Dow has limited leverage in Rohm & Haas deal (Reuters)
Fitch Places Short-Term IDRs of Dow Chemical and Rohm & Haas on Watch Negative (Business Wire)
Comcast, FCC's Chief Battle One Last Time (Wall Street Journal)
3-1-1 Is Up and Running (Philadelphia Daily News)
Motorola cutting 400 more jobs as troubles continue (MarketWatch)
Winning in the Broadband Business (Motorola: Media Experiences 2 Go)
The Promise of Broadband–Is the Umpteenth Time a Charm? (All Things Digital: Boomtown)
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Rohm & Haas Rises on Optimism That Dow Will Complete Takeover (Bloomberg)
GMAC Widens Lending as U.S. Injects $6 Billion to Help Save GM (Bloomberg)
GMAC Says ResCap Will Continue to Originate Mortgages (Bloomberg)
The other transition
Léo Apotheker, SAP’s new boss, is an unusual choice, installed in an unusual way (The Economist)
INTERVIEW WITH SAP CO-FOUNDER PLATTNER
'The World Has Been Living Beyond its Means' (Spiegel Online)
New SAP projects are a New Year's resolution for SAP customers (SearchSAP.com)
The High and Low Tech of Health Care Innovation
(New York Times)
Urban playground
As politicians weigh economic stimulus for cities, research suggests a surprising way to succeed: make it fun (Boston Globe)
Organize Your Company With WizeHive (Beta Invites) (TechCrunch)
Apple rumored to be planning new home server device (ars technica)
Q&A With FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast Responds to FCC Plan to Adjudicate Access Complaints
Says FCC's move "seeks to disrupt the reasoned adjudicative process" (Broadcasting & Cable)
Dynasil Announces Fiscal Year 2008 Results (Business Wire)
160 Characters or Less
When it comes to getting as close as possible to customers, tiny text messages hit the bull’s-eye (Internet Retailer)
The Sports Network & Contec Announce Expansion of Mobile Sports Services (PR
Newswire)
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Rohm & Haas Stock Down As Dow Chem Deal in Kuwait Scuttled (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Barclays says Dow-Rohm and Haas deal may not be hurt (Reuters)
Bank of America, Citigroup May Lose on Rohm Purchase (Bloomberg)
GMAC stays mum on bailout hurdle (Associated Press via Google News)
Charter Communications: 75% Chance of Financial Distress, Says Citi; Diverse Bondholder Interests Limit Ability to Fix Balance Sheet (Barrons: Tech Trader Daily)
Vote set for Prescient Applied Intelligence sale to Park City Group (Philadelphia Business Journal)
InterDigital Signs ModeLabs to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (Business Wire)
2008 Top Ten: Comcastic Moments
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Panasonic, Comcast: tru2way Now “Active” in Chicago and Denver (Interactive TV Today)
CableLabs Releases New Modular Headend Architecture Specifications (Interactive TV Today)
Cable Vets Launch VC Firm (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
5 companies express interest in Conn. newspapers (Associated Press via MSN Money)
Univest Corporation Expands Insurance Subsidiary Through Acquisition of Liberty Benefits, Inc.
(Marketwire)
Smart Destinations Raises $10 Million (PE Hub)
NewSpring Capital leads round.
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Kuwait cancels $17 bln deal with Dow Chemical (Reuters)
Nail in the coffin of Rohm & Haas acquisition?
Rohm and Haas Issues Statement on Merger with Dow (Business Wire via Philly.com)
H.P. Pushes Forward in Data Warehousing Project (New York Times)
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People News
Carty-Sipp Upped at Comcast Sports Group
Promoted to senior VP of creative services, overseeing on-air look of regional sports networks (Broadcasting & Cable)
Business People
(Wilmington News Journal)
Motorola's Ray Sokola honored.
Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Promoted
Vertex Promotes Barbara Dyson to Vice President of Human Resources (Business Wire)
Vishay Elects Ronald M. Ruzic to Board of Directors
(Business Wire)
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Infoworld recently named its top 100 global IT projects of 2008. Three projects by Philly-area companies made the cut:
CSL Behring (King of Prussia): Real Time Patient Reporting Project
"CSL Behring developed HeliTraxSM to help physicians track the self-administered treatment progress of hemophilia patients remotely, tapping and encrypting an Internet-based database, an electronic diary, AT&T smartphones, and security software from Trust Digital to ensure HIPAA compliance."
