Daily Links 4/26/2011: Dell Boomi launches Spring update

Lawson Agrees to Be Acquired by Golden Gate Capital, Infor for $2 Billion (Bloomberg)

New details on Infor's Lawson acquisition (Enterprise System Spectator)

Dell Boomi launches Spring update, certification program (ZDNet Blogs)

Unisys shares slip after company reports 1Q loss (AP via Forbes)

Oracle Goes After Workday, SuccessFactors With Fusion HCM (PC World)

Oracle CFO Epstein Out; Replaced By Safra Catz (Forbes: The Tech Trade)


Investors buy majority stake in online game maker Bigpoint for $350M (VentureBeat)
Comcast Interactive Capital sold its stake, which was originally acquired by NBC's venture arm.

Netflix: We’re a Friend, Not an Enemy, to Cable Networks (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

Comcast in Talks to Offer On-Demand Movies 6 to 8 Weeks After Theaters (Bloomberg)

The Disappearing Set-Top (Light Reading Cable)

TimeSight Systems Announces Additional Growth Capital Injection to Extend Market Reach of Breakthrough Video Surveillance Systems (Marketwire)

Verizon Wireless and USA Technologies Partner to Deliver Industry-Leading Cashless Payment Services, M2M Solutions for Vending and Automated Retail Industries (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 4/5/2011: Software AG seeks acquisitions, improved ties with SAP

PhillyDeals: Michael G. Rubin is dealing again, this time with eBay (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Alteryx Secures $6M Series A Funding From SAP Ventures (PR Newswire)

Software seeks acquisitions, improved ties with SAP (Reuters)

Lawson Talks Product As ERP Consolidation Looms (Information Week)

Epicor, Activant ... last one out, please turn off the lights (The ERP Graveyard Blog)
As I posted yesterday, Activant has a major Delaware Valley presence.

Can a humble Chart object get some love? (… and points beyond)
Questions QlikTech's position in graphical display. Maybe there is a little acquisition they can make that would help with that.

Scvngr pilot LevelUp targets entrepreneurs with special local deal (VentureBeat)
Starting in Boston and Philly.

As Hulu Revenue Doubles, It Sparks a Set Top Box Boom (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

NBCU Targets Hispanics With Marketing Initiative
Custom Ad Packages Include Broadcast, Cable, Online (Multichannel News)

Comcast Keeps Eye on the iPad Prize (Light Reading Cable)

Cephalon Rejects Valeant’s $5.7 Billion Takeover Bid (New York Times: DealBook)

Practice Fusion raises $23M in 2nd round (San Jose Business Journal)

Transplace Acquires SCO Logistics, Leading Provider of Logistics Services to Chemical, Process Manufacturing Industry (Business Wire)
SCO Logistics is based in Kennett Square.



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Daily Links 5/28/2010: Environmental Tectonics posts sales gain, profit

Quality Systems Reports Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' business is primarily composed of Horsham-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems.

Senate antitrust leader fears Comcast will kneecap Hulu (Ars Technica)

The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap... and a $99 price tag (Engadget)

Icahn's stake in Lawson means likely push for sale (IDG via Bloomberg
Business Week)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Fiscal 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

Brook Lenfest growing Net Carrier (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

SES Will Be Bird-Watching Over Memorial Day Weekend
Intelsat's ‘Zombie' Satellite to Pass Near Operator's AMC-11 on May 31 (Multichannel News)




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Daily Links 5/27/2010: InfoLogix to review "Strategic Alternatives"

InfoLogix Announces Independent Committee Formed to Review Strategic Alternatives (PR Newswire)

Icahn may see Lawson as a takeover target (MarketWatch)

Angelakis: More Regulation Could Equal Less Investment
Says Strict Title II Could Impact Cable's Investment "Appetite" (Multichannel News)

Invidi Adds Experian As Investor, Partner (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

TiVo By the Numbers: 800,000 Subscribers Lost in 18 Months (NewTeeVee)

Sprint HTC Evo 4G is fast, but battery life is short (USA Today)

Willow Garage gets robots into researchers' hands (CNET News)
Penn gets one of them.

Viddler preps for expansion after receiving Ben Franklin funding (Keystone Edge)


Timberland Names GSI Commerce Strategic Global E-Commerce Partner (Business Wire)

John Perzel, 8 GOP staffers going to trial on Bonusgate charges (Harrisburg Patriot-News)




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Daily Links 4/1/2010: LoKast Creator Secures $1 Million In Venture Funding

LoKast Creator Secures $1 Million In Venture Funding (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

Comcast demos live 3D TV
(CNET News)

Successes (and Some Growing Pains) at Hulu (New York Times: DealBook)

Haggar Clothing Co. Launches E-Commerce Business with GSI Commerce as Its Strategic Multiyear E-Commerce Partner
(Business Wire)

Verizon, IBM launch private cloud backup service (Computerworld)

Lawson puts its ERP on Amazon's cloud (IDG via Business Week)

Forrester Critiques SAP's Data Management Tools (IT Business Edge)

Moxy Vote looking forward to this year’s proxy season (Philadelphia Business Journal: Law & Finance Blog)

CPSI Announces the Acquisition of Devon Consulting (PR Newswire)

Berliner Communications Announces Financial Results for Six Months Ended December 31, 2009 (PR Newswire)

Clear Align of Eagleville uses brainpower to make gains in optics work (Keystone Edge)

WebLinc launches DeepDiscount.com (WebLinc Blog)

VERIZON FIOS TV LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE TV WIDGET FOR BASEBALL FANS (InteractiveTV Today)

Pennsylvania Invites World to Explore Its Civil War Trails on Google Earth (PR Newswire)




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