SAP lower as Microsoft CEO's comments hurt (Thomson Financial via Forbes)
Ringside Networks down for the count (Too much information)
ringside lessons (Jason Kinner)
All Good Things... (Games Without Frontiers)
International Rectifier bashes Vishay (TheDeal.com)
Comcast Renews Deal With Amdocs (Multichannel News)
QlikTech Names William Sorenson as CFO
(QlikTech Press Release)
Should be helpful in getting the company to an IPO, but that probably isn't going to happen for awhile now.
Sovereign Gains Most in 22 Years as Perrault Named (Bloomberg)
Alcatel-Lucent adds targeted advertising to IPTV (Telephony Online)
Happy Neat Day! (Neat Company
Blog)
Want to tour a coworking facility?
(The Viddler Blog)
Kulicke & Soffa Completes Divesture of Wire Business Unit (BusinessWire)
AGI and AER Form Business Partnership (PRNewswire)
For her, on the Web means in the bag
Robinson Luggage flies high with addition of online sales (Philadelphia Business Journal)
eResearch Makes 1818 Market St. its New HQ (CoStar Group)
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Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking assets (CNN Money)
Vishay Commences Tender Offer for International Rectifier Corporation (BusinessWire)
NeatReceipts Relaunches as The NeatTM Company, Debuts All-New Scanning and Software Solutions (Marketwire)
Xohm WiMAX Launches: Limited Service, No Bandwidth Caps (GigaOM)
Comcast, Sprint: Oppenheimer Cuts Ratings; Sees Cyclical Slowdown In Consumer Communications (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix (Forbes)
Bio-Imaging Technologies Appoints Peter S. Benton President of Its Phoenix Data Systems Division (BusinessWire)
Sherrerd funds new building at intersection of engineering and social science (News at Primceton)
Tyco Electronics shares could rise-Barron's (Reuters)
Tyco Electronics completes sale of two businesses (Associated Press via CNN Money)
SAP takes centre stage with HCL, Infosys' bid for Axon (Business Standard of India)
HealthVault Surges, Google Flounders (Chilmark Research)
Voxware Reports Record Revenue and Profit for Fiscal 2008 (BusinessWire)
Former Denver Newspaper Agency Exec Starts New Company (Editor & Publisher)
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Q&A with Greg Case, LLR Partners (Private Equity Hub)
Cable Ready For Banking Shifts
Wall Street Turmoil Shouldn't Alter Business As Usual For The Sectot (Multichannel News)
Media company deal chances few: Liberty's Malone (Reuters)
America's Top Wired Colleges, 2008 Edition
(PC Magazine)
Villanova and Penn both ranked in top 20.
A closer look at Comcast
What happens when you call customer service? (York Daily Record)
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People News
CableLabs CEO to Retire in December 2009 (xchange)
Chris Connor Joins Phoenix Data Systems as Director of Product Development (BusinessWire)
HTH Worldwide Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer (PRNewswire via Philly.com)
Avenue A | Razorfish Promotes John Avondolio to VP, Client Services, Brian Krick to VP of Search, Ron Wessels to CD (Philly Ad Club News)
Tier One Partners Adds PR Industry Veteran to Management Team; Expands Presence in Mid-Atlantic Region (Marketwire via MarketWatch)
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Is Ringside Networks totally, completely dead? On Wednesday, I posted CEO Bob Bickel's announcement from his blog (Thoughts from the Ringside) describing Ringside's demise. A link to Bickel's post was also on Ringside's corporate website on Wednesday. Now, that link is no longer on the Ringside site as far as I can tell and there is nothing else there that gives any indication of a shutdown.
Update: Bickel reconfirms Ringside's shutdown here.
Former TurnTide sales exec and angel investor Kendall Schoenrock is back in Philly with a new startup. Larger Than Life prints (LTLprints.com) allows users to create customized, oversized wall graphics of images uploaded to its website. Prices run from roughly $100 to $150 per print depending on size (up to 7.5 feet by 4.5 feet). They are also building a user interface that will allow people to create their own cutouts and designs, and also to sell those designs in LTLprints' online catalog or, eventually, from their own blogs or websites.
