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Links 5/30/2014: Are developers disappointed in Comcast?; New SAP channel chief readying new partner business models
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Comcast-Spectacor combines ticket companies; 15 jobs eliminated (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Why Google, Comcast, and AT&T Are Making Power Utilities Nervous (Business Week)
The epic technological transition that explains this year’s spate of tech mergers (Washington Post: Switch)
Comcast, Blasted By Customers, Disappoints Developers Too (ReadWrite)
Not sure if this is an accurate reflection of everything going on in Comcast's tech
ecosystem. Also, on X1, I think Comcast has been focused to this point on maintaining
the quality of the Cloud environment as it rolls out before opening it. Any comments?
Comcast To Give Video Devices A Shot In The ARM (Multichannel News)
Cloudy glasnost for Microsoft and Salesforce.com, but what must Bernard think? (Diginomica)
SALESFORCE MUSCLES IN ON SAP TERRITORY WITH MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP (Computer Busines Review)
Event Report: Answers To The Top 12 Questions About SAP Ahead of #SapphireNow #ASUG2014 (R "Ray" Wang/A Software Insider's Point of View)
New SAP Channel Chief Readying New Partner Business Models (CRN)
Alibaba among companies looking to invest in AppNexus -WSJ
(Reuters)
AppNexus is a First Round Capital portfolio company. It is reported to be seeking a valuation in the $1 billion range.
Edison Ventures Exits Contact Center Solutions Leader – Uptivity Acquired by inContact (PR Web)
Edison says exit generates 50% IRR for it.
Maryland poaches another start-up (Washington Post)
Links 5/29/2014: PSERS removes unexpectedly exposed investment contracts from web; Microsoft, Salesforce in Cloud partnership
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Report: Verizon FiOS claimed public utility status to get government perks (Ars Technica)
Pay TV Consolidation: Who Are the Potential Winners and Losers?
(Knowledge@Wharton)
Hastings: Comcast wants to become the 'post office' (USA Today)
Pennsylvania pension explains its unexpected disclosure
(Fortune Term Sheet)
PSERS removes hundreds of state investment contracts from public scrutiny (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
SAP and IBM Collaborate to Serve Transportation and Logistics Industry (PR Newswire)
Microsoft, Salesforce Said to Discuss Cloud Partnership
(Bloomberg)
Microsoft and salesforce.com announce global, strategic partnership (Press Release)
Veeva Announces Fiscal 2015 First Quarter Results
(Business Wire)
Mobile security SaaS provider Mobile Iron sets terms for $100 million IPO (Renaissance Capital)
City of Philadelphia Selected as One of Seven US2020 City Competition for STEM Mentorship Winners (Business Wire)
Md. lures software firm Salsa Labs with $1 million investment (Baltimore Sun)
Edison Ventures leads $5 million follow-on round.
Links 3/18/2014: Cloudera raise said to be $200 million; Oracle misses
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Cloudera Said to Raise at Least $200 Million in Funding
(Bloomberg)
MuleSoft Quietly Becomes Cloud Powerhouse
(Information Week)
Oracle Q3 Results Fall Short Again (Re/code)
Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Estimates on Cloud Competition
(Bloomberg)
Microsoft Releases In-Memory Ready SQL Server 2014 (Information Week)
Comcast's Arbogast: TWC Deal Reflects Reality That Regional Model Is Untenable (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast won’t purchase struggling CSN Houston (Houston Chronicle)
Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on ISPs’ refusal to upgrade networks (Ars Technica)
Veeva Systems Files Registration Statement for Proposed Follow-on Offering (Business Wire)
The MAC Card is back (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Clinical Ink Announces eSource Demand Grew More Than 300% in 2013 (Marketwire)
Links 9/3/2013: Nokia sells handset business to Microsoft
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Nokia to sell handset business to Microsoft for $7.2 billion
(Reuters)
Finns Mourn Loss of Icon Nokia as Microsoft Takes Over
(Bloomberg)
Comcast vision paying off $7,000 in '72 IPO would now be $6.2M. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Maker of software for online MD talks raises $10m more (Boston Globe)
Safeguard Scientifics leads with $7.5 million.
CBS Wins Carriage Battle With Time Warner Cable (Analysis) (Hollywood Reporter)
Cord-cutting reality: Pay-TV industry loses 217,000 subscribers (LA Times: Company Town)
Facebook Forges Ahead With Mobile Rich Media Ads Via PointRoll Agreement (MediaPost News)
Lithium Technologies extends pre-IPO life (Fortune Tech)
Raises another $50 million. SAP Ventures was a participant in Lithium's $53 million round
last year.