Project lead: Sheila Burke, Director of Communications & PR, Worldwide Commercial Operations
http://www.cslbehring.com
Scientific Division of Thomson Reuters (Philadelphia): IP Research and Analysis
"Thomson Reuters developed Thomson Innovation, an intellectual property research and analysis tool that required Thomson Reuters to develop a new information architecture, search functionality, and RIA interface, then integrate the resultant system with data, identity, e-commerce, and order fulfillment infrastructures."
Project lead: Eftim Pop-Lazarov, VP of Technology
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com
Unisys (Blue Bell): Information Sharing Initiative
Used "Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to develop its Portfolio Center platform, integrating the company's engagement knowledge database and its 3-D blueprint repository, plus additional sales and delivery assets, to disseminate up-to-date information and expertise to field staff ".
Project lead: Dr. Suzanne Taylor, Portfolio Director
http://www.unisys.com
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Which SAP Industry Solution is the Hottest? A JonERP.com Exclusive (JonERP.com)
No word yet whether GMAC has cleared final hurdle for bailout money (Canadian Press via Google News)
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Video Wall of Fame (YouTube)
A seven-part series.
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Comcast sued for not selling set-top boxes, CableCARDs (ars technica)
Wal-Mart confirms iPhone 3G for Sunday, $2 off (VentureBeat)
Oracle's edge (Fortune)
Amid Tech's Bleating, SAP's Got Bark (TheStreet.com)
TelVue gets new CEO
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Muni WiFi flop a bad omen for FCC's free wireless plan
Philadelphia freedom (ars technica)
Fed grants GMAC ability to seek bailout funds (Associated Press via via Google News)
Hard to tell what will be left of its mortgage operations in Montgomery County.
Aria Systems is singing its own praises
Software company to use round of venture capital to impress customers (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Rewarded For Recycling
What's the reward for recycling? How about groceries? (Forbes)
Interview with co-founder of RecycleBank.
Princeton researchers discover new type of laser (News at Princeton)
MBA Student Venture Capital Fund Seeking Startups For Investment Consideration
(Penn State Smeal College of Business)
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Pressure grows on IDS Scheer owner (Reuters)
Harmonic To Buy Scopus For $51 Million
Acquires Video-Encoder Vendor to Diversify Markets and Customer Base (Multichannel News)
Scopus has its North American headquarters in Princeton.
Brian Tierney Gets Into The Holiday Spirit Drinking From A Half-Full Mug (Reality Bites Back)
A bug in Classrooms for the Future (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Skura completes divestment deal with IMS (PharmaLive)
Synygy Selected by Akcelerant Software for Data Hosting and Business Continuity Services (Business Wire)
Infonetics Research: Cisco on Motorola's heels in IP set-top-box market; 3Q IPTV/SDV equipment up 6% (Marketwire)
Agilent workers in Del. prepare for pay cuts (Wilmington New Journal)
Bentley Publishes Digital and Print Versions of ‘The Year in Infrastructure 2008’ (Business Wire)
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Unisys Announces Actions to Reduce Cost Base by More Than $225 Million Annually (Business Wire)
Real Estate Wrap: Unisys exploring way to escape move to Center City (Philadelphia Business Journal)
The top SAP stories of 2008 (SearchSAP.com)
Maverick raises $1.5M in first VC raising (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Newspapers to sell buildings, but who's buying? (Associated Press via Google News)
Zycus Posts 122 Percent Growth in First Half (Business Wire via Philly.com)
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GeoData Explorations: Open Street Map's Growth (O'Reilly Radar)
There is growing interest in Open Street Map locally, and a Philly Meetup group seems to be gaining some traction. Next meetup on January 13.
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CIO Values: Donald H. Hopkins, SunGard Availability Services (Information Week)
Philadelphia's newspapers: A public trust (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Orbius: Social Computing for Business
(Intranet Journal)
Orbius is based in Newtown Square.
