Daily Links 5/17/2011: Seeking "savoir-faire," Publicis buys Rosetta for $575 million

Publicis to Acquire Rosetta for $575M (ClickZ)
How will Princeton-based digital shop work with Philly-based Publicis units Digitas Health and Razorfish Health in Pharma/Med/Life Sciences, where Rosetta has a strong presence?

Seeking "savoir-faire," Publicis buys Rosetta for $575 million (Medical Marketing & Media)

Publicis Groupe to Acquire Digital Shop Rosetta for $575 Million
Marks Change of Heart for Fiercely Independent CEO Kuenne (Ad Age)

Ben Franklin group announces investments of $2M (Philadelphia Business Journal)

HP: We Underinvested In Services, Says Apotheker (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

InterDigital Opens San Diego Outpost in Quest to Ease “Bandwidth Crunch” (Xconomy San Diego)

Philadelphia To Roll Out EHR From eClinicalWorks (Information Week)

Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America (TechCrunch)

Meet DOCSIS, Part 2: the jump from 2.0 to 3.0 (Ars Technica)

Daily Show mocks FCC's Baker for taking Comcast job (Ars Technica)

The Top 7 U.S. Cities To Find An IT Job Right Now (Forbes: CIO Central)
Philadelphia, Edison NJ are two of them, report says.

Philadelphia Must Catch Up on Open Government, Councilman Says (Government Technology)

Universal Business Payment Solutions Acquisition Corporation Announces Closing of its Initial Public Offering (Business Wire)



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Daily Links 5/16/2011: SunGard CEO Cristobal Conde steps down

SunGard Announces Chief Executive Officer Transition (Business Wire)
SunGard emphasizes that this is a long-planned transition for Cristobal Conde which has nothing to do with the company's sluggish performance in recent years. Some speculate, though, that it might be a step towards preparing for an exit (IPO or split-up?) for the PE firms involved.

City of Philadelphia Selects eClinicalWorks for Electronic Health Records (Business Wire)

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Greater Philadelphia finalists announced (Business Wire)

WSJ: data caps keep Netflix from "swamping the network" (Ars Technica)

Dish Network CEO Resigns (Light Reading Cable)
Charlie Ergen will remain as Chairman.

Greenblatt: NBC Will Add New Brian Williams Show to Schedule as 'Soon as It's Ready' (Hollywood Reporter)

The Uncertain Future of '30 Rock' (The Atlantic Wire)

Report: Comcast Wants Ron Meyer to Stay at Universal -- For Now (The Wrap)

Comcast Aims Metro Ethernet At Midsize Business
Services Portfolio Provides Capacity Up to 10 Gbps (Multichannel News)

RCR Wireless News global tour set for Philadelphia (RCR Wireless News)

One Small Start-Up’s Plan To Get Customers To Notice: An IPO
(Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
Israel-based WhiteSmoke, maker of English grammar software with US headquarters in Wilmington, plans IPO on the NASDAQ.

India owner sells Blue Bell software firm to Cerberus for $137M (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


Temple Opens Vault on Hybrid System (HPCwire)



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