Philly Tech People News 4/20/2014

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Sungard Availability Services Appoints Josh Crowe as Chief Technology Officer (PR Newswire)

Relay Taps Lisa Herman to Lead Client Delivery Efforts as Growth in Client and Customer Base Expands (Marketwire)

Sources: Mitchko-Beale out at Cablevision (Multichannel News)

Horsham firm riding TV set-top box boom (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Aereo’s CEO on the future of Netflix, TV sports and the public airwaves (Gigaom)

Antennas for us all: How Aereo wound up at the Supreme Court
(Ars Technica)

Can 'WiFi First' Work? (Multichannel News)

Saturday Highlights: NY Times on Comcast's David Cohen

Comcast’s Real Repairman (New York Times)
On David Cohen.

Comcast not laughing at Franken, Poehler act (NY Post)


OpenSSL and Linux: A Tale of Two Open-Source Projects (NY Times: Bits)
Eric Steven Raymond comments.

As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month (Re/code)

Here’s a look inside a typical VC’s pipeline (VentureBeat)

Kanojia Calls Broadcasters’ 'Rube Goldberg' Knock On Aereo 'Insane' (Multichannel News)

Comcast and Time Warner to sell subscribers to Charter (FT via CNBC)

Digital Security: Why Do So Many Still Say “No”? (Ari Jacoby/Re/code)
Ari Jacoby is CEO and cofounder of Solve Media.

ARRIS Acquires SeaWell Networks (PR Newswire)

Links 4/17/2014: Fortune on Monetate; SAP sales, earnings miss estimates

SAP Sales, Earnings Miss Estimates Amid Shift to Online (Bloomberg)

Germany's SAP braced for continued currency crunch (Reuters)

SAP Profit Grows as Businesses Flock to Web Services -- Update (Dow Jones Newswires)

SAP CRM Strategy, Hybris Take Front-Seat in Q1 Earnings Call (ASUG News)

Outside Philadelphia, the digital marketing company Monetate is rapidly growing. So is its business opportunity. (Fortune Tech)


Infor CEO Phillips talks cloud, UI, and industry focus (ZDNet)

IBM profit falls on weak hardware sales, transition costs (PC World)



Are Silicon Valley CEOs Endorsing Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal? (Re/code)

Linode Invests $45 Million to Retool its Infrastructure (Data Center Knowledge)
Linode is based in Galloway, near Atlantic City.

Linode raises Hourly Billing flag against Digital Ocean pirates
VPS-vs-VPS fight brings billing parity to hosting market (The Register)

The price of being webscale: Google spent $2.35B on infrastructure in Q1 (Gigaom)

Hadoop analytics startup Karmasphere sells itself to FICO (Gigaom)


I Xchange winners announced by Ben Franklin Tech Partners (Lehigh Valley Business)

Links 4/16: QVC expands to France; Did Verizon astroturf in effort to change NJ regs?

QVC To Expand European Presence To France (PR Newswire)

Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy (Computer Weekly)

Verizon led massive astroturf campaign to end NJ broadband obligation (Ars Technica)

Comcast's Enemy May Be Comcast (Holman Jenkins/WSJ)

TWC To Make Its WiFi Network Looks Like Cellular (Multichannel News)

Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling (TechCrunch)

Barry Diller Talks Murdoch Succession, Pegs Aereo Supreme Court Odds at '50-50' (Q&A) (Hollywood Reporter)
Diller also discusses QVC experience: "I mean, everybody said to me: "You can't do that. You can't go to Philadelphia!."



LevelUp exploits smart bundling to drop credit card interchange fees to 1.95%, saving merchants boatloads (Pando Daily)

Technology Slump Fuels Concern Startup Values May Follow
(Bloomberg)

Links 4/15/2014: Twitter buys FRC-backed Gnip; Battle versus old & new BI

Thanks, Amazon – we'll take it from here: SAP muscles in on cloud subscriptions (The Register)

SAP users rattle sabers over charges for user-friendly Fiori apps (PC World)

With Gnip Buy, Twitter Starts Taking Its Data Business Seriously
(Re/code)
First Round Capital was a seed investor in Gnip.

CIOs should prepare for the battle between old BI and new BI
(SearchCIO)

FCC should approve the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger but keep a watchful eye (Editorial/Washington Post)



Amber Road: Five Buys as Street Initiates Untypical Cloud Company from East Rutherford (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Radnor-based Cross Atlantic Capital Partners was a major backer of Amber Road.

Links 4/14/2014: NY Times on Drexel's development plans; Netflix ups speed on Comcast

Drexel Works to Build Up Philadelphia (New York Times)

Time is running out for Box competitors (Fortune Tech)

Dropbox For Business Targets Enterprise IT (Information Week)


New IBM Services Target Security And Disaster Recovery (TechCrunch)

Philly-based Cloudamize Launches Cloud Estimator To Simplify Infrastructure Migration to AWS (PR Web)


Netflix streaming speeds on Comcast jump 65 percent after controversial deal (The Verge)

Comcast Takes Full Control Of FEARnet, To Fold It In Into Chiller & Syfy (Deadline Hollywood)



Relativity Bids Up to $1.1B for Maker Studios (Broadcasting & Cable)
But Maker Studios, which had already agreed to be acquired by Disney, says no thanks.

EPAM Acquires Healthcare Technology Consulting Firm, Netsoft USA
(Thomson Reuters ONE)


The Great Agency Adventure series: Introducing one man's quest to work for 14 agencies in 14 months (The Drum)
Last month he was at Philly's Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners.

Norcross says he'd pay $77M for Philly newspapers (AP via DELCO Times)

Format of Inquirer auction could start to take form
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

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Daily Candy Exec Alison Moore Named GM, EVP of NBCUniversal's TV Everywhere (The Wrap)

Cablevision Announces Executive Leadership Changes
Brian G. Sweeney Appointed President
Kristin A. Dolan Named Chief Operating Officer (Business Wire)


SAP appoints Ravi Chauhan as India MD (Livemint)

EPAM EVP Karl Robb to Retire in Early 2015 -- Expected to Remain on Board (Reuters Thomson ONE)


Susquehanna Growth Equity Announces Addition To Its Team (PR Newswire)

Samir Zabaneh Joins Heartland Payment Systems® as CFO (PR Web)


JetPay Corporation Appoints Michael J. McGovern Chief Operating Officer (Business Wire)

JetPay Payment Services Hires Payments Expert Nancy Ann Barnhart As Chief Information Officer (Business Wire)

OKI Data Americas Promotes Mark Hansinger to Vice President, U.S. Channel Sales (Marketwire)


Former Comcast and Charter exec joins Pace (Multichannel News)

Saturday Highlights: Comcast's Roberts, Burke received equal 2013 comp; NY Times on Franken's campaign against Comcast

Comcast's Roberts and Burke each get $31 million in 2013 compensation (LA Times)

ZEFR Is Selling MovieClips To Comcast’s Fandango (TechCrunch)
First Round Capital was an early investor in MovieClips.

Franken’s Campaign Against Comcast Is No Joke (New York Times)

Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com (PC World)