Daily Links 2/1/2011: Checkpoint Systems acquires Shore to Shore

Comcast, Time Warner Activate TV Everywhere (paidContent)

Amazon poised to launch online movie service to rival Netflix (LA Times: Company Town)


Comcast Back-Burners SDV (Again) (Light Reading Cable)


Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Shore to Shore, Inc. (Business Wire)

SAP, Microsoft Try Again With Duet Enterprise (PC World)

Temple, University of Maryland top IT management research rankings (ZDNet Blogs)

Unisys Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Financial Results; Company Reports Strong Margins and Cash Flow; Further Balance Sheet Improvement
(PR Newswire)


Tyco to lay off 248 employees in Shakopee (Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal)

Only a fraction of pharma ad budgets go to mobile, survey finds
(Medical Marketing & Media)



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Daily Links 1/20/2011: Verizon challenges FCC rules on net neutrality

HIStalk Interviews Todd Fisher, CEO, MobileMD (HIStalk)
Warminster Healthcare IT startup definitely worth watching.

An update from the Chairman (Official Google Blog)
Eric Schmidt steps aside as CEO while remaining Chairman; Larry Page to be CEO.

Verizon challenges FCC rules on net neutrality (Washington Post: Post Tech)
Verizon is doing something I believe Comcast will no longer be able to do per FCC conditions on the NBCU merger.

Aria Systems Triples Bookings in Fourth Quarter (Business Wire)
Aria is based in San Mateo and Media, Pa.

Tyco Electronics profit tops forecasts (Reuters)

Analysts: Comcast-NBC Universal Conditions Won't Promote Cord Cutting (Hollywood Reporter)
FCC Order on Comcast/NBCU (pdf)

Old Interface Learns New Tricks in Mobile Payments (American Banker)
On Philly startup Xipwire.

SAP AG ESTABLISHES $350 MILLION SAP VENTURES FUND I, L.P. (SAP Press Release)

HP Ads Meg Whitman, Four Others To Board (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Decreased to 19.3 in January (Bloomberg)
January 2011 Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey

Clearwire spectrum auction interest dwindles: sources (Reuters)


Citizens Bank Park, Home of the Phillies, Goes HD! (Phillies.com)
Something to look forward to on long winter days.



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Daily Links 12/9/2010: Edison Ventures increasing New England presence

SERS to cut private funds, buy stocks and bonds (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Could have an impact upon some area PE and VC firms.

Edison Ventures growing Boston investment deals (Mass High Tech)

The Real Mobile News from the SAP Influencer Summit (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Cloud Platform, App Store Set For 2011
(Information Week)

What’s Next for NBC’s Jeff Zucker? Maybe Private Equity (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)

Kerry Asks Copps, Clyburn To Back Net Neutrality Compromise
The chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee says item may not be perfect but is good enough (Multichannel News)

InterComponentWare Enterprise Master Patient Index Achieves First Milestone at New York State HIE (PR Newswire)

Air Products Makes Best and Final Offer for Airgas; Increases All-Cash Offer to $70 Per Share (PR Newswire)

Tyco Electronics Completes Acquisition of ADC (PR Newswire)

Larry Ellison Vows To 'Go After' HP; Is Alliance Dead? (Information Week: Global CIO)

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces the Acquisition of iCare Educational Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software (PR Newswire)

AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui Is Already Working On A Secret New Project (Silicon Alley Insider)
Hamoui founded AdMob while at Wharton.




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Daily Links 10/28/2010: SAP Bullish Despite Third Quarter Shortfall

Oracle Says SAP Won’t Contest Infringement Claims (Bloomberg)
Asks judge to delay trial's beginning.

SAP Bullish Despite Third Quarter Shortfall
Executives slam Oracle while highlighting sales gains and growth prospects. (Information Week)

Oracle vs. SAP: Battle of Fall 2010 Balance Sheets (CIO.com)

Oracle: Google 'Directly Copied' Our Java Code (IDG via New York Times)

What seed-stage star Christine Herron’s move to Intel Capital means (VentureBeat)
Leaves First Round Capital.

Moffett: TV Cord Cutters 'Poor' & Eating 'Dog's Breakfast' (Broadband Reports)

Motorola Profit Tops Estimates on Rising Sales of Droid Phones (Bloomberg)
Motorola looking at 3 cities plus staying here for headquarters (Chicago Sun-Times)
Philadelphia is not one of them.