I am amazed at how so many social web or news sharing sites do such a poor job of testing the user-friendliness of their sites. I look at several new sites each week, and if I check one out and can't figure out in twenty minutes or so what I'm supposed to be doing, I'm out of there. I'm not talking about shoestring startups, but companies launched on budgets of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. My suggestion to startups is to be sure to budget enough for usability studies; even if you are very small there are still ways to do fairly rigourous testing.
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Facebook Traffic Up 50% Over Last Year; myYearbook on the Rise (Search Engine Watch)
QVC Exports More Of Itself To Italy (Multichannel News)
Student Recruitment Management Available on Salesforce.com (TMCnet)
TargetX is based in Bristol.
SAP's Business Objects Gains Share From Oracle, IBM, CEO Says (Bloomberg)
HCL counters Infosys' bid for Axon at 650 pence/share (Economic Times of India)
Questions Emerge On HP-Oracle Device (Intelligent Enterprise)
Camiant joins Comcast traffic shaping team (Telephony Online)
Penn Biophysicists Create New Model for Protein-Cholesterol Interactions in Brain and Muscle Tissue (UPenn)
Bayside Capital Acquires Akrion (PRNewswire)
CTDI Acquires Phoenix Wireless (BusinessWire)
Can These Startups Beat Paypal?
(GigaOM)
T-Mobile's data cap reversal hints of uncertainty with 3G networks (Computerworld Blogs)
Comcast Provides Highly Anticipated Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates On Demand (BusinessWire)
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Oracle, With HP, Debuts Database Server, Storage Hardware Systems
(Channel Web)
This is particularly interesting given recent rumors that SAP may consider acquiring Teradata.
Oracle says will catch up with SAP (Reuters)
Great Times @ Ignite Philly (Robert
Sandie)
Videos.
Ignite Philly II (O'Reilly Radar)
NeatReceipts for Mac: Advance Release 1.1 (NeatReceipts Blog)
Anthillz Relaunches to Focus on Trusted Business Relationships (CenterNetworks)
Philadelphia, have you met Tapinko? (Phillypreneurs)
Primavera(R) ProSight(R) Improves Selection of Strategic Investments (PRNewswire)
GSI Commerce and Aeropostale Extend E-Commerce Partnership through 2018
(PRNewswire)
Miles Technologies buys Clifton building to expand (NorthJersey.com)
Gore Joins Ethernet Alliance (BusinessWire)
Center City Film & Video Wins Emmy for Bono Tribute Featuring George Clooney (PRNewswire via Audio Video Producer)
Astea Announces $3 Million Capital Investment (PRNewswire via
Philly.com)
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Hot Dogs Force Evacuation At Citizens Bank Park (CBS3)
Apparently, it was the Phanatic's fault.
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Ringside Winding Down (Thoughts
from the Ringside)
That was fast!
I imagine some funding would have been there in the end if they were gaining enough traction in the marketplace.
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Interview: Canoe Ventures’ Verklin: Google TV Ads Is A Potential Partner (paidContent)
Two Ways to Get Comcast to Increase the Data Cap (GigaOM)
SAP's Chief Financial Officer Confirms Its Full-Year Outlook (Bloomberg)
Electronic Ink Announces London Office Expansion
(PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
Entertainment industry vet has vision of Web games site (Philadelphia Business Journal)
USA Technologies Fiscal 2008 Revenue Exceeds $16.1 Million (BusinessWire)
Smart Card Alliance Contactless Payments Council Expands to Include Mobile Payments (Bank Systems & Technology)
Under Fire, Unisys CEO McGrath Agrees To Step Down (Information Week)
Ignite Philly (2) - Evolution of Entrepreneurship (Stubborn Dreams Blog)
PCTi's DBx(TM) Parallel Database Solution is Selected in Microsoft's HPC Rollout
(PRNewswire)
Cadient Group's GEL Interactive Technologies Launches OneVoice: KOL Platform
(PRNewswire)
AppNexus Secures $8 Million in Series B Funding
(BusinessWire)
inTEST (INTT) Approves Restructuring Plan for Manipulator/Docking Hardware and Tester Interface Segments (StreetInsider.com)
inTest is based in Cherry Hill.
