SunGard opens Middle East HQ (Finextra)
He has a keen eye for innovation
Ed Dougherty's inventions help bring the game closer to the viewer. (Phialdelphia Inquirer)
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He has a keen eye for innovation
Ed Dougherty's inventions help bring the game closer to the viewer. (Phialdelphia Inquirer)
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People News
Comcast Sports Names Smith SVP Of Strategic Marketing
President Of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Begins New Post Jan. 5 (Multichannel News)
SAP Names COO Erwin Gunst Labor Relations Director and Responsible for HR, IT and SAP Labs (PR Newswire)
AMETEK Names Charles Lohwasser Vice President and General Manager (Business Wire)
Tyco Electronics Names John Van Scoter to Company's Board of Directors (PR Newswire)
HighPoint Solutions Launches New Quality & Compliance Practice
New Group Addresses IT Regulatory Compliance for Life Science Companies (PR Newswire)
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Software ‘interoperability’ key to efficient business processes (Daily
Commercial News)
Cable System Sales On Hold
Comcast's 400,000-Subscriber Offer May Buck the Credit-Crunch Trend, Though (Multichannel News)
SAP Trimming Head Count, “Can’t Rule Out” Layoffs (ZDNet Blogs)
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Americas’ SAP Users’ Group Announces Leadership Transition
ASUG Board of Directors Releases CEO; Executive Committee to Assume Interim Leadership (Business Wire)
Versus tries punching up its programming (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ecommerce loses immunity to economy woes (Reuters)
Verizon hits roadblock in Wilmington
City says FiOS provider should offer more (Wilmington News Journal)
Better Business Bureau Recommends Verizon Modify FiOS Claims
Bureau’s National Advertising Division Acted On Cablevision Complaint (Multichannel News)
Economy Worries Slowing DOCSIS 3.0 Rollouts (Broadband Reports)
Clearwire completes massive Sprint merger, gets $3.2 billion infusion (Seattle Times)
Pa. Website Helps Shoppers Find Hot Gifts (KYW NewsRadio)
Shaky economy boosting growth
Two friends created a Web-cam-based way to practice interview skills. Now, not only colleges subscribe. (Philadelphia
Inquirer)
South African-based retail software provider UCS has apparently established a US presence with the opening of a Philadelphia office, according to allAfrica.com.
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Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP slapped with ’sell’ rating; Pushback from customer base cited (ZDNet Blogs)
Will Oracle And SAP Offer Big-Business SaaS? Sort Of. (Information Week)
SunGard Completes Tender Offer for Shares of GL TRADE (PR Newswire)
Unisys Corporation Files To Raise Cash (UIS) (24/7
Wall Street)
TiVo Still Seeking Cable Payoff (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)
Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public (TechCrunch via Washington Post)
QlikTech named European High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
(Business Week)
ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site (Finextra)
Devon IT Launches Thin Client, Virtualization Test Center in China Headquarters (Business Wire)
Event: Miles Technologies' employees to work from snow globe during coat drive (Newark Star-Ledger)
I don't quite understand what this snow globe is about.
RefreshPhilly planning session at the Comcast Center (Labs.Cimians)
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Samsung and InterDigital reach 3G and 2G settlement
(CNET News)
Where Will the World's Greentech Hub Be? (Greentech Media)
Halifax firm expanding market for port logistics software
(Halifax Chronicle Herald)
BofA confirms job cuts in card operation (Wilmington News Journal)
MapQuest: “We’ve Come Out Of Hibernation” (Search Engine Land)
MindTree set to bid for US firm Seal Consulting (Economic Times of India)
Motorola: Worth More Dead Than Alive? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems in the Wild (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Christmas show debuts at Comcast Center lobby (Philadelphia Inquirer))
When green initiatives and wireless are at odds
Philly property owner loads cellular, Wi-Fi signals onto DAS (Network World)
Craigslist Founder Shares Secrets Of Entrepreneurship (The Bulletin)
VGXPO: Le Montage (Geekadelphia)
Study: Spending on HR Technology to Hold Steady (Workforce Management)
MEDecision’s Alineo Now Live at DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc. (Business Wire)
WPCS Announces $9 Million in New Contracts (PR Newswire)
N.J. extends loss carry forward to 20 years (Philadelphia Business Journal)
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Deloitte recently released its nationwide Fast 500. Unlike its regional Fast 50s, which show only percentage growth, the Fast 500 shows revenue figures for each company as well. There are 18 Philly area IT companies included, and several Biotech/Life Sciences companies. In addition, Neat Receipts (now Neat Company) was named as one of the 9 "Rising Stars" nationally.
