NHL Eyes New Rights Deals As Ratings Climb: Collins
NHL COO Says Renewal Discussions With Versus, NBC To Take Place In Late Fall (Multichannel
News)

Philly Tech People News 5/17/2010

Apollo Health Street Names Karen Ferrell as President and CEO (Business Wire)


BioNanomatrix Names Genomics Industry Leader Dr. David L. Barker to Its Board of Directors (PR Newswire)

Ron Oscher Named Vice President and General Manager Materials Analysis Division (PR Newswire)


Member Solutions Appoints Lakshmi Venkataswamy As Chief Information Officer (PR Web)

The SAPPHIRE of Second Chances: SAP and the Road to Redemption (Enterprise Irregulars)

SAP Launches Virtual Platform for SAPPHIRE(R) NOW (PR Newswire)

Daily Links 5/14/2010: Bernanke visits Philly

Analyst makes case for HP to top SAP's Sybase bid (San Jose Business Journal)

SAP pays dearly with $5.8 billion Sybase purchase (Reuters)

Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Announces Impact Award Winners (Business Wire)
Comcast wins in "Large Enterprise" category.

Ben Bernanke’s Field Trip to Philly (New York Times: Economix)

TiVo: Lazard Downgrades On Court Decision; Stock Off 40% (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast's 4G Market Primer
(Light Reading)
Interview with Comcast's Cathy Avgiris (Video).

Gannett Folds Ripple6 Into Pointroll (paidContent)
PointRoll is headquartered in Conshohocken.

Pa. cuts scarring Ben Franklin (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Alteva joins Cloud Communications Alliance, partners with Microsoft and BroadSoft for hosted Unified Communications solution

When I wrote about Philadelphia-based hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services provider Alteva a few months ago, I highlighted two important strategic issues the company faced. First, it had to determine how to begin moving beyond a primarily regional footprint as the industry inevitably begins to consolidate. Secondly, Alteva needed to define its strategy in the growing market for "unified communications services".
In recent weeks, Alteva took significant steps on both fronts.

In April at the Cloud Computing Expo in New York, Alteva was announced as a founding member of the Cloud Communications Alliance along with seven other companies. The network will offer nationwide peering with interconnected switches and gateways across the country to provide greater network efficiences and more HD voice connections, a common infrastructure to provide nationwide customer support, closer integration of mobile and fixed platforms, formation of a Cloud Communications Alliance 'Sandbox' which will allow the rapid rollout and customer adoption of new apps, joint product development, and other shared services. The combined companies represent more than $100 million of revenue and 100,000 customers.

On the second front, Alteva announced it was partnering with Microsoft and BroadSoft to deliver a hosted Unified Communications (UC) solution to small businesses. Alteva says it interconnects its hosted voice and messaging services with the Microsoft Communication Services product suite, including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server (OCS). In part to reflect the emphasis on this offering, Alteva is rebranding itself as a hosted unified communications solution provider, according to Chief Sales Officer Louis Hayner. (This is reflected in their redesigned website). In addition, Alteva now has a web store where organizations with less than 25 users can evaluate and select applications.

Also, Alteva was recently awarded Unified Communications Magazine's "Product of the Year" award for 2009 for its new voice application, Alteva Vision.




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Online system streamlines mortgage modification (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SCVNGR, a Google Ventures-Backed, Location-Based Mobile Gaming Company, Launches Into the Consumer Market (Marketwire)
SCVNGR was founded at Princeton and is a graduate of the DreamIt Ventures incubator, though it is now based in Massachusetts.
A New Entry Into the World of Location-Based Games (New York Times: Bits)

FBI Gets Evidence in Student Webcam Scandal (Wired Blogs: Threat Level)

MedQuist cost cuts lift profit 7 percent (Associated Press via the Courier-Post)

Astea Reports First Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

News from The Cable Show: 5/13/2010

Why Comcast’s ‘Xfinity Remote’ Could Be More Than Just Another App (paidContent)

FCC Chairman Looks to Reassure Cable Industry (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Operators Eye 25 Million EBIF Homes This Year
But Panelists Say It's Still Early Days For the Interactive Spec (Multichannel News)

Comcast CTO Doesn't See Shift To FTTH
'I spend no time awake at night on this' (Broadband Reports)

Next-Gen Set-Tops: Triple the Horsepower
(Multichannel News)

RCN ships TiVo DVR; Comcast, DirecTV delay theirs (Washington Post: Faster Forward)




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Views on the SAP-Sybase deal

SAP to Buy Sybase, Ally in Software (New York Times)

SAP Buys Sybase, and History is Re-Written (Enterprise Irregulars)

SAP to acquire again?
(ZDNet Blogs)

Short-term memory gain
Will a takeover and new technology revive the German software giant? (The Economist)

SAP Advances Innovation Strategy With Sybase Acquisition (Forrester Blogs)

Of SAP, Sybase, the Mets and the Yankees (Information Week: Intelligent Enterprise Blog)




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SAP agrees to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion

SAP agrees to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion (MarketWatch)

SAP TO ACQUIRE SYBASE, INC. (SAP Press Release)
Company cites Sybase's mobile platform, integration of SAP in-memory technology with Sybase
analytics.

Daily Links 5/12/2010: Clearwire: LTE Won't Happen Before 2012

SAP Said to Be Close to Buying Sybase for $6 Billion (Bloomberg Business Week)
We will see.

Philly.com app debuts (Philadelphia Daily News)

Graham’s ICG Commerce investment proves wise
(Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Lonza agrees to acquire MODA, a global leader in paperless quality control (Company Press Release)

Boomi Receives CODiE Award for Best Application Integration Solution (Marketwire)

Clearwire: LTE Won't Happen Before 2012
Though CEO suggests they'll be ready to make the shift (Broadband Reports)

SAP on lookout for large acquisitions (FT.com via Yahoo Finance)

SAP Sapphire 2010: New Look, New Execs...A New SAP? (CIO.com)

Dynasil Announces Financing Commitment Letter with Sovereign/Santander Bank to Strengthen Capital Structure (Business Wire)

News from The Cable Show: 5/12/2010

Brian Roberts’ Regret: Didn’t Go For Content Early Enough (paidContent)

Comcast ready for its close-up
Media conglomerate is looking better all the time (Variety)

ESPN lands new 3-D channel on Comcast cable systems (LA Times: Company Town)

Most of Pa. delegation signals support for Comcast-NBC merger
(The Hill)
Rep. Sestak's signature not on letter, though.

Comcast Demos Prototype iPad App For Controlling Your Cable Box (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Verizon FiOS To Launch 'TV Everywhere' With Time Warner Inc.
Telco Also Working on Video Services With Fox News, CBS, MTVN, Others (Multichannel News)




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