SAP: Lawsuits and Executive Shuffles. Oh My (eWEEK: Enterprise Apps Blogs)

IAC Advances as Court Ruling Lets Diller Proceed With Spinoff (Bloomberg)

Ansys to Pay $832 Million for Ansoft (Associated Press via Forbes)
Two Western PA. firms with very similar names and technologies merge.

RCN to Dramatically Expand On-Demand Capacity in All Markets (BusinessWire via FoxBusiness)

FiOS High-Def VOD Going Live
Video on demand springs to life in some regions (BroadbandReports)

Comcast stomping HDTV signals to fit three channels into the space of two (DVICE)

Comcast Miffed At Martin BitTorrent Remarks
EVP Says Cable Giant Hasn’t ‘Admitted’ Anything Regarding Network Management Policies (Multichannel News)

Ulticom Announces Completion of Audit Committee Investigations and Provides Anticipated Investigation-Related Financial Statement Adjustments (Marketwire via FoxBusiness)

Autonomy IDOL Delivers World Class Performance for Kenexa (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

ActiveStrategy Launches ActiveStrategy Enterprise v7.0 Balanced Scorecard Software (BusinessWire)

InterDigital Names Steven Sprecher General Counsel (BusinessWire)

Vindu's View: Our love-hate relationship with Comcast
CABLE GIANT IS TRYING TO CHANGE - REALLY (San Jose Mercury News)

Comcast's grand ambitions (San Jose Mercury News)

Comcast Responds (The Tech Beat: Business Week)

The life and times of Kevin Martin
Candid interview with FCC chairman (RCR Wireless News)

Insurers look at virtual visits to doctor (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Medical Records on Demand? (Red Herring)

SaaScon 2008 - Day 2: Message Bus & Virtualization
(Network World)
Interview with Boomi execs.

Odd Coincidence of Newspapers Pleading for City Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi
Networking News)

Astea International Inc Files Form 8-K, Item 4.02 - Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements
Company Will Restate Previously Issued Financial Statements for 2006 and First Three Quarters of 2007 (PRNewswire)

Comcast To Use Invidi

Comcast is planning to deploy Invidi's advertising targeting system to 100,000 homes in Baltimore by June. Heavily financed Invidi, based in Princeton, allows television ads to be targeted to individual households, which is kind of scary. It is the first major rollout of Invidi's technology that I am aware of.

MediaBytes

Diller Wins as Court Allows His 5-Way Division of IAC (New York Times-free subscription)

Verizon Faces Regulatory Battle Over Open Network ((Bloomberg)

Comcast's P2P Conversion: I'll Believe It When I See Results (Businessweek: Tech Beat)

Open Source "Social App Server" Might Crack Garden Walls? (O'Reilly Radar)

SAP retires overlapping BI products
Analyst commends SAP for taking decisive actions, says more is likely to follow (InfoWorld)

All Aboard the Universal Display Gravy Train (Motley Fool)

EU opens in-depth probe of Nokia's Navteq purchase (Reuters)

Accenture profit gains, raises outlook; shares up (Reuters)

TIBCO Surges in Q1 (Managing Automation)

Microsoft SharePoint taking business by storm
(Computerworld)
Sounds like a Microsoft press release.

Wyeth slashing 1,200 sales rep jobs (NJ.com)
A continuation of the trend away from pharma sales reps and towards advertising and electronic marketing.

Say hello to Viddler’s Simple Player (The Viddler Spotlight)


Where the Law Stands on Virtual Property (Law.com)

LLR Partners Announces Promotions and One New Hire (BusinessWire)

SL Industries Announces 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results (BusinessWire)

ORBIT/FR Reports Q4 and 2007 Results (PRNewswire)

Comcast agreement in dispute with BitTorrent (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pressured, Motorola Splits in Two (New York Times-free subscription)

Motorola's local operations prepare for break-up (Philly Inc: Philly.com)

Bigger than Bebo? MyYearbook?? (Nothing to Say Blog)

Modern Medicine
STATE WORKS TO MAKE MEDICAL RECORDS EASIER TO SHARE (Daily Local News)

Governor Rendell Signs Executive Order Implementing Information Technology Initiative From Prescription for Pennsylvania (PRNewswire)

Waste Management sues SAP over ERP implementation (ITworld)
Just another trash lawsuit?

Oracle Profit Up, but New Software Sales Sluggish (Reuters via eWEEK)

SAP's new take on supply chain execution
ERP or best-of-breed? (Modern Materials Handling)

Why Microsoft Might Bid for BI (Motley Fool)

Why Not WiMax? (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Cable and wireless technologies are more interrelated than you might think.

Minneapolis cuts the ribbon on muni Wi-Fi network (MuniWireless)

Journal Register Co. Stock Price Sinks Below Cost Of A Daily Newspaper (Editor & Publisher)
This is basically a case of the house being worth less than the mortgage. I still think some combination of Journal Register's
Philly-area properties with Calkins Media (phillyBurbs.com) might make sense.

