Showing posts with label Motorola. Show all posts
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Daily Links 8/30/2012: Workday files for $400 million IPO



InterDigital CEO Says Apple-Samsung Case Providing Boost (Bloomberg)

Comcast Said Near U.S. Approval To Encrypt Basic-Cable Signals (Bloomberg)

Comcast's Set-Top Accelerator Gains Traction (Light Reading Cable)

Why Google is going to sell Motorola’s set-top box biz (Gigaom)

Employee-Software Company Workday Files For $400 Million IPO (Bloomberg)

Funding Your Company via the Wharton Network (Wharton Entrepreneurship Blog)

Amazon.com to begin collecting Pa. sales tax (AP via Reading Eagle)
Beginning Saturday.



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Daily Links 8/16/2011: More on the Google/Motorola deal

NRG Energy to Acquire Philadelphia-based Energy Plus Holdings, Adding Immediate Scale and Unique Sales Channel to Expanding Northeast Retail Business (Business Wire)

4-year-old West Philly energy marketer sold for $190 million (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Apple Covets RIM, NOK, InterDigital Assets In Patent ‘War,’ Says Jefferies (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Is Google Turning Into a Mobile Phone Company? No, It Says (New York Times: DealBook)

THE VERDICT: Google-Motorola Will Be A Colossal Disaster* (Silicon Alley Insider)

Google’s Motorola Mobility Takeover May Survive U.S. Regulatory Scrutiny (Bloomberg)

Time Warner Cable’s future is in broadband, not TV (Gigaom)

Skillshare raises $3.1M to make every person a teacher (Gigaom)

Accelerating Product Innovation: Introducing CIM Lab Week (Comcast Voices/ Official Comcast Blog)

SCTE, WICT Launch ‘Women's TechConnect' Initiative
Effort will work to encourage women engineers and technologists in cable
(Multichannel News)
The SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers) is based in Exton.

Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires CQI Solutions, Inc. (Business Wire)
Will become part of Quality Systems' Horsham-based NextGen Healthcare.

Appearance: PPUG meets Saturday in Philadelphia (ZDNet Blogs)

Astea Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results (PR Newswire)

Workday launches Workday 14, wins Thomson Reuters deal (ZDNet Blogs)



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Daily Links 3/23/2011: SAP Takes on IBM, Oracle With New GRC Suite

Showtime To Show Less On Netflix [UPDATED] (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)

Motorola’s Roadmap: Enterprise, Converged Media, Modular Phones (Forbes: Mobilized)
Motorola's latest acquisition: Swedish Internet protocol TV (IPTV) software provider Dreampark (Motorola press release).

CTIA-LightSquared CEO announces Best Buy deal (Reuters)

Waz Retires As Comcast SVP, External Affairs, Public Policy Counsel
Plans To Become Consultant, Starting With MSO As Client
(Multichannel News)

Advanced TV advertising stall points and solutions (Fierce Cable)

SAP Takes on IBM, Oracle With New GRC Suite (PC World)

Interview:
QlikTech CEO Lars Bjork
(Video: Fox Business)

Jean Bartik, last of the original ENIAC programmers, 86 (Computerworld Blogs)

i/o Data Centers Readies Massive NJ Modular Site (Data Center Knowledge)



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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 12/1/2010: Verizon LTE available in Philly on December 5

Google Cuts Off AppNexus, and the Ad Tech World Shudders (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
AppNexus is a First Round Capital portfolio company. Google, of course, acquired another demand-side platform (DSP) for display advertising, Invite Media, which was also backed by First Round.

A Reflection On Boomi (Just Getting Started)
Amish Jani of VC firm FirstMark Capital reflects on its successful investment in Berwyn's Boomi, recently acquired by Dell. One thing Jani reveals is that FirstMark apparently made a second investment in Boomi after its initial $4 million investment in 2008, although no specifics about how much and when.

Why Does Everyone Hate Comcast?
(Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

The Real Story Behind the Comcast-Level 3 Battle (Gigaom)

F.C.C. Chairman Outlines Broadband Framework (New York Times)

The Perfect, the Good, and the FCC (Werblog)
By Wharton prof Kevin Werbach.

FCC chief backs some rationing of Internet traffic (Reuters)

FCC chair's net neutrality push faces uphill battle (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Verizon to launch 4G wireless network December 5 (CNET News)
Philadelphia will be one of those areas covered as of December 5, according to Verizon's press release.

SAP Launches HANA for In-memory Analytics (PC World)

Motorola to break into 2 on Jan. 4 (AP via Google News)

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




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Daily Links 10/28/2010: SAP Bullish Despite Third Quarter Shortfall

Oracle Says SAP Won’t Contest Infringement Claims (Bloomberg)
Asks judge to delay trial's beginning.

