Wall Street Beat: Financial Reports Confirm Fears for IT (PC World)

Liberty Interactive Puts The Screws To QVC Customers (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

ViroPharma and 49 other fast-growing Phila.-area companies (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Which way to Web 2.0? (SearchSAP.com:
SAP Watch)

Safeguard Scientifics Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Strong Third Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire)

Quality Systems Reports Second Quarter Results (Business Wire)
Quality Systems' major operating division is NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham.

Health IT Poised to Rebound Post-Election (Seeking Alpha)

eResearchTechnology Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
(PR Newswire)

NYSE Harnesses News Filtering Technology to Retain, Attract Issuers (Wall Street & Technology)
Joint NYSE/Sungard project.

Ruling may make it hard to patent business process (Bloomberg via Boston Globe)
I think this is a very good ruling that will put an end to many frivolous patents. It will leave many IP lawyers unhappy, though.
The Supreme Court rarely overrules the Federal Circuit Court on commerce matters, so this will probably stand.

Questioning Software`s Usability (Baseline)
Written by Electronic Ink's Harold Hambrose.

Singularity Ranked 30th in the 2008 Philadelphia 100® As One of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Region (PRWeb)

TMX Interactive Scores Awards at Two Major Industry Web Competitions (PR Newswire)




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InterDigital Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Net Income Totals $9.2 Million, or $0.20 per Share (Business Wire)




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Unisys Announces Third-Quarter 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Unisys cuts costs as sales drop; Liberty Place move on hold (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Internet Capital Group Announces Third Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire)

Liberty Media Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
QVC revenue drops 3% (Associated Press via Forbes)

CDI Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2008 Net Earnings of $0.41 per Diluted Share and Announces Dividend (PR Newswire)


Cockroaches and Comcast Will Inherit the Earth (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

FCC concerned about cable rate hikes (Associated Press via San Diego Union-Tribune)


Netflix streaming comes to TiVo (CNET News)

Motorola Delays Mobile Spin-Off, Android On Hold (Information Week)
Motorola Firing 3,000, Mostly From Cellphone Division (MOT) (Silicon Alley Insider)

Picture This: Image Processing Grows Up (E-Commerce
Times)

Wirelessly, Home Security Becomes a D.I.Y. Project (New York Times-Free Registration)
Features InGrid Home Security of Berwyn.

SAP offers finance help, SMB software discounts, new software packages (searchSAP.com)

Lifting ban doesn't spur short selling of financial stocks (USA Today)

Downturn deals Advanta 3Q loss (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Cell Phone-Friendly Web Pages Available to All with Launch of Free Mobile Marketing Tools at www.everywhereigo.com (Business Wire)

Three tech startups to compete for cash in 'Ben Franklin Venture Idol' (Keystone Edge)

Comcast Ends the Philadelphia Curse?
Phillies win world series, fan thinks Comcast helped... (Broadband Reports)

Inquirer, Daily News to print extra copies of today’s paper, available this afternoon (Philly.com)




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            Congratulations Phillies!

Comcast 3Q profit increases 38 percent (Associated Press via Google News)
Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn
(CNET News)

Philadelphia area law firm wins huge Google settlement (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SAP mulling future of hosting business (IDG via New York Times)


SAP Americas CEO Cites Steep Drop In Customer Buying (Information Week)

SAP: What went wrong? Blame marketing, NetWeaver (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Portico Systems Acquires Ethidium Health Systems (Business Wire)

Rohm and Haas Announces Stockholders Vote in Favor of Merger with Dow (Business Wire)

Gannett to Cut 10 Percent of Staff at Local Papers (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)
Presumably means more cuts at the Cherry Hill and Wilmington papers.

Calkins Media streamlines structure (phillyBurbs.com)
No word on what cuts may be involved here.

Philly startup Snirch wants you to have a piece of the Search pie. (Phillypreneurs)

Discover plans to expand after settlement (Wilmington News Journal)

HighPoint Solutions Expands with New Chicago Office (PR Newswire)

NetAdvantage for Silverlight Data Visualization (Infragistics Blog)

Apex IT Group and HostRemote Announce Strategic Partnership (NJBIZ.com)

Quintiq Launches New Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solution for the Steelmaking and Caster Planning (Business Wire)

Comcast Claims Email Problems are Over (PC
Magazine)

Comcast's TiVo Service Coming To Chicago Early Next Year (Silicon Alley Insider)



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It’s Official: No Game Tonight
(WHYY: Its Our City)

SAP abandons forecasts amid turmoil (Financial Times)