Yahoo Eases Newspaper Consortium Fears—For Now (paidContent.org)
Philadelphia Media Holdings is a major player in the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium.

USA Technologies Launches the ePort® G7 (BusinessWire)

HIMSS virtual conference & expo offers free access (eHEALTH)

Court Agrees to Stay FCC's New "E911" Standards (Reuters via New York Times)
Not particularly good news for TruePosition of Berwyn, I would think. One of their main selling points is that their cell tower triangulation method is more precisely accurate than GPS. My guess is that E911 systems of the future will be mostly a hybrid of the two. The DC Appeals Court, in citing "procedural irregularities" in the FCC proceedings, may raise further questions about FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin's competency or fairness.

BioNanomatrix raises $5.1M for genome work (Philadelphia Inquirer)

First Social Application Server in Open Source that Seamlessly Integrates Facebook Applications (LBSzone.com)
On Marlton startup Ringside Networks.

Motorola to Break Into 2 Companies (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)
In all the reporting about Motorola recently, I have seen little discussion about the prospects for its Horsham-based set top box and broadband modem businesses, both of which face increasing competitive pressures.


Now Verizon Wants Cable TV Portability. No Really!" (GigaOM)

Comcast HD Image Quality Vs. FiOS
Compression highlighted in user comparison (Broadband Reports)

Why Cable And WiMax Shouldn’t Mix (TechCrunch)

CableLabs Researcher Joins Joost As CTO: Source
Ex-Comcast Technologist Jason Gaedtke Said To Have Joined Internet TV Firm (Multichannel News)

EMS Announces Integrated Solution for Medical Simulation Management
State-of-the-art software for efficient workflow and management of clinical skills and medical simulation centers (BusinessWire)

Calling all Philadelphia Entrepreneurs! Third Annual Entrepreneurship Week set for April 21 – 26 (Innovation Philadelphia Blog)

Saint Joseph's University Takes BI Education Online (Enterprise Systems)

Motorola to split into two companies; shares jump (Reuters)

This has major implications for Motorola's huge Horsham-based business.

Cable companies discuss funding wireless venture (Reuters via Forbes)
Would use WiMax. Led by Comcast, of course.

Bio-Imaging Acquires Phoenix Data Systems (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Ulticom receives 'Wells' notice from SEC (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Nokia CFO `Less Optimistic' on InterDigital Accord (Bloomberg)

SunGard's STN Expands Across Europe
Global Trade Routing and Connectivity Solutions Support Buy-Side and
Sell-Side Automation Initiatives (PRNewswire)

SEI Advisor Resource Center Opens for Business
SEI Launches Initiative to Give Advisors Access to Essential Industry
Marketing Materials and Resources (PRNewswire)

SAP May Promote Three Executives, Including Apotheker, FTD Says (Bloomberg)

Chip aids wireless health monitoring systems (EE Times)

Hitachi Mu-chip Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Compatible with Gamma Sterilization (BusinessWire)

Penn Engineering Receives $7.5 Million to Develop Cooperation Principles for Robot Teams (University of Pennsylvania News Release)

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center Funds Third Round Of Projects
(PRNewswire)

Apple grows with new South Jersey store (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Apparently right next to the "MAC" cosmetic store in Cherry Hill Mall.

Zipcar makes new push for business in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

PointRoll Continues Strong Growth, Adding Three to Senior Staff
- Rich media leader hires industry veterans from CNET Networks, VarietyOnline Group and Convergys - (PRNewswire)

Volker Mueller Joins Bentley as Research Director (TenLinks.com)

Optellios Announces Hardened Multi-Zone Intrusion Detection System (BusinessWire)

Banking Brief for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware (Philadelphia Federal Reserve)
Fourth Quarter 2007.

Proposed base plan takes center stage (phillyBurbs.com)

InterDigital in Patent Talks With Nokia; Shares Rise (Bloomberg)
Share price up almost 15% today.

SAP chief's purview has gone global (Philly.com)
Bill McDermott taking on broader responsibilties.


International insight from SAP Labs China (SearchSAP.com)
1200 employees.

Online Video: Data Tidal Wave? (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast request could change cable services
The cable giant seeks freedom from any future rate regulation (Summit Daily News-Colorado)

Quaero gets off the ground to challenge Google (International Herald Tribune)

Newspapers’ New Owners Turn Grim (New York Times-free subscription)

Icahn sues Motorola for certain documents, materials (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Hope Fading For Muni Wireless Networks- Is WiMAX The Answer? (The Viodi View)

Retirement Income: Retirement software evolution (Investment News)
SunGard, eMoney Advisor named as leaders.

