Philly Tech People News 9/23/2012

Linda Yaccarino Takes Over All NBC Universal Ad Sales, Including Flagship NBC (Ad Age)

Microsoft hires CBS' Nancy Tellem to form new Xbox studio (LA Times: Company Town)

SCTE appoints Time Warner Cable, CableLabs, CommScope, Comcast execs to board (FierceCable)
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers is headquartered in Exton.


Scala Announces Advanced Analytics Expert Dr. Stefan Menger Has Joined The Company (PR Web)

Ask Engadget: best Philadelphia wireless carrier? (Endgadget)

Fisker hope fades
Former Del. autoworkers see industry's future as bleak as plant remains empty
(Wilmington News Journal)

Salesforce.com Seeks Foothold Throughout The Enterprise (Information Week)

Two Days at Dreamforce 2012:Gamification Drops in on San Francisco
(Hoopla Ideas)

Redbox-Verizon Streaming to Challenge Netflix by Year-End (Bloomberg)

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Daily Links 9/21/2012: Can SAP do social?

Evolve IP Acquires Managed Communications Provider IPiphany Company identifies opportunity for expansion into Midwest market (Business Wire)

At Center City Apple Store, Long Lines and Wide Smiles For iPhone 5 (CBS Local)


Dreamforce: a conversation with John Wookey about 'work' (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet)

Can SAP Really Get Social This Time? (Esteban Kolsky/Enterprise Irregulars)

Are SMEs Skeptical about SAP? (SAP.info)


Oracle Q1 profit up 11 percent, but hardware products revenue drops 24 percent
The results come on the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld show (Network World)


Oracle targets raised on cloud push, new products (Reuters)


DirecTV CEO: Dish Merger Could Benefit Consumers Amid Rising Content Cost (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast To Soon Allow External DVR Drive Storage
Starting Trial Next Week in Indiana (Broadband Reports)

Life Sciences Entrepreneurship: How to Keep Pennsylvania Competitive ( James A. Datin/Safeguard Scientifics Blog)



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Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic looks at the Personal Cloud on Monday

Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic will host "Mobility and the Rising Personal Cloud" on this coming Monday, September 24, at 6pm at The Hub Cira Centre. Individual tickets are still available at this time on TicketLeap.

 Presenters include:

Frank Gillett, VP and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Bob Moul, Chairman and CEO, appRenaissance

Michael Yetter, Director of eBusiness Development at Independence Blue Cross

Kevin Garton, Chief Marketing Officer at The Neat Company

Phong Nguyen, Vice President of Platform Services at Concur Technologies

Jason Press, Chief Technology Officer/ Vice President of Technology & Operations for Comcast Interactive Media.


It promises to be a very worthwhile event.



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First Round Capital Video: Start Up Philadelphia

Daily Links 9/20/2012: QlikTech Launches QlikMarket

QlikTech Launches QlikMarket Business Discovery Exchange
Simplifies search and evaluation of partner solutions for the QlikView platform
(Business Wire)

 Philly Fed Firms Report Steady Business Activity (Business Wire via MarketWatch)

Philly Fed factory index shrinks but pace moderates (Reuters)

Support Newgrounds! (Tom Fulp/Newgrounds)
Glenside-based Flash game site says money is tight, pitches opt-in paid "supporter upgrade". 

 Dreamforce 2012 day 1 verdict: a humble Salesforce.com (Dennis Howlett/ZDNet)

Salesforce.com Goes To Work.com 
Salesforce.com and Facebook co-developed new Work.com app for goal-setting, employee feedback, and performance reviews. (Information Week)

 Oracle FY Q1 Revs Light; Profits In Line; Shares Edge Lower (Forbes)

Verizon sees FiOS third-quarter growth slower than expected (Reuters)


  Comcast Uses TV Streamer to Pump Mobile Bundles (Light Reading Cable)

 Tigerlabs launches startup accelerator to bring healthcare industry to life (VentureBeat)

 Inside the largest student-run hackathon, a breeding ground for tech talent (VentureBeat)
 PennApps.

 Clearwire breaking ground on new LTE Network (Gigaom)
 Will focus on major metros and wholesale only.