Vishay posts Q3 loss on charges, Q4 outlook weak (Reuters)
Vishay Q3 profit tops Street; says may revisit IRF bid (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Visa, MasterCard to Pay Discover $2.75 Billion to Settle Suit (Bloomberg)

myYearbook.com Overtakes Wikipedia and Amazon (Business Wire)

Comcast Shares Jump Ahead Of Earnings Tomorrow A.M. (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Verizon Launches New Wave of Interactive Features for FiOS TV Customers in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware (PR Newswire)

So Far, Verizon's $23 Billion FiOS 'Gamble' Paying Off (Broadband Reports)

Verizon FiOS: Issues, Problems and Trouble (Digital Trends)

Executive Order : Clinical Trial
The CEO of the biggest little opportunist in health-care technology seeks to acquire his way to fortune. (Dealmaker Daily)
On InfoLogix's David Gulian .

Technology park helps Rowan shape the future
(Press of Atlantic City)

U-Penn School of Medicine Partners with Avencia, a GIS Software Development Firm (GIS User)

NTERA and GSI Technologies Sign a License and Material Supply Agreement (PR Newswire)

Credit card holders cry foul (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Advanta doesn't sound too friendly.





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SAP Announces 2008 Third Quarter and Nine Month Results
(PR Newswire)

SAP Withdraws Sales Forecast, Lowers Margin Forecast to 28% (Bloomberg)




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Want to buy a major national radio chain on the cheap? Bala Cynwyd's Entercom Communications (ETM), which operates 111 stations in 23 markets, ended the day at 56 cents per share, near its recent low of 52 cents. At one point in the past year, its shares were trading as high as $19.59.
At its current price, Entercom's market cap is a mere $21.2 million. Of course, you would also have to pick up about $1 billion of debt. Have fun making the payments.
Entercom's earnings report is due on November 6. They have recently announced cutbacks in some markets.




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Microsoft launches Windows Azure (CNET News)

Verizon CEO Sees Earnings Growth At 8% For Full Year (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Verizon Fans FiOS Higher, As Phone Lines Keep Falling
Telco Gains Net 233,000 FiOS TV Subs; Loses 3 Million Voice Lines in Last 12 Months (Multichannel News)

Cable Customers May Spend Less on Premium Services (Bloomberg)

WiMax Revolution: Sprint's Hesse Savors Break from Wireless Pack (Cable360)

Cox's Wireless Service Links To DVRs, PCs (Information Week)

Translation Please: Cable’s Fiber-Deep Options
Peering Inside HFC’s Web (Multichannel News)

More HD, More Fiber, More MoCA, More DOCSIS 3.0… (Media Experiences 2 Go)

SAP Shrs Down Sharply Ahead Of Earnings Tomorrow (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Benefit Bank offers one-stop application for aid (Bucryus Telegraph-Forum)

When receipts get unwieldy, here's a Neat trick (Philadelphia Business Journal)

HTH Worldwide Unveils First Digital Healthcare Card
(PR Newswire)

Industry’s Smallest Thin Client Gets Upgrades
Devon IT to offer new thin client in its green TC2 series (Business Wire)

Synygy Selected by CATS Technology to Provide On-Demand Software Application (Business Wire)

Princeton Has New High-Speed Connection to ESnet’s Dynamic ESnet4 Network (Scientific Frontline)
Why can't Comcast offer 10 gig speeds?

Diamonds are this couple's best friend (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Some fans miss back-to-back homers because of power outage (Associated Press via Delco Daily Times)




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People News




Unisys Names Bob Bratt as Managing Partner for Civilian Agencies, Federal Systems (Business Wire)

Comcast Names Research, Marketing VP
Ramon Ramos Will Handle Market Research, Analysis (Multichannel News)

Technitrol Appoints Howard C. Deck to Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Former QVC merchandising chief returns to the TV and online retailer (Internet Retailer)

AXIOM Professional Health Learning Names Donna Thomas as President (Marketwire)

The Judge Group Hires Global Strategic Account Director (Business Wire)

McGovern Consulting Group Announces New Marketing Coordinator (PRLog)




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20+ Ways to Enjoy the World Series Online (Mashable)

Hi-def technology blankets ballpark (Wilmington News Journal)

Media & Creative - The Unbundling Bundle (Lairig Marketing)
On Razorfish.




