Daily Links 2/4/2010: Comcast's big day on the Hill

Comcast/NBCU Hearings on
Capitol Hill (CSPAN)

Republicans: Don't Let Regulators, Others Sidetrack Comcast/NBCU (Multichannel News)

Comcast says no big job cuts from NBC deal (Reuters)

From Here To Xfinity: Comcast Rebranding Starts Next Week (paidContent)


Unisys Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire)

Marlin Equity buys certain segments of Unisys
* Forms new co called Burroughs Payment Systems Inc (Reuters)

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Results for its First Fiscal Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)
Kulicke & Soffa FY Q1 Crushes Ests; Stock Jumps (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP Launches a Google Wave for the Enterprise (Mashable)

Software AG 2009 Profits Rise 22%; Predicts Growth in 2010
(Bloomberg via Business Week)
Includes results from recently acquired IDS Scheer.

Technitrol Reports Q4 and FY09 Results, Board Declares Dividend
Results Reflect Continued Operating Profit Improvement (Business Wire)

QlikTech Positioned in the Challenger Quadrant Based on Review of its QlikView Product in 2010 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant (PR Newswire)

U.S. lawmaker seeks probe of Pa. Turnpike aide's firing (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BioClinica Inks Multi-Year Outsourcing Deal with Leading Biopharmaceutical Company
Company will Standardize Electronic Data Capture and Global Data Management for Frazer, Pennsylvania-based Cephalon, Inc. (Business Wire)

Lancaster's Illuminex expects $2M equity investment (Keystone Edge)




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Daily Links 2/3/2010: Tough times? Don't worry about Comcast, as earnings more than double

Comcast's profit more than doubles (MarketWatch)

2010: The Year Comcast Embraces Convergence (GiagaOM)

Comcast Launches XFINITY (Comcast Voices)

NBC affiliate board chair wants conditions on Comcast - NBC Universal deal (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast to Acquire New Global Telecom
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Monster to Acquire HotJobs Business and Enter into Multi-year Traffic Agreement with Yahoo! (Business Wire)
It will be interesting to see what impact this will have on the Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium of which Philadelphia Newspapers is a part, although Philly.com has been using Monster rather than HotJobs.

Kenexa Swoons As Outlook Misses (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Janney Montgomery Scott Downgrades Kenexa (KNXA) to Neutral; Lowers Estimates & PT on Increased Risk Profile
(StreetInsider.com)


IBM Buying MDM Vendor Initiate Systems (PC World)

Clarifying the Future of NetWeaver PI (Feeding the SAP Ecosystem)

SAP Questions Gartner BI Magic Quadrant Ranking
The report on business intelligence platforms places SAP behind Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAS, and Microstrategy on ability to execute. (Information Week)

MedQuist Agrees to Purchase Domestic Assets of Spheris
Stock and asset purchase agreement would provide Spheris' customers with access to industry-leading technology platform and transcription services. (PR Newswire)

NJ Judge Issues Mixed Order on Use of E-Voting Machines
(IDG via New York Times)

Ben Franklin provides loans to Bethlehem startups (Easton Express-Times)
Viddler is one of them.




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Report: Comcast acquires VoIP firm

The blog Von is reporting that Comcast has agreed to acquire privately held VoIP provider New Global Telecom. Von cites an internal Comcast email sent by Comcast president of business services Bill Stemper. NGT, based in Golden, CO, is "one of the nation’s largest providers of wholesale hosted and trunk-based VoIP solutions", Stemper says in the email. In October of last year, Comcast acquired Chicago-area CLEC Cimco Communications. More moves had been expected by Comcast in the business telecom market.



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Daily Links 2/2/2010: Bank of New York to Buy PNC Unit for $2.3 Billion

Venture Capital’s Most Trafficked Web Sites (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
First Round Capital is #1.

Bank of New York to Buy PNC Unit for $2.3 Billion (New York Times: DealBook)

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 (Business Wire)
Kenexa Q4 results, Q1 view lag market; shares fall (Reuters)


Mistras Group, Inc. Announces Asset Protection Solutions for Improved Smart Grid Reliability (Globe
Newswire via CNN Money)

Is Twitter losing its luster? (Network World)
Based on study by Camden's RJ Metrics.

ThePlatform Encroaches on Brightcove's Turf (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

SAP RELEASES PUBLIC BETA VERSION OF CLOUD-BASED PROJECT 12SPRINTS, BECOMES RESEARCH PARTNER FOR THE 2.0 ADOPTION COUNCIL (SAP Press Release)

Last-Minute Travel Startup PackLate Raising $1 Million In Funding
(paidContent)
Philly-based stealth startup. Missed this one last month.
The site has launched: PackLate

Software firm finds niche in financial services (Daily Local News)

Judging the Philadelphia ADDY Awards. A tight show but I do have one question… (Gods of Advertising)

Editorial: Cleaning up the BRT mess (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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Daily Links 2/1/2010: Comcast-NBCU merger faces Hill scrutiny Thursday

IMS Health to Sell Debt as Junk Spreads Widen: New Issue Alert
(Bloomberg via Business Week)

Virtify Plans Global Expansion, Forms Key Partnership with IMS Health (Xconomy Boston)

Comcast Will Be Shaking Up Their Speed Tiers
22/5 tier going away, 16/2 being upgraded to 20/4 (Broadband Reports)

Comcast-NBCU merger faces Hill scrutiny Thursday (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Comcast's E! Makes $200 Million In Ad Revenue, On Par With Bravo (Business Insider: The Wire)

This Week In New York Tech: February 1 (Silicon Alley Insider)

Leap Seeks Buyers, WSJ Says (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Big screen and bigger ideas
EduCon promotes innovative ideas, tools. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SAP's Enterprise Collaboration Tool Entering Public Beta (PC World)

Setback for SAP in Oracle Suit (PC World)

The Networked Grid 100: Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid (Greentech Media)
A virtual Who's Who of Smart Grid Technology.