 PHD Virtual revamps partner program (SearchStorageChannel)



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Daily Links 9/19/2012: Campbell Soup Co. Boosts Digital Efforts

Site Lets You Simulate a Facebook Hack, Goes Viral at PennApps (Time.com: Techland)

Campbell Soup Co. Boosts Digital Efforts
Training Programs, New Positions and Increased Budget Part of the Plan (Ad Age)

SAP Channel Chief Kevin Gilroy: Still Delivering 25% Growth (The VAR Guy)

Salesforce.com Unifies, Extends Cloud Portfolio (Information Week)

Salesforce.com shows off upcoming Chatterbox, Identity services
Chatterbox will give companies a secure, easy way to share files, Salesforce.com says (Computerworld)

Salesforce.com's Benioff invites customers to join 'social revolution'
The flamboyant CEO spun a broad strategic vision during a keynote at the Dreamforce conference (Computerworld)

Unisys scores $504M DHS task order under Alliant contract (Washington Technology)

Unified Communications Leader Alteva Celebrates Grand Opening of First-Ever Innovation Center and New National Headquarters in Philadelphia (Marketwire)


Comcast CFO: Cable Giant Prepares for Possible 2014 Buyout of GE Stake in NBCUniversal (Hollywood Reporter)

NCC, Comcast Spotlight To Sell Ads On Synacor Web Portals (Multichannel News)

New T-Mobile CEO faces big problems, but he could shake up the mobile market (Gigaom)

Verizon Reaches Tentative Union Pact With 43,000 Workers (Bloomberg)



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Highlights last week on Philly Tech News (9/10/2012 to 9/16/2012)

I gave a preview of the IMPACT 2012 Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, scheduled for November 7 & 8 in Philadelphia. Steve Case will give the keynote address, and PACT plans to have more out of town investors than in past years. The deadline for companies seeking a presentation slot to apply has been extended one week until this Friday, September 21.

At long last, the Philly311 mobile app finally launched, through the assistance of PublicStuff.

Two Philly-area newspaper groups faced pressure, as Yardley-based Journal Register received criticism over its second bankruptcy despite what was said to be a turnaround, and Inquirer/Daily News owner Interstate General Media sought another round of concessions from workers. Meanwhile, Philly-based turnaround firm Versa Capital Management announced it had formed a new group including the newspapers it had acquired, to be called Civitas Media LLC.

SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann-Snabe opened up to Information Week on SAP's Cloud strategy, HANA platform, and other subjects in an interesting onstage interview.

Janney Capital analyst Tony Wible rated Comcast a buy, saying long-term technology trends were in its favor.

And NJTechWeekly's Esther Surden contributed a writeup on the New Jersey Technology Council's Health Information Technology Summit, held in July in Princeton, which involved several Pennsylvania participants.


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Daily Links 9/18/2012: First Round Capital backs Philly-based Perceptual Networks; AppRenaissance launches platform

Perceptual Networks Receives Funding from First Round Capital and Founders of YouTube, PayPal, Rackspace and Others
Founder of HotOrNot and I/O Ventures Announces New Venture to Help People "Find Their People" (Business Wire)
Will be based in Philly.

Welcome Perceptual Networks (Redeye VC)

Excited to Announce AppRenaissance! (Amish Jani, Just Getting Started via Business Insider)

Tyco board votes to spin off ADT, its best brand (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Bentley’s Acquisition of Ivara Redefines Asset Performance Management:
Integrating OPEX with CAPEX! (Bentley Systems Press Release)

Comcast expands 305 Mbps tier to Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey, D.C.; touts fastest wireless gateway (FierceCable)


Time Warner Cable Selling Clearwire Stake (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
When will Comcast follow?

Dell debuts Salesforce consulting service for app development (ZDNet)

Salesforce.com offers sneak peek at Marketing Cloud (ZDNet)


SAP: The Client/Server Is Back And It Is Cloud (TechCrunch)

Analysis: Nimble HR software firms grab share from bigger rivals (Reuters)
I don't think Workday was looking to be acquired and is doing an IPO as a consolation prize, as this article suggests.

Sage to dump US business unit? (ZDNet)



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