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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Targets Technology-Based Economic Development With $13 Million Investment (PRNewswire)

IT firms brace for reduced client spending next year (Philadelphia Business Journal)

HCSC paid around $100M for TMG Health (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Medrium Buys Wilmington Professional Associates (Private Equity Hub)


MTI Recognized by the Philadelphia 100 as One of the Fastest-Growing, Privately-Held Companies (PharmaLive)

SprinxCRM Announces Official Entry into U.S. Market with New Software Release and SprinxCRM Mobile (Business Wire)

Comcast Spotlight Cuts Positions (Broadcasting & Cable)

Turner Investment cuts 15% of staff (Pensions & Investments)

Accusations Flying in SAP-Waste Management Suit (PC World)

Gannett Profit Fell on Decline in Ads, Job-Cut Costs (Bloomberg)
Gannett owns the Wilmington News Journal and Cherry Hill (South Jersey) Courier-Post, as well as internet advertising specialist PointRoll.

What VCs Really Want: Howard Morgan, First Round Capital, Lets Us Know (The Tech Effect)




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Although T-Mobile's 3G network has been officially on in the area since the beginning of the month, I wasn't sure from some of the initial reports I read in the national media whether the Android-based G1 phone was available here yet. I checked, and it is.
Be aware, however, that T-Mobile's own coverage map suggests there is not much 3G coverage in some of the northern Pennsylvania suburbs or west of the Blue Route. I don't know if this is totally up to date, but it is their map.
A map of T-Mobile retail locations is here.




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LinkedIn links up with Goldman Sachs, SAP and McGraw-Hill (San Jose Mercury News)
SAP invests in LinkedIn (IDG
via New York Times) Free Registration

Vertex and SAP Make Tax Management Less Taxing for Small Businesses
Vertex’s Acclaimed Tax Technology Software Integrated With SAP, and Now Available On-Demand (Business Wire)

Oracle, SAP Offer 15% Discounts to Retain Clients (Bloomberg)

Technitrol Reports Improved Results in Q308, Announces Cost-Saving Measures (Business Wire)

Comcast's cyberteam helps customers get problems solved (Associated Press via Google News)

DirecTV blimp buzzes by Comcast HQ (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

BofA card unit posts $373 million loss (Wilmington News Journal)

IMS Health profits rise 33% in third quarter
(Associated Press via Forbes)

GSI Commerce Q3 Tops Forecast; Stifel, Jefferies Upgrade (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

As Google Phone Hits Stores, PhindMe® Launches Mobile Marketing Suite of Tools for Agencies and Resellers to Private Label (Business Wire)

Blue Cross giant buys TMG Health (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Merck slashes 7,200 jobs, pursues more customer-centric selling model (Medical Marketing & Media)
Not sure what a "more customer-centric selling model" is.

AstraZeneca, Cognizant Announce a Five-Year Deal; Expand Their Global Services Partnership
(PR Newswire)

OrganizedWisdom Launches Health Provider WisdomCards Helping Patients Find Vital Research, Reviews and Web Sites on the Top Practicing Physicians, Dentists and Psychologists in the US (Organized Wisdom Press Release)

SunGard announces UK expansion plans (Continuity Central)

Go to College, Play Video Games and Get a Degree? How Cool Is That! (Jewish Exponent)
Good rundown of the different academic programs in the area.

Geekadelphia Interview: Ed Fleming, Exec. Dir. of the VGXPO (Geekadelphia)

Game 1

I've got to go with Hamels over Kazmir in Game1. Its not that Kazmir isn't a very good pitcher (God knows, the Mets might be playing right now if they hadn't traded him away). But he does sometimes lack command, and it takes him alot of pitches to get through an inning, which means sooner or later the Phillies will get to him or the bullpen. His slider has never fully come back since he had some minor arm problems.
As for Hamels, he is at the top of his game, and is approaching the level of greatness he has been destined for. He probably has the best changeup in the game; it is almost magical. But he s not just a soft tosser-he can throw pretty hard too.
But the guy Phillie fans have to watch out for is BJ Upton. He could determine the outcome of the entire series. And the Phillies really need to win behind Hamels because what comes after him is somewhat questionable.
Just my opinion.



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Comcast offers speedier Internet access (Reuters)


SEI Investments earnings drop 53% in third
quarter (Associated Press via Forbes)

GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Operating Results (PR Newswire)


Wachovia Reports $23.9 Billion Loss for Third Quarter (New York Times) Free Registration

Bill Butler Appointed President of iPipeline™ (Business Wire)

Wolters Kluwer Health Completes Acquisition of UpToDate (Marketwire)

TMG Health merges with Health Care Service (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Student sentenced for 2006 hacking of SEAS server (Daily Pennsylvanian)

AST uses Google, sensors to save on water, power, poisons (Phiily.com: Philly Deals)

FlyCast hopes to lure BlackBerry users this November (CNET News)
FlyCast is based in Lancaster.