Pennsylvania Capital Should Weigh Bankruptcy, Controller Says (Bloomberg)




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Philly Tech People News 1/31/2010

Kenexa Names Kevin Horigan as President of Global HR Technology (Marketwire)

ShopNBC Names Multichannel Retailing Veteran Bob Ayd as President (Marketwire)

Technology Industry Veteran John Gavin Joins QlikTech Board of Directors (PR Newswire)

Canoe Hires Former HBO General Counsel Redpath
Replacing Davis, Exec Reports To CEO Verklin (Multichannel News)

Krewson named Variety.com editor
Online vet comes from Philadelphia Inquirer (Variety)


I-many Hires Gaurav Verma as Vice President of Solutions Marketing (Marketwire)

Aklero Process Solutions Hires Chief Technology Officer (DSNnews.com)

IKON Expands Comprehensive Managed Document Services Offering to Leverage Its Suite of Leading Technology and Services (Business Wire)

The Simon Group Hires Jena Stauffer as Marketing Specialist (PR Newswire)

They're listening to your online postings (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Record Turnout Ushers in 2010 at Mobile Monday’s 3rd Annual DEMO Night (Mobile Monday Mid-Atlantic)

Philagrafika 2010: Temple Gallery (Printeresting)
Philly printing & graphic design festival opened this weekend.

Will SAP Open Its $7 Billion Wallet For SaaS In 2010?
(Sramana Mitra on Strategy)

SAP Fails to Impress Analysts With ‘Market Changing’ Software (Bloomberg)

Earnings Preview: Comcast to Report 4Q Earnings (Associated Press via ABC News)

Shopping for Health Software, Some Doctors Get Buyer’s Remorse
Volatile Industry Prompts Calls for Oversight of Firms’ Financial Strength (Huffington Post Investigative Fund)

HIMSS Analytics: Hospitals Ill Prepared for Data Explosion (Healthcare Informatics)

Daily Links 1/29/2010: Microsoft, Siemens hook up on Healthcare IT

BNY Mellon Said to Be in Talks for PNC Unit to Add Fund Clients (Bloomberg)

myYearbook Crowdsources New Website Design
Members Choose Design Showcasing Better Navigation, Personalization, and the Site’s Geostream: Chatter (Business Wire)

Siemens deal brings Microsoft further into health IT mainstream
(ZDNet Healthcare)

Health IT regulations generate static among providers (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Study: Pennsylvania venture capital 'too small' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Comcast in full salesman mode to FCC over NBC Universal deal (ars technica)

AT&T And Comcast Tap TRUSTe Behavioral Targeting Widget (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

NCTA: One-Size Set-Tops Don't Fit All
Cable Group Argues That FCC Shouldn't Rush To Adopt Standardized Gateway (Multichannel
News)

Quarterly Shipment Numbers: Q4 2009 (Motorola: Media Experiences 2 Go)

Governor Rendell: $5.7 Million Investment in Nanotechnology Will Build Upon Research, Commercialization Efforts (PR Newswire)

Man faces 20 years in prison for selling hacked Comcast cable modems
(CrunchGear)



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Daily Links 1/28/2010: Comcast, GE, NBCU file Public Interest Statement with FCC

Sharing and Exchanging... (Redeye VC)

Motorola smartphone sales beat Street but shares fall (Reuters)

Lockheed Martin Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (PR Newswire)

The $62 million sale of a touch tech startup adds to the Tablet revolution (TechCrunch Europe)
Berwyn-based Tyco Electronics acquires Sensitive Object.

Verizon, Accenture Tap SAP App Gap (Light Reading)

Down To Business: Oracle v. Rimini Has Huge Ramifications (Information Week)

unofficial Timeline of SAP (SAP Community Network)

Amsterdam software vendor comes to Canadian market
Res Software opens new U.S. headquarters to serve North American channels (IT Business)

Twitter Local Trends Now Live in 15 Cities (eWeek)

Comcast, GE and NBC Universal File Public Interest Statement with FCC (Comcast Voices: Official Comcast Blog)

NBC's Jeff Zucker Thinks Apple's iPad Will Save TV (Business Insider)

Dead Zones Forever (PC Magazine)

AstraZeneca layoffs to affect 8,000 as company grapples with generics (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Nobody in Charge of IT in Atlantic City, N.J., Comptroller Report Says (Government Technology)

Synygy and Health Market Science Form Strategic Partnership (Business Wire)



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Blue Bell's UniTek to combine with Berliner Communications

Blue Bell telecommunications services company UniTek USA will combine with Berliner Communications to become UniTek Global Services, Inc. The unified company projects annual revenue of about $360 million. While UniTek is not now publicly traded, Berliner is currently listed on the OTC market (OTC: BERL ) and the new company will assume that listing under the UniTek name.
UniTek private equity backer HM Capital Partners will control approximately 80% of the combined entity. C. Scott Hisey, Founder and CEO of UniTek USA, will become CEO of the Company. Peter Giacalone, President of UniTek USA, has been appointed Chairman of the Company.

Press Release.




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