Daily Links 2/18/2013: Berwyn-based SAP consultant Diagonal acquired

Who's Right In The Oracle-Forrester Slugfest?
(Read Write Enterprise)

Diagonal Consulting is acquired by G3 Global (Business Wire)
SAP consultant Diagonal is based in Berwyn.

Comcast Buys NBCUniversal (Guest Cartoonist Mike Peters) (The Moderate Voice)

LG Display to invest $657 million in OLED industry (ZDNet)
What might this mean for Ewing, NJ-based Universal Display (PANL)?

Infor Streamlines the Online Orientation Process for the Pennsylvania Office of Administration (Marketwire)

HealthShare will let insurers and health-care providers share patients' data electronically (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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MeetMe® Names David Clark as Chief Financial Officer (Marketwire)
Was previously CFO of Nutrisystem.

Tribune Appoints Larry Wert As President Of Local Broadcasting (PR Newswire)

Welcome Aboard, Captain Lance (Delphic Digital)

Retired InterDigital Vice President and Chief Scientist Brian Kiernan Named Recipient of IEEE Computer Society Hans Karlsson Award (PR Newswire)

Elemica's Rich Katz Named 2013 Supplier Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine (Marketwire)

RatnerPrestia Welcomes IP Litigator, Robert A. McKinley (PR Web)




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The Real Battle At Dell (Roman Stanek/TechCrunch)

Daily Links 2/15/2013: NBA debuts SAP HANA-powered stats

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NBA debuts HANA-powered stats (SAP Watch)

Violin Memory Is Raising More Money Ahead of Planned May IPO (All Things D)
Important to SAP's in-memory plans.

Qlik Q4 Proves Comeback From Poor Q2; Stock Soars (Investor's Business Daily)

IDC: Outsourcing sector needs rescue fund for cloudy customers (Channel Register)

Startup Creates Yelp-like Site, but for Business Apps
G2 Crowd makes reviewers use their LinkedIn credentials to ensure fair play (CIO.com)

Oracle Fusion and More Blue Ocean Strategy (Denis Pombriant/Enterprise Irregulars)


SideCar Acquires Austin-Based Ride-Sharing Startup Heyride, Will Soon Launch In 7 New Markets (TechCrunch)
Will roll out ride-sharing in Philadelphia this weekend.

Evolve IP Releases OSSmosis Enterprise Cloud Manager Based on Red Hat’s ManageIQ Technologies
Groundbreaking infrastructure automation tool allows customers to monitor, manage, and access virtual resources in the cloud (Business Wire)

FCC: ISPs Making Good on Advertised Broadband Speeds (PC Magazine)

Longtime Rendell adviser, Comcast exec David Cohen backs Corbett
(AP via Philadelphia Inquirer)
Will this include a fundraising dinner at his home?

DirecTV's fourth-quarter profit, revenue rises (Reuters)

Former steel property eyed for post-incubator center (Lehigh Valley Business)




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QlikTech posts strong Q4 2012 results; CFO to resign for "personal reasons" Update: shares up 20% today

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Radnor-based Business Intelligence vendor QlikTech today released 4th quarter and full year 2012 financial results.

Total revenue increased 27% in the 4th quarter to $137.5 million, and 41% in the Americas. For the full year 2012, revenue was $388.5 million, an increase of 21% from the full year 2011 and 26% on a constant currency basis. GAAP net income for the year was 3.8 million, or $0.04 per diluted common share, down from $9 million last year.

For 2013, QlikTech is providing guidance for revenue for the full year of $465 to $475 million, and non-GAAP income from operations of $50 to $54 million. The midpoint of QlikTech's 2013 revenue projections imply a growth rate of 21%.

QlikTech also announced today Bill Sorenson’s intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer "for personal reasons." He has agreed to stay on in that position until a
successor is found.

Update 2/15/2013: QLIK shares are up 20% today after yesterday's results surpassed
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Today in Philly Tech History 2/13/1988: Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. celebrates twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding

February 13, 2013: Cockpit instrumentation systems integrator Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (IS&S) (NASDAQ:ISSC) celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding in 1988.

The Exton-based company says it "has evolved from engineering and manufacturing CTR stand alone air data instruments to a systems integrator that produces large flat panel cockpit displays with Management System (FMS), GPS, Synthetic Vision (SVS), and Required Navigation Procedure (RNP) capabilities." Geoffrey Hedrick, founder, chairman and CEO of the Company, said in a statement that "“I am more optimistic than I have been in several years about the prospects for the Company as improving market conditions coincide with a number of new products designed for NextGen markets.”

