Comcast signs Smit through 2019; WSJ: Angelakis ranks high among CFOs

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In an SEC filing today, Comcast said that Neil Smit, President & CEO of Comcast's Cable business, has signed up until 2019, with a salary hike and additional financial inducements.

If the merger with Time Warner Cable goes through, he is going to be managing an expanded empire.

Meanwhile, the Inquirer's Bob Fernandez reports that Comcast"s vice chairman and CFO, Michael Angelakis, was rated as the third most effective CFO by the Wall Street Journal, based on Comcast's return on invested capital, operating margin, dividend growth, and share buybacks over the last three years.

Brian Roberts' other top lieutenant, Steve Burke, is receiving heat for his management of NBC News, but he is typically stereotyped as the guy from Comcast who doesn't understand the news biz, which overlooks his early experience with ABC.

Philadelphia Magazine reported last month that Burke's Rittenhouse Square home was finally sold or was under contract after being on the market for a long time, but I'm sure he can still get pretty good digs when he's in town.

Comcast highlights for week: Roberts spends time with Obama on Vineyard; WSJ on Steve Burke

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The Wall Street Journal has a feature article on Steve Burke and his effort to turn around
NBC Universal (subscription). Somewhat mixed results, it suggests.

Is Comcast inching into the cartoon biz? Its Universal Studios just bought film rights to the new Boom! Studios comic Day Men just a month after its launch. This follows the success of another Boom! Studios strip turned movie released by Universal, "2 Guns", which had a #1 debut at the box office early this month.

Comcast Chairman & CEO Brian Roberts spent time again this year with President Obama on Martha's Vineyard. Roberts golfed with the President and he and his wife Aileen hosted a cocktail reception for Obama at their home.

Geekwire's Todd Bishop give's Comcast's Xfinity X1 a glowing review.

Comcast apologized Wednesday for a letter an agent of the firm sent to online news site TorrentFreak, saying it was an error. The cease & desist letter ordered the site to remove a copy of a document from its website even though the document was from publicly available court records.

Links 8/16/2013: More questions about IBM cloud numbers; SAP billboard near Oracle HQ touts HANA

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Comcast, TWC Shoot for Video Unity (Multichannel News)

Judge Approves Verizon Deal Averting Monopoly (Courthouse News Service)

What is Verizon Wireless cooking up with its cable partners?
(FierceWireless)
Verizon Wireless exec suggested first product offering from JV might hit market in Q4.


Charter, Comcast SportsNet Northwest reach agreement to broadcast Trail Blazers games (Oregon Live)

NBCU's Steve Burke Gets Pay Raise in New Deal (Hollywood Reporter)

Sony Said to Win Rights to Viacom for TV Streaming Service (Bloomberg)

IBM's Cloud Business: Ex-Employee Divulges Shortfalls (Information Week)

Database Billboards: Times and Cars and Oracle Competitors Gone By (Dennis Moore/Enterprise Irregulars)

SAP’s UI makeover: Taking a measured approach to 300,000 screens
(Brian Sommer/ZDNet)


Peco to fast-track installing 'smart' meters (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Professors Jeffrey Popyack and William Mongan Receive IBM Award for Big Data and Analytics Project (Drexel University Computer Science)

Philly Newsrooms Innovating with Project Liberty Digital Incubators (MediaBistro)

Daily Links 4/2/2013: Tableau Software, Marketo file for IPOs

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A Start-Up Fund That Lets College Students Make the Decisions (New York Times)

Wolff: Someone at NBC should be fired (USA Today)

Vodafone Jumps on Report AT&T and Verizon Mulling Joint Bid (Bloomberg)

Tableau files for $150M IPO (TechFlash)
One of QlikTech's strongest competitors; strength in data visualization.

Marketo Files For $75M IPO To Grow SaaS Marketing Platform
(TechCrunch)

Dell CEO Says Business Unit Is Making Progress Amid LBO Talks (Bloomberg)

PHD Virtual Acquires VirtualSharp Software
Acquisition Provides the Industry’s Best Value in Virtual Backup and Disaster Recovery Assurance Solutions (Business Wire)

Financial Transaction Services Rebrands as CardConnect, Relocates Headquarters to Philadelphia
Payment processor changes name, brings its growing workforce to Philadelphia region
(Business Wire)

The genie is out of the bottle: Aereo’s court victory and what it means for the TV business (Gigaom)

Aereo Wins a Court Battle, Dismaying Broadcasters (New York Times)

Artisan Research Indicates that Native Mobile Apps are a Top Priority for Most Retailers (Business Wire)

ElectNext Raises $1.3M To Provide Contextual Political Data To News Sites (TechCrunch)

MeetMe® Launches Native Feed Advertising Powered by Flurry (Marketwire)

Newsbyte: SAP Plans Delivery of Accelerated Reporting and Real-Time Information for Supply Chain Customers (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 9/13/2012: Philly311 Mobile App Launches; Churchill Club to Honor SAP Co-Founder Dr. Hasso Plattner

