Daily Links 4/12/2013: DOJ Clears Arris/Motorola Home deal

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Comcast to IPv6-enable commercial broadband service
Trial expected to start in May in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco areas (Network World)

DoJ Clears Arris/Motorola Home Deal
Arris Expects to Close Proposed $2.35 Billion Transaction on or about April 17 (Multichannel News)
Comcast will own a small stake of Arris, along with Google.

Broadcasters counter Aereo with aerial dongles (CED Magazine)

Dish Said to Have Approached Deutsche Telekom About T-Mobile Bid (Bloomberg)

One year later, SAP hasn't blown it with SuccessFactors (Fortune Tech)

UBS Hires SAP’s Oliver Bussmann as Chief Information Officer (Bloomberg)

Oracle's Mark Hurd talks Fusion Applications, customer satisfaction and SAP's HANA (PC World)

eBay Hires A VP Of Data To Focus On Personalization Across The Marketplace And Other Properties (TechCrunch)

Intel releases Web-based app programming kit (CNET News)
Based on app development platform it acquired from Lancaster-based appMobi in February.

Rockmelt says goodbye to its social web browser, says hello to Rockmelt for Web (Engadget)
RockMelt is a First Round Capital portfolio company.

Lockheed Martin completes design review in GPS III program (phillyBurbs.com)

Back home in PA, at least for now, FastFig enjoys exponential growth (Keystone Edge)




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Daily Links 1/9/2013: Dish bids for Clearwire; Goldman to establish small biz program in Philly

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Dish Network Makes Bid for Clearwire, Topping Sprint Offer (New York Times: DealBook)

Verizon looks to LTE completion, Gigabit FiOS (Network World)

FCC's Genachowski: Gov't will open up radio spectrum to improve Wi-Fi
Commission Chairman says move is needed to avoid "Wi-Fi traffic jam." (Ars Technica)

Goldman Sachs expected to help small businesses here
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Who Made That Universal Product Code? (New York Times)
How bar code invented at Drexel ultimately came to market.

History of MRP Software
(Derek Singleton/Software Advice)
Key element behind SAP's rise to prominence.

Q&A: NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle
NetSuite has tripled its number of developers in recent years, according to Nelson (Computerworld)


Workday's Co-CEO Looks Ahead to 2013 (Forbes)

SAP CIO: BlackBerry 10 looking good
The company plans to offer and support BlackBerry 10 devices within the first quarter of 2013 (Infoworld)

SOFTWARE AG SELLS SAP-SERVICE OPERATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA TO ITELLIGENCE (Software AG Press Release)




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Daily Links 9/28/2012: Oracle plans cloud push at OpenWorld; how Bussmann elevated CIO role at SAP

Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce, Workday (Bloomberg)

IBM Readies “Project Sparta” Aimed at Simplifying Big Data
(All Things D)

IBM looks to build out its cloud through partners
Big Blue will offer grants for resellers to invest in IBM technology, launch marketing campaigns (Network World)

How Oliver Bussmann Elevated the Role of CIO at SAP
(Wall Street Journal: The CIO Report)

The End of the Cash Register? Urban Outfitters Will Ring You Up With iPads (The Atlantic)

UPDATE: Comcast Employees Approach Relocation Deadline (Doylestown Patch)

Clearwire Slides As Time Warner Eyes Exit; Is Comcast Next? (Forbes)

Allscripts Said to Be Exploring Possible Sale (Bloomberg)


T-Mobile Leases Its Towers for $2.4 Billion to Fund Its LTE Plans (All Things D)

MetroPCS Reportedly Holding Talks With Potential Suitors (Forbes)

Health tech is ‘falling out of favor with VCs’? Not quite (Gigaom)

Podcamp East set for media training (Wilmington News Journal)



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