Printed RFID Nearing Commercialization, Study Says (RFID Update)

ClinPage: Phlexglobal planning expansion into
US; will decide between Philadelphia and Boston as US Base by summer (ClinPage)

The 12th Annual Wharton India Economic Forum Concludes Successfully in Philadelphia (BusinessWire)

I've been working on identifying and better understanding the different segments of the IT business in Greater Philadelphia. There are obviously key technologies, applications, and vertical markets which drive much of the activity here. There are also phrases and acronyms that people use to refer to these things in shorthand. I know it can be confusing to people who are generalists (as I am) or specialize in certain areas, so I thought I'd build a little glossary of terms that seem to be most important here.
Right now it is based on Wikipedia entries, which are good in some cases and not so good in others. If anyone has suggestions on better sources, don't hesitate to let me know. This list will grow over time, though I intend to keep it as targeted to Philadelphia as possible. It will be posted on the right sidebar.

Enterprise resource planning(ERP)

Business process management(BPM)

Service-oriented architecture(SOA)

Software as a service(SaaS)

Cloud computing

Business intelligence(BI)

Customer relationship management(CRM)

Supply chain management(SCM)

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)

Product lifecycle management(PLM)

Business rules

SAP NetWeaver

SAP Business ByDesign

Electronic health record(EHR)

Clinical Trial Management System(CTMS)

Bioinformatics

Electronic data capture(EDC)

Agile enterprise

Thin client

DOCSIS

Set-top box

Verizon FiOS

Network neutrality

Passive optical network (PON)

Tru2Way

Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF)

Switched Digital Video (SDV)

IPTV

3G

3GPP Long term evolution (LTE)

Femtocell

Radio-frequency identification(RFID)

Ruby on Rails

Microsoft .NET Framework

Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft SharePoint

Content management system(CMS)

Global Positioning System(GPS)

Geographic information system(GIS)

Spatial analysis

MicroStation

Location-based service(LBS)

Smart card

Wi-Fi

WiMAX

Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP)

Project portfolio management(PPM)

Search engine marketing(SEM)

Organic light-emitting diode(OLED)

Hopes for Wireless Cities Fade as Internet Providers Pull Out (New York Times-free subscription)

Update: Comcast Responds to Camera Story (New Tee Vee)

Obama's 'typical white' remark on WIP offended some (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Obama begins ad blitz in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Engineering grads in great demand at high-tech companies
(Cherry Hill Courier-Post)
Focuses on Lockheed Martin.

Feed Frenzy (Redeye VC)

Boeing tests high-tech Osprey in cold, wind (Billings Gazette)


Verizon, AT&T top airwave bidding
Qualcomm buys rights to major urban markets (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Qualcomm licenses include Philadelphia.

Verizon mum on extent of FioS for city
'City will not allow cherry-picking,' city spokesman says (Wilmington News Journal)

Philly Emerging Tech Conference this Week (Independents Hall)

Malone on the Ropes? (Portfolio.com)

Sequoia Threatens Lawsuit Over E-Voting Machine Review
A New Jersey county asked a Princeton professor to conduct an independent review of Sequoia Voting Systems e-voting machines, which the company opposes. (Information Week)

Discover beats analyst expectations
Despite dip in profits and rise in defaults, credit card company sees good first quarter (Wilmington News Journal)

Business Pros That Invest In Startups (The Bulletin)

Windows Vista SP1 Flunks Out At Penn
University of Pennsylvania tech staffers are advising faculty and students not to upgrade to the new service pack for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. (Information Week)

On-Demand (or SaaS) Index: The Bottom or More Pain (BI Blogs)

Exec quits, layoffs looming at Power Medical (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Projects in panorama
Software tools help eliminate blind spots that can sink an IT project (Government Computer News)
Discusses Primavera Systems' ProSight product.

Lawson Software Sells Commerce Bank on New Product (NJBIZ.com)

Entercom Expands Use of Dynamic Ad Technology (Radio World)

Philly Flex Meeting - Using Flex with Ruby on Rails (Philadelphia Flex User Group)

I started my new job with advertising/interactive agency Red Tettemer 5 days ago (Social Media: The New Black)

Problem prompts Pa. to take down online voter registration form
(Associated Press via The Times Leader)
Amazing.

Verizon Nabs Most Valuable 700Mhz Spectrum
AT&T, Verizon together spend $16.2 billion out of $19.5 billion auction total (BroadBand Reports)

Verizon's Open Network Strategy (Forbes)

March 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Better than some expected.

