Links 4/7: SAP cofounder Tschira dies
Klaus Tschira, Who Co-Founded Software Maker SAP, Dies at 74 (Bloomberg)
Informatica to go private in $5.3 billion leveraged buyout (Reuters)
Why a $5.3 billion leveraged buyout is VERY good for hot startup MuleSoft (Business Insider)
The new chapter for Infor (Diginomica)
Portland tech powers Comcast's new X1 cloud DVR (The Oregonian)
Health care, e-commerce driving economy as Lehigh Valley grows jobs, officials say (Lehigh Vally Live)
Actually, The Weather Company isn't ditching Amazon for IBM (Business Insider)
TWC Boss: ‘Accuweather Can Not Serve Viewers During Severe Weather Like We Can’ (TVNewser)
Salesforce buys mobile authentication startup Toopher (VentureBeat)
Links 3/31: Charter to buy Bright House; Angelakis to head new Comcast venture unit
Charter To Buy Bright House For $10.4B
(Multichannel News)
Comcast to form investment company with CFO at helm (Reuters)
COMCAST
CORPORATION AND MICHAEL J. ANGELAKIS TO CREATE A NEW, STRATEGIC COMPANY (Comcast Voices/ Comcast Corporate Blog)
Exclusive: Cablevision to make $1 offer for New York Daily News (Reuters)
Is Yuengling now bigger than Samuel Adams? (Fortune)
Etsy IPO Price Expected At Between $14-$16 A Share, Starting Roadshow Tomorrow (TechCrunh)
Cuomo Budget Said to Include $100 Million Venture Capital Fund (Bloomberg)
How IBM and The Weather Channel's new deal can save you money (Fortune)
Links 3/30: IBM acquires Blekko for Watson; CardioNet pays $6.4 million to settle billing probe
In Comcast Suit, You May Already Be A Winner
(The Post of Sanatoga PA and The Pottsgroves)
Sling TV Subject To Content Restrictions (Multichannel News)
IBM acquires technology from curated search engine Blekko to bolster Watson (Silicon Angle)
MSG Sale Of Sports Business Possible But Not Certain (Investor's Business Daily)
Penn faculty startup raises $100K from Startup PHL angel fund (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Medical device firm CardioNet pays $6.4M to settle billing probe (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Q&A: Amazon VP Peter Faricy explains the company’s move into home improvement (GeeKWire)
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Rovi Taps SAP Exec For Board Seat
(Multichannel News)
Google taps Morgan Stanley exec for CFO post
(CNET)
Ruth Porat received an MBA from Wharton.
ARRIS Appoints Patrick Macken as Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Arris Press Release)
Ecrypt Appoints Former SAP and Microsoft Engineer as Vice President of Product Development (Marketwire)
New publisher to oversee two South Jersey newspapers (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Checkpoint Systems' CFO resigns; acting replacement chosen (NJBIZ)
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