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Crashing Motrin-Gate: A Social-Media Case Study (Advertising
Age)
A Study in SAP Contradictions (eWEEK)
Verizon Gets All-Digi With It (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Comcast Strikes Retail Deal With Sears
Comcast TV, data and voice to be marketed in 400 stores. (Broadcasting & Cable)
Cable's Future 'Gigabits' Networks
Cable Modem Inventor Rouzbeh Yassini Discusses Road Ahead For Broadband (Multichannel News)
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that InterDigital of King of Prussia and Samsung may be close to a settlement in InterDigital's patent infringement case against Samsung. InterDigital stock ia up about 24% today. More later.
Aetna, Microsoft Integrate Online Health Tools
Aetna has made its PHR tool compatible with Microsoft HealthVault (Finance Tech)
GE plans to develop new health integration framework with Mayo, other clinics (FierceHealthT)
Future Nurses Get IT Education Program (Healthcare Informatics)
B. Braun's DoseTrac(TM) Software: Making Connections to Better Manage IV Therapy (PR
Newswire)
ING DIRECT Gives Gift of Time to Troubled Borrowers
Bank Suspends Foreclosure Sales and Evictions during Holidays (Business Wire)
City money's tight, but 3-1-1's still a go (Philadelphia Daily News)
Former KYW Anchor Mendte Gets House Arrest (Broadcasting & Cable)
Comcast & Liberty Property Trust to Unveil a New Philadelphia Tradition – “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” – on the Comcast Experience Video Wall (Business Wire)
The Story of the Great Philadelphia Hot Dog Launcher (Gizmodo)
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A 'Tipping Point' Year For Health Care IT, Says HHS (Channel Web)
IT training institutes take a hit on slowdown (Hindu Business Line)
Comcast will close its CN8 network (Newark Star-Ledger)
Puck It Up: Versus Wants To Keep NHL (MediaPost: Media Daily News)
Comcast-owned Versus is based in Philadelphia.
D&D Brings Its Game to Army Navy (PR.com)
Deadline nears for tech program (Chambersburg Public Opinion)
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People News
Volpe and Koenig Continues to Grow - Adds Five New Associates (Press Release)
AP Names Eastern Regional Editors for News, Sports (Editor & Publisher)
WHYY hires Satullo as news executive (Philadelphia
Inquirer)
AstraZeneca names new U.S. chief (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Vertex Appoints Chris Walsh to Chief International Indirect Tax Officer (Business Wire)
Open Source Leaders Andy Astor and Anthony Gold Join Bluenog's Board of Directors (Marketwire via CNN Money)
Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces the Addition of Howard E. Simmons, III, PhD to its Technology Team (PR Newswire)
Electronic Ink Addresses Growing Demand for End-to-End Design and Usability Services by Launching New Strategy Practice (PR Newswire via MarketWatch)
Commerce360 CEO Lucinda Holt wins WIN Award (ClickEquations Blog)
DMW Worldwide Promotes Jeff Williams to Director, Decision Support (Philly Ad Club News)
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SAP to bring unified interface across apps suite (IDG News via New York Times)
SAP’s Apotheker: ‘Happy John Wookey joined us’; Business hasn’t gotten worse (ZDNet Blogs)
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Senate panel opposes health insurers' merger (Associated Press via Allentown Morning Call)
ING Direct: Rebels with a Cause (Chris Skinner)
ING Direct is based in Wilmington.
