Links 6/13/2014: FCC looking at Comcast's treatment of Netflix

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Flatiron Health's bold proposition to fight cancer with big data
(Fortune)

AT&T accuses Netflix of ‘double-talk’ when it comes to Comcast and Verizon deals (Washington Post)

The FCC is investigating Comcast's treatment of Netflix (Vox)

Univision Owners Said to Weigh a Sale (New York Times: DealBook)


SAP’s Sikka is the New CEO of Infosys, but It’s Not the Job He Wanted (Re/code)

Netsuite CEO Zach Nelson on why his cloud company is eating SAP's lunch (Silicon Valley Business Journal)


​Lock­heed Martin selling Newtown, Pa., facility for $30 million
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

AT&T accuses Netflix of ‘double-talk’ when it comes to Comcast and Verizon deals (Washington Post)

Links 6/12/2014: Ex-SAP exec Sikka to become Infosys CEO; Comcast readying test of YouTube-like entry

Infosys names former SAP executive Sikka as chief executive
(Reuters)
Although the Indian press has been full of reports this would happen, most analysts here
tended to dismiss those reports.

Infosys Hires Ex-SAP Executive as CEO to Revive Margins
(Bloomberg)
Provides more details.

Large SAP customers are eager to enter the cloud, survey finds (PC World)


Dell executive says HP's new Machine architecture is 'laughable' (PC World)



Why is Netflix Strong Arming the Net Neutrality Debate? (Michael Powell/NCTA/The Platform)

Comcast CEO: TWC's Glenn Britt Was a "Real Legend" (NY1)
Roberts credits Britt with originally bringing up idea of Comcast/TWC merger.

Comcast to test its YouTube competitor by the end of the year (Gigaom)

Comcast Whips Up More WiFi (Multichannel News)

Feedly suffers second round of DDoS attacks after perpetrator tried to extort money (The Next Web)

Pa. pension probe: Nothing we had to tell U.S. about; report due Sept. 17 (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

DrugDev’s Dr. Hugo Stephenson Establishes the DrugDev Innovation Lab with Partnerships with Two Cutting-Edge Technology Firms (Business Wire)

MeetMe Achieves New Mobile Traffic Record of 900,000 Daily Active Users (Business Wire)

Links 6/11/2014: LiquidHub's Brassington named Chairman of PACT

PACT Appoints New Chairman of the Board (PACT Press Release)
Jonathan Brassington of LiquidHub.

SAP Partner Organization Overhaul Nearly Complete
(CRN)


With 'The Machine,' HP May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer (Bloomberg)

Oracle In-Memory Option: 6 Key Points (Information Week)

Cable Haters Gonna Hate: Full Code Conference Video of Comcast’s Brian Roberts (Re/code)

Walden: No hearings for Comcast, AT&T mergers (The Hill)


eBay: We're not killing our same-day delivery service (Fortune)

Alibaba’s New U.S. Shopping Site Seems Like a Giant R&D Experiment
(Re/code)

Links 6/10/2014: Netflix says Verizon, Comcast service has slipped in its rankings

Netflix says Verizon, Comcast service has slipped in its rankings (MarketWatch)

Update: Hay to add 65, grow software development at new Philly HQ (Philly.com: Philly Deals)



eBay’s local delivery plans unravel: eBay Now may shut down (VentureBeat)

Plex Systems Secures $50 Million Round of Funding Led by T. Rowe Price, Joining Existing Investors Francisco Partners and Accel Partners
(PR Newswire)

Plex Systems closes on $50M in financing, plans to bring Google Glass to shop floor (Crain's Detroit Business)


Oracle rewrites 'the brain' of its database to take on SAP (The Register)

Oracle's in-memory option aims to beat the rest within 12 months
(ZDNet)

SevOne integrates log analytics into scalable performance monitoring platform (eChannelLine)

Verizon will miss deadline to wire all of New York City with FiOS (Ars Technica)

Tech group calls on feds to block Comcast merger (The Hill)


SAP + eBay = DOA (Unless It’s M&A) (Spend Matters)

Pegasystems Acquires Co-Browsing Tool Firefly, The First Investment By First Round’s Dorm Room Fund (TechCrunch)


Why Apple’s partnership with Epic is a game changer for patients (iMedicalApps)

