Daily Links 1/28/2010: Comcast, GE, NBCU file Public Interest Statement with FCC

Sharing and Exchanging... (Redeye VC)

Motorola smartphone sales beat Street but shares fall (Reuters)

Lockheed Martin Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (PR Newswire)

The $62 million sale of a touch tech startup adds to the Tablet revolution (TechCrunch Europe)
Berwyn-based Tyco Electronics acquires Sensitive Object.

Verizon, Accenture Tap SAP App Gap (Light Reading)

Down To Business: Oracle v. Rimini Has Huge Ramifications (Information Week)

unofficial Timeline of SAP (SAP Community Network)

Amsterdam software vendor comes to Canadian market
Res Software opens new U.S. headquarters to serve North American channels (IT Business)

Twitter Local Trends Now Live in 15 Cities (eWeek)

Comcast, GE and NBC Universal File Public Interest Statement with FCC (Comcast Voices: Official Comcast Blog)

NBC's Jeff Zucker Thinks Apple's iPad Will Save TV (Business Insider)

Dead Zones Forever (PC Magazine)

AstraZeneca layoffs to affect 8,000 as company grapples with generics (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Nobody in Charge of IT in Atlantic City, N.J., Comptroller Report Says (Government Technology)

Synygy and Health Market Science Form Strategic Partnership (Business Wire)



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Blue Bell's UniTek to combine with Berliner Communications

Blue Bell telecommunications services company UniTek USA will combine with Berliner Communications to become UniTek Global Services, Inc. The unified company projects annual revenue of about $360 million. While UniTek is not now publicly traded, Berliner is currently listed on the OTC market (OTC: BERL ) and the new company will assume that listing under the UniTek name.
UniTek private equity backer HM Capital Partners will control approximately 80% of the combined entity. C. Scott Hisey, Founder and CEO of UniTek USA, will become CEO of the Company. Peter Giacalone, President of UniTek USA, has been appointed Chairman of the Company.

Press Release.




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Daily Links 1/27/10: Comcast to launch IPv6 trials

SAP Sees Sales Growth After Fourth-Quarter Net Falls (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Deutsche Bank to replace legacy systems with SAP (Computer Weekly)

Comcast launches IPv6 trials
ISP to test transition mechanisms for next-gen Internet services starting in Q2 (Network World)

Sen. Kerry: Comcast-NBCU questions can be resolved (Reuters)

Leno Turmoil ‘Frustrating’ as Comcast Awaits NBC Deal, CEO Says (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet (The Onion)

High and Low Tech Companies Seeking up to $3 Million Encouraged to Apply for 12th Annual Angel Venture Fair (Business Wire)

Tyco Electronics profit beats view; shares jump (Reuters)

SEI Reports Fourth-Quarter 2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire)

Report: Government Smart Grid Standards Process Slowing Down the Market (GigaOM via New York Times)

Oracle-Sun: Strategy set; Will buyers go for the integrated stack? (ZDNet Blogs)

Bentley's Integrated Structural Modeling Brings Structural Engineers Into Integrated Project Workflows (PR Newswire)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Coworking Debuts in Wilmington
Verge Business Group Launches The coIN Loft with Open House on February 12, 2010 (Verge Business Blog)




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Daily Links 1/26/10: Verizon to cut another 13,00 jobs

Verizon Sales Miss Estimates on Drop in Business Subscribers
(Bloomberg via Business Week)

Verizon FiOS Growth Slowing Down
Telco also continues to lose DSL subscribers (Broadband Reports)

Verizon To Cut 13,000 More Wireline Jobs; Sees No Wireless Capacity Issues From Smart Phones (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast/NBCU File Deal With Justice (Multichannel News)

Ametek Q4 profit up 18 pct (Reuters)

AMETEK Acquires Sterling Ultra Precision
Acquisition Strengthens AMETEK's Position in Niche Ophthalmic Lens Market (PR Newswire)

IBM About to ‘Initiate’ Major MDM Purchase? (Seeking Alpha)

Oracle Cramdown Vs. SAP Kumbaya? (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

MoneyTree: Worst venture year since ’97 (Philadelphia
Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Forget Cable’s WiMAX Dreams: Cox Trials LTE Network (GigaOM)

Oracle Sues Rimini Street For 'Massive Theft'
Rimini's heavily discounted support offerings for Siebel, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft apps are illegal, Oracle claims in court documents. (Information Week)

SunGard Availability Services Expands Operations With New Data Center in Northern California (PR Newswire)

Acorn Energy Announces Preliminary Revenue for 2009 up 51% versus 2008; Sets 2010 Guidance (PR Newswire)

Philadelphia unveils new high tech mobile command post
(WHYY)

Neighborhood IT Center Opens in Logan Section of Phila. (KYW Newsradio)




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Daily Links 1/25/10: Demo Night at Mobile Monday tonight

Electric car firm Better Place raises $350 mln (Reuters)
Founded by former SAP exec Shai Agassi.