Health Market Science Selects SaberSource for OnGuard Support (Business Wire)

Watercooler Facebook apps hope for home run during World Series (Venture Beat)

Phillies success a hit for local media, too (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Last Night's NE Blogger Meetup (Philly Future)

ORBIT/FR Reports Significant New International Orders (PR Newswire)




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Ametek Q3 results beat Wall Street view (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Lockheed Martin profit increases 2 pct, led by IT unit (Associated Press via Forbes)

Apple Q4 Sales $7.89 Bil Misses, Profit $1.26 Beats; Q1 Forecast Well Below The Street; Stock Up 6% (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Building Employee Loyalty With Kenexa (Fast Company)

Comcast’s second pay-TV rate hike in 2008 (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast will eliminate up to 300 jobs in its
eastern division (Associated Press via Business Week)

Oracle told by judge to offer to settle with SAP (Reuters via MSN Money)

SAP extends Business ByDesign and Business One solutions (Manufacturing Computer Solutions)

ING Direct growing, Kuhlmann says (Wilmington News Journal)

Gannett's PointRoll Partners With Panache (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

OnPATH Technologies Unveils Industry’s Largest Fibre Channel Switch (Business Wire)

Porous buys Pennsylvania facility (Boulder County Business
Report)

InfraScan Launches International Sales of a Handheld Brain Hematoma Detector (Business Wire)

Herley Reports 4th Quarter and Year-End Results (PR Newswire)

Universal Display Corporation Awarded Two $750,000 U.S. Department of Energy SBIR Phase II Contracts for White OLED Lighting (BusinessWire)

Mathematician Says Rays Should Reign (Scientific American)

Teen Site Gives Kids a Chance to Save the Planet!
One Million Teens Donate to Causes on myYearbook (Business Wire)





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ING Jumps After $13.4 Billion Injection From State (Bloomberg)
ING's ING Direct unit is based in Wilmington.

Exelon Makes A Play For NRG (Forbes)
Exelon owns PECO, NRG is based in Princeton.


Pentagon postpones big satellite contract till FY10 (Reuters)

Monster, Comcast Bring Listings For Jobs To Video on Demand (Multichannel News)

We've Got Exclusive Details On New Comcast Speeds, Prices
Broader DOCSIS 3.0 Launch getting very close... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast Media Center and itaas Join Forces on Enhanced TV and tru2way™ Services (BusinessWire)

Comcast Eyeing Co-Production Deals (Broadcasting & Cable)


Interview: David Verklin, CEO, Canoe Ventures (AD Week)

Philly Digital Marketing Agency NetPlus Marketing Takes National Spotlight in Social Media Marketing (Marketwire)

Avenue A/Razorfish Drops Avenue A Brand (Ad Week)

Afilias has laid out its own domain with the .me generation (Philadelphia Business Journal)

The Next HTTP Server? (IT World)

Bloblive comes to Philly (bloblive)

City Presses for Online Election Returns by Nov. 4th (KYW NewsRadio)

Philadelphia's Visitor Web Site Gears Up For the World Series
(PR Newswire)



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Why Pharma Fears Social Networking (Brand Week)

Certain that Comcast will thrive despite turmoil (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NFL Network, Comcast Locked At Scrimmage Line
Long-Running Dispute Remains In FCC Limbo (Multichannel News)

Comcast Nets Support Inaugural U.S. Sports Film Festival
Comcast SportsNet, CN8, Versus Back This Week’s Event In Philadelphia (Multichannel News)

Moto Spinoff: On Or Off? (Forbes)

Marked-down leftovers (Inorganic Growth Blog)

SAP’s next big deal?
(Inorganic Growth Blog)




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People News



Verizon names new Pa. president (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Safeguard Scientifics President and CEO Named Chairperson of AeA Board of Directors (TechLinks)

Journal Register Company Appoints Acting Chief Financial Officer (Maketwire via MarketWatch)

Electronic Ink Hires Patrick Blake as Senior Vice President of Business Development
(PRNewswire)

Bentley Appoints Baker Egerton Vice President, Lead Generation (Bentley Systems Press Release)



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SaaS Integration: Real-World Problems, And How CIOs Are Solving Them (Information Week)

SaaS Integration Specialists Find Their Niches
From appliances to integration wizards, they're providing plenty of choices. (Information Week)




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Integration migrates to the cloud (ZDNet Blogs)
Tackling The SaaS Integration Challenge (Information Week)

SAP: We’re Still Spending on Tech
SAP wants to be clear: It isn’t halting strategic investments in information technology. (Wall Street Journal: Business Technology Blog)

Private equity buys flat in Phila area (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

ING expects $670 million loss for third
quarter (Associated Press via Business Week)
ING owns ING Direct, based in Wilmington.