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People News
Cadient Group Expands Award-Winning Capabilities with Key New Hires (PR Newswire)
Comcast's Krone Joins Reid's Staff
(TV Week)
CMC Hires John Roy as VP Cable Ops and Engineering
(Cable360)
Verizon Telecom's Marketing Chief To Retire
Former 'Wonder Woman' Played Key Role in Launch of FiOS TV (Multichannel News)
Verizon Names Marketing Head for Landline Unit (Wall Street Journal)
IKON Names Mark Davey Vice President of IKON Legal Enterprise Solutions (Business Wire)
New President/CEO at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting
Industry Veteran Steve Samek to Lead SMART in It’s Continuing Growth (Business Wire)
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Robert N. Wildrick to Its Board of Directors (Business Wire)
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School tech consultant target of contract probe
(Press of Atlantic City)
Motorola Clips Advanced-Video Groups
Cuts VOD and Switched Digital Video Teams As Part of Broader Layoffs (Multichannel News)
Sovereign Bancorp slashing 1,000 jobs (Philadelphia Business Journal)
FreedomPay Raises More $$ (PE Hub)
I wasn't sure if FreedomPay was even around anymore. Obviously, it is. Here is a FreedomPay press release from a few weeks ago. Doesn't say too much.
311 call center to debut Jan. 1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Genachowski to be new FCC Chaiman? (Fierce Telecom)
Ellison: Database machine will need time to fly (IDG via New York Times)
Northrop will not protest Lockheed satellite win (Thomson Financial via Forbes)
The Journal Register Co. Shuts Down 16 Papers (Media Bistro)
PharmaNet Pursues Strategic Alternatives, Possible Sale (Clinical Trials Today)
Tyler Technologies Signs Property Assessment Software Contract with Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Business Wire)
City of Ashville, NC, Wins IEDC Award with Avencia's DecisionTree Software (Geospatial Solutions)
Concurrent, This Technology, INVIDI, BIAP Team on Advanced Ads (Cable360)
Drexel University Begins Work on New Medical Training Center (KYW Newsradio)
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December 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Federal Reserve)
Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Improves in December (Bloomberg)
Oracle Profit Little Changed; Sales Miss Estimates (Bloomberg)
Oracle’s second quarter in line; Ellison takes aim at Salesforce.com
(ZDNet Blogs)
SevOne raising cash to enter Europe, Asia (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Nayatek Raises First Round (PE Hub)
Ben Franklin to Invest $642,045 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development (Business Wire)
Deadlines loom for ITIP contract (Federal Computer Week)
IMS, SDI request a rehearing on NH data ban (Medical Marketing & Media)
Sprint Nextel Plans More Devices for WiMax Network (CIO.com)
Chester, Pa., Residents Set to Join Verizon's FiOS TV Family (PR Newswire)
Nationwide DTV test hits snags with Comcast, Dish (BetaNews)
Interview with College Fanz (and ESPN) Founder Bill Rasmussen (JIM DELORENZO PRESS RELEASES)
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U.S. cable companies giving free equipment for digital move (Reuters)
Motorola To Freeze Salaries, US Pension Plan (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Clear WiMAX Network at Wall Street’s Mercy (GigaOM)
First Round Capital Literally Makes All Their Startups Dance (TechCrunch)
SAP project halted after shareholder pressure (CIO.com)
Advanta suspends work on new Upper Dublin HQ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Aetna to eliminate 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting move (Associated Press via Google News)
Includes about 165 in Blue Bell.
Infrastructure Software Simplifies Factory Design (Design World)
SunGard Announces Their India Deal - TaTa Power Trading ((ETRM Software Community)
Comcast: Give the gift of HD (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast offers gift cards.
Bush’s controversial FCC chief loses power already (Philadelphia Inquirer)
AT&T's U-Verse signs up 1 million households (ars technica)
Philly Papers Launch Local Music Web Site (Editor & Publisher)
Kenexa Acquires Industry-Leading Culture Indicator Solution (Marketwire)
CERN, Leading Swiss-based Research Firm, Taps MEN Micro for Latest in Embedded Functionality in Particle Acceleration Program (PR Newswire)
Aline(TM) Announces End-to-End Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Solution
Turnkey Offering Available Initially for Banking and Manufacturing (PR Newswire)
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Vishay cuts Q4 revenue outlook, sees margin fall (Reuters)
Siemens Settlement: Relief, But Is It Over? (Business Week)
Air Products won't say where 1,300 layoffs will occur (Allentown Morning Call)
SAP Business ByDesign Update (ZDNet Blogs)
New PolicyMap Feature Simplifies Online Map Sharing
Online Mapping Tool Now Lets Users Embed, Share Thematic Maps on the Web (PR Newswire)
