Brian Tierney's New Gig

The New York Times reports that former Philadelphia Inquirer publisher Brian Tierney is back in business, having set up a PR firm simply called "Brian Public Relations" in King of Prussia and acquired an interactive promotional firm, Realtime Media , to go with it, with backing from NewSpring Capital.

He is also taking along Philly.com President Ryan Davis with him.

Daily Links 11/16/2010: GSI Commerce off 7% on analyst's downgrade

Gaspin to Step Down From NBCU
Top TV exec to leave company after Comcast deal complete (Broadcasting & Cable)
Also, more on Amy Banse's move to Silicon Valley; NBCU's Zalaznick to oversee Telemundo.

Kurtz: Olbermann On the Rocks With MSNBC
(Slate)

Hands-On With Comcast’s Xfinity TV App (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

Comcast's Smit Says TV App Will Help Speed Up Innovation: Video
(Bloomberg)


TEDx at the Kimmel: Where ideas go to mix (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Drexel University Announces $45 Million Gift (PR Newswire)
From Bennett S. LeBow for new B-School facility.

GSI Commerce: Cowen Turns Bearish; Sees More Competition (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
The underlying question: Is GSI Commerce's core business model really profitable?

QlikTech Files Registration Statement for Proposed Secondary Public Offering (Business Wire)

Oracle Sees Ex-SAP CEO’s Testimony as “Context” for Damage Claim (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

SAP Owes Oracle $40.6 Million for Infringement, Expert Tells Federal Jury (Bloomberg)
$40.6 million precisely?

Improving SAP usability: Perspectives from the ‘Google generation’ (SearchSAP.com)

Motorola Invests In BlackArrow
Amount of Funding in Dynamic Advertising-Insertion Startup Not Disclosed (Multichannel News)
Comcast Interactive Capital is already an investor in BlackArrow.

Pepperjam founder invests in capital fund (Scranton Times-Tribune)
Founder Kris Jones sold Pepperjam to GSI Commerce last year.

The implications of too much VC money and too little startup talent (Fortune)




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Daily Links 11/15/2010: Comcast launches remote iPhone/iPad App

SAP co-CEO says 'I am sorry' to Oracle (Reuters)

Comcast-NBC Deal Review Speeds up: Report (Reuters)

Comcast Executives Press Federal Officials to Decide on NBC Deal (Bloomberg)

Who Should Govern the Internet? (Comcast Voices|Official Comcast Blog)

Regulators eye Internet, program conditions to Comcast-NBC merger, sources say (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Exclusive: Comcast’s Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC (All Things Digital: BoomTown)
Story says she will integrate the management of Comcast Interactive Capital and NBCU's Peacock Equity Fund.

Comcast Xfinity remote app for iPhone, iPad launches, video streaming & Android version on the way (Engadget)


When venture capitalists are feeling positive (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

7 Philadelphia Start-Ups You Need To Know About (The Next Web)

We are proud to announce the Goodway Investment Fund! (The Goodway Blog)
The Goodway Group is a direct marketing/digital media firm based in Jenkintown. They are looking to fund ventures in the digital media space.

Oracle V. SAP: Writing Is On The Wall
(Information Week)

Pennsylvania Launches Powerful Interactive Broadband Map
(PR Newswire)




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Philly Tech People News 11/15/2010

From Swedish Startup to Software Success Story: QlikTech Lars Björk Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Winner in the Technology Category (PR Newswire)

Halfpenny Technologies Appoints Chief Medical Information Officer (Business Wire)

Apollo Health Street Welcomes Sales Veteran as New Vice President (Business Wire)

LLR Partners Adds Industry Veterans Frank Filipps and William Jacobs to Financial Services Advisory Board (Business Wire)

Consumer 10.0: NBCU takeover only one of Comcast's fights
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

More Value Await ValueVision in Comcast's Hands (Seeking Alpha)

DIY 'Hackers' Tinker Everyday Things Into Treasure (NPR)
Highlights Philly's Hive 76.

SAP expects its co-CEO to testify (Reuters)

Tensions Rise Over Damages at Oracle-SAP Trial (PC World)

Why Did Urban Outfitters Redesign Its Website? (Styleite)

Daily Links 11/12/2010: Oracle May Not Show Apotheker Testimony, Lawyer Says

InterDigital Sees Q4 Revs Above Ests; Notes Loss Of Customer (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

PIC, Greenlink Merge, Boon To Local TV Advertisers (MediaPost: Media Daily News)
GreenLink Networks, based in Wayne, raised $3.5 million last year from Guggenheim Venture Partners and others.

Comcast prepared to give Ted Harbert big NBC job (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast’s Tunerfish social TV app gets a new face (VentureBeat)

Comcast: Google TV Isn't Compatible With Our 'TV Everywhere' Service
Separately, Hulu Video on MSO's Fancast Site Being Blocked for Business Reasons (Multichannel News)

MedQuist Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

Skyfiber Completes Successful Philadelphia Port Biometric Trial With ePortation (PR Web)

Welcome To The Wild West Of Venture Capital (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
Comments largely echoed by Fred Wilson in his A VC post today.