Links 8/23/2013: Ballmer leaving as Microsoft CEO in a year
Tom Paine
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Technology company expands in Chester County (Philadelphia Business Journal)
For Ballmer, Resistance Was Futile (All Things D)
Ballmer Exit Leaves Microsoft Searching for Hero in Slump
(Bloomberg)
Microsoft's Ballmer on his biggest regret, the next CEO and more (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)
SAP licensing – more clarity or clear as mud? (Dennis Howlett/Diginomica)
Wawa Turns to SAP to Power Entry Into New Markets (Convenience Store News)
SAP Channel Exec Explains ByDesign Issues and Future (Accounting Today)
QVC Launches Second Linear Channel
QVC Plus Counts DirecTV, Bright House as Affiliates (Multichannel News)
Newgistics adds e-commerce to its fulfillment services (Internet Retailer)
Positioning itself as full-service competitor to eBay Enterprise (formerly GSI Commerce).
Penn Brings Two Coding Contests Together with HACKFest (Penn News)
Philadelphia's QLIDA Diagnostics developing next-generation biomarker diagnostics (Keystone Edge)
Daily Links 7/19/2013: Charter said to be working with Goldman on Time Warner Cable offer
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SAP vs. Oracle: Let's play dueling BS banjos (ZDNet)
SAP reveals road map details for its HANA in-memory platform (Computerworld)
Charter Said to Work With Goldman on Time Warner Cable Offer (Bloomberg)
Exclusive: John Malone bets on broadband in return to U.S. cable (Denver Post)
How Google or Apple Could Make Web TV a Reality: Spend Billions on the NFL (Peter Kafka/All Things D)
Cable's pay-TV share falls as satellite and telecom grow, FCC says (LA Times: Company Town)
VC investment continues to rebound in Q2 (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Microsoft Experiences Its Biggest Drop Of The Century As Shares Fall 12 Percent (TechCrunch)
ModCloth’s Vintage Threads Lift Sales Past $100 Million (Bloomberg)
Daily Links 7/17/2013: Red Tettemer rebrands, opens LA office
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Red Tettemer Rebrands, Opens Outpost in Los Angeles
Shop Changes Name to RTO&P (Ad Age)
Quintiq—The Biggest Supply Chain Vendor You May Not Have Heard Of (Technology Evaluation Centers)
Johnson & Johnson starts to 'harmonize our ERP landscape' (ZDNet)
SAP's Q2: The hot topics
Cloud software growth, HANA, rival Oracle and the global economy will be in the spotlight (Computerworld)
Salesforce.com launches Sales Performance Accelerator (PC World)
The Microsoft Reorg and Microsoft Dynamics: Odd Man Out or Shining Example? (Josh Greenbaum / EAConsult)
A Microsoft Reseller Explains A Big Fat Reason Why Microsoft's Surface PC Hasn't Sold Well (Business Insider)
Downingtown-based Softmart is one of a handful of resellers able to handle Surface products.
Aereo Spat Could Prompt Fox Supreme Court Challenge (Time)
Verizon Q2 preview: FiOS TV may crack 5M-subscriber mark, but has it lost its edge? (FierceCable)
X1 Marks the Spot (Cable360)
PeopleLinx Triples Revenue, Launches LinkedIn Sharing for Companies (PR Newswire)
Daily Links 7/11/2013: Roberts, Cook reportedly talk about something at Sun Valley
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Cooking up a deal
Apple, Comcast CEOs talk turkey (New York Post)
Malone Urges Ergen to Merge Dish With DirecTV (Bloomberg TV Video)
Malone's got free advice for everybody.
Microsoft Revamping Structure and Management to Foster Collaboration (New York Times: Bits)
Carl Icahn Says He Will Add to His Bid on Dell Tomorrow (All Things D)
VC-Backed Veeva Quietly Files IPO, Credits Salesforce’s AppExchange (PE Hub)
Surprisingly little coverage of Veeva Systems' announcement in late June that it had filed for its IPO, although the S-1 is still under review by the SEC right now. I wrote about it on the day it was announced. Although based in California, Veeva has a significant presence in the Philly area, and this could be a fairly sizable offering, based on the multiples to revenue that similar SaaS/Cloud companies have received. The fact that Veeva has actually been profitable is another plus.