FCC to hold Comcast hearings at Stanford (ZDNet)

Comcast: FCC lacks any authority to act on P2P blocking (ars technica)

HHS secretary pitches pilot program (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Visa Shares Jump Sharply as Trading Starts (New York Times-free subscription)

SAP and Novell’s open source initiative cuts TCO (SAPWatch: SearchSAP.com)

Samsung SDS Teams Up With SAP
(The Korea Times)

NetSuite CEO slams SAP and outlines successful SaaS drivers (MyCustomer.com)


Teradata Has Acquired BI/DW Firm Claraview (Intelligent Enterprise)


BEA Surveys the State of the BPM Market (Intelligent Enterprise)

Emerging technologies will soon marginalize IT's role in BI (Computerworld)

Bentley Publishes Digital Version of ‘The Year in Infrastructure 2007’ (BusinessWire)

Phoenix Integration Awarded Major NASA Research Initiatives (PRWeb)

Gemalto 2007 profit surges, confident for this year (Reuters)

Sequoia Voting Systems site hacked
(CNET News)
Company can't count votes, threatens Princeton professor.


SIIA Sues 8 eBay Sellers Over Software Copies
The Software & Information Industry Association accuses the defendants of selling illegal copies of Adobe Photoshop and other software. (Information Week)
Two targets of suit are from area.

Schilling's 38 Studios hires Comcast vet MacLean (Mass High Tech)
He has a backup plan in case he can't pitch again.

Wireless Spectrum Auction Raises $19 Billion (New York Times-free subscription)

Verizon CEO Wants To Spur Innovation With Open Model (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)

Motorola Announces Worldwide Distribution Agreement with Swisscom
(PRNewswire)

Nokia Declines to Make Remedies in EU's Navteq Review (Bloomberg)
Navteq owns Traffic.com.

New tech bank for S. Phila's Quattrone (PhillyDeals: Philly.com)

Quality-of-care data available online (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Companies receive Ben Franklin loans (The Express-Times)
One is an RFID startup.

'Mobile security' is not an oxymoron
* Fiberlink Communications announces enhancements to its Extend360 Mobile Platform (Network World)

Panorama Debuts Beta Initiative In
Analytics and Reporting Solutions for Google Applications (BusinessWire)
Relationship with Boomi.

PointRoll to DoubleClick: 'While Submitting Your Resume to Google, CC Us!'
(PRNewswire)

Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference 2008 (Small & Mighty)
In Atlantic City on April 22.

SAS buys natural language processing vendor Teragram (InfoWorld)

SunGard Targets Alternative Investment Firms (FinanceTech)

Pennsylvania's Corporate Taxes Uniquely High (The
Bulletin)

2 charged with hacking into company's Web site (phillyBurbs.com)

Penn professor who helped computerize NYSE dies at 85 (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

Two more investments for First Round Capital. PlayCafe, a Los Angeles startup producing interactive online game shows, received seed funding, New Tee Vee reports. (Watch out, the darn site froze my computer.)
Also, the Indian media is reporting that First Round has invested in an Indian photographic services site called ZoomIn, though I haven't found any confirmation of that or reporting from the States.

Visa Raises $17.9 Billion in Record-Setting U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)
A lot of cash will be flowing into Delaware.

Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You? (NewTeeVee)

RFID hack could crack open 2 billion smart cards (Computerworld)

Outsourcing helps Valley business
Computer Aid of South Whitehall Twp. does software engineering (Allentown Morning Call)


SAP: Bernstein Upgrades After Stock’s Recent Slid (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Siemens Chief Loses Investor Trust With Earnings Cut (Bloomberg)


Science Center’s Integromics Receives 2007 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award (BusinessWire)

Accenture to expand lifesciences R&D unit (Economic Times of India)

New ExpenseWatch.com Release Features Substantial Credit Card Management and Controls (Accounting Software 411)

FreedomPay(R) Announces the Patriot Card(TM), A Virtual Payment Card Leveraging the Benefits of ACH and Check Conversion Networks (PRNewswire)

ICG Commerce Drives Strong Growth in 2007 (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

SAS Opens Up SAS OnDemand for Academics (Campus Technology)

Summit showcases broadband’s fiscal benefit to New Jersey (Princeton Business Journal)

NJTC Members Take 'Techie' Message to Washington DC (PRNewswire)

High-tech scavenger hunt is a business plan hit at Princeton Univ. (Princeton Business Journal)

IDS Scheer Announces Expansion of Partnership with Supply-Chain Council at Supply-Chain World Conference (BusinessWire)

TEMIS Named to KMWorld Magazine's Top 100 List of Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management (PRNewswire)

Innovation Philadelphia Hosts 'Opportunities Abound' Networking Event (PRNewswire)

RecycleBank gets $30M from Kleiner Perkins, to provide rewards to recyclers (The Industry Standard)

Recyclebank

Construction orchestration
Software gives an edge in a tighter market. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
On Bentley, Primavera, and Maxwell.

Dish Network Suffers Failed Satellite Launch
Blown Launch of AMC-14 Satellite Could Delay HD Expansion (Broadcasting & Cable)
Satellite owned by SES Americom of Princeton, built by Lockheed Martin of Newtown.