Linens ’n Things throws in the towel
After filing for bankruptcy in May, Linens ‘n Things is throwing in the towel. (Internet Retailer)
A GSI Commerce client.

View from the Top - Greg Maffei, chief executive of Liberty Media (Financial Times)

Aline(TM) Wins Major Accounts for Q2-Q3 2008 (PR Newswire)

Enterprise and Service Oriented Architecture to drive aggressive growth at LiquidHub (India PR Wire)

Reports claim tampering risk in NJ voting machines (Princeton Packet)

The Lego Apple Store (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)




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Business Outlook Survey: October 2008 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Google Profit Tops Estimates on Ad Sales; Shares Rise (Bloomberg)

PNC Financial earnings down 39% (Associated Press via Forbes)


SAP seeks limit on scope of TomorrowNow suit (Reuters)

Quality Systems Executes Agreement to Acquire Practice Management Partners (BusinessWire)

Vishay Slides On Reduced Q3 Outlook (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

FCC Will Vote On Pending Mergers On Election Day (Broadband Reports)

Help Me Decide: WiMax Or Comcast? (Information Week Blog)

Comcast Reduces Performance and Application Management Costs by 75 Percent With SevOne Solution (Marketwire)

Comcast Launches Tru2Way With Panasonic (Zatz Not Funny!)

Citi, Obopay team for mobile money transfers (Fierce
Mobile Content)


Contactless Payment Stickers Appear To Be Set for Prime Time (Digital Transactions)

ProfitPoint, Inc. Celebrates the Grand Opening of New 20,000 Sq Ft Corporate Headquarters in Clifton Heights, Pa. (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

Layoffs at Philadelphia Style (Folio)

Fiberlink Launches Mobility as a Service Platform
Cloud-Based Platform and Portal Expands Reach and Lowers Cost of Mobile Operations Management (BusinessWire)



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SAP’s Big Freeze
Business-software giant SAP is freezing costs. (Wall Street Journal: Business Technology Blog)

GMAC Has Limited Funding, May Scale Back Outside U.S. (Bloomberg)

So what shall we do with the Philly Inquirer? (Virtual Economics)

First Round Capital Office Hours (and Free Coffee)
(Redeye VC)
They ought to do this in their Philly office also.

Comcast solvent, but its "hard pressed customers" aren't: analyst (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book--Philadelphia--October 15 (Federal Reserve Board)

TV Guide Sold for a Buck (Advertising Age: Media
Works)

John Malone Sells Low (Business Week)

Panasonic, Comcast Launch Tru2way TVs (TWICE)

Insurer Gives Health Tips Via Facebook (Washington Post)

Thomson Reuters Launches Thomson Pharma KOLexperts(R) to Help the Pharmaceutical Industry Objectively Identify, Verify and Rank Scientific Experts, Product Advocates, Clinical Investigators and Key Opinion Leaders
(PRNewswire)

Global Pharma Integrates Imperium to Support Launch Content ROI Initiatives! (PharmaLive)

RTI International Selects the GenSight Group’s Portfolio Management Software to Provide Insights to Their Commercialization Portfolio (BusinessWire)

Jazzing up BPM (ARIS BPM Blog)

November 1st is a big day on the East Coast (Dangerously Awesome)




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SAP says unable to assess financial crisis fallout (Reuters)

SAP Launches SAP(R) EcoHub, a Community-Powered Solution Marketplace (PRNewswire)
SAP’s EcoHub, here’s the rub (ZDNet Blogs)

Patrick Walravens’ SAP/Teradata speculation doesn’t make much sense (DBMS2)
Teradata CEO Mike Koehler discussions spinoff from NCR, competition (Dayton Daily News)

Tough Times Lead Vishay To Pull Back On Expansion (Forbes)

Oracle’s acquisition of Primavera — It’s all about enterprise PPM (Construction Software Review)
Don't fear Oracle as it buys up Philly software: investor (Phlly.com: Philly Deals)

SPINACT Moves Operations to Ben Franklin TechVentures Incubator (BusinessWire)

Web 2.0 Implosion Imminent? (CMS Wire)

Clearwire Says Shareholder Vote Will Happen In Mid-November; Wants FCC To Approve Transaction Soon (mocoNews.net)

