Daily Links 8/9/2012: Philly papers still losing dough, looking for more cutsCapital not so patient

Philadelphia newspapers lose $16 million, seek $28 million in cuts (Poynter)

Salesforce Attracts Big Rivals As Strategy Delivers (Bloomberg)

Why Workday Is Different by Design, and Why It Matters (Stan Swete/Workday Blog)

PANL (Universal Display) Surges 20%: Bulls and Bears Argue Materials Sales Timing (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Announcing a Live Chat With MeetMe Founder Catherine Cook (Mashable)

5 startups to watch from DreamIt Ventures NYC demo day 2012 (Gigaom)

SevOne Scales Up Its Network Monitoring Cluster Solutions (eWeek)
SevOne is based in Wilmington.


Philly-based Connectify combines Wi-Fi, 4G into a superfast wireless pipe (Gigaom)
In an interesting twist, Connectify, which has received funding from a CIA-backed VC firm, is using Kickstarter to crowdsource funding for its new project.

NBC ‘Ideal’ Buyer for Starz Spinoff Says Analyst (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Photos: Comcast/NBCU Ultra-HD Demo (Light Reading Cable)

Kevin Tofel Inspires Apple To Build Smaller iPad (Zatz Not Funny!)
Kevin Tofel is the Philly area-based Mobile Channel Editor at GigaOM and Podcast Host and Producer at MobileTechRoundUp.com.


Devon IT to Feature New Thin Clients, Software at VMworld 2012 (Business Wire via MarketWatch)



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Daily Links 9/2/2011: As Netflix loses Starz, Dish/Blockbuster reportedly ready to enter market

Judge Enters Comcast–NBCU Final Judgment, With His Own New OVD Condition
Requires keeping track of any arbitration that can be invoked by competing OVDs for two years (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast Ads Misled Customers, Regulator Says (The Wrap)

Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies (LA Times: Company Town)

What Wall Street is saying about Netflix-Starz (Gigaom)

Dish Said to Plan Blockbuster Rival to Netflix (Bloomberg)
More troubling news for Netflix; its "mini-monopoly" may be coming to an end.

Oracle Verdict Against SAP Is Overturned (AP via NY Times)

8 “Ideas” on Why Judge Overturned Oracle v. SAP Verdict (ASUG News)

AOL: Mike Arrington Is No Longer Employed By This Company (Silicon Alley Insider)
Update: AOL clarifies Arrington's role, though I'm not sure this matter has been cleared up yet. Coincidentally, I did mention one Arrington/Huffington incident at the end of my blog post about MapQuest yesterday before this all broke. It all may have been in good humor, as Huffington is certainly a toughened veteran of the talk show wars, but one wonders if there was tension there. Also, the talk of selling or breaking up AOL may have contributed to the timing of this move.

Philadelphia exchange faring well under Nasdaq (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Though with a lot less people.

Business Objects (& SAP) Vets Raise $6 Million For Business Analytics Software Startup Visier (TechCrunch)

Workday during Hurricane Dreamforce (Enterprise Irregulars)

University tests SAP ERP on new Dell cloud
University of Kentucky sees cost advantages (Computerworld)

Genuine Parts buys Cobra Wire and Cable (AP via Business Week)
Cobra is based in Hatboro.

Kevin Riordan: Rutgers law librarian a Web pioneer (Philadelphia Inquirer)



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Daily Links 9/1/2011: Comcast-NBCU deal wins Court approval

Comcast-NBC Universal Merger Wins Approval (Bloomberg)

Netflix Loses Starz Deal, Stock Crushed In After Hours Trading (Silicon Alley Insider)


Urban Outfitters prepares to grow online (Internet Retailer)

Urban Outfitters and WebLinc launch shopterrain.com (WebLinc Blog)

Salesforce.com Gets Into ERP With Infor, Workday (PC World)

Salesforce Chief Calls Accounting Criticisms "Ludicrious" (Silicon Alley Insider)

T-Mobile Antitrust Challenge Leaves AT&T With Little Recourse on Takeover (Bloomberg)



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Daily Links 3/25/2011: Zurich Inks Contract with Radnor-based SaaS Vendor Unirisx

Starz to delay new series on Netflix streaming, movies may follow (LA Times: Company Town)

Time Warner Cable Moves Ahead With Its Controversial iPad App (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast's Xfinity TV app for iOS updated with more streaming and customization (Engadget)

Zurich Inks Contract with Unirisx
(Insurance & Technology)
Unirisx, based in Radnor, provides a SaaS-based policy administration platform for the Insurance industry, and the deal with Zurich is considered a major win for them. I had missed the news that former Harleysville Group CIO Akhil Tripathi, considered a top industry expert, became CEO of Unirisx late last year.

SunGard Opens Cloud Services To Channel (CRN)


Oracle Delivers on Earnings and on Its Promise to Profitably Acquire Sun (All Things Digital: NewEnterprise)

SAP: Time To Buy? (Forbes: The Tech Trade)


Was Google’s Fiber Plan Just Saber Rattling? (Gigaom)

Motorola Mobility Revival Means Weighing Google Alternatives (Bloomberg Business Week)


Astea zooms to four-year high on Q4 results (Reuters)



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Daily Links 1/28/2011: Comcast to complete NBCU deal late tonight

Comcast completing takeover of NBC Universal and 4th-ranked broadcaster, NBC, late Friday (AP via ABC News)

Culture shock likely as Comcast takes over NBC
Comcast values teamwork, not the office politics condoned at NBC Universal. (LA Times)

'30 Rock' Debuts Kabletown Logo Same Day as NBCU (Video) (Hollywood Reporter)

Analyst: Comcast-NBCU Should Buy Starz to Hurt Netflix, Compete With HBO (Hollywood Reporter)

Liberty Sets Date for Capital, Starz Separation
Deal Will Simplify Media Giant's Structure (Multichannel News)

Verizon to Buy Terremark for $1.4 Billion (New York Times: DealBook)
Furthers Cloud strategy.

5 Cloud Software Vendors Dell Should Buy
(Gigaom)
Following its Boomi acquisition.

DreamIt chooses Mark Wachen to lead New York accelerator (VentureBeat)

Lockheed gets $107M to continue Space Fence work (Philadelphia Business Journal)

New York Times Fixes Paywall Flaws to Balance Free Versus Paid on the Web (Bloomberg)
Also discusses Philadelphia Media Network's upcoming paywall plans.

Quality Systems Rises as Results Beat Expectations (Orange County Business Journal)
Quality Systems' primary business is NextGen Healthcare of Horsham.




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