Unzipped: Celebrating InLiquid
(uwishunu)
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Unisys to drop CEO McGrath (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
T-Mobile debuts as first Google Android phone (Network World)
T-Mobile 3G launches in the Philly area next month.
AP Chooses New Video Platform (Editor & Publisher)
Will use Comcast's thePlatform.
TIBCO Spotfire and INTEGROMICS Announce Genomics Data Analysis Solution to Radically Speed Drug Research and Development (PRNewswire)
Oracle Launches Insurance Vertical Industry Division (Insurance & Technology)
Oracle’s Beehive: integrated large scale, secure collaboration
(ZDNet Blogs)
What's Hot? SAP Skills And Pay (Information Week)
SAP asks for help with enterprise Web 2.0, other development challenges (SearchSAP.com Podcast)
DC Needs a Fred. Any Takers? (Venture Files)
Board resignations precede a series of changes at Encorium Group (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
As T-Mobile Unveils G1 Phone, Marketing Experts Urge Companies to Ready Their Web Sites for Mobile Access (BusinessWire)
Allied Pixel Builds Web Video Player for TelVue Corp.
(Philly Ad Club News)
GSI Commerce (JobVent.com)
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Verizon Adds 76 New Channels to FiOS TV Lineup Including 56 in HD for Customers in the Philadelphia Region (PRNewswire)
Comcast Disclosure Draws Cautious Praise
(Wired Blogs: Epicenter)
Industry Veteran Greg Case Joins LLR Partners
Former Apax partner to expand LLR’s growth equity franchise (BusinessWire)
Obviously, this probably means more IT deals are coming from LLR.
A New Kind of Venture Capitalist Makes Small Bets on Young Firms (New York Times) Free Registration.
Faster Internet, across the region (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Why We Created ClickEquations (ClickEquations Blog)
Analyzing music the digital way (Philadelphia
Inquirer)
Scala conference builds on MISC acquisition
(Digital Signage Today)
SAP Expands Public Sector Reach and Gains Ground With State of Louisiana (PRNewswire)
SAP sketches its designs on SaaS (Australian IT News)
Forget eBay. Use Swaptree.
Boston company funded by Safeguard Scientifics.
Safeguard Scientifics Repurchases $38 Million of Convertible Senior Debentures at Discount (BusinessWire)
Cell Phone Triangulation Accuracy Is All Over The Map
(Search Engine Land)
The Delaware Health Information Network Plays Leadership Role in Advancing the National Health Information Network (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
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Goldman, Morgan to Become Full-Fledged Banks
(New York Times: Deal Book)
Off topic, but obviously important.
Home Shopping’s Hard $ell
With Consumers Cutting Back, Retailers Bet On Web, New Technology (Multichannel News)
Sign of Optimism: Some Debt Still Flows for Deals (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)
Homes for Sale by Smarter Agent, Mobile, Launches (Smarter Agent Blog)
Apple Store Park City, Lancaster PA: Photos from opening day (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Pa. treasurer's race pits lawyer vs. finance pro (York Daily Record)
Alcatel-Lucent and Penn State University to collaborate on video social networking system prototype (WebWire)
Director Jerry Zaks Plugs Into Nerds Musical (Playbill)
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People News
Tyco Electronics Appoints Rob Shaddock Chief Technology Officer (PRNewswire)
Steering Comcast's nonprofit side
Community investment also part of VP's new territory. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Checkpoint Systems Names Prasad Putta General Manager of OATSystems, Its RFID Software Division (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
SEDONA Announces New Interim Chief Executive Officer and President (PRNewswire)
Synygy Promotes Three Long-Time Employees to the Newly Created Position of Regional Vice President (BusinessWire)
C&D Technologies Announces Appointment of Steve Heir as Vice President, Business Development and Chief Marketing Officer (PRNewswire)
Education Management Solutions, Inc. Names Vice President Sales and Marketing (BusinessWire)
Philadelphia-based GIS Company Avencia Recently Hires Three New Employees (Directions Magazine)
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North American securities industry IT spending to plummet
(Finextra)
Much of this short-term decline is inescapable, But I do think there is going to be some upside as investment firms are
required to implement systems that produce more transparency and real time in-depth analysis capabilities.