EMC to buy ScaleIO and boost its flash savvy (Gigaom)
Workday parades new customers from push into Europe (ZDNet)
New Hostess IT Centralizes Twinkie Control and Oversight
(Wall Street Journal: CIO Report)
Upgrades SAP system.
Jeff Gelles: Phila. start-up scores with a photo tech turn (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Curalate opens new offices.
College IPTV Service Makes Grade (Light Reading)
Raises $6.3 million from investors including Home Box Office (HBO) and Larry Cuban.
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Daily Links 6/24/2013: Oracle, Microsoft meet in the cloud
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Suite revenge
Rutledge a ‘Charter’ member of move to merge (Claire Atkinson/New York Post)
Vodafone in $10.1 Billion Deal for German Cable Giant Kabel Deutschland (Hollywood Reporter)
Oracle databases head to Microsoft's Hyper-V, Azure (ZDNet)
Microsoft Joins Oracle in Cloud-Computing, Rivalry Thaws (Bloomberg)
Solve Media Launches Effective Mobile Advertising Platform That Delivers Measurable Results Across All Screens (Business Wire)
Could be significant expansion of product line; Solve also entering EMEA market.
Greenphire and Oracle Work Together to Automate Clinical Trial Planning, Budgeting and Payments (Applied Clinical Trials)
New Cloud-Based Investigator Portal from Veeva Systems Speeds Clinical Study Start-Up
Single source for sponsor, CRO and investigator collaboration (PR Newswire)
Fab.com’s Ascent to $1 Billion Valuation Brings Missteps (Bloomberg)
Zeebox Gets Personal with Digitalsmiths
Digitlasmiths Brings Video Discovery to the Zeebox TV Companion App (Multichannel
News)
US tech firms look abroad for engineers (BBC News)
AgileSwitch helps lead digital energy revolution (Philadelphia Daily News)
Clear Align Acquires irZoom, Computer Optics, and Hudson Machining (PR Newswire)
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Daily Links 6/3/2013: QlikTech appoints new CFO, as well as Chief People Officer
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Microsoft Ponders Major Restructuring, Amid Renewed Wall Street Focus on Stock (All Things D)
Microsoft will offer Azure by the minute to take on Amazon’s cloud (Gigaom)
IBM Is Trying To Squash Amazon's $600 Million Cloud Deal With The CIA (SAI Enterprise)
QlikTech Strengthens Executive Leadership Team to Support Significant Growth Opportunity
Seasoned Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer bring backgrounds built on leading in dynamic markets and scaling operations (Business Wire)
SAP's Camilion Buy Fuels New Compliance-Focused Launch (Insurance & Technology)
PhillyInc: Pinning their hopes on online car sales
(Philly.com)
CardioNet to Relocate Headquarters to Class A Office Building in Malvern (Commercial Property Executive)
Sprint says Dish’s offer for Clearwire is illegal (Gigaom)
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Microsoft to open Specialty Store at King of Prussia Mall on April 13
Tom Paine
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Microsoft said in a post today on the Official Microsoft Blog that it is opening five new Microsoft Specialty Stores, including one at King of Prussia Mall on April 13. Microsoft said its Specialty Stores, the first of which opened last Fall, "sell an array of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Surface Pro with Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft Surface RT, Windows Phone 8 and Xbox/Kinect." Microsoft lists about 75 stores (rough count), some of which are considered Specialty Stores and some not, in North America, including the five new locations.
Microsoft has three stores in New Jersey (Bridgewater Commons is the closest to Philly) and one at Christiana Mall in Delaware, which is not a Specialty Store.
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| Microsoft Specialty Store in Aventura, Fla./ Microsoft Blog |
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Daily Links 1/23/2013: ICG agrees to sell InvestorForce for $23.5 million
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SAP Forecasts At Least 12% Profit Gain on Software Demand (Bloomberg)
SAP CEO: Software Industry Being Split in Two (CNBC)
SAP's 2012 earnings mask challenges (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet)
Why Microsoft May Want to Invest in Dell (Wall Street Journal: The CIO Report)
Google: Motorola Home Had $820 Million in Q4 Sales
Internet Giant Reports Motorola Home as 'Discontinued Operation' with Pending Arris Deal (Multichannel News)
Google Fiber 'not a hobby,' could expand, tech giant's execs say (LA Times)
Netflix Subscriber Gain of 2.05 Million Beats View; Shares Surge (Bloomberg)
ICG Agrees to Sale of InvestorForce to MSCI for $23.5 million (Globe Newswire)
InvestorForce is based in Conshohocken.