eMoney Advisor Announces eMoney Mobile for iPhone(TM) Available in the Apple App Store
(PR Newswire)
Comcast Irks Customers by Moving Some Basic Channels (Bloomberg)
D.C. Council Gives FiOS TV Green Light
Verizon Awarded 15-Year Franchise for District of Columbia (Multichannel News)
SES AMERICOM To Cease IP- PRIME® Service by July 31, 2009 (Business Wire)
1&1 Internet Unveils Windows Advanced Solution (HostingTech.com)
Herley Reports 1st Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
ARSENAULT ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (Layover.com)
Bucking the Trend: College Marketing Firm TargetX Is Hiring in the Face of an Economic Storm (PRWeb)
Study on Digital Inclusion and Civic Engagement (MediaShift Idea Lab)
Comcast security manager gets prison for theft (Wilmington News Journal)
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Politics, Comcast slow Verizon's pay-TV bid (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Google says plan would not threaten net neutrality (Reuters)
Comcast: Subs Buying HDTV Sets, But Not Necessarily Service (Cable360)
Portland Gets WiMAX Service (GigaOM)
Siemens to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Bribe Cases (Bloomberg)
Rohm and Haas Announces Agreement to Develop Semiconductor Packaging Materials with IBM
Materials will Focus on 3D and Underfill Technologies (Business Wire)
Gartner Says BPM Software Growth to Outpace Market in 2009 (BPM in Action)
HCL's Leveraged Leap to India's Top Tech Circle
In borrowing the cash to take over Axon Group, HCL Technologies is challenging the cozy worlds of SAP installation and Indian tech finance (Business Week)
SAP Loses Bid to Dismiss Portions of Oracle Code Theft Lawsuit (Bloomberg)
Worksoft Closes Equity Funding Round with Crescendo Ventures and Austin Ventures (Business Wire)
ACN unit buys stake in WorldGate (Charlotte Business Journal)
GSI commerce cuts jobs, relocates employees (Business First of Louisville)
Altered states (phillyBurbs.com)
Q&A: Tech pioneer Earl Pace on racism in the IT workplace (Computerworld)
WPCS Reports Second Quarter FY2009 Financial Results and Revises Guidance (PR Newswire via MSN Money)
Associate Layoffs at Wolf Block, Drinker Biddle (AmLaw Daily)
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FCC cancels meeting for free Internet vote
(CNET News)
Action Line: Comcast complaint? E-mail the boss (San Jose Mercury News)
Testing the marketing waters (Mode of Being)
US investors seek out Israeli high-tech opportunities (Israel21c)
Safend, mentioned in the above article, apparently laid off 8 employees in late November, according to the TechCrunch Layoff Tracker citing TheMarker. The Marker appears to be written in Hebrew, which I can't read it, so I'm not sure whether the cuts were in Israel or in its US headquarters in Philly.
Locavestors (NY Times Magazine)
Ideablob Interviews from SoCap08 (Social Capital Markets 2008)
Getting technical (Delco Times)
Article dup is paper's doing, not mine.
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SunGard Higher Education cut about 200 positions last week, according to edu1world.org . I haven't heard anything specific about cuts at SunGard Financial. though I certainly would expect that some would occur if it hasn't happened already.
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People News
Kayentis Appoints New VP of Operations (Applied Clinical Trials)
Canoe Brings Three Execs On Board
Cable Ad Venture Hires Staff For Product Development, Client Relations (Multichannel News)
NASDAQ OMX Appoints William H. Morgan as Senior Vice President of Human Resources
(GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)
SpringSource In My Step ((Open
Thoughts on Software, Business, Life)
Former Ringside Networks exec Shaun Connolly joins SpringSource.
3FX Adds 3 Animators & Project Manager (3fx website)
Fiberlink CEO James Sheward Joins as Advisor to Nair & Co. Board
Multi-Award Winning Entrepreneur is CEO and Co-Founder of Fiberlink (PRWeb)
W.net Awards Heartland Payment Systems’ Chairman/CEO Bob Carr with Its Highest Honor (Business Wire)
Anne Robson Joins Kelleher Associates, LLC as Senior Partner (MMD Newswire)
Epifani appointed business manager of South Jersey Technology Park (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)
Deputy business editor to depart Philadelphia Inquirer (Cision)
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Siemens Agrees to Pay Fine to Settle Bribery Charges (Bloomberg)
Capital Still Available For New Ventures (The Bulletin)
FiOS to Raise Its Voice
Verizon Plans to Widely Roll Out Internet-Based Phone Service in Early 2009 (Multichannel News)
Fund-tracker InvestorForce wins clients as stocks, hedge funds fall (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
iPhone Delayed in Walmart Until After Christmas (Wireless Week)
Planview Offers its Market-Leading Portfolio Management Solution in SaaS Delivery Model (Business Wire)
SunGard Availability Services to provide hosting.