Midnight Deadline for Comcast Net Management Disclosure (xchange)
Emerging Retail Technologies-Personalization, Social Shopping, Mobile Marketing and Online Catalogs (New Media Blog)
A bit on what Anthropologie is trying.
Five Reasons The Economy Won't Tank (The Bulletin)
Marc Kramer's take from M&A East in Philadelphia.
Philly .NET Code Camp 2008.3 – Registration Is Now Open (Alvin Ashcraft’s Morning Dew)
Oracle profit beats expectations as margins rise (Reuters)
Léo Apotheker’s Leadership Opportunity: SAP At the Crossroads
(ZDNet Blogs)
Intuit makes SaaS play, heads for Salesforce.com turf (MyCustomer.com)
Deal Radar 2008: Verticals onDemand (paidContent)
Helping New Technologies Grow Into Businesses, the San Diego Way
(New York Times) Free Registration.
Cablevision to begin rollout of
network DVR next year (Associated Press via Google News)
Navmar Applied Sciences wins $10M defense contract (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Apple to celebrate retail store grand opening in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on September 20 (MacDailyNews)
Tapping in to all that pent-up Amish demand, I guess.
Oracle Reports Q1 GAAP EPS Up 28% to 21 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 32% to 29 Cents (PRNewswire via MSN Money)
Comcast exec: Expect more Web regulation (CNET
News)
Communacopia: Verizon COO Strigl: Smartphone Revs Per User Double That Of Other Customers (mocoNews.net)
Two New Motorola On-Demand Products (Media Experiences 2 Go)
T-Mobile USA hits the gas on its 3G rollout (RCR Wireless News)
CDI IT Solutions Announces Agreement with NetReach (PRNewswire)
Ignite Philly (2) (geekadelphia)
A "Slowdown in the Decision Making Process" for Tech Spending (FinanceTech)
Has Comverse despaired of Ulticom sale?
Ulticom to SEC: "We will continue to explore alternatives to enhance shareholder value." (Globes online)
Ulticom is based in Mt Laurel.
AMETEK Completes Private Placement of $350 Million in Senior Notes (BusinessWire)
September 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Some signs of improvement.
How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers (New York Times: Bits) Free Registration.
Fitch Rates SunGard Data Systems Proposed Senior Notes 'B/RR5' & Term Loan 'BB+/RR1' (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
Is SAP Ready for the Financial Services Industry After All? (Feeding the SAP Ecosystem)
Catching up With Shai Agassi (PC World)
Former top SAP exec now working on energy solutions,
eBillme™ Completes $12 Million Financing Round (BusinessWire)
Teradata jumps on SAP acquisition speculation (CNET News)
Communacopia: Comcast CFO Angelakis: The Marketplace Looks Somber, But We’re Resilient (paidContent)
Comcast Discontinues Newsgroup Service
Starting today for new users, existing users lose access October 25 (Broadband Reports)
Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth (Slashdot)
Bentley Launches Building Performance Group, Names Noah Eckhouse Vice President (BusinessWire)
Herley Industries Inc. Acquires Eyal Microwave Industries ('EMI') (PRNewswire)
Post Your Questions for Philadelphia Wireless Panelists (Wi-Fi
Net News)
PROMIS Solutions AG and Cogniscape(R) Form Multi-Phased Partnership
(PRNewswire)
Cogniscape is based in Swarthmore. It is a company I haven't heard of before, though it sounds interesting. Its software apparently is often used in BPM applications, such as those from IDS Scheer. This press release is so obtuse and jargon-filled, however, that I have little idea of what they are talking about.