Heartland Leverages VeriFone for Tableside Payment (TMCnet)


Philadelphia Entrepreneurs Forge 21st Century Event to Inspire and Educate Future Business Founders (PRWeb)

UPenn student creates social network exclusively for college students (thebatt.com-Texas A&M)

New weekly online magazine Keystone Edge captures the story of the PA economy (POP City)

Please Touch Museum of Philadelphia Launches New Web Site with Electronic Ink
(PRNewswire via MarketWatch)




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Santander to Purchase Sovereign in $1.9 Billion Deal (Bloomberg)

SAP Denies Plans To Cut Sales Staff (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

We will see.

SAP: Layoffs Coming In Sales? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Forrester: Discontent persists over SAP maintenance hike
Users complain about lack of responsiveness to their requests for new features (Computerworld)

UPDATE 1-Vishay says terminates offer to buy IRF (Reuters)

Comcast’s Big HD Bang
After Years Of Preparation, Comcast Nets Set To Go Live With Five New HD Feeds (Multichannel News)

Comcast Systems Eyes 3.7% Rate Hike (Multichannel
News)

TV Guide Magazine Sold To OpenGate Capital; Online Still With Macrovision (paidContent)

Wells Fargo wins Fed approval on Wachovia bid (Reuters)

Citizens Bank parent Royal Bank of Scotland rescued (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Philly Inquirer asks j-schools to fund internships
(Poynter Online)

Princeton materials science center wins $20 million NSF award (News at Princeton)

E&C Medical Intelligence, Inc. Introduces New Reporting and Analytics Tool, the EC DataMgr(TM)
(PRNewswire)

Green Hat Enhances Testing for webMethods Green Hat Introduces First Test Automation for Stored Procedures (PRWeb)

ICG Commerce Comes To King Of Prussia (CoStar Group)
Actually, I think they are already in K of P. This must either be a local relocation or adding additional space.


Philadelphia: Robbins Diamonds Scavenger Hunt Promo Oct. 18 (Diamonds.net)




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Sovereign Bancorp May Get Buyout Offer From Spain's Santander (Bloomberg)

Taking their gaming to college level (Allentown Morning Call)

Oracle Prepares to Buy Primavera
Database giant marches toward project management in manufacturing and AEC markets (Cadalyst).

Radio Ratings Device Flawed, Stations Say (Washington Post)

Verizon Tests Internet Video on FiOS
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

NFL Network Gets a Lift From Ruling (New York Times) Free Registration.




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The 2008 Information Week 500 came out recently. I have some questions about how they determine it. Several on the list, including Boscov's, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, WaMu, and Wachovia went bust or nearly bust recently. While these occurences weren't primarily the fault of IT, certainly one of the reasons you invest in such systems is to try and stay in business. The IW 500 is generally weighted toward larger corporations rather than smaller companies that may employ more cutting edge technologies.
Philadelphia area companies in the top 250 (which are individually ranked) are Harleysville Group (30), Vanguard Group (33), Air Products & Chemicals (67), PHH Arval (76), Wyeth Labs (88), AmerisourceBergen (127), Jones Apparel Group (148), Cigna (192), Heartland Payment Systems (210) Penske Truck Leasing (215), VRW International (219), Aramark (231), and Boscov's (241).
Others in the top 500 are AmeriGas, Ametek, Burlington Coat Factory, CDI Corp, Charming Shoppes, Ikon Office Solutions, QVC, SAP, SES Americom, Teleflex, Tyco Electronics and Unisys.
Many others on the list have a substantial presence in the Philly area.
I'd be interested in any user feedback on how this list stacks up, or who else should have been included.




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Decision on NFL's Battle With Comcast Hits Snag (Wall Street Journal)

BarCamp Philly





BarCamp Philly is scheduled for Saturday, November 8 at the Univeristy of the Arts.

Wikipedia defines a BarCamp as “…an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.”.

This is the first one to be held in Philadelphia. Free registration is now open.




