The Comcast Conundrum (Barron's)

Arris Group to Acquire C-COR for $730M (Associated Press via CNNMoney)
C-COR is based in State College. Both C-COR and Arris do significant amounts of business with Comcast.


Disappointing Deal for Arris Group?
One analyst wonders if Arris will get enough long-term growth from C-COR's equipment for cable providers (Business Week)


Out of the Gate: Optium (Associated Press via Forbes)
Another good day for Optium.


SAP Appoints Director Of Its Palo Alto Labs
Rami Branitzky, a longtime ally of former SAP President Shai Agassi, will be charged with beating the NetWeaver drum. (Information Week)

Smaller and Even Less Flexible (EvolvingExcellence)
Interesting perspective on the wisdom of imposing a SAP-like structure on a smaller business.

FBI probes Unisys after U.S. government hack
The systems integrator allegedly failed to detect a hack of DHS computers (Computerworld)
As if Unisys didn't have enough problems.

Are Web Giants Looking to Edge Out Ad Agencies? (Adweek)
Raises questions again about Microsoft's long-term commitment to Avenue A/Razorfish.


Genome research grant goes to Phila. firm and Princeton U. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

BioNanomatrix Announces Issuance of Key Nanofluidics Patent Enabling Single Molecule Whole Genome Analysis (PR Newswire)

Advanta Proudly Announces the Birth of ideablob.com, Where Ideas Grow (PR Newswire)


InfoLogix Announces Approval for NASDAQ Listing (PR Newswire via CNNMoney)

eMoney Advisor is a Leading Financial Planning Software According to Independent Research Firm (PR Newswire)

Georgia Tech Pioneers Intelligent Decision Making in Simulated Environments with Ternion FLAMES(R) and PHX ModelCenter(R) (PR Newswire)
Discusses Philadelphia-base Phoenix Integration.

Business of health care school launched in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
University of the Sciences starts new school.


Healthcare Veteran Richard Findlay Joins Diamond Management & Technology Consultants as Partner (PR Newswire via CNNMoney)

Productivity Gains enabled by ICT and KM Support Systems (Barry Hardy: The Ferryman)
Discusses Knowledge Management conference at Bryn Mawr next month.