Optellios Sues Future Fiber Technologies for Patent Infringement (BusinessWire via Philly.com)
More work for the IP lawyers.
Comcast aims for improved service with new field tech gizmo (Detroit Free Press)
Why Cable Will Survive the Meltdown (Wired
Blogs: Epicenter)
Is Comcast Barking Up the Right Tree? (TechNewsWorld)
Comcast's ThePlatform Teams With Microsoft, Others For Ads (Multichannel News)
Reuters: AT&T planning to integrate iPhone with U-verse (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
One reason why Comcast is pushing so hard on WiMAX.
International Rectifier rejects takeover bid (EE Times)
Analysts surprised at extent
of HP job cuts (Associated Press via Google News)
SAP's social-networking and marketing strategist (Network World)
SAP: Are They Planning A Bid For Teradata? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Dow sees Rohm and Haas deal closing in early 2009 (Reuters)
Tierney Wows Them … in Australia (Philadelphia Magazine: The Daily Examiner)
New Connectors - Integrate Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards (Boomi On Demand Blog)
After facing rough waters, RippleTech sees smooth sailing
Software company finds safe haven in a buyer (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Unisys to craft its own X64 server virtualization
(Channel Register)
Components Vendor Puts Icons on the Menu
Infragistics unveils new icon packs to improve application navigation and enhance Web sites. (Redmond Developer News)
WorldExtend’s IronDoor® 3.5 Enhances Microsoft SharePoint Server Security (BusinessWire)
Princeton Financial Systems Rolls Out Integrated Best-of-Breed Analytics Solutions Through Partnership With StatPro (BusinessWire)
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First Derivatives expands in the US (RTE Business)
Irish firm buys Philadelphia's Marketing Resources Partners.
Comcast E-mailing Customers About Caps (Broadband Reports)
Boomi On Demand(R) Selected as the Integration Service for Intuit Partner Platform (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)
Vishay buys capacitor line from Kemet (EE Times)
Morgan Stanley Added to Vishay Intertechnology Team for International Rectifier Bid (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)
SAP Gains Deutsche Postbank as Bank Software Client (Bloomberg)
GSI Commerce, Timberland in tentative settlement in text message case (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Every Where I Go
(PhindMe Blog)
PHLedit - a video editing coworking event (LaurenGalanter.com)
Making Pa. Gov't More Transparent (The Bulletin)
Not quite a blog post, but still worth a read (editor on the verge)
Yoni Greenbaum on Philly.com)
New Unisys Offerings Help CIOs Realize the Benefits of a Real-Time Infrastructure (BusinessWire via Yahoo Finance)
WPCS Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2009 Earnings (PRNewswire via MSN Money)
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Rethinking Paid Search (The ClickEquations Blog)
On Commerce360.
International Test Conference - The Cornerstone of Test Week(TM) - Hosts 39th Conference in Santa Clara, California, October 28 - 30, 2008 (PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
The International Test Conference had its beginnings in Cherry Hill and is still cosponsored by the Philadelphia Section of the IEEE.
Chris Satullo: Crowdsourcing: Idea power from the people (Philadelphia Inquirer)
IP Boutique's Fall Is Fox Rothschild's Gain (Law.com)
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People News
Wolters Kluwer Health Appoints Scott Lubeck Vice President, Technology of its Professional & Education Unit (PRNewswire)
Harleysville Names Tech Execs (Insurance & Technology)
Michael Summers will take on the newly created position of Senior Director of Usability at GSI Interactive.(ClickZ)
Janney Montgomery Scott Adds Strength and Experience with Two Key Equity Research Hires (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
Barclaycard US Appoints Barney C. Briggs as Chief Financial Officer (PRNewswire)
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Media group to create new digital video 'ecosystem' (Reuters)
Comcast adds more content to Fancast (Associated Press via Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Octagon Research raises $12M
(Philadelphia Business Journal)
Environmental Tectonics Corporation Reports Withdrawal of Acquisition Proposal Made by Affiliate of H. F. Lenfest (PRNewswire)
Scvngr hunts for interactive cell phone tours (Mass High Tech)
One of the DreamIT ventures.