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Daily Links 1/22/2013: Microsoft may invest in Dell buyout
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Microsoft May Invest $1-$3 Billion in Dell Buyout (CNBC)
SAP cloudwashes its image (Vinnie Mirchandani/Enterprise Irregulars)
Questions SAP should answer during its Q4 earnings call
SAP's HANA, the cloud, changing sales culture and product mix will all be up for discussion (Computerworld)
Verizon Earnings Fall as Discounts Yield Customer Record (Bloomberg)
Sandy, Pension Charges Bite Into Verizon Q4 Results
Telco Adds 134K TV and 144K FiOS Internet Subs, Drops 117K DSL Lines (Multichannel News)
Verizon Strips Sports Out of FiOS TV 'Select HD' Package (Multichannel News)
Intel-Comcast TV Everywhere Deal Tops CES Show, GroupM's Michael Bologna (Beet.TV)
Service Electric buys Shen-Heights TV (Pottsville Republican Herald)
Interesting story covering the origins of the Cable TV business.
The world’s largest student-run hackathon isn’t at Stanford or MIT — it’s at Penn (PandoDaily)
Social to Play Second String on Game Day Marketers debate value of Twitter, Facebook in Super Bowl mix (Ad Week)
Philly's Red Tettemer + Partners producing Century 21 spot again this year.
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Daily Links 11/7/2012: Universal Display plummets after results, lowered outlook
SAP Ariba Roadmap Questions Asked and Answered (ASUG News)
Workday Rising: the analysts' take (Dennis Howlett/Enterprise Irregulars via ZDNet)
Microsoft In-Memory Move Challenges SAP, Oracle (Information Week)
Enterprise accelerator Alchemist bags giant backer SAP Ventures, adds Yammer CTO to Faculty (PandoDaily)
AT&T will spend $14B to pump up wireless, wireline networks (CNET News)
Wireless part no big news, but wireline investment perhaps is.
AT&T Puts Up $14B to Boost Broadband (Light Reading Mobile)
More detailed explanation of AT&T's plans.
Universal Display Q3 Misses; Cuts Yr View; Look Out Below (Forbes)
PANL down 12% during regular trading; now down another 30% in after hours.
MeetMe®, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2012 (Marketwire)
New Hope-based MeetMe says it will expand from 3 languages to 13 over next five months.
Synygy Reports Growth in Both Its Software and Services Businesses (Business Wire)
CardioNet, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results (Business Wire)
TW Cable to Blend Ethernet With Docsis 3.0 (Light Reading Cable)
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Daily Links 6/15/2012: Microsoft reportedly in $1 billion deal for Yammer
Microsoft reportedly in $1 billion deal for Yammer (CNET News)
Take That Larry Ellison! Workday Is Expected To File For Its IPO This Month (SAI: Enterprise)
QlikTech Buys Expressor To Nix Scripting
Deal gives QlikView business intelligence software a graphical user interface to ease and speed data loading. (Cindi Howson/InformationWeek)
Exit Interview: Nitin Bhatia On Sharepoint, Yammer, Leaving Microsoft And Joining NextDocs (TechCrunch)
Obviously, they wanted to talk with Bhatia mostly about Yammer; NextDocs is hardly mentioned.
Hey, Comcast, the Rich Aren't That Different (Bloomberg Business Week)
Comcast's problem with Chappaquiddick.
ShopRunner picks up the pace
The shipping program offers members a way to make purchases in two clicks. (Internet Retailer)
Uber Wants To Drive You To The Philly Mini Meet-Up (TechCrunch)
What good is a 20% discount if their variable pricing just hikes up the price at the time?
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Daily Links 6/14/2012: Microsoft said to be in talks to buy Yammer
HP and SAP: What we need is a MASHED UP cloud
'We've moved away from doing it cheaper' (Thank god) (The Register)
Microsoft Said To Be In Talks To Acquire Yammer Social Network (Bloomberg)
Raises question again as to whether SAP will make a major move.
Yammer Acquisition Rumors Push Jive Shares Up (All Things D)
As I was saying....