PJM Launches Redesigned Web Site (PR Newswire)
SAP and its customer relationships (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)
SAP: Jefferies Downgrades On Eroding IT Budgets (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Infor Cuts 5 Percent of Its Workforce (PC World)
CenTrak's InTouchCare™ Recognized As "Best Of Breed" In Journal Of Healthcare Information Management (RFID Solutions Online)
CenTrak is based in Newtown.
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Portal economy to lead the way
Philadelphia’s economic strength derives from its niche as a circulator of money, people, goods, ideas and data bytes. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
SAP: Pacific Crest Cuts Ests; Sees Layoffs Ahead (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
“another round of significant layoffs” after the fourth quarter? Did I miss something? When was the first round ?
SAP: “We made a mistake” (ZDNet Blogs)
Leading Ventures Keep Their Cool (Keystone Edge)
The world is rocky
But India’s computer-services firms are in good shape to survive the financial crisis (The Economist)
No funds for fun@workplace (Times of India)
Comcast Wraps Up '08 Wideband Rollout (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
TiVo Reveals Comcast Tab (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Bush administration urges FCC to vote against free broadband mandate (BetaNews)
Verizon Philly FiOS deal by end of year derailed (FierceTelecom)
Change of guard at BofA
MBNA pioneer Struthers replaces Hammonds as credit card chief (Wilmington News Journal)
Placer County approves Drexel campus (Sacremento Business Journal)
Digitas Restructures, Cuts Staff In U.S. (Silicon Alley Insider)
NeatReceipts for Mac is Almost Here! (Neat Company Blog)
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PTC Advances Green Product Design and Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solution with Acquisition of Synapsis Technology (Business Wire)
Synapsis is based in Spring House.
Verizon Speeds Up LTE Launch (GigaOM)
Verizon defends honor in Wilmington FiOS talks (FierceTelecom)
Checkpoint CEO van der Merwe named board chairman (Associated Press via MSN Money)
Lockheed Martin Technology Significantly Increases Situation Awareness for Small Unit Forces
(PR Newswire)
Business Objects Fleshes Out SAAS BI with More Salesforce.com Support (eWEEK)
GMAC Rescue Plan Falters, Raising Bankruptcy Concern (Bloomberg)
Project Management on Demand (eWEEK)
Interview with Clarizen CEO Avinoam Nowogrodski.
Lighting Science rises in Burlington County (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Devon IT Sees Substantial Growth in Thin Client Industry (Business Wire)
Haydenfilms Significantly Upgrades Website With Latest Technology; Opens Public Judging for 4.0 Festival Finalists (PR Newswire)
An Introduction to Aklero (Slidshare)
Aklero, based in Radnor, provides information systems for finding deficiences in mortgage documents, which would seem
like a timely solution.
Human errors caused police radio failure, report finds (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Breaking: SAP maintenance price hike: partial victory (ZDNet
Blogs)
SAP eyes big time distribution deals (itbusiness.ca)
Salesforce CEO Benioff Sinks Teeth Into Non-SaaS Rivals (Information Week)
Congress busts Kevin Martin's chops, demands change at FCC (ars technica)
A Second Look at Citywide Wi-Fi
Wireless networks across entire cities were launched with great promise. Too much, in fact. (Wall Street Journal)
NFL to Fire 150 League Employees, Freeze Salaries (Bloomberg)
Includes cuts at NFL Films in Mount Laurel.
Comcast Backs WiFi Ad Network JiWire (PE Hub)
Verizon: Report of 100mbps FiOS in 2009 Was Erroneous (xchange)
Groups Merge To Form Technology Association Of America (Information Week)
The Vast World of Network Management (TMCnet)
Profiles SevOne of Newark, DE, among others.
Ad-ventures in marketing II
(Med Ad News)
3FX of Conshohocken named one of Med Ad News' "four Pharmaceutical Marketing Ventures to Watch for 2008".
