Links 12/12/2013: Comcast appoints new strategy chief; Aereo to Supreme Court - Bring it on









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Exclusive: Hellman & Friedman looks to sell HR software firm Kronos - sources (Reuters)
Report says SAP has shown little interest so far.

Avon slams the brakes on SAP deployment, proving once again that enterprise software is hard (Gigaom)

Wait, I Thought SAP Business ByDesign Was Dead? (ASUG News)



Google and fellow tech giants move into shopping malls (Inside Bay Area)

Oracle Seen Losing Share To Cloud Rivals, Downgraded (Investor's Business Daily)

Comcast's Future
Thinking outside the set-top box (The Economist)


Comcast Appoints Strategy Chief Amid Industry Merger Speculation (Bloomberg)

Cablevision: Case against Aereo could destroy cloud computing (and our cloud DVR) (Engadget)

Aereo Won't Oppose Supreme Court Battle (Hollywood Reporter)

Cisco Is Keeping Its TV Set-Top Box Business, and That’s That (AllThingsD)


Pa. pension board: We'll hire investigators (Philly.com: Philly Deals)








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Links 12/11/2013: Epicor moving 200 jobs from Yardley to Bensalem; DreamIt gets $3mm from Drexel







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Comcast Expands Silicon Valley Presence
MSO’s Innovation Center Now Employs About 250 Engineers (Multichannel News)

Comcast to Bring More Nets, Cable Ops to ‘See It’ Social-Viewing Service on Twitter (Variety)



Comcast says Astros unwilling to put CSN Houston’s best interests first (Houston Chronicle)


Scripps Networks Interactive Shares Jump on Speculation Discovery Could Make Bid (Hollywood Reporter)


SAP finally solves developer licensing, launches SAP River, more open source (Denn Howlett/Diginomica)


HP pushes hybrid cloud with Windows Azure and SAP HANA support (v3.co.uk)


Is ERP technology going nowhere -- or everywhere? (SearchFinancialApplications)


Software firm Epicor moves 200 jobs from Yardley to Bensalem (Bucks County Courier Times)

DreamIt Ventures gets new home, $3M donation (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Horizon BCBS won't renew health plans cancelled under Obamacare (Newark Star-Ledger)




Reader Poll: Should PA Society Be Moved to PA? (Politics PA)

Square Acquires Evenly, A Venmo Competitor For Sending And Receiving Payments With Friends (TechCrunch)






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Links 12/10/2013: Comcast expands Silicon Valley Innovation Center






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Verizon's McAdam: New FiOS markets are not in the cards (FierceTelecom)

Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia Says Company Selling Out Capacity in Some Cities (Hollywood Reporter)

Comcast Expands Silicon Valley Innovation Center to Foster Collaboration and Continued Product Innovation (PR Newswire)

Time Warner CEO Bewkes: Only Comcast and Verizon Do VOD Right (Variety)

Here’s how AT&T is going to build its gigabit service in Austin (Gigaom)


Norcross doubles holdings in Philly newspapers (AP via Philly.com)




SAP partners with Vancouver health care data startup (IT World
Canada)

Oracle becomes sponsor of OpenStack Foundation (PC World)


Magento offers retailers more services as part of eBay Enterprise
(Internet Retailer)


Philadelphia CIOs Reveal 2014 Hiring Plans
Robert Half Technology Survey Finds Continued IT Hiring (PR Newswire)

Business, money, politics in Delaware - I and II (Philly.com: Philly Deals)







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Publicis adds to area healthcare communications assets, buying Horsham-based Verilogue







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Publicis, which already owns a number of heathcare communications assets in the area, today announced it was acquiring Horsham-based Verilogue (pdf), a healthcare analytics firm specializing in analyzing patient-physician communications.

By using technology to (confidentially and with patient approval) track and analyze patient-provider interactions, Verilogue may provide insights that can help improve healthcare communications and training.

Founded in 2006, Verilogue will maintain its current headquarters and 31 employees, the company said. It will continue to be run by co-founder and current CEO Jeff Kozloff.

Lead investor Edison Ventures will exit. Terms were not disclosed.

Publicis Health brands with a presence in the Phildelphia area include Saatchi & Saatchi Health, Publicis Life Brands, Digitas Health, Razorfish Healthware, Publicis Health Media, and Publicis Touchpoint Solutions. Another Publicis company, Princeton-based Rosetta, also has a sizeable healthcare practice.


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Links 12/9/2013: AllThingsD editors said to complete NBCUniversal deal; IMS Health may go public again







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Verizon Is Acquiring Content Delivery Network EdgeCast For More Than $350 Million (TechCrunch)

IMS Health Said to Be Considering IPO in 2014 After 2010 Buyout (Bloomberg)
Headquartered in Connecticut, IMS Health maintains major facilities in Collegeville and
Plymouth Meeting.