Comcast Bids For .Xfinity, While Dish Wants .Direct And .DTV Web Names (Multichannel News)
U.S. is probing how pay-TV industry affects online competitors (LA Times)
Eagles, Rovio announce an Angry Birds deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Daily Links 4/12/2012: Two local PE firms team up to buy Minnesota Ed Tech firm
Poptent Launches World’s Largest Video Production House for Major Brands and Agencies (Business Wire)
A company spokesperson tells me by email that Poptent Productions will be primarily run out of Poptent's San Clemente, CA office (where David Mann and Jon Seidman are based), with support from a number of employees in the Philly-area office as well.
Open Table's rival to launch here (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wilmington News Journal cans newly hired reporter after he posts self-written press release on blog sites (JimRomenesko.com)
Microsoft Inks Its Biggest Cloud Deal Yet: 7.5M Students And Teachers In India (TechCrunch)
Amazon Job Descriptions Hint at More Perks Coming to Prime (All Things D)
Comments by Mike Golden, president of Conshohocken-based ShopRunner.
Will Service Providers Steal ADT's Customers? (Light Reading Cable)
Comcast wants to be a big player.
Alarm Capital Alliance Partners with Norwest Venture Partners
Alarm Capital Alliance Eyes Major Growth Opportunities in the $43 Billion Security Alarm Industry (PR Newswire)
Alarm Capital Alliance is based in Media. The amount invested by Norwest Venture Partners, or the exact nature of its partnership with ACA, were not disclosed.
Boathouse, Renovus Capital Strike Secondary Deal for Atomic Learning (PE Hub)
Boathouse Capital and Renovus Capital Partners are both located outside of Philadelphia. Atomic Learning, based in Minnesota, provides tech tools and training to teachers. Boathouse and Renovus invested $19.0 million of subordinated debt and equity alongside Atomic Learning’s management.
SAP Says Hana Tests Well On Performance, Scalability (Josh Greenbaum/Information Week)
Making Sense of "Multi-tenancy" Claims (Brian Sommer/ZDNet Blogs)
EMC unveils preconfigured private cloud for partners (Computerworld)
RES Software Signs $3.5 Million Deal with Fortune 20 Company (Business Wire)
RES Software is based in Plymouth Meeting.
Leslie Moonves on Why Broadcast Trumps Cable, What He Said to Steve Burke (Q&A) (Hollywood Reporter)
Philadelphia Councilman Thinks Verizon May Be Foot-Dragging On FiOS Construction (CBS Philly)
TWC Bundles Up With Verizon Wireless In Five Markets
Regulators Have Yet to Approve MSOs' Spectrum and Co-Marketing Deals With Wireless Operator (Multichannel News)
InterDigital and LiveCast Successfully Integrate Video Optimization into Broadcast-Focused LTE Live Video Solution (Business Wire)
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Daily Links 12/8/2011: Verizon Ditches DirecTV LTE Plans for Cable
G.E.-Microsoft Venture to Create ‘Windows’ for Health Care (New York Times: Bits)
Microsoft, HP team to sell public and private cloud services (ZDNet Blogs)
HCM is the new Cloud apps frontline - buyers beware! (BusinesCloud9)
Enterprise software's maintenance model faces triple threat (ZDNet Blogs)
CDI Corp. Announces Strategic Plan to Enhance Long-Term Growth (PR Newswire)
To let go 200 employees.
Verizon ends satellite deal, FiOS expansion as it partners with cable (Washington Post:
Post Tech)
Verizon Ditches DirecTV LTE Plans for Cable (Light Reading Cable)
Verizon And RedBox Planning Major Partnership For Early 2012 Launch (TechCrunch)
Comcast elevates cable systems chief Neil Smit (LA Times: Company Town)
When Will Comcast Demand Our Firstborn?
The NBC 10/WHYY partnership is great for the cable giant. For Philly, not so much. (Philadelphia Magazine: The Philly Post)
NBC Sports Network Plans a Long Game Against ESPN (Ad Age)
Fisker Karma deliveries still parked at zero (Yahoo! Autos)
Fisker is supposed to begin producing one line of automobile in Delaware some time next year.
New Co-Working Space Opens at Science Center Port Business Incubator (Business Wire)
Analysis: Venture capital funding doubles for online retail (Reuters)
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Daily Links 11/23/2011: SAP places PR Account up for review; Comcast raising prices
SAP PR Review Puts Burson-Marsteller On Alert (The Holmes Report)
SAP CIO predicts in-memory HANA will replace relational databases
(computing.co.uk)
'Tis The Season for Another Comcast Rate Hike
Comcast Rings in New Year With Significant Increases (Broadband Reports)
Why Microsoft bought VideoSurf for $70 million (Gigaom)
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