Daily Links 5/24/2012: Huawei Files Antitrust Complaint With EU Over InterDigital

Why Cloud Matters (Video: Knowledge@Wharton)

Is SAP leaving ERP behind? (IT Knowledge Exchange)

Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to Take Stand in Oracle-SAP Retrial (PC World)

Huawei Files Antitrust Complaint With EU Over InterDigital (Bloomberg)
Here is InterDigital's response

Kohl urges careful critique of Verizon spectrum deal, cites concerns on competition (The Hill)

NBCU Exploring Buyback of MSNBC.com (Ad Week)
We are talking about the website here; NBC had already bought out Microsoft's interest in the cable channel of that name.

Jon Miller: Hulu still essential to broadcasters (paidContent)

CyOptics withdraws $100 million IPO (Renaissance Capital via NASDAQ.com)
CyOptics, which makes optical eqiupment for the telecom industry, is based in Breinigsville, PA.

Deutsche Telekom CEO Says T-Mobile USA Merger Is Option (Bloomberg)


Days is back, Platt out at Daily News (Philadelphia Daily News)

After Broadband: Imagining a Future When Connected Networks Are All-pervasive (Knowledge@Wharton)



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Daily Links 5/15/2012: After pivot, Storably now Curalate, with funding from FRC, NEA & MentorTech

Look Out: Pinterest Marketing Platform Curalate Lands $750k Seed From NEA, First Round, MentorTech (TechCrunch)
Curalate is based in Philly.

Pinterest Prompts a Start-Up’s Pivot: Meet Curalate, an Analytics Engine for Images (All Things D)

Facebook Boosts IPO Price Range (Fox Business)

Exclusive: New Google+ Study Reveals Minimal Social Activity, Weak User Engagement
(Fast Company)
Study conducted by Philly-based RJMetrics.

Symphony Technology Group Acquires Source Healthcare Analytics From Wolters Kluwer; Will Combine With ImpactRx, TargetRx and AlphaDetail to Create Symphony Health Solutions (Marketwire)
PE firm continues to roll up Pharma marketing analytics companies around Horsham-based ImpactRX.

Coalition formed to oppose Verizon spectrum deal (The Hill)

T-Mobile USA's Philipp Humm announces restructuring, 'difficult decisions' to staff (The Verge)

Bentley comes to Center City (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Says it will add up to 50 jobs at new office over the next couple of years.

Bentley Acquires InspectTech, Leading Provider of Software-as-a-Service for Bridge Safety
(Business Wire)

Dell adds secure application data synchronization to cloud portfolio (through Boomi) (Betanews)

Veeva Systems Announces New Cloud-Based Customer Interaction Repository for the Global Life Sciences Industry (Business Wire)

Life & Annuity Industry Veterans and Technology Innovators Chris Doggett and Chris Gali Launch Adminovate (Business Wire)
AdminSever (sold to Oracle) founders launch new Philly startup.

NetSuite Moves to ‘Commerce as a Service’ (New York Times: Bits)




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