Links 4/10/2014: Comcast touts 1 million hotspot nodes; Charter still weighing TWC options

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Comcast’s hotspot network grows to 1M nodes, driven by crowdsourced Wi-Fi (Gigaom)
Interesting map showing how dense coverage is in the Philly area. Of course, many of the hotspots are in subcribers' homes.

Cablevision names Kristin Dolan COO (Multichannel News)

Charter Weighs Consequences of Time Warner Cable Bidding War (Bloomberg)


Aereo Plans To Launch Chromecast Support On May 29th (TechCrunch)


Newtown Square Company Submits Proposal To Post Digital, 3-D Ads In Center City (CBS Philly)


Building the Future of Marketing: Monetate Launches New Platform; Democratizes Digital Marketing (PR Newswire)

IBM acquires Silverpop to boost its online marketing personalization products (PC World)

ADP Dealer Services to spin-off and go public (Automotive News)

Greenphire, ERT Tie Patient Reporting and Compensation (Applied Clinical Trials)


Heartland Payment Systems Acquires MCS Software, Signaling Ongoing Growth of Heartland School Solutions Division
(Business Wire)

EPAM EVP Karl Robb to Retire in Early 2015 -- Expected to Remain on Board; Comments on First Quarter 2014 Results (Thomson Reuters ONE)

Changes at Cablevision: Its a family affair

Tom Paine

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Cablevision, the Long Island-based cable and broadband provider, announced today that Brian G. Sweeney has ben appointed President and Kristin A. Dolan has been named Chief Operating Officer. These appointments are effective immediately, the company says, and Mr. Sweeney and Ms. Dolan will report to Cablevision Chief Executive Officer James L. Dolan, who will no longer serve as president. The Dolan family financially controls Cablevision.

Kristin A. Dolan

Ms. Dolan, who has been with Cablevision for over two decades and has been a key executive as well as a board member, is the wife of James Dolan. Sweeney is married to Deborah Dolan-Sweeney, James Dolan's sister, who is also a director of the company. Cablevision was founded by Charles Dolan, who is still chairman of the company.

The New York Post reported last year that James and Kristin Dolan had entered into a trial separation (confirmed to the Post by James Dolan), but apparently they are still married at this time. Cablevision declined to comment on their personal relationship.

The Dolan family also controls Madison Square Company along with the Knicks and Rangers.

There has been some limited speculation that Cablevision could factor into the consolidation efforts taking place in the industry.

Links 4/9/2014: One Kings Lane CEO to Fanatics; MapQuest reboots

Comcast defends Time Warner Cable merger plan in FCC filing (LA Times)


Examining the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger and the Impact on Consumers (Senate Judiciary Committee)

7 Quotes That Tell You Everything About the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Hearing (Mashable)


One Kings Lane Loses CEO Doug Mack To Fanatics (TechCrunch)
Fanatics is a part of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC.

MapQuest Aims For Reboot With New Content, Partners, UI (SearchEngineLand)
Although it started in Lancaster and has mostly migrated to Denver, MapQuest still has a
small development group in Lancaster last time I checked.

NetProspex Raises $13M in Series C After Highest-Ever Quarterly Results (Bostinno)
Edison Ventures leads along with Spring Lake Equity Partners.

TraderTools Announces Receipt of Follow-On Investment and Record 2013 (PR Newswire)
Receives follow-on investment led by Edison Ventures.


SAP continues cloud push with Business Suite subscription model (Computerworld UK)


Clearvision CEO Thanks Mayor of Philadelphia (Clearvision Blog)

Growing dev-tool maker Atlassian takes $150M to reward its employees (VentureBeat)

Science Center and Drexel University Announce New Collaborative Workspace is Now Accepting Applications (Business Wire)

Let the games begin: Comcast files, hearings tomorrow

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Comcast today filed, along with its intended merger partner Time Warner Cable, their joint Applications and Public Interest Statement with the FCC, as well as a post under EVP David Cohen's name on Comcast's corporate website. This is in advance of tomorrow's hearings in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

Cohen also expanded upon Comcast's arguments for the merger in a morning press call.

The Judiciary Committee will hear tomorrow from Cohen and Time Warner Cable Executive Vice President Arthur Minson.

A separate panel will include Gene Kimmelman, President And CEO, Public Knowledge, who was at the Justice Department's Antitrust Division when it approved the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal and stopped AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.

Christopher S. Yoo  /Penn Website

Also on that panel will be Christopher S. Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor Of Law, Communication, And Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Law School. According to his Penn bio, Yoo "has emerged as one of the nation’s leading authorities on law and technology. His research focuses on how the principles of network engineering and the economics of imperfect competition can provide insights into the regulation of electronic communications. He has been a leading voice in the 'network neutrality' debate that has dominated Internet policy over the past several years."


While congressional hearing schedules can sometimes be fluid, this one is scheduled to begin at 10am. The hearings are being streamed here.