New business models for citywide Wi-Fi
(CNet News Blog)
Minneapolis may have a successful model.


Medidata Solutions Expands Clinical Trial Technology Offering with Acquisition of Fast Track Systems (BusinessWire)

Federal Reserve Districts
Third District--Philadelphia (Federal Reserve Board)
Beige Book report for February. Not too encouraging.


SAP exec talks partners, platforms and the SAP economy (SearchSAP.com)

Navigating a host of SAP hosts (SearchSAP.com)

Benioff takes stock of software shifts (ZDNet)

Safend Automates Product Interoperability & Quality Assurance Testing Process (BusinessWire)

Peco to start a customer price-information service (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Safeguard Scientifics to File Form 12b-25 to Extend Filing Due Date of Its 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K (BusinessWire)

Siemens issues profit warning (Associated Press via MSN Money)


WPCS Reports 37% Increase in Revenue for the 3rd Quarter (PRNewswire)

InterDigital: Risky Play with Huge Potential Upside (Seeking Alpha)

Financial Firm Susquehanna Int'l Deploys GigaSpaces (Gridtoday)

Kulicke & Soffa Introduces Next-Generation Wire Bonders at SEMICON China (BusinessWire)

College in cyberspace (phillyBurbs.com)

CEO cleans up Siemens' tainted image (Knowledge@Wharton via DelawareOnline)
CEO also discusses Siemens Healthcare IT strategy in speech at Wharton.

Judge Asks for Briefs in Struggle Over IAC (Associated Press via New York Times)

Drive to unionize Comcast
IBEW begins statewide campaign (Boston Herald)

Trials & Defibrillations: Interactive TV in the U.S. (TVBoard: MediaPost)

Gannett Buys Rest of PointRoll From Former CEO For $4.6 million (paidContent.org)
PointRoll is based in Conshohocken.

New Ways To Manage Health Data
Giants Join the Push To Put Records Online (Washington Post-Free Subscription)

MedQuist Announces Entry Into Settlement Term Sheet Resolving South Broward Litigation
(PRNewswire)

Building Sales Momentum In A Recession (The Bulletin)

Blue Hens 'trade' blue chips
For UD's fledgling investment club, the Exelon Trading Center is all about futures (Wilmington News Journal)

Philadelphia's First Round Capital has been busy, as usual. Three companies originally seeded by First Round completed significant follow-on rounds. Mint, a well-publicized Silicon Valley personal online financial management firm, received $12.1 million in a third round. Pikum, a UK based online game developer, raised about $5 million(its too late for me to mess with the pound sign) from Virgin USA. Gigya, a Palo Alto-based Widget platform, raised $9.5 Million. First Round particapated in all three current rounds.
33Across, a New York “stealth-mode company developing revolutionary technology to identify influential online users”, closed a seed funding round led by First Round.

Deal or No Deal
Comcast's Brian Roberts is a tough negotiator but hasn't made a big acquisition in years. Is he trigger-shy? (Business Week)

FCC Boss Being Investigated
Enemies and critics begin to take aim... (BroadbandReports.com)

Verizon fixes P2P problem - on its network at least (ZDNet)

Small technology takes the big screen (Newark Star-Ledger)
On Universal Display

SAP to have again two CEOs, Apotheker to be named co-CEO in April - report (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)

Philadelphia M&A flat in 4q07 (PhillyDeals: Philly.com)

Governor Rendell Announces $9.8 Million for Targeted Nanotechnology Projects Statewide
(PRNewswire)
Seems like Governor Rendell is giving away millions of dollars almost every day.

Who First Called It 'Talent Management'? (Human Resource Executive Online)
On Kenexa competitor.

Zuora Raises $6.5M, Joins SaaS Billing Bonanza (GigaOM)
Another competitor in Aria Systems' space.


Lenfest extends $10M debt agreement with ETC (Philadelphia Inquirer)

IETF Examines Future of the Internet by Going IPv6 Native (BusinessWire)

Devon IT, CentriServ Launch Pennsylvania’s First IBM BladeCenter and Storage Solution Center (BSSC) Facility (BusinessWire)

Ojo video phone service returns
(phillyBurbs.com)

Given Enough Eyeballs - Art Meets Open Source in Philly (O'Reilly Radar)
Don't quite know what this means, but it sounds interesting.


'Akill' charged with University of Pennsylvania attack
Charges against alleged bot-herder detailed in court documents (Computerworld New Zealand)

Comcast to beef up network with new 100Gbps optics (ars technica)

Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam (New York Times-Free subscription)

Comcast Sues FCC Over 30% Cap
(Broadcasting & Cable)
I discussed the likelihood of this happening yesterday.

