Daily Links 1/31/2013: Monetate, RES Software report big years

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RES Software Shatters Multiple Sales and Performance Benchmarks in 2012 (Business Wire)

Monetate More than Doubles Revenue, Client Base and Employees in 2012, as Marketers Realize the Power of Big Data for Personalization (Monetate Website)

SAP to buy Ticket-Web, a CRM tool for promoters of sports and entertainment events (Computerworld)

Time Warner Cable Falls as Forecast Misses Analysts’ Estimates (Bloomberg)

In shift, Comcast now bills for once-free digital adapters(Philadelphia Inquirer)

CES Drops CNET, Names Dish Hopper Best in Show (Hollywood Reporter)

Craig Moffett, Top-Rated Analyst, Is Leaving Bernstein (Bloomberg)



TiVo Looks for Acquisitions in Data and Ad Sales (Ad Age)

GSI Commerce considers expansion in Louisville (Louisville Business First)

Philadelphia group launches campaign to save newspapers(Poynter)

NetSuite delivers strong Q4 (ZDNet)

CEO Interview: Jason Blessing of Plex Software (Brian Sommer/Enterprise Irregulars)




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Daily Links 4/25/2012: ShopRunner acquires PickUpZone to compete with Amazon's Lockers

SAP Sees ‘Very Solid Pipeline’ as Quarterly Profit Rises (Bloomberg)

SAP Backs 2012 Targets After Profit Rise (CNBC)

Bricks Vs. Clicks: ShopRunner Takes Aim at Amazon’s Lockers With PickUpZone Acquisition (All Things D)
ShopRunner, based in Conshohocken, is part of GSI Commerce founder Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC.

InterDigital Rallies On Report It Resumes Shopping Patents (Forbes)

InterDigital Shopping 'Modest Portion' Of Patent Portfolio (Forbes)

Salesforce Moves into the Government Cloud and Social (New York Times: Bits)
To be announced today at CloudForce in DC.

Is Netflix Doomed? (The New Yorker)

Comcast to open first Phila.-area Xfinity store (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Amazon Supply Launches -- New Competition for Industrial Distributors, Ariba, SciQuest and Others (Spend Matters)
Amazon tries to take on the B to B world.

Quality Systems, Inc. Acquires Matrix Management Solutions
Acquisition Brings NextGen(TM) Practice Solutions Additional Resources and Expertise for Addressing Increased Market Demand for Revenue Cycle Services (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' NextGen Healthcare is based in Horsham.

A Look at Bentley’s New Release of ProjectWise, Focused on 3D Image Processing (Directions Magazine)

T-Mobile Loads Up LTE Spectrum Ammo (Light Reading Mobile)

GPS III Endures Bad Press (GPS World)
Article says Lockheed overrun problems not as severe as some reports have suggested.

IBM Acquires Pittsburgh-based Enterprise Search Software Company Vivisimo To Boost Big Data Analytics (TechCrunch)

Development Team Expansion and New Technology Partnership Poises RES Software for Accelerated Growth
New development center and strategic partnership signal RES Software commitment to product innovation, quality and faster time to market (Business Wire)



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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 1/26/2011: Lancaster's appMobi raises $6 million

SAP raises dividend 20 percent, upbeat on 2011 (Reuters)

Germany's SAP sees Q4 earnings fall 36 per cent after charge for Oracle battle (The Canadian Press)

A Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott (Forbes: Upside Potential)

General Electric Buys Stake in NBC Universal From Vivendi for $3.8 Billion (Bloomberg)
Clears way for completing Comcast/NBCU transaction.

JVP Leads $50 Million Secondary and Primary Transaction in Photonic Integrated Circuit Company CyOptics, Inc. (PR Newswire)
CyOptics is based in the Lehigh Valley near Allentown.

appMobi Closes $6 Million Series B Financing (Business Wire)
Lancaster-based Mobile Apps platform company says funding came entirely from Angels. appMobi grew out of another Lancaster startup, streaming music service FlyCast.
TechCrunch article.

Startup Accelerator DreamIt Ventures Takes Manhattan (TechCrunch)

RES Software Caps 2010 with Record Bookings of $12.9 million in Q4 (Business Wire)

Charter Passes Over the Cable-Tech Duopoly
(Multichannel News)

Netflix: Here's What We Think About ISPs And Net Neutrality (Silicon Alley Insider)

Netflix Passes 20 Million Subscribers But Doesn't Give Full-Year Guidance (Silicon Alley Insider)




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Daily Links 4/28/2010: Comcast, SAP results up

Comcast First-Quarter Profit Beats Analyst Estimates (Bloomberg Business Week)

Comcast’s Roberts: Q1 ‘Real Turnaround’ In Advertising; Hopeful’ About NBCU (paidContent)

Comcast IDs Next WiMax Markets
(Light Reading Cable)


SAP posts double-digit Q1 growth, keeps outlook (Reuters)

SAP on the bounce? (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Tips Hand on Cloud Plans as Profits Soar
(Information Week)

Bidding begins in Philadelphia newspaper auction (Associated Press via Boston Herald)
Lenfest offers $10M as bidding war for papers heats up (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Investment From Gimv to Propel RES Software’s Global Expansion and Deepen its Presence in Key Markets (Business Wire)

Razorfish Health Purges Creative Department (MediaBistro: AgencySpy)
Razorfish Health is based in Philadelphia.

GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Operating Results (Business Wire)

Tech firm closes its doors; 125 jobs lost (London Free Press)
Canada-based Comcast unit TVWorks lets 125 employees go; ships work to Philadelphia and California.

Verizon Feels They're 8-10 Years Ahead Of Cable
Which might be true, as long as you ignore half of their network... (Broadband Reports)


SEI Reports First-Quarter 2010 Financial Results (PR Newswire)

Tyco Electronics posts 2Q profit as revenue rises (Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire)




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