A Smart Bet or a Big Mistake? (New York Times-free registration)
On FiOS.
A Bear Speaks: Why Verizon’s Pricey FiOS Bet Won’t Pay Off (New York Times-free registration)

Clearwire Expects Finished Sprint Deal By Year's End
Assuming regulators and AT&T don't get in the way... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast, DirecTV Play HD Numbers Game (Wired Blogs)

Gannett Orders Its TV Stations To Promote Its Mommy Sites, Now (Silicon Alley Insider)
Both major Gannett papers in the area have "Mom" sites: the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill and the Wilmington News Journal.

ING Direct Expands its 'Banking Barista' Model (Brand Week)

City of Philadelphia Receives Prestigious President’s Award at ESRI’s 2008 User Conference (GISuser.com)

City would restrict cell-phone use by drivers (Philadelphia Daily News)

New Jersey Transit Deploys Saaspoint Mobile Field Scheduler via Salesforce.com’s App Exchange (BusinessWire)

Does position equal power? (Computerworld
Blogs)
Another look at the Downingtown School District's decision to hire a CIO.

Three SAP Vice Presidents Sue Company For Disguised Dismissal (China Tech News)
Don't know quite what to make of this story. Not the way they do things in Walldorf.

BI and Performance Management Evolve at SAP-Business Objects (Intelligent Enterprise)

SAP acquisition opens up world of opportunities for Business Objects, according to execs (SearchDataManagement.com)

Unisys To Manage Republican National Convention IT Services (Information Week)
What could possibly go wrong?

Breakaway Technologies Wins Cognos' Sales Excellence Award (PRNewswire)

NetQuest Launches First 10 Gigabit Test and Monitoring Access Solution to Optimize Tool Port Usage for Service Providers (BusinessWire)



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