Microsoft targets SAP (SAP Watch: SearchSAP.com)

Billionaire Rivals Spoke Often of Deals, Trial Is Told (New York Times-Free subscription)

Universal Display Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (BusinessWire)

Tyco Electronics to seek unit sale
(Reuters)

Investor spotlight: NewSpring Capital keeping its eyes on the Southeast (TechJournal South)

Controlling interest in Horsham firm sold for $17.2M (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Orbit/FR

Kenexa Opens State-of-the-Art Campus in India (PRNewswire via CNNMoney)


Payformance Completes Sale of Corporate Payments Division(PRNewswire)
Sold to Sungard.


IPv6 faces trial by fire tonight
Internet standards body chief explains why he's turning off IPv4 (Network World)


Red Hat buys Virginia software company (Raleigh News & Observer)


Herley Reports Second Quarter Results (PRNewswire)


Keep them out of the Philadelphia online marketing scene (Dinkum Interactive: Philadelphia SEO Internet Marketing)

SAP Makes Aggressive HR Moves to Move the Market Needle (eWEEK.com)

MedQuist customers deal with nationwide system failure (Healthcare IT News)

Motorola Invests In Targeted-Ad Company
Takes Stake In Invidi Technologies, Developer Of Addressable Systems (Multichannel News)

Charter Communications' Allen gets deal inquiries (Reuters)
Comcast can't buy it right now (except for maybe a small piece) because they face an ownership cap imposed by the FCC. But
they are trying to challenge it in court.

InfoLogix Announces Record Revenue of $78.8 Million for the 2007 Fiscal Year (PRNewswire)
Still losing money, and its market value suggests investors don't buy its story too much. But they do have some intriguing
technology.

Bentley Appoints Edward Mueller As Chief Marketing Officer (Water Online)

Fiberlink’s SaaS Delivery Model Provides Recurring Revenues for Channel Partners on Simple, Secure Mobility Solutions (Company Press Release)

RCN selling data service in Center City (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Council Learns How Wi-Fi Consultant Received Lucrative Deal (KWY Newsradio)

PhindMe(R) Makes Its Debut With a Cost-Effective Mobile-Marketing Solution for Local Businesses (PRNewswire)

Mobile routing protocol advances (Government Computer News)

Lockheed Martin-built AMC-14 Satellite Ready for Launch From Baikonur Cosmodrome
(PRNewswire)
Hopefully, they won't have to blow this one up in space.

FlatWorld interfaces with the future (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Social entrepreneur student wins $10,000 for best small business idea in national ideablob.com* contest
Penn State student Aaron Fleishman wins for Mashavu, a student project providing networked health solutions for children in third world countries. (BusinessWire)

Aria Systems Adds Billing Industry Muscle to Exec Team
Two new hires strengthen SaaS startup's experience in large-scale deployments (PRNewswire)

Primavera(R) Grows at Record Pace in 2007 (PRNewswire)
Revenue grows 43% to $176 million.

A Light Bulb Went Off: Print the Lights (New York Times)
GE develops a radically cheaper way to produce O.LE.D.S. How will this impact Universal Display of Ewing?

OLED display market will jump to $4.5bn (Electronics Weekly)

Comcast, Big Ten Network close to deal
Network would be on extended basic (Chicago Tribune)

SAP reveals its business intelligence product roadmap (SearchSAP.com)

NFL Films lays off 21
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Google closes DoubleClick merger after EU approval (Reuters)

Liberty Media Board OKs $1B Buyback (Associated Press via Forbes)

Journalism in the Hands of the Neighborhood (New York Times)

SunGard's decision to expand in Birmingham matches the area's white-collar job emphasis (Birmingham News)

APS Provider Opens North American Headquarters (Material Handling Management)

Quintiq Retains Attention
for Public Relations (BusinessWire)

IETF Highlights Future Numbering System for the Internet – Demonstration of the IPv6-only Network (BusinessWire)

Solving SaaS Integration for ISV's (Boomi On Demand Blog)

STRATECON BRINGS ADDED SECURITY AND PROFIT TO CUSTOM INTEGRATION & SPECIALTY RETAIL
Industry Marketer Signs Agreement with Emerging Security Provider to Introduce Line of Digital Protection Products to Specialty Channels (Home Toys)
On InGrid Home Security.

D&E Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Results (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

Cable Firms Join Forces to Attract Focused Ads (New York Times)

Comcast CFO: 'Difficult' Relationship With FCC Boss (Silicon Alley Insider)

Malone: Diller calls IAC 'his business' (Associated Press via CNNMoney)

Council Plans Questions on Wi-Fi Consultant's Contract (KYW Newsradio)

Real estate wrap: AdminServer adds space at HQ (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Elsevier Acquires Windhover Information Inc., a Healthcare Business Intelligence Company
(PRNewswire)

SAP, Silicon Valley firms join $15M LogLogic funding (bizjournals.com via MSN Money)

SAP Argentina: A hot opportunity ( SAPWatch: SearchSAP.com)

Franklin Institute to Host Hi-Tech Presidential Debate
Pennsylvania Universities and Leaders Back FI’s Debate on Economy & Technology (BusinessWire)
We will see.

