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)

Philly Tech People News 4/13/2014

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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)

Links 4/11/14: Comcast covers all bases on Judiciary committee; conflict for two Penn guys at hearings?

A conflict for Penn men at the Comcast hearing? (Washington Post)

Comcast PAC gave money to every senator examining Time Warner Cable merger (Ars Technica)


Google Fiber Fever
AT&T Appears To Have Caught It (Multichannel News)

SevOne Acquires Log Analytics Startup
(Light Reading)


[UPDATED] HIBU CLOSES ITS HYPERLOCAL PRINT MAGAZINE UNIT AND LAYS OFF HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS (Romenesko)



SAP expands Accenture partnership, cloud access for financial management (ZDNet)

SAP Announces a Bold Supply Chain Product Strategy at SAPinsider (Arc Advisory Group)

Linde Completes Implementation of the Arkieva Supply Chain Planner in North America (Business Wire)

Digital health startup wants to disrupt how health-care professionals care for patients (Philadelphia Daily News)

SevOne, in first acquisition, acquires log analytics startup RapidEngines

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Wilmington-based network monitoring software and appliance vendor SevOne today announced its first acquisition since receiving $150 million in funding from Bain Capital last year.

The company is Minneapolis-based RapidEngines, a provider of highly scalable log analytics software for IT enterprises, service providers and application developers."The acquisition of RapidEngines will enhance SevOne’s customers’ ability to proactively identify and resolve performance issues by adding log data analytics to their troubleshooting process,"
said SevOne CEO Jack Sweeney in a statement.

RapidEngines' founders, including Thomas Grabowski, Peter Jordan and Jason DeStefano, had previously been behind the startup LogLogic, which was acquired by Tibco for $130 million in 2012. RapidEngines had received about $1.4 million in funding, according to Crunchbase, and its LinkedIn page has six employees on it, though that figure is not always an accurate indicator.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

See also SevOne Acquires Log Analytics Startup (Light Reading)

Links 4/10/2014: Comcast touts 1 million hotspot nodes; Charter still weighing TWC options

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Comcast’s hotspot network grows to 1M nodes, driven by crowdsourced Wi-Fi (Gigaom)
Interesting map showing how dense coverage is in the Philly area. Of course, many of the hotspots are in subcribers' homes.

Cablevision names Kristin Dolan COO (Multichannel News)

Charter Weighs Consequences of Time Warner Cable Bidding War (Bloomberg)


Aereo Plans To Launch Chromecast Support On May 29th (TechCrunch)


Newtown Square Company Submits Proposal To Post Digital, 3-D Ads In Center City (CBS Philly)


Building the Future of Marketing: Monetate Launches New Platform; Democratizes Digital Marketing (PR Newswire)

IBM acquires Silverpop to boost its online marketing personalization products (PC World)

ADP Dealer Services to spin-off and go public (Automotive News)

Greenphire, ERT Tie Patient Reporting and Compensation (Applied Clinical Trials)


Heartland Payment Systems Acquires MCS Software, Signaling Ongoing Growth of Heartland School Solutions Division
(Business Wire)

EPAM EVP Karl Robb to Retire in Early 2015 -- Expected to Remain on Board; Comments on First Quarter 2014 Results (Thomson Reuters ONE)

Changes at Cablevision: Its a family affair

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Cablevision, the Long Island-based cable and broadband provider, announced today that Brian G. Sweeney has ben appointed President and Kristin A. Dolan has been named Chief Operating Officer. These appointments are effective immediately, the company says, and Mr. Sweeney and Ms. Dolan will report to Cablevision Chief Executive Officer James L. Dolan, who will no longer serve as president. The Dolan family financially controls Cablevision.

Kristin A. Dolan

Ms. Dolan, who has been with Cablevision for over two decades and has been a key executive as well as a board member, is the wife of James Dolan. Sweeney is married to Deborah Dolan-Sweeney, James Dolan's sister, who is also a director of the company. Cablevision was founded by Charles Dolan, who is still chairman of the company.