SAP Bullish Despite Third Quarter Shortfall
Executives slam Oracle while highlighting sales gains and growth prospects.
(Information Week)

Oracle vs. SAP: Battle of Fall 2010 Balance Sheets (CIO.com)

Oracle: Google 'Directly Copied' Our Java Code (IDG via New York Times)

What seed-stage star Christine Herron’s move to Intel Capital means (VentureBeat)
Leaves First Round Capital.

Moffett: TV Cord Cutters 'Poor' & Eating 'Dog's Breakfast' (Broadband Reports)

Motorola Profit Tops Estimates on Rising Sales of Droid Phones (Bloomberg)
Motorola looking at 3 cities plus staying here for headquarters (Chicago Sun-Times)
Philadelphia is not one of them.

Arris Rides Docsis Roller Coaster in Q3 (Light Reading Cable)

SunGard Announces Third Quarter 2010 Results (Business Wire)

SevOne Is on the Move
Leading Network Performance Management Company Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Accommodate Growth
(Marketwire)

SeaChange, icueTV Link Up For T-Commerce
Vendors Team Up to Combine DVD Purchasing App with Fulfillment Platform
(Multichannel News)

CDI Q3 results beat estimates, sees Q4 rev growth (Reuters)

Tyco Electronics profit tops estimates (Reuters)

Ben Franklin (Northeast) to Invest $420,000 in PA Technology Companies (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 9/16/2010: Comcast sees huge opportunity in business services

Angelakis: Big Opportunities in Commercial
NBCU On Track for Year-End Close
(Multichannel News)

Coalition Seeks Another Comcast/NBCU Hearing
Argues deal deserves another vetting because it will 'set the benchmark' for future consolidation
(Broadcasting & Cable)

Netflix. Meet Hulu. Now, How About Merging Together? (Fast Company)

Sprint CFO: Clearwire buyout too expensive for now (Reuters)

Motorola Mobility: Westward, Ha! (Light Reading Mobile)
Not sure what this is going to mean for Horsham-based Motorola Home, which is to be spun off as part of Motorola Mobility.

Philly Fed Index Shows Contracting Manufacturing in Mid-Atlantic Region (Wall Street Journal: Real Times Economics Blog)
Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey

Oracle FY Q1 Revs, Profits Exceed Street Estimates (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Oracle Earnings Top Estimates on Software, Sun Sales (Bloomberg)


Philly's Newspapers Are Going Back on the Block
(Daily Finance)

Checkpoint Systems Creates RFID-centric 'Visibility' Division (RFID Journal)

Alteva helps channel partners with no money down UC rental plan (FierceVoIP)
Alteva is based in Philadelphia.

Taleo Powers Talent Exchange With Aria Billing and Subscription Management Platform (Marketwire)
Aria is based in Media.




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Daily Links 8/4/2010: Report says Motorola and Verizon To Launch TV Tablet

UnitedHealth unit buys medical technology and consulting company (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Acquires Executive Health Resources of Newtown Square. No word on price yet, but earlier reports on the negotiations suggested it could be as much as $1.5 billion.

Motorola and Verizon To Launch TV Tablet, Report Says (PC World)
Verizon Could Take TV Wireless With New Tablet (NewTeeVee)

Why Clear's 4G iSpot is cheap: it's limited to iOS devices (Ars Technica)

Clearwire Announces New 4G LTE Technology Trials Expected to Yield Unmatched Wireless Speeds in the U.S. (Business Wire)

Clearwire Q2 Misses Ests; Partners With Cbeyond; Testing LTE (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Minority lawmakers back NBCU-Comcast merger (The Hill)
Though not all, at this point.

TicketLeap Launches New Platform, Brings Free Ticketing to Small Events (PR Newswire)

Salesforce pays Microsoft to settle patent infringement suit
(ZDNet Blogs)


Hot Prospects: Phin Barnes, First Round Capital (Reuters Blogs)

Heartland Payment posts 2nd-quarter profit, reversing year-ago loss, on transaction volume (AP via Canadian Business Online)

Kenexa’s Profit In Line With Expectations (ERE.net)


BioClinica Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Lowers guidance for year.

QVC Hires Courtney Cason – First Multi-Media Host (Center Networks)

Vishay supplying components for 3D TV glasses (Philadelphia
Business Journal: Technology Blog)




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Daily Links 7/1/2010: Motorola details break-up plans

The NBA and GSI Commerce Extend E-Commerce Agreement to 2017 (Business Wire)

Fisker Gets Green Light for New Plant, Toils in Tesla’s Shadow (VentureBeat via New York Times)

SAP co-CEO talking innovation (CIO.com)

SAP Joins Microsoft in Technology Recovery as `Crystal Ball Looks Good' (Bloomberg)

SAP under EU scrutiny: the malaise continues (ZDNet Blogs)

Analyzing the Success of SAP Inside Tracks
(Feeding The SAP Ecosystem)

Motorola details break-up plans, including name split
Separation expected to be completed in first quarter of 2011
(MarketWatch)
The big question for this area is how committed will the new company be to maintaining operating management for Motorola Home (to be a part of Motorola Mobility) in Horsham. There has been some speculation of more of those functions moving to California.

