Lenovo introduces new thin client device using King of Prussia-based Devon IT technology

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Lenovo, the world's largest PC maker, announced today at VMworld 2013 the introduction of the Lenovo ThinkCentre M32 thin client, developed in collaboration with King of Prussia-based Devon IT and incorporating Devon IT thin client technology.

The new product and the relationship with Lenovo are significant for Devon IT, which needed to recover from the loss of its supplier arrangement with Dell after Dell acquired thin client leader Wyse Technology last year. Earlier this year Devon IT also established a similar relationship with #4 Acer.

Lenovo surpassed HP as the largest PC maker in number of shipments in the second quarter, both Gartner and IDC reported. Lenovo, which is based in China and acquired IBM's former PC business in 2005, has its US headquarters in the Raleigh-Durham area. Late last year it established an Enterprise Product Group to put greater emphasis on larger enterprises, where most thin client sales occur.

Devon IT has evolved into a company that primarily provides the technology (OS and network management software) for thin client devices rather than manufacturing them.

Daily Links 8/26/2013: HP to offer SAP's HANA-as-a-service; news from VMworld

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HP to offer SAP's HANA-as-a-service (The Register)
Beginning from Australia data center.

SAP adds player tool at NFL.com (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Ballmer Departure From Microsoft Was More Sudden Than Portrayed by the Company (All Things D)


VMware Killed the Past. Can It Claim the Future? (New York Times: Bits)

Amazon and Microsoft, beware—VMware cloud is more ambitious than we thought (Ars Technica)

Amazon's weekend cloud outage highlights EBS problems (The Register)

Flash-storage pioneer Violin Memory quietly files for its IPO (Gigaom)

Nearly a Year After IPO, Workday Appears to Be Working Out (All Things D)


JetPay® Signs Agreement With Respect To $40 Million Capital Investment From Flexpoint Ford, LLC (Business Wire)

HealthTech Accelerates with DreamIt Health (Elliot Menschik MD PhD/Wharton Entrepreneurship Blog)

Wayne software company [Arcplan] hiring — slowly (Peter Key/Philadelphia Business Journal)


Brewer Yuengling talks Corbett, taxes, unions (AP via Philly.com)
Says he's not worth a billion, as Forbes suggested.

Philly Tech People News 8/25/2013

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Co-founder & CTO of SevOne joins Xtium’s Board of Directors
(Xtium Blog)

Phillip Merrick Joins Revitas Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Ex-Comcast Exec Juliano Joins Gainspeed Board (Multichannel News)

Richard Friedman Named Chief Technology Officer of MeetMe (Business Wire)

Matthew Ferry Joins Artisan Team as Vice President of Sales (Business Wire)



Compas Appoints Alya Sherman to SVP, Alliance Management (PR Web)

Cablevision Clock Ticking as Paulson Sees Sale: Real M&A (Bloomberg)

Gartner: Amazon’s still the one to beat in IaaS (Diginomica)

Comcast highlights for week: Roberts spends time with Obama on Vineyard; WSJ on Steve Burke

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The Wall Street Journal has a feature article on Steve Burke and his effort to turn around
NBC Universal (subscription). Somewhat mixed results, it suggests.

Is Comcast inching into the cartoon biz? Its Universal Studios just bought film rights to the new Boom! Studios comic Day Men just a month after its launch. This follows the success of another Boom! Studios strip turned movie released by Universal, "2 Guns", which had a #1 debut at the box office early this month.

Comcast Chairman & CEO Brian Roberts spent time again this year with President Obama on Martha's Vineyard. Roberts golfed with the President and he and his wife Aileen hosted a cocktail reception for Obama at their home.

Geekwire's Todd Bishop give's Comcast's Xfinity X1 a glowing review.

Comcast apologized Wednesday for a letter an agent of the firm sent to online news site TorrentFreak, saying it was an error. The cease & desist letter ordered the site to remove a copy of a document from its website even though the document was from publicly available court records.