Indian firms were largest H-1B users in 2007
H-1B use has spread far and wide; list shows most companies receive only one visa (Computerworld)

New law opens negative clinical trials to public scrutiny (ars technica)

Precyse Solutions Promotes Ken Lacy to Senior Vice President & CIO to Drive Advancement of PrecyseNet(TM), Precyse's Advanced Technology Solution (PRNewswire)

eMoney Advisor Launches Version 5.2 (PRNewswire)

Belmont G. Farley, 87, pioneer in computers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Delaware County Community College to Build Science Complex (Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Appeal of Court
The FCC is trying to make cable more competitive by imposing new rules. Now, with a slew of lawsuits, the industry is hitting back. (Multichannel News)

MapQuest Releases Open APIs With New Free Dev Platform
(Mashable)
Another company AOL has pretty much killed. MapQuest is based in Lancaster and Denver.

February Top Social Networks - Make way for the new guys( Compete)
Latest numbers on myYearbook.com.

Doctors going wireless to write prescriptions
New electronic health record systems embraced by Delaware physicians (Wilmington News Journal)

Local Linux (Pleia2’S Blog)

'Rocky' robot may climb museum steps (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Comcast exec: $8.5B boost to shareholders won’t hurt (Philadelphia Inquirer)

FCC chief troubled by some Comcast data practices (Reuters)

Two Tech Events, Two Different Worlds (GigaOM)
South by Southwest in Austin and IETF in Philadelphia.

ClearPoint Takes Further Actions On Strategic Initiatives (BusinessWire)

Analysts warn SAP users of likely maintenance price hikes (Computerworld)

SAP GRC Conference Preview
(SAPWatch: SearchSAP.com)

Enterra Solutions provides technology to Iraq (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Malone-Diller court case hinges on duty (Reuters)

Checkpoint to provide portals for German firm (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

With ad pulled, town no longer the butt of joke
Comcast SportsNet apologizes (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Optium Swings to Loss on Charges (Associated Press via Forbes)

NFL chief urges crackdown on cable companies (Reuters)

Siemens sees health-care unit outgrowing market this year (MarketWatch)

Gartner: Global RFID market to top $1.2B this year (Computerworld)

Internet Engineering Task Force to Meet in Philadelphia, March 9-14, 2008 (BusinessWire)

3G iPhone by June '08 says analyst, but we're not so sure (Ars Technica)
Discusses InterDigital's 3G license with Apple. Also on InterDigital, the Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street" column today discusses the company's patent suits against Nokia and Samsung. The U.S. International Trade Commission will be considering the dispute between this month and November. Many expect InterDigital to prevail.

Put on Hold: Why Telecoms Can't Get Consumers to Bond More with Their Cell Phones (Knowledge@Wharton)
From last month's Wharton Business Technology Conference.


Primavera(R) Releases New Version of Portfolio Management Solution Connecting Business Strategy to Execution (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)
I wonder how this product is doing for them?

Would-Be Buyers: Weather Channel Worth $4 Billion, Tops (Silicon Alley Insider)
Comcast still considered a possible bidder.

Verizon's (VZ) high-speed customers lose the signal (BloggingStocks)


Time to check in with Checkpoint (BloggingStocks)

Urban Outfitters 4th-quarter profit up (Associated Press via Businessweek)
Perhaps Philadelphia's hottest company. Particularly amazing performance in a weak apparel market. But how good are their IT systems?

A brilliant video delivery platform
* Viddler offers video services with a social networking aspectm (Network World)
Starting to get more mainstream attention.

WZBN TV 25 in Trenton could close, says founder (Princeton Business Journal)

OnDemand Software Showcases Oracle End User Training Solutions With New Release Of Oracle User Productivity Kit At Alliances 2008 (CRM Marketplace)

State of the Science Debate (MSNBC.com: Cosmic Log)

Pennsylvania poised to reap campaign dollars (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Edge Of Sports
Arlen Specter says fandom alone is fueling his NFL investigation (Philadelphia Weekly)

IT looks for online video to boost corporate training, collaboration, marketing (Computerworld)
On Rohm & Haas.

Google bets on value of prediction markets
Google builds largest internal corporate prediction market (Network World)
With input from researchers at Penn.


SAP teams with Intel for SMB appliance (SearchSAP.com)

H-1b season is here (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Primavera(R)Partners with Digital China to Extend Global Reach (BusinessWire via FoxBusiness)

InfoLogix Regenerates SurgiChip (RFID Journal)

TiVo Touts Cable Progress (Broadcasting & Cable)

Analyst: IAC looks like a value trap (Associated Press via MSN Money)

PARIS Technologies International, Inc. Announces PowerAnalytics™ 2.0
For use with SAP® Business One and BusinessObjects Xcelsius™ (BusinessWire)

inTEST Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Results (PRNewswire via MSN Money)

PNC names CEO at Wilmington-based subsidiary (Philadelphia Inquirer)

All sizzle, no cheesesteak
Philadelphia's muni Wi-Fi rollout isn't all it's cracked up to be (Network World)
Excellent in-depth analysis.