It Seems GSI Commerce Only Shines In Q4 (Seeking Alpha)
JERRY JOHNSON: FROM PRINCIPAL TO CORPORATE LEADER
(Sages of Business)
Binswanger Negotiates Long-Term Lease for AWeber Communications in Huntingdon Valley, PA (Marketwire)
Google Health to Host Webcast Next Wed (DEC 10) (Chilmark Research)
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Aria Systems Completes $10 Million in Series B Funding
Leader in SaaS Billing Looks Ahead to Launch of Its A+ Billing Platform (Marketwire)
Aria Systems raises $10M more for online billing (Venture Beat)
Comcast sees slowing effects of economy (Associated Press via Business Week)
Dow committed to closing Rohm & Haas buy (Reuters)
Tyco Electronics cuts jobs, some local (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
Tribune Files Bankruptcy One Year After Zell Bailout (Bloomberg)
Properties in eastern Pennsylvania owned by Tribune include the Allentown Morning Call and TV stations in Philadelphia (WPHL) and Harrisburg (WPMT).
CONFIRMED: Two iPhone models to sell at Walmart (this month!) (ZDNet Blogs)
Intel develops fast, cheap optical links on silicon
(CNET News)
5 Reasons To Avoid GSI Commerce (GSIC) (Investopedia)
Though I don't play stock-picker here, I generally agree with this assessment.
Successful exit for Textronics Inc (fibre2fashion)
Textronics is based in Wilmington
Fresh Thinking: Harvard Business Review Article Explores When and How Companies Must Reinvent Their Businesses (PR Newswire)
Article by Clayton Christensen and SAP co-CEO Henning Kagermann in HBR.
inTEST (INTT) Cuts 10 Employees from Tester Interface Product Segment (StreetInsider.com)
inTEST is based in Cherry Hill.
Emtec, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2008 Results (PR Newswire)
C&D Technologies turns profit
(Philadelphia Business Journal)
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An Interview With @comcastcares (John Battelle's Searchblog)
Bentley Systems and MicroStation V8i - interview (JTB
World Blog)
Auditorium game combines music, lights and puzzles (Macworld)
Web site focuses on fun and games
(pillyBurbs.com)
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People News
New president to lead PNC unit
Wolcott joins business that provides services, information worldwide (Wilmington News Journal)
StarCite Taps Industry Veteran Kevin Iwamoto As Vice President, Enterprise Strategy (Business Wire)
Riepe to step down as trustee chairman
Cohen will head the Board of Trustees beginning in Nov. 2009 (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Ex-Comcast exec Doyle joins WPCS (Philadelphia Inquirer)
FiOS’s Denson Crosses Over
Telco Programming Chief Expands Responsibilities Across Platforms (Multichannel News)
Rowan grad makes Philly 100 (South Jersey Life)
BioNanomatrix Appoints Gary Zweiger, Ph.D., as Vice President of Business Development
(PR Newswire)
Chris Beiswenger Joins Axon Americas as Executive Vice President of Delivery
Former CSC Global SAP Practice leader rounds out seasoned executive leadership team (PR Newswire)
Matthews & Rubin Appointed Engagement Managers for ISA Consulting (Business Wire)
INVIDI Taps Scanzoni, Scheppach, Manning for Board (Media
Week)
Janney Continues Building Research Expertise with Hires from Wachovia and Citigroup (Business Wire)
Janney Lands Oppenheimer Analyst and Continues Research Expansion (Business Wire)
Award-Winning Visual Effects Arts, Ed Mendez, Joins Dive Staff, Division of Shooters Post (Philly Ad Club)
Power Medical Interventions Announces Executive Management Change (Surgistrategies)
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100Mbps FiOS Will Arrive Next Year
Largely aimed at winning the marketing wars.. (Broadband Reports)
Top 23 U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q3 2008 (ISP Planet)
Downturn Will Hurt Cable, Too (GigaOM)
More Takeaways...
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Analyst cuts IMS target on data privacy questions (Associated Press via MSN Money)
Who’s shopping for Business Objects? (SAP Watch)
Unisys Announces Plan for Reverse Stock Split
Company said it intends to regain compliance with NYSE minimum share price rule (Business Wire)
Obama sports white earbuds, doesn't rock Zune
(Macworld)
Take A Virtual Tour Of Philadelphia (CBS 3)
Unisys lays off 90 local workers (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)
PAETEC lays off 222 full-time workers (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)
Penske Truck Leasing teams up with PeopleNet (LBSzone)
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Groups push for net neutrality in Obama administration (Macworld)
Cable Operators Want FCC Cap Ruling Reversed
Saying FCC failed to perform a crucial market-power analysis on the industry (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast to launch meter to track Web usage (ZDNet Blogs)
Verizon Promises Not To Cherry Pick Philadelphia
Insists that FiOS deployments will reach entire city... (Broadband Reports)
PJM Board Authorizes $1.6 Billion in Transmission Additions, Upgrades (PR Newswire)
Gutmann responds to U.'s budget problems (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Tweeter abruptly shut; workers fired (Philadelphia Inquirer)
rVibe bringing live music concerts to the Web (KeyStone Edge)
I2 Technologies ends merger deal with JDA Software (Thomson Financial via Forbes)
SAP Exec: Belt-tightening to Continue, but Business Better (PC World)
Angel investors collaborate, pump $1.1M into NanoPack Inc. (Keystone Edge)
Barack Obama Uses a Zune (Wired Blogs:
Gadget Lab)
Judge Sides With University Against Student-Teacher With 'Drunken Pirate' Photo (Chronicles of Higher
Education)
Police: sibs hacked PC, used GPS to track—and maybe kill—father (ars technica)
Marchex cuts 10 percent of workforce (TechFlash)
No word on whether the cuts involved anyone from Marchex's Philadelphia-based VoiceStar unit, but VoiceStar cofounder Ari
Jacoby seems eager to drum up some new business.