Churchill Club to Honor SAP Co-Founder Dr. Hasso Plattner With 2012 Global Benefactor Award (PR Newswire)

SAP Co-CEO Explains Cloud Plan, 'Wacky' Hana (Information Week)

To Your Rescue: Philly311 Mobile App Launches
(Philadelphia Daily News)

Just what is Dell's cloud strategy? (Computerworld)

Burke: Rebuilding NBC Remains Top Priority
Cable networks can increase ad, sub fee revenue (Broadcasting & Cable)

Steve Burke says animation and franchises are key for Universal (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast caters to SMBs with new Business Class Signature Support services (PC World)

MRO Corp. Announces Acquisition of Florida Medical Record Services, Inc.
MRO expands geographic footprint and extends disclosure management services to existing FMRS customers through acquisition (Business Wire)

Epicor to Acquire Solarsoft Business Systems (Marketwire)

Google Wallet gets heavier with Barclaycard US support (ZDNet)
Barclaycard US is based in Wilmington.

All About Monetate’s Infographics (Monetate Blog)

EPAM SYSTEMS AND THOMSON REUTERS ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP AND HOST AN APP STORE SOLUTION (Thomson Reuters One)



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Daily Links 1/31/2011: Comcast Kicks Off IPv6 Over DOCSIS Test (just before Internet runs out of addresses)

Verizon Ripping Cloud Valuations To Pieces (CRN)
Implications for value of SunGard Availability?

PhillyInc: Malvern's Rajant Corp. finds big success in exporting (Philly.com)

Git Hacking: A Social Layer for GitHub (Read Write Web)
Winning project developed at Philly Startup Weekend.

Philadelphia’s 2nd Annual Global Game Jam [Recap] (Geekadelphia)

Philadelphia Media Network Announces Several Design, Content and Product Enhancements at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and philly.com (PR Newswire)

Hoping Xfinity brand connects (Denver Post)

Comcast Kicks Off IPv6 Over DOCSIS Test
MSO Runs 'Dual Stack' With Cable Modem Users in Colorado (Multichannel News)

NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke Drops Comcast COO Title
Neil Smit is adding an executive vp title at the cable giant. (Hollywood Reporter)

Amazon rolling out Netflix-like unlimited video streaming for Prime subscribers? (Engadget)


'World School' announces 1st of 20 campuses in NY (Reuters)
Perhaps a bit of an unusual investment ($37.5 million) for Philly-based LLR Partners. Do they have a past relationship with Christopher Whittle?

Isn’t it time for Amazon to grow up? (Internet Retailer)
Discusses GSI Commerce's ShopRunner.



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Daily Links 1/27/2011: Comcast holds merger kickoff meetings in LA, NY and Philly

Comcast-NBC U execs tout synergy, muscle
Burke, Roberts rally newly merged troops (Variety)

A Little Less Drama at NBC (New York Times)
On Comcast exec Stephen Burke taking over.

What are Comcast's plans for NBC News operations? (USA Today)

NBC vets Ebersol and Michaels can give Comcast a history lesson (LA Times: Company Town)

Hulu May Sell Broadcast Television Bundles (PC World)

Cable companies best at streaming Netflix video (CNET News)
Comcast ranked #2, according to Netflix.

New York's quest to become 'the digital city' (CNET News)

On Deck, Which Helps Small Businesses Get Capital, Lands Some Of Its Own (All Things Digital: New Enterprise)
$15 million C-round led by SAP Ventures, with early investor First Round Capital also participating again.


Portico Systems Reports Strong Revenue Growth and Promotes Job Creation in the State of Pennsylvania (Business Wire)

AMETEK Announces Record Results (PR Newswire)

Netsuite goes Native with Subscription and Billing (Diversity Limited Blog)
Although Media's Aria Systems is a Netsuite preferred provider.

Guerrilla Tactics for SAP’s OnDemand 'Go to Market' Strategy (SAP Community Network Blogs)

SAP Plans to Offer Flexibility Through Partnerships, Co-CEO McDermott Says (Bloomberg)

Software AG Surges as Profit Rises, CEO Says Company Aiming for DAX Index (Bloomberg)
Software AG has a significant presence in Berwyn as a result of its acquisition of IDS Scheer.