Perceived Missteps May have Hit a Tipping Point for Ballmer (CIO.com)

Ben Franklin gets his own high-tech museum in Philly (USA Today)

Links 8/23/2013: Ballmer leaving as Microsoft CEO in a year

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Technology company expands in Chester County (Philadelphia Business Journal)

For Ballmer, Resistance Was Futile (All Things D)

Ballmer Exit Leaves Microsoft Searching for Hero in Slump
(Bloomberg)

Microsoft's Ballmer on his biggest regret, the next CEO and more (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

SAP licensing – more clarity or clear as mud? (Dennis Howlett/Diginomica)

Wawa Turns to SAP to Power Entry Into New Markets (Convenience Store News)

SAP Channel Exec Explains ByDesign Issues and Future (Accounting Today)


QVC Launches Second Linear Channel
QVC Plus Counts DirecTV, Bright House as Affiliates (Multichannel News)

Newgistics adds e-commerce to its fulfillment services (Internet Retailer)
Positioning itself as full-service competitor to eBay Enterprise (formerly GSI Commerce).

Penn Brings Two Coding Contests Together with HACKFest (Penn News)

Philadelphia's QLIDA Diagnostics developing next-generation biomarker diagnostics (Keystone Edge)

QlikTech announces open data competition

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Radnor-based QlikTech, the user-driven business intelligence software vendor, today announced a competition that may appeal to the very enthusiastic open data and civic hacker community in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Its "Take Action Open Data Challenge”, a global competition, will offer three cash prizes, including a top prize of $10,000, for the best apps built on QlikTech software using open, public data sources to analyze important societal problems such as poverty, healthcare issues, education, transportation, and the environment.

The Take Action Open Data Challenge is open to all QlikView customers, partners, developers, and fans, the company's website says.

The app submission deadline is October 31, 2013, and the top three winners will be announced on December 2, 2013. Participants can download the QlikView Personal Edition for free and get more information about the competition here.

Links 8/22/2013: Comcast says TorrentFreak cease & desist a mistake; CBS/Time Warner Cable standoff approaching three weeks

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Comcast Says It Threatened TorrentFreak By Mistake (Multichannel News)

Disney’s ESPN Holds Preliminary Talks for Web-Based TV (Bloomberg)

Les Moonves Can’t Understand Why Time Warner Cable Won’t Pay CBS What Verizon Just Did (All Things D)
CBS blackout on TWC approaching three weeks.

Nasdaq Market Halts Trading (New York Times: DealBook)

Uber Filing in Delaware Shows TPG Investment at $3.5 Billion Valuation; Google Ventures Also In (All Things D)



SAP introduces flexible on-premise licensing and possible maintenance termination (Computerworld UK)

Amazon tightens grip on cloud market, report shows (The Register)


HIMSS: Extend MU Stage 2 Deadline (Information Week)


QlikTech Challenges Data Enthusiasts, Developers, and Designers to Use Public Data to Change the World
“Take Action Open Data Challenge” encourages global participants to use QlikView to create insights that inspire positive change and could win them up to $10,000 (Business Wire)



Software AG snaps up JackBe for fresh analytics and visualization push (Gigaom)

Top Philly companies on 2013 Inc. 5000

Here are Inc. Magazine's top companies in the Philly Metro area (based on revenue growth) on the 2013 Inc. 5000. Interesting numbers on some companies that I haven't seen before.

Links 8/21/2013: Comcast, NFL Films face legal issues

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Is Google Ready to Buy Its Way Into TV With an NFL Deal? (All Things D)

Ex-players suing NFL Films (AP)

Comcast threatens to sue news site for posting public court document (Ars Technica)

Comcast Looks to Block Sports Fans Suing Over High Cable TV Costs (Hollywood Reporter)


Goldman Sachs ponies up $40M to fund SugarCRM (Gigaom)

Amid Executive Changes, HP Posts Declining Q3 Revenue Of $27.2B As Its PC Division Weakens (TechCrunch)

PhillyDeals: SunGard leaders fighting to catch up (Philly.com)
Update: Clarification to earlier story.

Acumatica and the cloud ERP Game of Thrones (Diginomica)


Voxware Surges through FY 2013 with New Products, Users, and Customer Upgrades
Company realizes 5th consecutive quarter of growth (Business Wire)