Apple Q1 '10 financials - All-time highest revenue and profit (ZDNet Blogs)

Biden's son, Beau, opts out of Senate race (USA Today)

Ten local mobile tech developers to show off at Demo Night (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Justice Department approves Ticketmaster, Live Nation merger -- with conditions (LA Times: Company Town)
As part of agreement, Comcast-Spectator has signed letter of intent to acquire Ticketmaster
subsidiary Paciolan Inc.

Brightcove Wants To Take “TV Everywhere” Beyond Your Cable Company’s Video Website (TechCrunch)

A Consummate Diplomat: Comcast’s Kerekes Knows the Art of the Deal (Multichannel News)
Named by Multichannel News as one of its "Wonder Women" for 2009.


The lingering effects of SAP’s bungled Enterprise Support rollout (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

Microsoft and the Corporation for National and Community Service Launch New Initiative to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom (PR Newswire)
Program will include Parkway West High School in Philadelphia.

Funding Available for Non-Profits (Going Wimax)
WiMax grants available in Chicago and Philadelphia.

New Android-Based WiMAX Devices Expected This Year (WiMax.com)

Lockheed Martin Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite (PR Newswire)




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SAS Is Fortune's Best Company To Work For (Information Week: Global CIO Blog)

Infor Looks to Raise Profile With Personnel, Strategy Moves
(IDG via New York Times)

SunGard Launches MyWealthSeries Delivered via SaaS (Information Management)

To get NBC, Comcast still has persuading to do (Associated Press
via Forbes)

Philly Tech People News 1/24/2010

Neil Smit Named President of Comcast Cable Communications (Business Wire)

Philadelphia-Area Technical Leaders and Recognized Experts Selected for Lockheed Martin Fellows Honors
(PR Newswire)

QVC Taps Goldstein As On-Air GM
Emmy-Winning Industry Veteran Spent Six Years At MTVN, Time At CBS, NBC Sports (Multichannel News)

Science Center Appoints Vice President and General Counsel (Business Wire)

Element Partners Promotes Sam Gabbita (PE Hub)

No Joke: TSA Uses Gag Drugs at Security Gate
Passenger accused of carrying powder shocked by practical joke (NBC Philadelphia)

PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree 2009 Venture Results Out; Big Drop in Philly Area

Although there was slight improvement in the fourth quarter, venture capital investments in the Philadelphia area fell to $424 million in 2009 from $754 million in 2008, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree data released tioday. Fourth Quarter 2009 investments were $142 million versus $126 million in 2008.
There were 28 deals in the fourth quarter and a total of 89 for the year, compared to 149 reported last year.
Today's report provides only aggregate data; detailed deal-by-deal data is expected out on February 1.

See today's press release here.




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Daily Links 1/22/10: Comcast names new President for Cable Ops

Comcast Cable Names Neil Smit President
Former Charter CEO to Be Responsible for All Cable Operators (Multichannel News)

Comcast to fight FCC ruling on sports telecasts (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Filling the pipes (The Deal Magazine)

One Of These Venture Firms Is Not Like The Other (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
First Round Capital.

Oracle President Admits Affair After Billboards Appear (New York Times: Bits)

Java's Future Uncertain Under Oracle Grip (PCWorld)

SAP: Voice of the Customer (ZDNet Blogs)

Avencia adds support for OpenStreetMap (GIS Development)

First Round capital represented by CresaPartners New York in the leasing of their NYC office. (Cresa Partners: New York
Blog)




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Daily Links 1/20/10: FCC ends Comcast's local sports monopoly

Conan O'Brien signs deal to leave NBC (USA Today)

NBC Said to Tell Comcast of Leno Troubles Before Deal (Bloomberg via Business Week)

FCC ends Comcast's local sports monopoly (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast-NBC Universal merger is focus of Senate hearing Feb. 4 (Washington Post: Post Tech)

E.U. Gives Final Clearance to Oracle-Sun Deal (New York Times)

Global CIO: Salesforce.com CEO Benioff On Beating Microsoft & SAP In The Cloud
SAP Is The Anti-Cloud (Information Week: Global CIO)

SAP and Hasso Plattner Ventures Announce Joint Strategic Investment in RIB Software (PR Newswire)

Is the SAP KPI Program Really Dead? (PC World)

January 2010 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphia)

Heartland Payment Systems:
Lessons Learned from a Data Breach (pdf) (Federal Reserve Bank of Phildelphia)


Q&A: Health IT Czar Rethinks National Data Exchange (Information
Week)

Rowan gets contract for software project (The Gloucester County Times)

The future is online, virtual collaboration… in 3D! (Med Ad News)

City's green groundbreakers
Architects champion new views of digital design and prefab construction. (Philadelphia
Inquirer)



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