AllThingsD Editors Are Said to Complete NBCUniversal Deal (Bloomberg)

Time Warner Cable Exec Addresses Sale Rumors (Hollywood Reporter)



Norcross-led firm boosts holdings in Inquirer parent
(Philadelphia Business Journal)


SAP InfiniteInsight® Solution Brings Predictive Analytics to Broad Spectrum of Users (PR Newswire)

SAP: Advanced Analytics Not Just For PhDs Anymore (Information Week)


IBM Announces Industry-Specific Cloud Services (CRM Daily)


CIOs question Meaningful Use Stage 2 extension (FierceHealthIT)

Life sciences IT execs plan business intelligence spending blitz (Fierce Biotech IT)

Unisys Scores Department of Energy Cloud Contract (Talkin' Cloud)



PhillyDeals: N.J. tech company feeling the lure of Philly (Philly.com: Philly Deals)







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Philly Tech People News 12/8/2013










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Comcast Wholesale tabs Porch as VP & GM of AdDelivery (CED Magazine)

TWC Names Jain Chief Operating Officer (Multichannel News)

Time Warner Cable Names Deals Chief Amid Merger Speculation (Bloomberg)

Commonwealth CIO Named "Premier 100 IT Leader" by Computerworld Magazine (PR Newswire)

Willis Ware, 93, Engineer at Dawn of Computer Age, Dies (New York Times)


Buchanan Public Relations Promotes Five (Buchanan Public Relations)










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Malvern firm making strides in home automation (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


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Campbell Soup's Pearl Harbor Day SpaghettiOs tweet draws attention, mixed reaction (Update: tweet removed with apology)






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Adam Kmiec, Director, Global Digital Marketing and Social Media, of Camden-based The Campbell Soup Company has received a good deal of attention for his efforts to try to elevate Campbell's social media footprint. See this profile on him from Marketing Land last month.

However, a graphic in a tweet for its SpaghettiOs brand posted late last night for Pearl Harbor Day has created some controversy and mixed feedback from the twittersphere:



Some criticize the tweet as being in bad taste for the way it commemorates (and perhaps commercializes) such a tragic event; others defend it as being appropriate and patriotic. In any event, the attention its attracted has refreshed brand awareness for an ancient brand, which may be a net positive. And some have inserted the graphic in the middle of
other important historical photographs:






Not to be overlooked is the fact that several of Campbell's brands worked long and hard to meet the food needs of US troops during World War II.

What do you think?

(Update: I'm not sure if the graphic is still up now.)

It does appear to be gone from the SpaghettiOs twitter account, but I've embedded it from
another account.




SpaghettiOs has indeed removed the tweet, and added this statement in a new tweet: "We apologize for our recent tweet in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. We meant to pay respect, not to offend".

Update 12/10: Adam Kmiec apparently left Campbell's sometime in early December, before the Pearl Harbor tweet was posted, according to Marketing Land.

Also, Campbell's announced on December 13 that Yin Woon Rani had been appointed Vice President, Integrated Marketing, a new position, with responsibilities including digital marketing and social media.




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Saturday Highlights 12/7/2013: Report: Comcast retains JPMorgan Chase for advice on Time Warner Cable bid; How SAP got its social media act together



Comcast seeks advice on potential Time Warner Cable bid -sources
 (Reuters)

Is Google building a Nexus TV box to push development for Android on TV? (Gigaom)

AT&T, Comcast Gain From Subsidy Paid for by Customers (Bloomberg)



How SAP got its social media act together (CITEworld)

Custom software helps cities manage school choice (Philadelphia Public School Notebook)

Old school vs. new school as academic publishers brawl over Web (CNET News)


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Links 12/6/2013: Commissioner predicts FCC would block Comcast-Time Warner deal; Top PA pension investment chief steps down facing inquiry






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Time Warner Cable’s Next CEO Ready to Sell If the Price Is Right (Bloomberg)

Commissioner predicts FCC would block Comcast-Time Warner deal (The Hill)

Facing investigation, top Pa. pension investment officer steps down (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


Accenture Closes Procurian Deal: May the 2014 Procurement BPO “Hunger Games” Begin (Spend Matters)

Supreme Court to review patents on software (Gigaom)

Opening the $112 million Box for global expansion (and IPO?) (Diginomica)

Veeva Systems Beats Third-Quarter Estimates (Investor's Business Daily)

SAP Plans to Bolster Korean Alliances to Hasten Cloud Switch (Bloomberg)

Heavy ERP customization no longer in vogue, experts and customers agree (SeachSAP)



IBM lays plans to be a cloud storage broker (PC World)


Wynn seeks Philly-based director of online gaming (PLANPHILLY via Philly.com)








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Veeva Systems posts first public earnings report; revenue up 54%







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Veeva Systems, the California-based life sciences SaaS company that completed its IPO in October, issued its first quarterly earnings report as a public company today. Veeva has a significant presence in Delaware and Montgomery counties.

Revenue was $55 million, up 54% year-over-year. The company maintained its pre-IPO profitability, with net (GAAP) income of $6.5 million, up 13% from last year.

“There are tremendous opportunities to move life sciences companies from legacy applications to the cloud,” said chief executive officer Peter Gassner in a statement.

Veeva cited its CRM market leadership as recognized by IDC, its 50th Veeva Vault customer,and the launching of its Veeva Network offering as being significant milestones for the quarter, in addition to the IPO.

Subscription services revenue, Veeva's most significant revenue metric, grew 95% year-over-year.

Full year revenue guidance was for $204-205 million, or annual growth of 58 to 59%.

In response to a question about Veeva's continued use of Salesforce's Force.com platform for its CRM offering during the earnings conference call, Gasser indicated that if Veeva had to change platforms it could, but he didn't think it would be in the best interests of customers.

Veeva priced its IPO shares at $20 and they ended yesterday trading at $41, giving the company a market value of about $5 billion.


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