Oracle May Not Show Apotheker Testimony, Lawyer Says (Bloomberg)

BlogWell 2010: SAP’s Social Media Strategy (SAP Web 2.0)

First Round’s Charlie O’Donnell on What’s Right/Wrong with NY Tech Scene (PE Hub)




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Another Area Cloud Startup: Freedom OSS

While one Philly-area cloud computing vendor was just acquired by a major corporation (Boomi by Dell), another interesting cloud startup may be emerging. Newtown-based Freedom OSS provides Integrated Cloud Service Management to companies with an emphasis on maintaing security and compliance. They are doing some interesting things; they are a partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and will be presenting with AWS CTO Werner Vogels in Chicago on November 16. One of the subjects covered there will be on how Lionsgate Entertainment migrated its SAP applications to a cloud enviornment using Freedom OSS' services.

Daily Links 11/11/2010: Is Hulu The OPEC Of Online Video?

Report: NBC’s Jeff Gaspin Out In The Comcast Reshuffling (Forbes: Moneywood)

Internet TV battles come to head at FCC (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Why Hulu Is The OPEC Of Online Video
(TechCrunch)

Verizon FiOS Launches Free Flex View Service (PC Magazine)

H-P’s new CEO spotted by employees
But he is staying far, far away from Silicon Valley (MarketWatch)

SAP hopes to make users’ work easier with better UI designs (SearchSAP.com)

Quintiq Expands in North America, Opens 2nd U.S. Office in San Francisco (PR Newswire)
Quintiq's North American headquarters are in Wayne.

Rembrandt IP sues Seagate, Western Digital (AP via Business Week)
Rembrandt IP, of Bala Cynwyd, is considered by some to be a "patent troll".

Cisco's Cable Sales Get Hammered
Set-Top Sales in North America Drop 40% Year-Over-Year (Multichannel News)
Interesting that Cisco's cable business is getting hammered even as Motorola's comparable business seems to be recovering somewhat.
Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett's view.


A Conversation with QlikView Architect Håkan Wolgé (The QlikView Blog)

The Busiest Woman in Philly: Roz Duffy Puts Innovation on Two Stages in November (Keystone Edge)

UniTek Global Services Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Its Common Stock and Commencement of Trading on the NASDAQ Global Market (Marketwire)




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Daily Links 11/10/2010: Court knocks $500 million off potential damages in SAP/Oracle trial

SAP: Court lops $500M off Oracle's potential damages (Computerworld)

New COMCAST-NBCU Organization Nov. 15 (Deadline Hollywood)

Comcast Faces Government Questions on Online Video in NBC Universal Deal (Bloomberg)

Hulu CEO: We’ll make $240M in 2010 (VentureBeat)

Uwchlan supervisors oppose road closure (Daily Local News)
Bentley Systems wants it closed for its headquarters expansion.

Apple Writer John Gruber: That White iPhone I Tweeted About Was A Toy (Silicon Alley Insider)

Ask.com to Return to Old Service (New York Times)
Shutting down its Edison, NJ office.

USA Technologies, Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal 2011 First Quarter
Company on Track to Achieve over 100,000 Connections by December 31, 2010 and Anticipates being EBITDA Positive for quarter ending December 31, 2010 (Business Wire)

Oracle and ATG Redux (Enterprise Irregulars)

TelcoTV 2010: Future of TV Is Tablets, Moto Says (Light Reading)




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SAP Attorney: Board Knew TomorrowNow Was Infringing at Time of Acquisition (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

SAP grills Oracle as Apotheker absent from trial (Reuters)

Where the rubber hits the road for Sales 2.0 (Computerworld Blogs)

City Hall: Costs triple, implementation delayed, features missing for Portland's $47.4 million software system (The Oregonian)
Another troubled muni SAP implementation, though no one seems to be pointing fingers at SAP.

Google and VivaKi Extend Partnership (New York Times: Media Decoder)
Building new ad-buying platform based on Invite Media's technology.

The Franklin Institute Announces the 2011 Franklin Institute Laureates (PR Newswire)

CardioNet, Inc. and MedApps, Inc. Partner to Expand Wireless Medicine
(Business Wire)

Archer Group opens Phila. office (Philadelphia Business Journal)

DailyCandy Wants To Make ‘Deals’ With Local Marketers (paidContent)

Comcast Debuts VOD Search
Feature Arrives in Motorola Footprint; Tru2way Guide for Cisco Markets Set for First Half of 2011 (Multichannel News)

U.S. web sales outpace total sales for QVC in Q3
Domestic web sales grew 18.2% and accounted for 30.9% of sales in the latest quarter. (Internet Retailer)