Daily Links 6/5/2013: DirecTV acquires Langhorne's LifeShield; SAP to Acquire hybris

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SAP HANA sales fly but there's more to the in-memory story (ZDNet)

SAP to Acquire hybris to Deliver Next-Generation Customer Experience (SAP News Release)

Here's Why Salesforce Spent A Whopping $2.5 Billion On ExactTarget (SAI Enterprise)


Boston-based mobile solutions provider Mobiquity Secures $12M in Series B Financing, led by NewSpring Growth (Marketwire)

DirecTV buys firm backed by Michael Hagan (Philadelphia Business Journal)
LifeShield Home Security was ranked #16 on the just released Philly Tech News Young Companies to Watch. However, information on its success in penetrating the market was sparse. My sense was its IP-based solution was targeted more at apartment renters than homeowners. One report says Lifeshield has 105 employees.

DirecTV Buys LifeShield: Reports (Multichannel News)

Comcast Tees Up Multi-Room DVR for X1 (Multichannel News)

QVC CEO aims to win in the new retail game (MarketWatch)

Daily Links 9/9/2011: SAP reportedly pleads to criminal charges in TomorrowNow case

SAP’s Ex-TomorrowNow Accused of Crimes for Oracle Downloads (Bloomberg)

Intel Said to Weigh InterDigital Bid (Bloomberg)
But Google may be losing interest.

SAP BusinessByDesign creates tensions with ecosystem partners (computing.co.uk)

Capgemini, CSC line up for AppLabs (Business Standard of India)
Says price for Philly/Hyderabad-based software testing leader could be in excess of $200 million.

QVC Thriving In A Tough Economy (CNBC Video)
Interview with QVC CEO Michael George.

Exclusive: NBC iPad App Now Broadcasts Full Episodes (Mashable)

Comcast Volleys 'Drop' Shots at Tennis Channel
Cable op says that FiOS, Cablevision drops undercut Tennis Channel's discrimination claim (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast test marketing new online TV guide (CED Magazine)

Charter Cancels L.A. Auction
Low Bids Prompt Action (Multichannel News)

Motorola Mobility: "We are still feeling our way with Google TV" (IPTV News)

Partners Behind Intelligent Trench Join Forces with PelicanCorp to Launch Most Complete and Accurate National Record-Sharing Service for Underground Assets in the U.K. (Business Wire)
Bentley Systems is one of the partners behind Intelligent Trench.



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