Devon IT to Launch TC2, Industry’s Smallest Thin Client at VMworld
New VDI and RDP-capable thin client draws almost no power, priced at $189 to set hosted desktop standard (BusinessWire)
Clarix Bought by Phase Forward
(ClinPage)
More details on this deal. Clarix is based in Radnor.
Analyst: Demand for SAP skills keeps rising (InfoWorld)
New Holdup in SAP-Oracle Lawsuit
After months of sparring, the squabbling takes a backseat to legal maneuvers. (InternetNews.com)
Comcast Catches a Break In FCC Throttling Fight
FCC appeal will be heard in D.C. Circuit... (Broadband Reports)
Microsoft: Forget Canoe, We Have Targeted TV Ads Figured Out (Silicon Alley Insider)
Lockheed wins contract as U.S. military auto-parts supplier (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Archer Group Makes Inc List; Growth Prompts Office Expansion (Philly Ad Club News)
The Truth About Closed-Loop Marketing (PharmaExec Blog)
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Verizon, big cable in tussle over future of set-top boxes (ars technica)
Comcast-Spectacor to ‘interweave’ sponsors with Web (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Vishay Takes It To Rectifier's Shareholders (Forbes)
Ikon Office to cut 250 jobs, take charge (Reuters via MSN Money)
InterDigital Announces Financial Guidance for Third Quarter 2008 (BusinessWire)
Verizon Chooses NAVTEQ Traffic for FiOS TV Service
Free, Local Traffic Content from NAVTEQ Now Provided to Verizon FiOS TV Subscribers via TV remote one-button access
(PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
CTIA and NeuStar Commemorate Fifth Anniversary of Common Short Codes with Three 'Pioneer' Awards
(PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
Philadelphia-based M3 Mobile Marketing one of three honored.
FlyCast Challenges Satellite Radio with New iPhone App
Formerly FlyTunes, FlyCast delivers over 1000 digital channels and newTimeSlip(TM) features (PRNewswire)
PointRoll and USA TODAY debut first rich media advertising on iPhones (iPhones Talk)
Mapquest offers free mobile app
(Geek.com)
Health Market Science Selects Portico Systems’ Integrated Provider Management to Manage More than 2,500 Streams of Provider Data (BusinessWire)
Encorium Appoints David Ginsberg President and Chief Executive Officer, Announces Changes to the Board of Directors (PRNewswire)
SAP Ventures buys minority stake in Newgen Tech for Rs 10cr (Economic Times of India)
ClearPoint Announces Quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board Following Receipt of NASDAQ Delisting Letter (PRNewswire)
ClipsCatcher From Idioma Delivers Free Mass-Market Media Monitoring (PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
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I attended an informal meeting of Mid-Atlantic tech bloggers in DC last week. It was fun and the conversation was stimulating; I think the biggest topic of conversation was probably Comcast. Most of the attendees (there were perhaps 9 or 10 of us) were DC people. Mari Silbey and I represented Philly. Mari writes for two blogs that I know of. One is a Motorola sponsored blog called Media Experiences 2 Go, which is all about Motorola's Home and Network Mobility business (or whatever they are calling it now). Based in Horsham, it is largely comprised of the former General Instruments. They produce set top boxes and other related technologies (such as broadband modems) for the cable and telecom industries. Mari does a particularly good job of explaining the nuances and significance of these technologies in a very user friendly way. I don't read too many corporate blogs regularly, but this is one I do.