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Comcast's Challenge (Time)

Comcast Gives Free Cable TV to Rabbit-Ear Households (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Intl Rectifier says Vishay's board nominees rejected (Reuters)

Select Greater Philadelphia Releases Regional IT Report – An Economic and Comparative Assessment of the Region (BusinessWire)

INTERVIEW - SunGard eyes China finance sector despite global meltdown (Chinesestock.org)

Independent and Freelance Filmmakers: Grow Your Portfolio, Collaborate With Peers and Interact With Brands on Poptent.net (Marketwire)
PopTent Brings Filmmakers and Brands Together Online (Mashable)

Compute Your Way Through Traffic (Forbes.com)

Wachovia Center becomes first Arena with I-Wall Technology to Enhance Fan Experience (Industrial Embedded Systems)

Electric field boosts fuel economy (EE Times)

Clout: Some buzz about Perzel's software biz (Philadelphia Daily News)



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SAP imposes cost savings as financial crisis looms (Reuters)

Is SAP Data Warehouse Hunting?
(New York Times: Bits) Free Registration

SAP and Business Objects user groups join forces
Customers share joint fears on support pricing (vnunet.com)

Primavera acquired by Oracle - a diagonal acquisition
(Ovum)

Why Some Traditional Enterprise IT Vendors Are Scared of SaaS (Read Write Web)

Comcast Fighting Must-Carry For Class A
(Multichannel News)

Sprint Faces WiMax Challenges, Despite Growing Device Availability (Information Week)

Citigroup Ends Negotiations Over Wachovia Takeover (Bloomberg)
Text of Citi Statement on Wachovia Deal (Wall Street Journal)

MDA Lending Solutions Speeds Portfolio Evaluation (BusinessWire)

Philly Startup Vuzit takes on Adobe and Google, launches Nodobe (Phillypreneurs)

Stock analyst cuts e-commerce forecast because of financial crisis (Internet Retailer)
Mixed views on GSI Commerce.

Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image (Wired Blogs: Wired Science)
Why Kutztown University?




Allied Pixel Takes on New Programming Challenge (Digital Post Production)

IgnitePhilly videos now available (Viddler Blog)

Innovation Philadelphia to Host Creative Entrepreneur Expo ’08 at DesignPhiladelphia 2008 (BusinessWire)

Sensormatic Buys Vue for $43M (RFID Update)

CMS Focuses on E-Prescribing (Digital Healthcare &
Productivity)




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Oracle to buy big project portfolio management player (Network World)
Primavera Systems. I heard more about SAP as a possiblity than Oracle. I'm guessing the price tag is probably close to a billion,
perhaps a little less in today's market environment. It would not be surprising to see more Oracle acquisition activity in the
Philly area, perhaps in the Healthcare IT or Insurance verticals.

Oracle + Primavera (ZDNet Blogs)

Oracle Acquires Primavera – Leading Front Office and Back Office Project Management Vendors Portends Big Changes in Project Based Solutions and in Project Portfolio Management Markets (Forrester Blog)


Francisco Partners, Insight reap rewards of Primavera investment (Tech Confidential: THe Deal)


Note: It is now after 3 pm EST and the deal was announced around 8 am, but I still don't see anything on it on either the Inquirer's or Business Journal's websites.




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Vishay, International Rectifier Cat Fight Continues (Seeking Alpha)
Vishay Sets the Record Straight (BusinessWire)
Vishay-IRF proxy contest down to the wire (Tech Confidential: The Deal)

Unisys Names Turnaround Specialist To Top Post (Information Week)

'It's very complicated'
THE FIXER: Meet Neel Kashkari, the U.S. official asked to oversee the $700-billion rescue plan (Toronto Globe & Mail)

Citigroup, Wells Fargo Working on `Grand Solution' (Bloomberg)

SunGard Assists Financial Services Firms in Managing New SEC Short Selling Rules (Advanced Trading)


Chase to cut 140 jobs in Delaware (Wilmington News Journal)

Business Objects Supports Wider Array Of Data Sources (Channel
Web)


Oracle, SAP lawsuit may expand to Hyperion, Retek and the E-Business Suite (SearchSAP.com)

We Assume Obama Meant 'Internet'
(Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Is Comcast Cooking Up a 22Mbps/5Mbps Tier? (Broadband Reports)

ThePlatform CEO: Discovery Is the Next Step (Contentinople)

Datastrip Handheld Biometric Reader Successfully Completes TSA’s Evaluation for TWIC Program (BusinessWire)

Healthy VoIP Nets—Part XLVI—Network Management Architectures: Touchstone Technologies (VoIP Planet)

QinetiQ North America Wins $206 Million SPAWAR Contract (BusinessWire via MarketWatch)

CDI Corp. Revises 2008 Third Quarter Guidance, Anticipates Lower Revenue and Profit Due to Gulf Coast Hurricanes, Foreign Currency Impact and Weakness in Employment Markets (PRNewswire)




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Unisys hires former Gateway chief for CEO (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Y Combinator Recombined: Talking with Philadelphia Startup Incubator DreamIt Ventures
(Xconomy)

GSI ceo Rubin on $52M Innotrac bid, sees opportunity in crash (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
I still don't really get GSI Commerce, even though they have a lot of smart people working for them and apparently make some
clients very happy. It just seems they always have to put more "assets in the ground" (distribution and call centers) and there is not too much in the way of economies of scale and leverage in what they are doing. They try to present themselves as a "mini Amazon", but Amazon has a very strong brand and web presence and proprietary platforms that reach a vast market. End users really don't know what GSI is. The current economic environment probably won't help them in achieving profitability
for a while.