AMETEK Acquires Haydon Enterprises (PR Newswire)
At $270 million, this is a rather pricey acquisition for Ametek, which more frequently makes very small deals.

Intel backs off WiMAX industry, dismisses WiMAX Program Office, say sources (DigiTimes)

Accel Invests in ModCloth, a Social Shopping Site (New York Times:
Bits)

Boy Scouts to use FreedomPay technology at Jamboree (Philly.com: Philly Inc)


Judge: Pa. man can name company 'I Choose Hell' (Associated Press via
Google News)




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News from The Cable Show: 5/11/2010

Cable worries about Web video as fee disputes grow (Reuters)


Canoe Floats VOD, Interactive Demos (Multichannel News)

Comcast Expands On-Demand Movie Offerings (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Live-Blogging Comcast CEO Roberts on Cable TV’s Future (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Itaas Spiffs Comcast's Cisco Boxes for EBIF (Light Reading Cable)

Cable Show 2010: Motorola Unboxes Digital-Only Multiroom DVR (Multichannel News)




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Upcoming trade shows highlight area tech companies

Three big trade shows with connections to major area tech companies kick off over the next week.
The Cable Show, the most important show in the Cable industry, will highlight many new developments from Comcast and its various entities, and from others such as Motorola's Home unit and QVC. It starts Tuesday in Los Angeles and runs through the 13th.

SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP AG's biggest annual event, will begin next Monday, the 17th, in Orlando and runs concurrently with ASUG's (the Americas' SAP Users' Group) annual conference. This year, SAP is also holding a separate European version of SAPPHIRE NOW in Frankfurt at the same time. This SAPPHIRE will be interesting to watch because it will be the first with new Co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe at the helm; also worth following will be Chairman of the Supervisory Board Hasso Plattner's address.

And CAD/CAM software firm Bentley Systems of Exton will hold its "Be Together: The Be Communities ‘Live'" conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from May 17-20.


Daily Links 5/5/2010: IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron

Google Ups Its TV Bet, Invests In Invidi (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
Invidi was headquartered in Princeton and still has significant operations there, although the official headquarters has apparently been moved to New York.
Inside Google's Invidi TV Advertising Deal (MediaPost: Around the Net in Online Media)

Five Cities Get Free Civic Apps Through Code for America (Mashable)
Philadelphia is one of the five.

IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron (ZDNet Blogs)
Important read.

SAP delays local ByDesign cloud offering launch (The Australian)

Sysco Has Selected SAP to Help Transform Its Business (PR Newswire)

Vishay Reports Results for First Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)
Vishay Shares Slip As Q1 Revs Miss; Says Spin-Off On Track (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

BioClinica Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

USA Technologies, Inc. Commences $3 Million Public Offering (Business Wire)

Cable Show 2010: Motorola Touts 'Medios' Software, VOD Servers
Vendor to Showcase Media-Delivery Platform, On-Demand Servers
(Multichanel News)

More 4G in More Places, Says Clearwire (GigaOM)


Comcast: Reports Confirm Benefits Of NBCU Deal
Company says merger would have lack of adverse impact on online video distribution
(Broadcasting & Cable)

Cable Gets Its Wrist Slapped For Pretending To Offer Fiber
Better Business Bureau says Cox, Time Warner Cable ads mislead consumers
(Broadband Reports)




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Daily Links 4/29/2010: InterDigital revenues up 65%, Motorola's Home segment down 18%

Thinking Screen Pulls in $2 Million, Looks to Apple iPad (Xconomy Boston)
Scala of Exton invests in Thinking Screen and acquires part of company.

InterDigital Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Revenue up 65%.

Motorola posts profit, smartphone sales rise (Reuters via Washington Post)
Motorola's Home Sales Drop 18% In Q1
Division's Shipments Of Set-Top, Digital Entertainment Devices Decline 28% In Period
(Multichannel News)

New owners know money, but how about media? (Philadelphia Daily News)

Bill Gates to answer Philly students’ questions (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Partners Further Enrich SME On-Demand Solution SAP(R) Business ByDesign(TM) With Next Round of Complementary Solutions (PR Newswire)

Ex-SAP CEO talks about 'the next big thing' in IT (IDG via Bloomberg Business Week)

Groupon Competitor LivingSocial Has Now Raised $44 Million This Year (Mashable)
Expands into Philadelphia and three other markets.

Comcast: net neutrality should be less filling, taste great (Ars Technica)

Delaware business: Wilmington's creative collective
Entrepeneurs build an office space for like-minded folks
(Wilmington News Journal)

ERT Agrees to Acquire the Research Services Division of CareFusion (PR Newswire)
$81 million cash deal.
ERT Reports First Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire via MarketWatch)

CDI Corp. Reports First Quarter 2010 Results and Announces Dividend (PR Newswire)

Bring Pharma Into Social Media Mix (MediaPost Blogs)
Written by Katy Thorbahn, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Philly-based Razorfish Health.




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