In its last 12 months ending September 30 2012,, IS&S generated revenue of $24.6 million
and net income of $2.98 million. Its stock, currently at $4.37 per share, traded as high as $28 in 2007.




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Daily Links 2/14/2013: SuccessFactors’ “Cloud DNA” Slipping Away from SAP

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NetSuite CEO talks Oracle, SAP and company growth plans (ZDNet)

SuccessFactors’ “Cloud DNA” Slipping Away from SAP (ASUG News)

Amazon makes it cheaper to spread your database around (Gigaom)

Publicis Revenue Leaps 14% in 2012, a Surprise in a 'Disappointing Year' (Ad Age)

As Corbett eyes cuts, investment boss out at Pa.'s $49B teacher pension fund (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Science Center Raises $1 Million for Entrepreneurs Clubhouse (Business Wire)

Intel TV service already being tested by hundreds of users (Gigaom)

Comcast switches to Portland's Elemental Technologies to power iPhone and iPad apps (The Oregonian)

Evidentiary Hearing Commences in ITC Investigation of InterDigital Complaint against Huawei, Nokia and ZTE (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 2/13/2013: More on Comcast's NBCU buyout

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After Declining Wonga Offers, On Deck Lands $42M From IVP, SAP & First Round To Bring Online Lending To Main Street (TechCrunch)

Dell Pressed to Sweeten LBO as T. Rowe Joins Opposition (Bloomberg)

Comcast’s Prime-Time Deal (New York Times: DealBook)

Comcast’s NBC Purchase Pushes Roberts Into Entertainment (Bloomberg)

Time Warner in Talks to Sell Off Majority of Magazines (New York Times: Media Decoder)

More SAP Support Fee Increases on the Way? (ASUG News)

Enterprise Selling: How One Startup Made the Leap (Yesware Blog)
On CloudMine.

ExaGrid and PHD Virtual Team Up to Deliver Enhanced Virtual Data Protection
Technology alliance gives joint customers faster, cost-effective and more reliable disk-based backup in virtual environments (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. and AirStrip Partner to Expand Mobile Patient Monitoring (Business Wire)




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Comcast to buy rest of NBCU from GE for $18.1 billion

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In what is perhaps an acceleration of a planned schedule, Comcast and GE announced today that Comcast would acquire the outstanding 49% of its NBCU joint venture from GE for $18.1 billion. The transaction, which values NBCU at about $39 billion, is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2013.

In addition, GE Capital (GECC) will sell the NBCU occupied floors in 30 Rockefeller Center, and property in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to NBCU affiliates for $1.4 billion in cash. Comcast also said it would raise its dividend 20% and begin a new share buy back program.

Comcast shares are up 9% post-announcement in after hours trading. CEO Brian Roberts will appear on CNBC at 5pm, and the company will hold a press conference tomorrow morning.

Also, here is Comcast's earnings release.



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Daily Links 2/12/2013: Intel Confirms It's Making A Streaming TV Box And Online TV Service

Ernst & Young: Cloud, SaaS dominating tech industry acquisitions (ZDNet)

Cornerstone launches Salesforce native application (ZDNet)

Auditor: US Army's ERP software projects at risk (CIO.com)
One of the major Army ERP projects is being built on SAP.

DELL: T. Rowe Price Joins Opposition to LBO (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Intel Confirms It's Making A Streaming TV Box And Online TV Service (SAI)



Fox and Comcast Announce Comprehensive Programming Agreement
New Accord Provides Entertainment, Sports and Local News to Comcast Xfinity TV Customers In and Out of the Home
Agreement includes FOX Broadcasting and FOX Television Stations Programming in Major Cities (Business Wire)

Fox and Comcast Sign TV Everywhere Pact
Distribution deal covers stations, cable networks (Broadcasting & Cable)

DOJ Wants More Info From Arris, Google on Motorola Home Bid
So-Called 'Second Request' Issued in Conjunction with Antitrust Review (Multichannel News)

Power play: Philadelphia houses U.S. headquarters of a leading maker of networks that manage power grids (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Lockheed in Newtown gets go-ahead to begin work on next GPS III satellites (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Philly-based Pinion Hopes To Finally Get Ambient Activity Tracking Right By Distilling Your Activities To An Essential Few (TechCrunch)