SAP and Intel Partner on New Appliance (IDG via New York Times-free subscription.)

SAP and IDS Scheer Partner to Bring Customers Easier Modeling and Visualization of Enterprise Services (PRNewswire)

IDS Scheer Announces Support for OASIS Reference Model with ARIS SOA Architect (BusinessWire)

CEBIT SAP won 4,690 new customers for Business One software in 2007 - CEO (Thomson Financial via CNNMoney)


Philadelphia CIOs Report on Second-Quarter Hiring Outlook (PRNewswire via FoxBusiness)

Safeguard Makes Six-Pronged Exit (Red Herring)

Daniel Weintraub: Another software fiasco costs us millions (Sacramento Bee)
One engagement for Bentley Systems that apparently didn't work out too well.

Florida Crows Over Docsis 3.0 (Cable Digital News: Light Reading)

Heartland Payment Systems Acquires Controlling Stake In CollectivePOS, a Canadian Merchant Services Provider (BusinessWire)

Willow Grove's future could be as security hub (phillyBurbs.com)

Is 2008 the year of video for social media? (The Viral Garden)
Discusses Viddler.

Warren Lichtenstein to Step Down as Chairman of SL Industries Amid Record Growth, Profitability (BusinessWire via StreetInsider.com)

IKON Introduces New ASP Web-to-Print Tool (BusinessWire)

VINtek Announces Growth in 2007
Opens new location, adds clients, adds paperless title processing in two states (BusinessWire)


Sypherlink, Computer Aid (CAI) Partner to Help Fusion Centers Turn Data Into Useful Intelligence, Maximize Effectiveness (BusinessWire)

RTTS Moves to Larger Philadelphia Office at 1 Liberty Place (PRNewswire)

Safeguard Scientifics to sell 6 holdings (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Unisys might win big state no-bid contract (PennLive.com)
I first asked an innocent question about this deal back here.

StarCite searching for new CEO as Boult exits (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Audit cuts Sunday circulation at The Philadelphia Inquirer (Associated Press via phillyBurbs.com)

NAA Conference: Tierney: Focus On Older Audience; Stop Self-Flagellation; Singleton On Wireless (paidContent.org)
Its always interesting to see what Tierney will say next.


The New York Times Expands Distribution in Philadelphia Area
New Print Site Agreement with The Philadelphia Inquirer (BusinessWire)

Carnegie Mellon Professor Takeo Kanade to Receive Franklin Institute's Prestigious Bower Award (PRNewswire)

Comcast Buying GolfNow.com (Silicon Alley Insider)

Comcast Business Voice Push (TMCnet)

NEAT Receipts Brings Award-Winning Scanning Technology to the Enterprise (Marketwire)

IBM, SAP Look to Re-Shape BI
Following recent acquisitions, IBM and SAP unveil a host of new products and services. (Redmond Developer News)

The Gold Mine in Ads That Aren’t on Google Health (New York Times-Free Subscription.)

Thomson Scientific Launches ScienceWatch.com for Top News on Scientific Discovery (PRNewswire)

Liberty Media in control? (Bloomberg via Delaware Online)


Venture capitalists say market is hot (Annapolis Capital via Delaware Online)

New firm is offering index ETFs (Philadelphia Inquirer)
And other interesting items.

Home care, technology fields boom with jobs (phillyBurbs.com)

Atidan Announces Support and Administration Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (PRWeb)

University of Pa. hacker pleads guilty (United Press International)

A super-cool chip
Lightwire introduces the new information transmission technology at conference. (Allentown Morning Call)

IDS Scheer`s Place in the Software World (eWEEK.com)
Interview with Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer.

IDS Scheer Breaks New Ground with SAP Business ByDesign Practice (eWEEK.com)

IDS Scheer's North American operations are based in Berwyn.

TV, Internet, phone service fight grows (Palm Beach Post)


Seat warming, Internet blocking (Boston Globe Editorial)

Comcast Backed By NBC, Viacom In Network Neutrality Dispute (Dow Jones via CNNMoney)



Salesforce.com shares jump on strong results (MarketWatch)

Is Salesforce on the Block? (TheStreet.com)

Ohio School's RA Wins Future City Contest (Environmental Protection)
Competition sponsored by Bentley Systems.

Colin Devroe from Viddler (Podcast: Technology in Philadelphia)
Viddler evangalist on company's new open API and relationship with TubeMogul.

TubeMogul Puts Viddler on the Roof (PRWeb)