CSC Announces Social Networking Community for Property and Casualty Insurance Clients
(PR Newswire)
Network engineers and developers must collaborate on WAN applications (SearchNetworking.com)
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Philly-Microsoft's High School of the Future (Computerworld Blogs)
RSNA: Brain Waves May Measure Autism Severity (MedPage Today)
Health Robotics Announces $60M Investment by Devon International Group and ITOCHU Inc. in the CytoCare(TM) and i.v.Station(TM PENDING) Robots (PR Newswire)
Online Sales Spiked 15 Percent on Cyber Monday (New York Times: Bits)
New Jersey-Based MedQuist Pays U.S. $6.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations (PR Newswire)
Tyco Electronics cites continued weakness in orders (PennLive.com)
Vantage Communications Unveils vPlatform CRM Serving Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (Business Wire)
FCC to Tackle Cable and More Wireless Broadband (GigaOM)
Comcast: FCC Boss Martin 'Intellectually Bankrupt' (Braodband Reports)
Pennsylvania SERS “Tables” Fund Commitments (PE Hub)
TL and Novitas funds among those on hold.
Hawaii unveils plans for Better Place (CNET News)
Startup founded by former SAP exec Shai Agassi.
DeVry Inc. Selects SunGard Higher Education for New Student Information System (Business Wire)
FolioDynamix Joining DTCC’s Managed Accounts Service (Business Wire)
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Q&A with First Round Capital’s Josh Kopelman (PE Hub)
2009 Outlook: Vanguard's Bogle sees long recession (Associated Press via Forbes)
How Comcast Controls Sony’s Internet TV Plans (New York Times: Bits)
Clearwire Sinks; Attractive Spectrum Isn’t Enough (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Clearwire CEO: Not Married To WiMax If Rival Format Takes Off (Silicon Alley Insider)
Filing: SAP co-CEO had concerns about TomorrowNow deal (IT World)
Layoffs under way at The News Journal (Wilmington News Journal)
Gannett eliminates positions at N.J. newspapers (Courier-Post)
Documents reveal double-digit profit margins at scores of papers now on verge of massive layoffs (Gannett Blog)
InterDigital Announces Financial Guidance for Fourth Quarter 2008 (Business Wire)
Lockheed wins weather satellite deal up to $1.1 bln (Reuters)
Unisys Teams with Microsoft to Develop Enterprise Content Management Solutions (Business Wire)
Geisinger Health System's Plan to Fix America's Health Care (Fast Company)
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Comcast Tries To Slow Verizon's Philly Entry
Cable giant works city council to protect home turf.. (Broadband Reports)
Clearwire CEO: Co Will Be Independently Run (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Clearwire may slow WiMax build to cut funding gap (Thomson Financial via Forbes)
Canoe's David Verklin Navigates Tough Waters
Canoe Ventues CEO discusses the challenges of heading the new cable-advertising consortium (Broadcasting & Cable)
SAP Pays Price for SaaS Maturation (Intelligent Enterprise)
In bad economy, students worried about internships (Philadelphia Inquirer)
SAP cuts out paid interns for now.
A Scenario for the Future of News (The Huffington Post: Jeff Jarvis)
Can the Inky run with a newsroom staff of 35 people?