The New York Post reported last year that James and Kristin Dolan had entered into a trial separation (confirmed to the Post by James Dolan), but apparently they are still married at this time. Cablevision declined to comment on their personal relationship.

The Dolan family also controls Madison Square Company along with the Knicks and Rangers.

There has been some limited speculation that Cablevision could factor into the consolidation efforts taking place in the industry.

Links 4/9/2014: One Kings Lane CEO to Fanatics; MapQuest reboots

Comcast defends Time Warner Cable merger plan in FCC filing (LA Times)


Examining the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger and the Impact on Consumers (Senate Judiciary Committee)

7 Quotes That Tell You Everything About the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Hearing (Mashable)


One Kings Lane Loses CEO Doug Mack To Fanatics (TechCrunch)
Fanatics is a part of Michael Rubin's Kynetic LLC.

MapQuest Aims For Reboot With New Content, Partners, UI (SearchEngineLand)
Although it started in Lancaster and has mostly migrated to Denver, MapQuest still has a
small development group in Lancaster last time I checked.

NetProspex Raises $13M in Series C After Highest-Ever Quarterly Results (Bostinno)
Edison Ventures leads along with Spring Lake Equity Partners.

TraderTools Announces Receipt of Follow-On Investment and Record 2013 (PR Newswire)
Receives follow-on investment led by Edison Ventures.


SAP continues cloud push with Business Suite subscription model (Computerworld UK)


Clearvision CEO Thanks Mayor of Philadelphia (Clearvision Blog)

Growing dev-tool maker Atlassian takes $150M to reward its employees (VentureBeat)

Science Center and Drexel University Announce New Collaborative Workspace is Now Accepting Applications (Business Wire)

Let the games begin: Comcast files, hearings tomorrow

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Comcast today filed, along with its intended merger partner Time Warner Cable, their joint Applications and Public Interest Statement with the FCC, as well as a post under EVP David Cohen's name on Comcast's corporate website. This is in advance of tomorrow's hearings in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

Cohen also expanded upon Comcast's arguments for the merger in a morning press call.

The Judiciary Committee will hear tomorrow from Cohen and Time Warner Cable Executive Vice President Arthur Minson.

A separate panel will include Gene Kimmelman, President And CEO, Public Knowledge, who was at the Justice Department's Antitrust Division when it approved the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal and stopped AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA.

Christopher S. Yoo  /Penn Website

Also on that panel will be Christopher S. Yoo, John H. Chestnut Professor Of Law, Communication, And Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Law School. According to his Penn bio, Yoo "has emerged as one of the nation’s leading authorities on law and technology. His research focuses on how the principles of network engineering and the economics of imperfect competition can provide insights into the regulation of electronic communications. He has been a leading voice in the 'network neutrality' debate that has dominated Internet policy over the past several years."


While congressional hearing schedules can sometimes be fluid, this one is scheduled to begin at 10am. The hearings are being streamed here.

Links 4/8/2014: SAP HANA cloud solutions now offered via subscription

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Solutions powered by SAP HANA Now Offered Via Subscription
(PR Newswire)

SAP offers Business Suite via cloud: The slow migration begins
(ZDNet)


Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe (Computer Weekly)

Jerry Yang, Box, Workday Founders Invest In Disruptive Supply Chain SaaS Elementum (TechCrunch)

InfoBionic Raises $17M Series B Financing Led by Safeguard Scientifics (Safeguard Scientifics Press Release)

Challenges and optimism on tech's role in Philly (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Comcast filing defends Time Warner Cable deal (USA Today)

Comcast Considers Offering Wireless Mobile Phone Plan (Business Insider)

DirecTV and Weather Channel ink carriage deal, ending dispute (LA Times)



Golf Network, Wi-Fi Firm to Speak on Comcast-Time Warner
(Bloomberg)

How public agencies spend too much on software (Philly.com: Philly Deals)