Business Analytics Company RJMetrics Raises $16.5M Round Led By August Capital (TechCrunch)

Exclusive: New Jersey unloads investment related to Charlie Baker 'pay-to-play' allegations (Fortune)

Comcast: Report On 'Tor' Policy ‘Wildly Inaccurate’
(Multichannel News)

Salesforce.com CEO Leaks Analytics Cloud Plan (Information Week)

SAP CFO Says Cloud Deals to Outpace Traditional Software by 2020 (Bloomberg)

eBay Enterprise teams with FICO for commerce marketing platform
(EBay Enterprise)

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Comcast Hires TWC Exec to Oversee Transaction Compliance (Multichannel News)

Relay Bolsters Management Team With Addition of Graham Barry as CTO (Globe Newswire)

Quintiq appoints new Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions (Supply Chain Digital)

Select Greater Philadelphia names new leader
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Apple CEO Tim Cook says television is “stuck in the ’70s” (Quartz)


Lawyer: Tourism agency acted properly in fund flap (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Neat. Agency sets its own rules, laws.

Links 9/12/2014: Report: Weather Channel PE owners considering sale

Voice Marketing Company Ifbyphone Raises $30M More, Acquires Competitor Mongoose Metrics (TechCrunch)
NewSpring Capital joins existing investors.

Weather Channel Talks to Banks on Options Including Sale (Bloomberg)
Interestingly, the article says nothing about what Comcast's (owns about 1/3 through NBCU) interests might be. Comcast's recent attitude towards joint ventures it is part of has either been to sell or buy the whole thing.



AT&T Eyes Late 2015 to Launch DirecTV, High-Speed Wireless Broadband Bundle (Variety)

Salesforce appears to be prepping a cloud-based analytics service (VentureBeat)

Why are private clouds failing? (Thomas Bittman/Gartner Blogs)`

Links 9/11/2014: Comcast in Wi-Fi deal with Liberty Global; Sony, Dish, Verizon all ramping up Internet TV plans

T-Mobile rolls out new Wi-Fi calling and personal cell spots (LA Times)

Comcast Strikes Wi-Fi Roaming Deal With Liberty for Travelers (Bloomberg)

Verizon CEO: Internet TV Service Coming In Mid-2015 (Multichannel News)

Sony Recruits 22 Viacom Networks for Internet TV (Bloomberg)


Why Tableau is crushing it for 21st century analysis (Diginomica)


Did SAP exercise an an opportunistic option for OpTier? (The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth)

SAP spices up its predictive analytics and visualization apps (PCWorld)



EMC explores selling stake in VMware (New York Post)

EMC Has No Plans to Sell VMware Stake (Re/code)


Uber’s Revenue Is 12 Times The Size of Lyft’s, New Study Says (Wired)

365 Data Centers Raises $16M Series B, Closes $55M Credit Facility (Data Center Knowledge)
See the Inquirer's article yesterday on 365 Data Centers' local presence.

Links 9/10/2014: Apple may buy Path; Apple may use OLED in watch, but no one's sure it will be Universal Display's

Apple Announces Mobile Payment Solution Called Apple Pay (TechCrunch)

Rumor: Apple in late-stage talks to buy Path social platform (Apple Insider)
Path, a First Round Capital portfolio company, achieved a valuation of about $400 million
in its last round, although its performance has generally been considered underwhelming.

Universal Display Rising: Apple May Use OLED Tech in Watch, Says Goldman (Barron's Tech Trader Daily)
Universal Display is based in Ewing, NJ.

Discovery CEO tells FCC he’s concerned about Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable (Washington Post)

Comcast: We Strongly Support Open Internet (Multichannel News)

Web-and-app-design firm branching into Center City studio (Philly.com)

Neighborhood data center seeks to draw small companies to the cloud (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


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Report: Several cable execs will be at Apple event

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Dave Zatz, tech blogger (Zatz Not Funny!) and video tech expert, posted this tweet early this morning:

New Apple TV? Professional courtesy? Something else? Sources say several cable execs will be in attendance today...!