Links 4/8/2014: SAP HANA cloud solutions now offered via subscription

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Solutions powered by SAP HANA Now Offered Via Subscription
(PR Newswire)

SAP offers Business Suite via cloud: The slow migration begins
(ZDNet)


Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe (Computer Weekly)

Jerry Yang, Box, Workday Founders Invest In Disruptive Supply Chain SaaS Elementum (TechCrunch)

InfoBionic Raises $17M Series B Financing Led by Safeguard Scientifics (Safeguard Scientifics Press Release)

Challenges and optimism on tech's role in Philly (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Comcast filing defends Time Warner Cable deal (USA Today)

Comcast Considers Offering Wireless Mobile Phone Plan (Business Insider)

DirecTV and Weather Channel ink carriage deal, ending dispute (LA Times)



Golf Network, Wi-Fi Firm to Speak on Comcast-Time Warner
(Bloomberg)

How public agencies spend too much on software (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Links 4/7/2014: Politico on 'Comcast's strategic conquest'; Layoffs at KOP's hibu

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Marketing automation giant Vocus acquired for $446.5M (VentureBeat)

Splunk, Qlik Have Large Opportunites, Says Macqaurie; Tableau Shares Too Pricey (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital was a seed funder of Cover.

A BROKEN PLACE: THE SPECTACULAR FAILURE OF THE STARTUP THAT WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD (Fast Company)
On the failure of former SAP executive Shai Agassi's electric car venture.

CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz (Computer Weekly)


Comcast's strategic conquest (Politico)

Comcast Shares Are Down, but Time Warner Cable Deal Is Still Safe (New York Times: DealBook)

Broadcast lobbyist Gordon Smith blasts FCC in speech at NAB show (LA Times)

Penn's South Bank campus prepares to take off (Philly.com)


Verizon acquires Cincinnati Bell's spectrum for $210M (CNET)

Layoffs announced at hibu in King of Prussia (Times Herald)

Senate hearing on Comcast merger comes amid major concerns
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow (New York Times)


How Comcast Bought the Democratic Party (National Review Online)

One big reason we lack Internet competition: Starting an ISP is really hard (Ars Technica)

Philly Tech People News 4/6/2014: Shakeup at Alteva; New CFO at Monetate

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Revitas Welcomes Brian Madocks as CEO to Lead Next Chapter of Growth
Paul Winn stays on as Chairman of the Board after another year of sales growth and traction in new markets (Business Wire)

Monetate Appoints Bob Lawson as Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

Alteva Implements Management Changes and Announces Organizational Restructuring (Marketwire)


Comcast veteran Joe Waz named NBCU content protection counselor (FierceCable)

Comcast-Spectacor brings in NBC Sports Group’s Sheehey, will work to bundle services (Sports Business Journal via Paciolan.com)


Comcast exec Johnston named SVP of operations at SCTE (FierceCable)

OKI Data Americas Welcomes Akio Samata as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Marketwire)

Synchronoss Appoints Karen Rosenberger to CFO, Executive Vice President and Treasurer (Business Wire)

Universal Display Corporation Names Richard C. Elias to Its Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Saturday Highlights: Google's new TV Plans? Oracle becomes 'kinder, gentler' ?

Layoffs at Star-Ledger, NJ.com, other Advance newspapers top 300 (Newark Star-Ledger)

Exclusive: this is Android TV (The Verge)


Hubspot, Marketo, Eloqua: New data shows marketing automation market share in unprecedented detail (VentureBeat)

Oracle Becomes 'Kinder, Gentler,' President Hurd Claims (Information Week)
Doesn't spare SAP from barbs, though.

Time for a UX Revolution, Not Evolution (Geoff Scott/ASUG News)

GrubHub, with some Philly roots, raises $192 million in IPO

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GrubHub, the online food ordering service which merged with Seamless last year, has raised $192 million in an IPO. After trading started today, its shares rose 31 percent to $34.
.
New York-based Seamless, founded in 1999 by Jason Finger and Paul Appelbaum as SeamlessWeb, received early venture backing from Conshohocken-based SeventySix Capital in 2000. Philadelphia-based food service giant Aramark acquired SeamlessWeb in 2006. Spectrum Equity acquired a $50 million stake in SeamlessWeb from Aramark in 2011, and Aramark spun off the rest of the company to its private equity shareholders in 2012.

When Chicago-based GrubHub merged last year with Seamless, Seamless was said to be the larger entity. GrubHub revenue rose 67 percent to $137 million last year, although an apples-to-apples comparison of both GrubHub's and Seamless' 2013 revenue bases suggest a slower rate. It opened today with a valuation of about $2 billion.

Seamless, which still operates as a separate brand within GrubHub, generates most of its
revenue by serving large business customers.

Links 4/4/2014

IMS Health IPO at $20/share, values co at about $6.64 billion
(Reuters)

SAP wants to make business users head-over-heels for HANA with new MOOC (PC World)

As the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger process gets going, expect more talk about peering (Gigaom)

Google Wireless: Google Fiber cities could get mobile service, but to what end? (Ars Technica)

A.C. Moore Crafts Mobile Engagement App for Customers, Powered by MicroStrategy Alert (PR Newswire)