Fruits of the Comcast-Plaxo Marriage: Fan Pages (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Was SAP's warning more than a blip?
Shares fall another 10% Tuesday on fears of long-term weakness (MarketWatch)
SAP Extends Slide as Analysts Lower Estimates on Sales Figures (Bloomberg)

Oracle and SAP fail to settle TomorrowNow lawsuit (IDG via New York Times)

Lawsuit: FDIC was ready to seize Wachovia (Kansas City Business Journal)

Comcast Media Center buys Radiance Technologies (Denver Business Journal)

Comcast Jacks Prices; TV Gets More Expensive (Wire Blogs: Epicenter)

Multi-Tenant Integration – Busting the Myth of “Hosted” versus SaaS (Boomi On Demand Blog)

Saved by SaaS (Network World)


Kineto Gets $15.5M for Femtocell Push (GigaOM)
Area-based Motorola Home & Networks Mobility and InterDigital among investors.

AAA Mid-Atlantic Selects Mzinga to Launch Two Enterprise Social Media Solutions (BusinessWire)

World’s Best Corporations Choose New Web Channel eCorpTV.com over YouTube as Preferred Video-Sharing Outlet (BusinessWire)

inTEST Acquires Sigma Systems (RTT News)




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GSI Commerce agrees to buy Innotrac for $52 million (Associated Press via Forbes)


Vishay may raise bid for International Rectifier (MarketWatch)

SAP APPOINTS JOHN PAPANDREA TO LEAD HEALTHCARE BUSINESS UNIT (SAP Press Release)

SAP Announces 2008 Third Quarter Preliminary Software and Software-Related Service Revenue Numbers (PRNewswire)
SAP: “Very Sudden And Unexpected Drop” In Business, Pressuring Enterprise IT Stocks
(Barron's :Tech Trader Daily)

POWER: WHIFFING ON WI - FI (Philadelphia
Magazine)

Verizon bets big on network infrastructure (CNET News)

Comcast, Verizon Agree To Cease-Fire On Patents
(Multichannel News)

BlackArrow Raises $20 Million (NewTeeVee)

AOEware Selects Baltimore's Sawmill Marketing Public Relations for Launch PR (PRNewswire)

Rowan opens Tech Park (Gloucester County Times)

Guardian Capital Partners Acquires Majority Position in Corporate Call Center, Inc. (BusinessWire)

Kulicke & Soffa completes Orthodyne purchase (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Finisar expects minimal impact from global slowdown
Former Optium chairman says comprehensive transport strategy can lessen impacts (EE Times)

L&T Infotech and Astea to deliver global field service, mobility solutions (livemint.com)

Sposto Interactive Helps Write Nikon's Page in Rock History (PRNewswire)




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Canoe Ventures Paddles Ahead
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Comcast Tries Addressable Advertising Pilot in Baltimore (Broadband Reports)

Three questions for Greg Maffei (Rocky Mountain News)

Wachovia Says Court Order Doesn't Invalidate Wells Fargo Bid (Bloomberg)

SAP: Goldman Cuts Ests, Target On Macro Risks (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Senators Specter and Casey Announce Final Approval of Southeastern Pennsylvania Defense Projects
(Media Newswire)
Money for everyone!



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People News



Tyco Electronics appoints President of New Medical Products unit (EMS Now)

Baroni departs as head of Unisys federal
(Washington Technology)

Verizon Appoints Milch Top Lawyer (Washington Post)

Activant Adds Two New EVP Positions to Lead the Company's Growth in Wholesale Distribution, Hardlines and Lumber (PRNewswire)

ISA Consulting to Expand Reach of Services to Southeast Region (BusinessWire)

Aloysius Butler & Clark Grows Web Department with Promotion and New Addition (Philly Ad Club News)

Joseph Piazza Named as Director of Interactive Services for Allebach Communications (Philly Ad Club News)

Stephanie 'Stevie' Davidson of Health Informatics Consulting Named to New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission (PRNewswire)




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