— Dave Zatz (@davezatz) September 9, 2014

No further explanation at this time, but you might check his blog for more info.

Links 9/9/2014: Dassault Systemes completes Qunitiq acquisition; A look at Curalate's progress

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Dassault Systèmes Completes Quintiq Acquisition
(Business Wire)
See my article in which Quintig CEO Victor Allis discusses his company's acquisition by Dassault Systemes.

Gartner Positions InsPro Technologies in the “Leaders” Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for North American Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems (Business Wire)

The Absurd Opposition to Media Mergers (Leo Hindery/Wall Street Journal Opinion)

Media rivals begin to cite megamerger risks (New York Post)

Comcast, TWC Deal Approval Seen Delayed To Q2 2015 (Investor's Business Daily)

Shareholder voting set for Comcast and Time Warner Cable deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Curalate: Wharton Startups to Watch Redux (Wharton Magazine)

Oracle completes Micros acquisition, forms new global business unit (PC World)

Event Report: SAP Australian User Group Summit Highlights Systematic Concerns About SAP (Enterprise Irregulars)

Links 9/8: SAP to release apps for smart glasses; Salesforce forms dedicated VC fund focused on IoT

Salesforce.com is Silicon Valley's newest VC firm (Fortune)
Of course, Salesforce has been acting like a VC for some time.

SAP to release AR apps on Android Wear for smart glasses in the workplace (Computerworld)

Silicon Graphics: Ready to Return to Growth, SAP Partnership Positive, Says Davidson (Barron's Tech Trader Daily)

Tibco going up against Oracle, IBM and Adobe with new customer engagement platform (PC World)
May not produce much near-term revenue, but could fatten acquisition price.


Comcast Wi-Fi serving self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection

Wi-Fi Should Scare the Hell out of Verizon and AT&T (Bloomberg)


Comcast Revisits 'EveryBlock' (Multichannel News)

SCTE Broadens Its International Angle (Multichannel News)
The SCTE is based in Exton.

Philly Tech People News 9/7/2014: TierPoint names new management for former Philadelphia Technology Park

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TierPoint, LLC, recently announced it has appointed Jim Weller as Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Region and Jennifer Einhorn as General Manager, Philadelphia, effective immediately.

Bringing more than 30 years of technology expertise, Weller will be responsible for TierPoint’s overall business operations in the Mid-Atlantic Region, including data center operations in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Most recently, Weller served as General Manager for TierPoint in Baltimore and prior to that, served as CEO and co-founder of Enterprise Technology Parks. Enterprise Technology Parks was parent company to Philadelphia Technology Park prior to it being acquired by TierPoint earlier this year.
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In her role as General Manager, Einhorn will oversee all sales, marketing and overall customer satisfaction in the Philadelphia marketplace. Previously, Einhorn served as Vice President of Sales for Recovery Networks (now KeepITsafe, a j2Global company), a Philadelphia-based business continuity and disaster recovery services provider. She brings strong leadership and management experience to her new position.

See Philly Tech News' earlier article, Philadelphia Technology Park acquired by St. Louis firm.

Monetate Appoints New CEO Lucinda Duncalfe to Help Company Meet Growing Demand for Digital Personalization (Monetate)


QVC (US) boss out (Philly.com: Philly Deals)


The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute Announces New Assistant Professor and Executive Director, Ellen Weber (Temple Fox School)


LiquidHub Names Sean Narayanan as Chief Business Officer (Business Wire)

Edison Partners Announces Promotions (PR Web)

PointRoll Appoints John Galvin as Chief Technology Officer (Marketwire)

For Comcast, independent networks will be a merger issue (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Joan Rivers and her $1 billion fashion business (Fortune)

CenturyLink Said to Seek to Acquire Rackspace Hosting (Bloomberg)