have other implications for the future of news media in the Philly area.

SAP Buying Right Hemisphere for 3-D Visualization (PC World)
A little more in-depth information here from Computerworld New Zealand.

SAP Entering the Mobile EMR Arena (Medgadget)

SAP sees no signs crisis is hitting real economy (Reuters)

Dick Ebersol Returns to NBC Sports as Advisor (Hollywood Reporter)
Missed this item from a week ago.

NBC Super Bowl Ad Spots Selling for up to $3.5 Mil Each (Hollywood Reporter)

NBC Universal Hires Top Morgan Stanley Media Banker (New York Times: DealBook)

Liberty Has Money to Burn
Malone Says Time Many Be Ripe for Acquisitions After Liberty Interactive Split (Multichannel News)
Liberty Interactive is QVC's parent company.

Comcast Slots SeaChange Into Video Gateways (Light Reading Cable)

Philadelphia Named a ‘Code for America’ City for 2nd Time (Government Technology)

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



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Daily Links 7/14/2011: Cuts at Digitas Health; Journal Register sold to hedge fund

Software AG Drops as Sales Miss Estimates (Bloomberg)
Cites fall in demand for SAP-related products. Softwsre AG also has an area presence through its acquisition of IDS Scheer a couple of years ago.

Software AG's weak Q2 rattles investors, shares plummet (Reuters)

Axe falls at Digitas Health (Medical Marketing & Media)

‘Digital First’ (Yardly-based) Journal Register Sold To Hedge Fund (paidContent)

Can Discounted Tablets Lure New Newspaper Subscribers? (Knowledge@Wharton)

Philadelphia 76ers Owner Reaches Agreement to Sell Team to Apollo’s Harris (Bloomberg)

Comcast Bans Seattle Man From Internet for His Cloudy Ways (Wired: Epicenter)

Safeguard Scientifics Celebrates 40 Years of Trading on the NYSE
Milestone to be Commemorated Today with Ringing of the Closing Bell (Business Wire)

Jaspersoft Closes New Financing (PR Newswire)
Open Source BI vendor raises $11 from backers including return investor SAP Ventures.


Obama’s health IT coordinator: Know the regulations (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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Daily Links 3/29/2011: Comcast, NBCU Preparing Consolidated Media Review

EBay’s $2.4B GSI Buy May Be Another Win For Rue La La Investors (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

GSI: Needham Says Higher Bid Still Possible (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast, NBCU Preparing Consolidated Media Review
Winner Could Emerge With Accounts Worth $1.2 Billion in Spending (Ad Age)

Journal Register Taps Jim Brady For ‘Digital Transformation’ (paidContent)

Philadelphia Media Network Joins Three Media Companies in Introducing Savings Spree! Extended Reach Program (PR Newswire)

Qlik Technologies: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (Motley Fool)

Microsoft forges ahead in healthcare, while Google said to pull back (ZDNet Blogs)

Will Oracle Make A Bid For Lawson? (Forbes: The Tech Trade)

NBCU International Loses Top Exec in Comcast Reshuffling (The Wrap)

I Want My iPad TV: The Slogan For A New Generation (Gigaom)

iMANY Expands West Coast Presence to Meet Growing Customer Demand
New Facility Reflects Commitment to Research & Development and Customer Satisfaction (Marketwire)

Razorfish Health moves to new headquarters in Wanamaker Building (Philly Ad Club News)



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Daily Links 12/2/2010: GSA choses Google, Unisys for hosted email

First Hands-On Impressions of Verizon 4G: It’s Fast! (Gigaom)

Clearwire Plans to Sell at Least $1.1 Billion of Debt (Bloomberg)

Motorola Buys Connected Home And Energy Management Software Developer 4Home (TechCrunch)

Motorola eyes home streaming to mobile (Reuters)

Liberty Exits IAC For Evite, Gifts.com And $220M In Cash – Diller Steps Down As CEO (TechCrunch)

US agency chooses Google for hosted e-mail (Computerworld)
The actual contract was awarded to Unisys, which is partnering with Google and others. Although not that large, it is considered an important strategic win for Google.

SAP's HANA goes into ramp up, Accenture partners on Business ByDesign (ZDNet Blogs)

FCC's New Net Neutrality Plan: Has Anything Changed? (PC Magazine)

Cable's $5B Biz Services Bonanza (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast eliminates cable HQ in Montco (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Time Warner digital guru says Netflix will have to raise its prices (VentureBeat)

Wharton MBA conference theme: mobile revolution (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

For Newspapers, the Future Is Now: Digital Must Be First (Gigaom)
On CEO John Paton of the Journal Register group.

