Sapphire 2012 Wrapup

Good news for SAP HANA developers: free is a four letter word (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Releases Visual Intelligence, Innovates in BI (BIScoreboard)

SAP Builds Ecosystem To Boost Hana
SAP forges closer ties with Intel, IBM, analytics vendors, and systems integrators to jump start its in-memory database. (Information Week)

For Univ. of Kentucky, SAP's HANA is 'disruptive' (Computerworld)

Sapphire 2012 (Jeff Nolan/Enterprise Irregulars)



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Daily Links 5/14/2012: SAP Sapphire kicks off in Orlando

Sapphire: will the Clouds clear over some of SAP's big questions? (BusinessCloud9)

SAP Rolls out New Mobile Apps, Boosts HTML5, IOS, Android Support (PC World)

QlikTech Promises 'Gorgeous Genius'
The Business Intelligence vendor behind QlikView says next release will blend seductive interfaces with smart, comparative-analysis capabilities. (Information Week)

DSG Launches Salesforce.com, NetSuite Collaborator Built on Dell Boomi (PR Newswire)

LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream (Computerworld)

Comcast’s NBC Bets on Comedies to Boost Last Place Schedule (Bloomberg)

Upfronts 2012: NBC's Harbert calls for better measurement tools (LA Times: Company Town)

Former campaign specialist Audience Partners raises $750 (Philadelphia Business Journal)


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Daily Links 5/8/2012: QVC revenue up 5%; eCommerce now accounts for 39% of US revenue

Liberty Interactive Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results (Business Wire)
QVC revenue up 5% overall, 4% in US.

Mixed Q1 Bag At DirecTV
Net New Sub Adds Miss Targets, Churn, Cash Flow Beats Estimates (Multichannel News)

Pennsylvania Democrat worried Verizon deal will hurt constituents (The Hill)

NBCU Plans $190 Million In NYC Upgrades
Programmer to Renovate 30 Rock, Oher Installations over Next Two Years (Multichannel News)

Dell Cloud Introduces Simplified Cloud-Enabled Solutions for Running SAP(R) Applications in the Cloud (Business Wire)

SAP Said to Conduct Informal Acquisition Talks With MobileIron (Bloomberg)

How Hewlett-Packard lost its way (Fortune Technology)

What should we expect at SAPPHIRE? (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet Blogs)

For some in South Jersey, RCA is still dear (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Although some remnants still remain, its a shame that South Jersey lost so much of the ecosystem that existed around RCA.

EPAM Systems Reports First Quarter 2012 Results (MarketWatch)

Synchronoss slides as it cuts AT&T guidance (AP via Business Week)
Synchronoss is based in Bridgewater, NJ, and much of its engineering staff is located in Bethlehem. Its shares were down by as much as 22% during the day.

CardioNet, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results (Business Wire)



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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.