Update from Dreamforce 10/16: Peoplelinx' new Salesforce1 app: City of Philadelphia on IoT




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PeopleLinx' Michael Idinopulos takes an expansive and interesting look
at Dreamforce
in this blog post, particularly noticing the confusing glut of analytical products.

BTW, PeopleLinx partially introduced its new app on the Salesforce1 platform at Dreamforce, and Idinopulos tells me they will be officially announcing it once it's live in the AppExchange later this fall. On the Dreamforce website, PeopleLinx' session at the event is described as follows:

"This session will look at real-world examples of how large B2B sales organizations are bridging the gap between social selling and CRM integration, and improving sales team effectiveness in the process. The session will also provide the first public demo of PeopleLinx’s “Social To-Do List”, a new Salesforce1 app that automatically guides sales professionals to integrate social connections into pipeline management across desktop and mobile devices."

Apparently, this is what the City of Philadelphia talked about at Dreamforce yesterday: "Cities of the future are here now and are leveraging Salesforce. The city of Philadelphia is building their city on IoCP and their session can be found here: We Built this City on IoCP: Connecting Citizen to the Cloud."


See full post: Philadelphia Salesforce.com ecosystem on display at Dreamforce '14


Links 10/17/2014: Urban Outfitters' sales slump continues; SAP Ventures now Sapphire Ventures



Venture capital in health IT drops to $956M in Q3, but global investment increasing (Med City News)

Comcast Blamed for Demise of PWC Employee’s Career (Bloomberg)
O'Rourke files suit.


Qlik Sense Makes Sense for Qlik (Ventana Research)

Urban Outfitters Tumbles as Sales Slump Threatens Profit
(Bloomberg)

Meet John Pomp: Philadelphia's glassblowing, surfing CEO (Fortune)

Dreamforce 2014: Announcements, Paradigm Shift, Crowds (Denis Pombriant/Enterprise Irregulars)

SAP Ventures Changes Name to Sapphire Ventures, Expands Focus (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

SAP launches enterprise apps for smart glasses (ZDNet)


Zayo: Dark Fiber Provider Jumps 18% on IPO (Barron's Tech Trader
Daily)

When Uber and Airbnb Meet the Real World (New York Times)


Links 10/16/2014: Salesforce takes aim at SAP; Comcast's plans to rev up NASCAR





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Salesforce’s Plan to Bring in its Next $20 Billion–and Stomp SAP (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Salesforce aims to surpass SAP (ZDNet)

The building Block of a new dynamic at Salesforce.com? (Diginomica)

Tech exec or Dr. Feelgood? At Dreamforce, Salesforce CEO has it both ways
(Fortune)

IBM and SAP: A Cloud Pact That Solves Problems and Holds Promise (New York Times: Bits)

SAP Ventures Becomes Sapphire Ventures (News Release)


In the wider world of domain names, the address is key (Philadelphia Inquirer)


CBS Offers Web Viewers All-Access From ‘MacGyver’ to ‘Good Wife’ (Bloomberg)

Comcast has bold plans for NASCAR coverage (AP via Salt Lake City Tribune)

Pai Worried FCC Might Be Heading Toward Title II (Multichannel News)

Apple Pay launches Monday with support from Starbucks, Macy's and others (Engadget)


eBay’s Same-Day Delivery Experiment Is Essentially Dead (Re/code)

Johnson & Johnson to IBM: 'Watson, come here. I want you.' (Fortune)

University City Science Center gets $1M grant to advance start-ups (Philadelphia Inquirer)



AlphaPoint, seeking to improve functioning of digital currency exchanges for Bitcoin and others, raises $1.35 million





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A New York-based startup headed by King of Prussia-based LiftDNA (acquired by OpenX) founder Vadim Telyatnikov has received $1.35 million in funding, coming primarily from the Philadelphia venture community.

AlphaPoint provides technology to support digital currency exchanges, with Bitcoin the main currency being traded today.

Scott Becker of Google-acquired Invite Media, Gabriel Weinberg of DuckDuckGo, Robin Hood Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners are among the investors.

In addition to New York, AlphaPoint has offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Joe Ventura is founder and CTO. AlphaPoint seeks to address the "disparity among digital currency exchanges when it comes to usability, credibility and reliability".


Links 10/15: Netflix drops on missed subscriber forecast; HBO launching standalone streaming service next year



HBO Says It’s Going toO Start Selling on the Web Next Year (Re/code)

Down With Cable! Why HBO Is Finally Launching a Standalone Streaming Service
(Wired)

Netflix Skids as Subscriber Growth Misses Forecast (Bloomberg)



Comcast wins $7.5 million patent case with Sprint (Kansas City Star)

Walmart Invests In E-Commerce, Next-Day Delivery Expansions With Two New Fulfillment Centers (TechCrunch)
Planning second 1 million square foot warehouse in Bethlehem.



EDA defers action on Lockheed Martin aid
(Courier-Post)
Interesting.


Osage University Partners raises $150 million towards 2nd fund




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Dow Jones reports that Osage Partners, Bala Cynwyd, has raised $151 million, or three quarters, of a planned $200 million for Osage University Partners II LP. It follows an initial fund of $100 million raised in 2011.

Unlike Osage's other venture funds, Osage University Partners I and II focuses solely on investing in commercializing the intellectual property of academic and research institutions.


Quintiq "World Tour Stop" in Philadelphia tomorrow (the 15th) at Cira Center





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Quintiq, the supply chain planning and optimization software firm whose US headquarters is in Radnor, will be holding its "World Tour Stop" in Philadelphia tomorrow (October 15). The tour will bring together leaders in supply chain, logistics, operations, production, and resource planning, as well as professionals in the metals, rail, oil & gas, and aviation industries.

The event, co-hosted by SupplyChainBrain, will be held from 8am to 7pm at Cira Center, Philadelphia. Registration (free) here.

Quintiq was acquired this summer by Dassault Systemes of France for about $330 million(see my writeup about the deal).

Quintiq CEO Dr. Victor Allis, Quintiq Solution Architect Eric Pearson, and several prominent industry experts will be speaking.


Post event, Quintiq put together a Storify showing highlights from its "World Tour Stop" Philadelphia:





Salesforce reveals Wave, its big, bad analytics cloud (VentureBeat)


Philly Tech People News 10/12/2014: New Ellucian CEO; Rovi adds "master of metadata" in Radnor







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Former SAP Cloud Exec Price Has Landed at Oracle (Re/code)

SAP Appoints Cormac Watters as MD (IrishDev)

Unisys stock drops after CEO Coleman's firing (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NBC boss in hot seat as news empire crumbles (NY Post)


Ellucian Appoints Jeff Ray As New President and Chief Executive Officer
(Business Wire)

Hires Master Of Metadata (Multichannel News)


Clutch Names Mark Harrington Vice President of Marketing
(Business Wire)

Sankara Viswanathan Takes SVP, CIO Roles at Day & Zimmermann (GovConWire)

Buchanan Public Relations Hires Rachel Neppes as Vice President
(Philly Ad Club News)


Grant Thornton names Denham Philadelphia office managing partner (Business Wire)