Calling All Wall Streeters: NYC’s Got A New FinTech Incubator (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
Might be of interest to some of the many Philly-area FinTech people.




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Daily Links 9/14/2010: Philadelphia Technology Park Opens in The Navy Yard

SCVNGR Launches Rewards in Philadelphia (Marketwire)

Newspaper buyers have until noon to reach deal with drivers (Philadelphia Daily News)
Philadelphia Inquirer Buyer Said to Cancel Purchase, Forcing New Auction (Bloomberg)

Philadelphia Technology Park Opens in The Navy Yard
Philadelphia Technology Park Debuts $25 Million Data Center to House Computer System IT Infrastructure for Philadelphia Area Organizations (Business Wire)

Evolve IP Completes Financing of $8.7 Million in Growth Capital
(Business Wire)

GSI Commerce Appoints Deann Harvey Chief Sales Officer for Global Marketing Services Division
Harvey to lead global sales to extend reach and drive revenue for clients (Business Wire)
Yesterday's post about PointRoll and GSI by Jim Hopkins on his Gannett Blog seems prescient now.


SAP Finds A Message And Messenger (Forbes Blogs: Upside Potential)

DEMO: SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott says ‘The device changes everything’ (VentureBeat)
SAP Press Release

IBM CEO Shreds HP, Mark Hurd (Silicon Alley Insider)

Airgas's McCausland Takes `Pugnacious' Tack in His $5 Billion Proxy Fight (Bloomberg)

Cox, Time Warner Cable in Swap Talks?
(Light Reading Cable)

UniTek Global Services Announces Public Offering of 6,250,000 Shares of Common Stock (PR Newswire)

Journal Register Company Expands Advertising Partnership With Yahoo! Into Philadelphia Market (Marketwire)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners (NE) lists new investments (Allentown Morning Call)




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Daily Links 4/26/2010: Alberto Culver cites SAP problems in earnings report

CableLabs Next-Gen Broadband Project Envisions Multigigabit Speeds
Data-Over-Coax Technology Would Eliminate 6-MHz Channel Divisions (Multichannel News)

Perelman Joins Toll in Fight to Buy Inquirer Owner (Bloomberg Business Week)

10 Tech Acquisitions That Would Rock The Industry (Information Week: Global CIO)

Enterprise Software: Awaiting An Outbreak Of Merger Mania (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Alberto Culver profit rises less than expected (Reuters)
Company cites continuing problems with SAP system.

Microsoft Announces Business Platform Integration, Updates (eWeek)

DreamIt Ventures Startl-ed by its largest program yet (Philadelphia Business Journal)

FAA Controllers in Philadelphia Transition to Next Generation Air Transportation System Technology (FAA via ATC News)

SES WORLD SKIES’ SES-1 Satellite Successfully Launched on Board ILS Proton (Business Wire)

NBC Universal Plans Benchmark Three-Part Offering (Bloomberg via
San Franciso Chronicle)

Ben Franklin (Northeastern PA) to Invest $393,146 In Regional Economic Development (PR Log)

Got a gripe? Do something about it with SeeClickFix (Lansdale Reporter)
Journal Register partners with website.

PA's tax amnesty program plagued by weak IT and phone support (ZDNet Blogs)




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Daily Links 3/22/2010: Journal Register CEO John Paton: We're Hiring

Journal Register CEO John Paton: We're Hiring (Editor & Publisher)

Philly Newspaper Creditors Can't Bid With Credit (Associated Press
via New York Times)

Peter Bohlin designs first Apple store in Philadelphia (ZDNet Blogs: The Apple Core)

The rise of the app entrepreneur (BBC News)

SunGard Availability Services Expands Enterprise-Grade Cloud Computing Solutions (PR Newswire)

Forrester: Uncertain Future for SAP's NetWeaver (PC World)

Could a stronger partnership with Microsoft be in SAP’s future? (SAP Watch)


Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley to Share Success Story with Science Center Entrepreneurs (Business Wire)

Unisys Expands Support for Modernized Applications and Mobile Devices on ClearPath Mainframes (PR Newswire)

Clone Systems, Inc. Debuts Cloud-Based Virtual Data Center Solutions (PR Web)

Getting a look at next high-tech (Philadelphia Inquirer)
A look at SXSW, including a Philadelphia startup that was there.

Verizon Wireless Enters Online Payment Space
(GigaOM)

MOBILITY IN HEALTHCARE – EVENT RECAP (Mobile Monday
Mid-Atlantic)

3-D glasses to be made in Shamokin Global demand will produce 100 jobs (Shamokin News-Item via Boston Herald)






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