It will be be interesting to see if this business comes into play with all the changes going on with Motorola. There are many big players who want control of the set top box. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft or perhaps Comcast and a consortium of cable companies would be interested. Cisco owns their biggest competitor, Scientific Atlantic.
Mari also writes for another blog, Zatz Not Funny! , which is lead by Dave Zatz . I guess you could say is all about digital media, and it covers that very well. I highly recommend it.
I appreciate the invite.
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Vishay ups bid to buy IR (EE Times)
Innovative Solutions drops 9% as CEO is terminated (SmallCapInvestor.com)
Burke: Local Focus Wins Battles Against Telco, DBS Competitors
Comcast COO Also Updates Canoe Venture (Multichannel News)
Comcast: Clearwire-Sprint
deal could close this year (Associated Press via Google News)
RCN Unfurls Digital Freedom to its Delaware County, Pennsylvania Cable Subscribers (BusinessWire)
QVC(R) Debuts New Mobile Services (PRNewswire)
If You Want a Faster Internet Connection, Move to Delaware, Akamai Report Says (Xconomy)
Ex-Comcast exec Markell wins Del. gov nod
(Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Nasdaq OMX PHLX launches options order system (Finextra)
Kenexa Adds Learning Management Solution to Global Talent Retention Offerings (Marketwire via CNN Money)
Kenexa Updates Financial Guidance for 2008
(BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
Primavera(R) Inspire Becomes an SAP-Endorsed Business Solution
(PRNewswire)
T-Mobile denies rumors of 3G service in Philadelphia (CNET News: Crave)
Prologue Acquisition Update and Termination of Linkcon Business Combination
(PRNewswire)
SaaS Event in Philadelphia (SalesforceWatch.com)
A Founding Father of the Internet, Drexel Alumnus Paul A. Baran Named National Medal of Technology and Innovation Laureate (BusinessWire)
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PodCamp Philly
I thoroughly enjoyed the second PodCamp Philly, which was held on September 6-7 at Temple University. (I didn't attend the first.) The presenters were not just local experts, but world class experts in their profession. With the exception of some technical glitches (a few presenters had trouble getting their slides up on the screen), all the presentations I attended were excellent. I came away with about 50 to 100 new things to work on. I also very much appreciated the "SearchCamp" sessions.
My only thoughts to improve it (perhaps add a bit more excitement) would be to have a little more interactivity among the participants. Perhaps some breakout groups could be held for specific interest groups, where people could talk to each other more and get to know each other. There were so many interesting people I wanted to meet. Unfortunately, I could not attend the evening events, where I'm sure a lot more socializing and networking occured. The other thought is that some kind of informal "demo pit" might be interesting.
I want to thank all the organizers and presenters for their efforts.
Here are some other takes on PodCamp Philly:
Podcamp Philly (Pumpkinspun’s Musings)
REFLECTIONS ON PODCAMP PHILLY (SnapDragon Blog)
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Comcast.net Customers Get More On-the-Go Access to Entertainment with Thumbplay (BusinessWire)
Comcast COO: Internet service market share growing (MarketWatch)
Google Gets Wired For Cable (Forbes)
PhillyDeals: Cofounders pocket $40M for Clarix (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
Why I liked SAP’s TechEd Community Day (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP teams up with InnoCentive; Eyes social networking in the enterprise
(ZDNet Blogs)
Kraft Looks To SAP For Help With Data Management (Intelligent Enterprise)
EASY SOFTWARE Signs Technology Partnership with Limehouse Software (SourceWire)
AppLabs is the largest independent software testing company (Economic Times of India)
CDI IT Solutions Announces Agreement with SysTest Labs (PRNewswire)
Exclusive: Shake-Up at Philly Car Share (Philadelphia Magazine: The Daily Examiner)
CBS “Re-think Radio” in Philly
(Local Media in a Web 2.0 World)
Harron Chairman Joel Cohen, 63, Dies
