Daily Links 9/14/2012: Google Fiber sets KC buildout schedule

Alteva offices here have Apple-esque ‘innovation center’ (slideshow) (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Audio: Kynetic LLC CEO Michael Rubin on Bloomberg Radio (Bloomberg)

WCAU Exits LNS Content Share
NBC's Philly outlet going its own way, getting its own helicopter (Broadcasting & Cable)

iNovo Starts Its Run at Cisco & Motorola
(Light Reading Cable)

Building 180 fiberhoods—construction order and signups (Google Fiber Blog)

Exclusive: Some Comcast Users Will See 500 GB Cap
Company to Scale Cap Size With Tier Speed (Broadband Reports)

Ad of the Day: Comcast Setting up Xfinity service is a lot easier than body-waxing Sasquatch (Adweek)

Epicor acquires specialized midmarket ERP vendor Solarsoft
The deal gives Epicor a stronger play in manufacturing and distribution (Network World)
Epicor has some operations in Yardley dating from Activant's (now part of Epicor) acquisition of Prophet 21.

Blitz Package: My One-on-One With the CMO of the Philadelphia Eagles (Social Media Today)

Daily Links 12/6/2011: SuccessFactors to acquire Jobs2web

SuccessFactors (SFSF) to Acquire Jobs2web - A Multi-Channel Interactive Recruiting Marketing SaaS Company (PR Newswire)
SuccessFactors makes acquisition on heels of being acquired by SAP, for $110 million in cash. This acquisition is really moving into Kenexa's territory.

The cloud shopping list: Assessing the next SaaS takeover targets (ZDNet Blogs)

SunGard Promises 99.9% Uptime For SAP Cloud Apps (Information Week)

ERP: Overcoming the Limitations (Quintiq News)
Quintiq's US headquarters is in Radnor.

Channels in the Cloud (Dell Boomi Blog)

Pasco Plans Overseas Acquisitions on Yen, Digital-Map Demand (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg reports that in October, Pasco acquired 70% of Philadelphia-based Keystone Aerial Surveys Inc., which provides mapping data for Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine. Keystone has its own air force of 18 planes.

Keystone Aerial Surveys Purchases SimActive Photogrammetry Software (Press Release via Directions Magazine)

New Content Sharing Network Spling Launches, Announces $400K Series A (TechCrunch)

Cable firms branch out into home-security services
Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other cable companies are using the broadband in their subscribers' homes to offer home-security systems. (LA Times)

NBC-Owned TV Stations Select Four Non-Profit Content Partners (Multichannel News)
In Philly, WCAU teams up with WHYY. I wonder what WHYY purists will think of that.

With a Click of the Remote, Impulse Purchases (New York Times)
History Channel and FiOS try to sell items instantly via TV. I'm sure they can sell a lot of toy UFOs that way.

Comcast testing personalized social TV experience (Lost Remote)

Charter Communications Says Interested in Possible Verizon Wireless Pact (Bloomberg)

Raising cash at Comcast on eve of 'brutal' PA Society weekend (Philly.com: Philly Deals)



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