Arris Rides Docsis Roller Coaster in Q3 (Light Reading Cable)

SunGard Announces Third Quarter 2010 Results (Business Wire)

SevOne Is on the Move
Leading Network Performance Management Company Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Accommodate Growth (Marketwire)

SeaChange, icueTV Link Up For T-Commerce
Vendors Team Up to Combine DVD Purchasing App with Fulfillment Platform (Multichannel News)

CDI Q3 results beat estimates, sees Q4 rev growth (Reuters)

Tyco Electronics profit tops estimates (Reuters)

Ben Franklin (Northeast) to Invest $420,000 in PA Technology Companies (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 7/22/2010: Comcast’s NBC Purchase May Mean Selling Stations (Bloomberg)

Comcast, GE: Character Assassins Shouldn't Shoot Down NBCU Deal
Parties Believe FCC Should 'Expeditiously' Approve The Union (Multichannel News)

Comcast’s NBC Purchase May Mean Selling Stations or Arbitration (Bloomberg Business Week)

New DirecTV chief looks beyond the fizz (LA Times)

QlikTech Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise of Over-Allotment Option (Business Wire)
Sold full over-allotment of 1,680,000 shares in addition to initial offering of 11,200,000 shares.

SAP-Sybase: What to Expect in the First 90 Days (PC World)

Tyco Electronics posts quarterly profit (Reuters)

SEI Investments reports 2Q income growth (AP via Bloomberg Business Week)

DreamIt Aims To Accelerate New Business Development (Forbes)

SeatGeek Lands $1 Million for Predictive Ticket Pricing (Digital Media Wire)
NY-based graduate of DreamIt Ventures program.

SunGard Acquires Fox River Execution (PR Web)

Cobblestone | Harris Williams Advises E-Mon, LLC, in its Sale to Strategic Buyer Honeywell International (Business Wire)
E-Mon, which is based in Langhorne, manufactures smart energy submeter systems and integrated energy intelligence software.

Dow Electronic Materials Inaugurates New Facility to Serve Fast Growing OLED Market (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 7/20/2010: SAP-Sybase deal cleared by EU

Venture Investor In Newly Public QlikTech Counsels Patience (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

A Tale of Two Innovators Going Public (Harvard Business Review via Bloomberg)

SAP, Sybase deal set to win EU OK this week-source (Reuters)
Update: Approval official.

Sybase Q2 beats Street view
(Reuters)

M&A for Media, Marketing to Heat up in Second Half (Ad Age)
Discusses GSI Commerce and Rosetta Marketing.

Will Moto-NSN Deal Reopen the Set-Top Doors? (Light Reading Cable)

Digital movie locker `UltraViolet' nears launch (Associated Press via Google News)

FCC's Unreleased Broadband Competition Report Already Drawing Fire
Report Finds Broadband Deployment Inadequate (Multichannel News)

Tyco is bullish on broadband (Philly.com: Phily Inc)

Tech firms' mergers signal potential growth (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)

Scvngr Gamers Can Check In by Bumping Phones Together (VentureBeat via New York Times)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
Revenue up 26.5%, Net Income up 151.4% (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 7/13/2010: "Meaningful Use" regulations for EHRs finalized

Airclic and AirVersent Merge (PR Newswire)
Airclic had just raised about $18 million in a private equity offering related to the merger, according to an SEC filing.

Tyco Electronics buys ADC for $1.25 billion (Bloomberg via NJ.com)
Tyco Snaps Up ADC for $1.25B
(Light Reading Cable)
Tyco Electronics' operational headquarters is in Berwyn.

Comcast Empowers Customer-Care Crews
Listening to Front-Line Employees Leads to Bottom-Line Satisfaction Gains (Multichannel News)
Comcast Says They're Doing Better At Support
Do you agree with them? (Broadband Reports)

Comcast launches 100-meg internet service in N.J. (Newark Star-Ledger)

Sprint Considering LTE, Merger with T-Mobile (eWeek)

Meaningful Use’ Regs for Electronic Medical Records Finally Drop!
(Wall Street Journal: Health Blog)
Health and Human Services finalizes meaningful use for electronic health records (O'Reilly Radar)

Microsoft Dynamics Aims to Steal a Little Salesforce Thunder (Ecommerce Times)

How to Make Money in the Cloud: Microsoft, SAP, the Partner Dilemma and The Tools Solution (Enterprise Matters)




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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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