Operator Executive Was Cable TV Pioneer, NCTA Director (Multichannel News)
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Comcast Pays Florida $150k For Bandwidth Practices (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
Cable companies: We care (Wilmington News Journal)
DreamIt 'Funding Day' showcases how 11 start-ups spent their summer (Philly.com: Philly
Inc)
Analyst: Herley sale would be 'logical' (Central
Penn Business Journal)
'Back to normal': SAP
(Bloomberg via Australian IT)
When SAP Sags, Buy It (alarm: clock: tech:stocker)
Princeton Financial System to buy Aquin (Finextra)
Zillow, Newspapers Expand Consortium Agreement
(ClickZ)
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Special Cash Dividend (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)
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Comcast Sues FCC Over Network Management Finding
Cabler Wants Agency�s Decision on Its P2P Policies Reversed (Multichannel News)
Radnor-based Clarix being acquired for $40M (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DreamIT Funding Day Final Recap (Center Networks)
Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft (ZDNet Blogs)
Was EarthLink's failed citywide Wi-Fi a blessing in disguise? (CNET News)
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I'll be traveling the next few days, and I will be posting intermittently. I will, however, be attending PodCamp/SearchCamp Philly, and hopefully I will have a few interesting items about that.
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GMAC Financial Services and ResCap Announce Further Streamlining of Mortgage Operation (PRNewswire)
"Further Streamlining" is somewhat of an understatement.
Alliance Consulting Launches Two Companies (PRNewswire)
Evidence-based Medicine Brings Wolters Kluwer and UptoDate Together (Health Contnet Advisors)
Wolters Kluwer Health is based in Conshohocken.
DreamIt assisting startups (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Philadelphia CIOs Forecast Increase in Fourth-Quarter Hiring
(PRNewswire)
W. Chester’s Prescient merging with Utah firm (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Can SaaS ERP be profitable?
(SearchSAP.com)
Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Announces Global, Independent User Community for Business Objects Customers and Partners (BusinessWire)
Kenexa shares drop on downgrade (Associated Press via Forbes)
Comcast Introduces Video *Download* Beta (Zatz Not Funny!)
LEAK: Comcast's Mobile Store Is Actually Quite Promising (Gizmodo)
PSC Info Group Introduces PAYMENTExpress, an Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Solution that Helps Healthcare Providers Increase Collections, Accelerate Payments and Cut Costs (BusinessWire)
EZ-CAP, InterComponentWare Form Strategic Partnership (PRNewswire)
Zix Corporation to Participate in $29 Million Highmark e-Prescribing/eHealth Initiative (PRNewswire via MarketWatch)
CRM manager Joins Google Enterprise Partner Program (CRM Marketplace)
OSI wins $1.7 million in R&D contracts
(Ottawa Business Journal)
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Cable-Telco Price War Brewing As Broadband Growth Tanks (Silicon Alley Insider)
Sprint's Xohm gets ready for launch (CNET News)
Starting buildout in Philadelphia.
B4 Consulting Announces It Will Be Acquired by SCS (USA) (BusinessWire)
UD's Swany finds quicker computer on-ramp (Wilmington News Journal)
Wanted: Skilled workers -- but only those with the right skills need apply (Computerworld)
Surf & Fish Internet Solutions launches www.nobrokerage.in (IndiaPRwire.com)
ICG Announces Completion of Sale of Creditex to IntercontinentalExchange (BusinessWire)
New Year, New Faces, New Software (Cape May County Herald)
OnCourse Systems For Education is based in Gibbstown, NJ.
A Trade Secrets Practice With Extraordinary Bench Strength And A Strong Sense Of Economic Trends (The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel)
On Ballard Spahr's IP practice.
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Q&A: Army CMO Edward Walters (AD Week)
On the opening of the new interactive "Army Experience Center" in Philadelphia.
IDS Scheer dismisses talk of SAP interest (Reuters)
DRC Opens Philadelphia Office (bobsguide)
Decision Research
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