Dow Chemical, partner reaffirm Kuwait deal
K-Dow, a 50-50 joint venture, is slated to start operations by January (MarketWatch)
Rohm and Haas Uses Elemica's Terminal and Warehouse Solution to Drive Efficiency & Accelerate Time to Invoice
Automation of Manual Processes Reduces Costs in Supply Chain (PR Newswire)
MEDecision Adds Key Executives to Further Strengthen Operations, Sales (Business Wire)
IS&S Takes $6 Million Hit On Loss Of Eclipse Work (Aero-News.Net)
New Prospects for Payment Card Application
in Health Care (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. The Wall Street Analyst Forum Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)
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SunGard opens Middle East HQ (Finextra)
He has a keen eye for innovation
Ed Dougherty's inventions help bring the game closer to the viewer. (Phialdelphia Inquirer)
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People News
Comcast Sports Names Smith SVP Of Strategic Marketing
President Of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Begins New Post Jan. 5 (Multichannel News)
SAP Names COO Erwin Gunst Labor Relations Director and Responsible for HR, IT and SAP Labs (PR Newswire)
AMETEK Names Charles Lohwasser Vice President and General Manager (Business Wire)
Tyco Electronics Names John Van Scoter to Company's Board of Directors (PR Newswire)
HighPoint Solutions Launches New Quality & Compliance Practice
New Group Addresses IT Regulatory Compliance for Life Science Companies (PR Newswire)
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Software ‘interoperability’ key to efficient business processes (Daily
Commercial News)
Cable System Sales On Hold
Comcast's 400,000-Subscriber Offer May Buck the Credit-Crunch Trend, Though (Multichannel News)
SAP Trimming Head Count, “Can’t Rule Out” Layoffs (ZDNet Blogs)
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Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Announces Leadership Transition
ASUG Board of Directors Releases CEO; Executive Committee to Assume Interim Leadership (Business Wire)
Versus tries punching up its programming (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ecommerce loses immunity to economy woes (Reuters)
Verizon hits roadblock in Wilmington
City says FiOS provider should offer more (Wilmington News Journal)
Better Business Bureau Recommends Verizon Modify FiOS Claims
Bureau’s National Advertising Division Acted On Cablevision Complaint (Multichannel News)
Economy Worries Slowing DOCSIS 3.0 Rollouts (Broadband Reports)
Clearwire completes massive Sprint merger, gets $3.2 billion infusion (Seattle Times)
Pa. Website Helps Shoppers Find Hot Gifts (KYW NewsRadio)
Shaky economy boosting growth
Two friends created a Web-cam-based way to practice interview skills. Now, not only colleges subscribe. (Philadelphia
Inquirer)
South African-based retail software provider UCS has apparently established a US presence with the opening of a Philadelphia office, according to allAfrica.com.
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Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP slapped with ’sell’ rating; Pushback from customer base cited (ZDNet Blogs)
Will Oracle And SAP Offer Big-Business SaaS? Sort Of. (Information Week)
SunGard Completes Tender Offer for Shares of GL TRADE (PR Newswire)
Unisys Corporation Files To Raise Cash (UIS) (24/7
Wall Street)
TiVo Still Seeking Cable Payoff (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)
Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public (TechCrunch via Washington Post)
QlikTech named European High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
(Business Week)
ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site (Finextra)
Devon IT Launches Thin Client, Virtualization Test Center in China Headquarters (Business Wire)
Event: Miles Technologies' employees to work from snow globe during coat drive (Newark Star-Ledger)
I don't quite understand what this snow globe is about.
RefreshPhilly planning session at the Comcast Center (Labs.Cimians)
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Samsung and InterDigital reach 3G and 2G settlement
(CNET News)
Where Will the World's Greentech Hub Be? (Greentech Media)
Halifax firm expanding market for port logistics software
(Halifax Chronicle Herald)
BofA confirms job cuts in card operation (Wilmington News Journal)
MapQuest: “We’ve Come Out Of Hibernation” (Search Engine Land)
MindTree set to bid for US firm Seal Consulting (Economic Times of India)
Motorola: Worth More Dead Than Alive? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems in the Wild (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Christmas show debuts at Comcast Center lobby (Philadelphia Inquirer))
When green initiatives and wireless are at odds
Philly property owner loads cellular, Wi-Fi signals onto DAS (Network World)
Craigslist Founder Shares Secrets Of Entrepreneurship (The Bulletin)
VGXPO: Le Montage (Geekadelphia)
Study: Spending on HR Technology to Hold Steady (Workforce Management)
MEDecision’s Alineo Now Live at DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc. (Business Wire)
WPCS Announces $9 Million in New Contracts (PR Newswire)
N.J. extends loss carry forward to 20 years (Philadelphia Business Journal)
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