Inside Lockheed Martin's out-of-this-world virtual-reality lab (Denver Business Journal)

Lockheed Profit Dips on Lower Margins in Combat Jets (Bloomberg)

Motorola Mobility's Home Segment Q4 Sales Inch Up 1%
Cable Unit Revenue Down 7% for Full-Year 2010 (Multichannel News)




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Daily Links 11/29/2010: Comcast outage hits Boston, Baltimore, Washington

Comcast Outage Hits Boston, East-coast Cities (PC World)


Meet the Un-Mogul Reinventing TV
Steve Burke Will Decide What You See and How You'll See It -- and Change the Ad Model in the Process (Ad Age)

Web companies close ranks to oppose merger of NBC Universal, Comcast (The Hill: Hillicon Valley)

Microsoft eyes leap back into TV: sources (Reuters)

E-commerce gets a boost as online deals spread (Reuters)

Wolters Kluwer Health Reaches Agreement to Acquire Pharmacy OneSource (PR Newswire)

Thomson Reuters Acquires GeneGo (PR Newswire)

SAP co-CEO on how the company is taking inspiration from the gaming world
Jim Hagemann Snabe on SAP's hybrid approach and the search for "visible joy" (Silicon.com)

The tiny firm Oracle hates (Fortune)

PointRoll finds new home (Philadelphia Business Journal:
Real Estate Blog)

Happy Cog Studios Named Design Agency of the Year (PR Newswire)

CloudBees collects $4 million from Matrix Partners (Boston Globe)
One of the investors in CloudBees is Philly-area entrepreneur/angel Bob Bickel, who blogs about it here.




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Daily Links 11/1/2010: Philly Facebook Apps Maker Stuzo acquired by Dachis Group

Dachis Group Acquires Stuzo
Dachis Group Adds Facebook Preferred Developer Services and Facebook Social Marketing Platform to Firm's Global Social Business Offering (Marketwire)
Dachis Group Acquires Social Marketing Applications Developer Stuzo (TechCrunch)


For Broadband Carriers, Startup Ushers In A Cloud-y Future (Gigaom)
Comcast and Verizon invest in ConteXtream.

Cablevision-Fox Blackout May Raise Hurdles for Comcast-NBC Deal (Bloomberg)

Is Comcast’s Steve Burke About To Be The Most Important Name In Hollywood? (Forbes: Moneywood)

Where Are All The Cord Cutters? (Zatz Not Funny!)

Verizon Installs Moto's MediOS for TV Everywhere (Multichannel News)

Sprint CEO: Our 4G Strategy Is WiMAX, Full Stop! (Gigaom)

Dutch company flourishing in Tredyffrin office (Philly.com: Philly Inc)


Quality Systems Reports Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Results
(Business Wire)
Quality Systems 2Q earnings rise but miss Street (AP via Business Week)
Quality Systems' principal business is NextGen Healthcare of Horsham.

Oracle finally gets SAP to trial, and maybe HP CEO (Reuters)

Oracle Seeks $2.3 Billion in SAP Download Trial (Bloomberg)

Three Reasons Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in New York Startups (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

First Internet Guidelines from FDA Likely to Address Space Limitation Issue
(Pharma Marketing Blog)

Behind the Scenes: The Comcast Holiday Spectacular 2010 (Comcast Voices)



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Daily Links 9/24/2010: Clearwire in discussions with T-Mobile; Zucker to leave NBCU

Official: Jeff Zucker leaving NBC Universal
Says he'll step down once Comcast deal is finalized (Hollywood Reporter)

Did Comcast Boot the Best Guy To Run Its Cable Networks? (GigaOM: NewTeeVee)

Comcast’s Burke: NBC Title Contender or Behind the Scenes Power? (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Clearwire open to funding from T-Mobile USA (FierceWireless)

Hackers who disrupted Comcast.net site sentenced (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Kenexa: Piper Upgrades (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Oracle Wants a Chip Company? Which One? (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

MLB Beefs up At Bat App With New Ballpark Features (PC World)

ETC’ 293% boost in gov’t sales boosts 2Q (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Holy Redeemer Partners with MobileMD to Deliver Health Information Exchange Services to Care Community
(PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 4/9/2010: Accenture sees ERP deals up

Burke Snags $34 Million In 2009 Compensation
Comcast COO Pay Rose 50% Last Year (Multichannel News)

Raze the mystery house
America needs clearer laws to regulate internet access (The Economist)


FCC Shrugs Off Comcast Loss, Moves Forward On Broadband Plan
Luckily For FCC, Much Of The Plan Sets The Bar Low (Broadband Reports)

Accenture: ERP, systems integration deals coming back (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP users see benefits to upgrades (Computerworld)

NextDocs Announces New Clinical Collaboration Portal
Version 3.7 Product Helps Life Sciences Organizations Manage Clinical Trials, Support External Collaboration (Business Wire)

Microsoft's man in Malvern (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

BioClinica Launches WebSend and Creates Efficiencies for Clinical Trial Imaging Delivery
Transfers Clinical Trial Images and Tracks Status Via the Internet (Business Wire)

HIStalk Mobile Interviews Scott Storrer (HIStalk)
Scott Storrer is President and CEO of MEDecision of Wayne.

Software's future breaks through the “clouds”
Cloud computing will solve procurement's IT infrastructure woes, and social media will improve collaboration, bidding, training and negotiations. (Purchasing.com)

Frustrations With Cloud Computing Mount (IDG via New York
Times)




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