Philly Tech People News 6/8/2014

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Trifecta Technologies’ Peter Knolle Earns MVP Recognition from Salesforce.com (Trifecta Technologies)

Technical.ly names new Editor in Chief to lead expansion (Philly.com)

Jim Brady plans news org in Philly called Brother.ly (Poynter)



RES Software Taps High-Tech Marketing Veteran Tracey Mustacchio as Chief Marketing Officer (Business Wire)

Newsbyte: SAP Appoints Michael Steinbrecher as Scientific Advisor to Explore the Integration of Big Data into Sports Journalism (PR Newswire)


SAP EVP Chris McClain Joins DocuSign as the Head of Global Enterprise Business (Business Wire)

Saturday Highlights 6/7/2014: Lockheed project to track space debris; Epam acquires healthcare/life sciences software services firm

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Lockheed project to track space debris (South Jersey Courier Post)

EPAM Acquires GGA Software Services, Expands Healthcare & Life Sciences Service Offering (Press Release)

SAP after Sapphire: A look ahead (PC World)


The Message from SapphireNow was Simple (Mint Jutras)

No more pagers, how one physician is building a smarter smartphone communication app (iMedicalA
pps)

Links 6/6/2014: Uber raises funding at $17 billion valuation; Philly startup Curalate raises another $8.6 million

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Uber Raises New Funds at $17 Billion Valuation (New York Times)
Josh Kopelman knew Uber cofounder Garrett Camp from having invested in his previous startup StumbleUpon, which was later sold to and bought back from EBay. In 2010, First Round Capital participated in a $1.3 million angel round for Uber.


Time Warner Cable shareholders' meeting: Lacking in Comcast drama (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast Filings Show Merger Confidence
(Light Reading)

NY hearings set in Comcast, Time Warner merger (AP via WIVB.com)

SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner: Exclusive Q&A (Information Week)


SAP remains tight-lipped on cloud extension policy adoption (Computerworld UK)

SAP Needs Culture Change To Battle Cloud Upstarts NetSuite, Workday (Cruxial CIO)



CSC Speeds Move to Cloud with SAP HANA (Enterprise Cloud Today)


As Pinterest and Instagram Soar, Curalate Gets $8.6 Million to Help Brands Capitalize (Re/code)

Safeguard Scientifics-backed MediaMath raises $73.5 million in equity Increases debt facility to $105 million

Tom Paine

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New York-based MediaMath, in which Safeguard Scientifics of Wayne was an early investor, raised an additional $73.5 million in equity while increasing its debt facility to $105 million, it was announced on Tuesday. The equity funding for this round was led by Spring Lake Equity Partners, with participation from Akamai Technologies, Safeguard, Catalyst Investors, and Observatory Capital.

MediaMath operates a digital ad buying technology platform. The market for adtech companies has been somewhat shaky lately. so this round can either be viewed as its
investors seeing it as best of breed, or that the funds will provide a holding pattern
until the IPO market is friendlier (or both of the above).

Safeguard's first investment in MediaMath came in 2009, when it led a $10 million equity
round. Safeguard invested another $9 million in 2011 which at the time gave it an implied valuation of $180 million, according to adtech website Ad Exchanger's math at the time.

In late April of this year, Safeguard said it had invested $18.5 million to date in MediaMath and held a 23% primary ownership position. That was presumably before the latest transaction hit the books. I haven't seen a reliable estimate yet on the valuation for this round.

Links 6/5/2014: SAP strategy chief takes shot at Salesforce; T-Mobile and Sprint nearing deal

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SAPPHIRENow 2014 – the cloud analysis (Diginomica)

Salesforce strategy is 'easy and requires no real innovation', says SAP's head of corporate strategy (Computing News)

6 SAP Hana Customers Share Early Lessons
(Information Week)

T-Mobile and Sprint Zeroing In on a $32 Billion Merger (New York Times: DealBook)

Feds say Amazon’s cloud can now host key Obamacare data (Geekwire)

Comcast files spinoff application with FCC (Multichannel News)

NetForecast Revalidates Accuracy Of Comcast’s Meter
(Multichannel News)


Verizon sends cease and desist letter to Netflix over buffering message that blames ISP (The Next Web)

DirecTV has plenty of reasons to be patient in Dodgers showdown (LA Times)