Hundreds wait at Verizon stores for BlackBerry Storm (Reuters)
Cable Gets Down to Business (Light Reading)
Verizon Looks to Bring FiOS TV to Delaware
Telco Applies For Video Franchise License in Wilmington (Multichannel News)
Cops' radio software compromised (Philadelphia Daily News)
Unisys says Unisys simplifying organizational structure (Thomson Financial via Forbes)
Unisys eyes moving targets to identify (Government
Computer News)
NJTC Celebrates the `Power of Technology' in NJ (PR Newswire)
Core Learning Announces Launch of Crayola Art Studio (PR Newswire)
Council Approves Sale of Telecom (Alameda Sun)
Comcast picks up small municipally-owned system.
Internet's bandwidth health still in trouble, report says
Demand for Internet bandwidth will exceed supply by 2012, Nemertes says (Network World)
Technology jobs up in region (Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review)
Although The Technology Collaborative has state funding and a statewide mandate, most of its activities seem focused on Western PA.
Region’s economic boosters see positives in the negatives (Philadelphia Business Journal)
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November 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Q3 Online Ad Growth Sliced in Half Since Year Ago (ClickZ)
Salesforce profit tops estimate, shares rally (Reuters)
10 Things to Know About Salesforce.com (Read Write Web)
Salesforce is Hiring, Big Time (Private
Equity Hub)
Judge throws Comcast/NFL Network mess back at FCC (ars technica)
JDS Uniphase Buys Circadiant (Private Equity
Hub)
JDSU acquires optical comms test specialist
(EE Times)
Report: Region making transition to New Economy (Philadelphia Business Journal)
SevOne Named to Network World's '10 IT Management Start-Ups to Watch' (Marketwire)
Network World profile
SevOne updates network performance management appliance (IT World Canada)
SevOne is based in Newark DE.
Refugees from SAP unit raise Oracle's ire
Spinnaker hires TomorrowNow staff; industry makes software giants uneasy (MarketWatch)
Sprint WiMax spinoff moves ahead with Clearwire shareholder vote (Kansas City Star: Sprint Connection)
CTO Ray Sokola on 2009 and Beyond (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Interview with Motorola Home and Networks Mobility's CTO.
German IT, Telecom Indus Want Government Invest In Infrastructure (EasyBourse)
Philadelphia paper starts magazine for affluent (Associated Press via Forbes)
Philly.com Drives Reader Engagement With Aggregate Knowledge (Business Wire)
Ex-Penn professor gets 5-10 years in wife's 2006 death (Philadelphia Daily News)
5 to 10 years? You've got to be kidding.
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SAP sees slight 2009 licence sales growth at best (Reuters)
IT majors eye European SAP cos (Economic Times of India)
Impact of the economy on angel investing (Robin Hood Ventures)
Eastern Technology Council honors award winners (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Lenfest will get chamber's William Penn Award (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
TelVue Corporation Announces Product Development Pact With Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)
Ben Franklin to Invest $1,144,400 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development (Business Wire)
FlyCast Releases Desktop Client
(Zatz Not Funny!)
FlyCast is based in Lancaster.
Sallie Mae move to Del. all but confirmed (Wilmington News Journal)
CableFAX: The Magazine's annual list of top women execs in cable (Cable360)
Several Comcasters included.
Comcast Taps U.K.'s MirriAd for Placement (Media Week)
ShopNBC Auction Moves Forward
Decision Expected By End of Fiscal Year (Multichannel News)
New Product: ReportEverywhere for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Converts Essential Business Intelligence (BI) into Instant Messages for Access Anytime, Anywhere (PR Web)
New Blog from PM Solutions Helps Project Managers Improve Strategy Execution (Business Wire)
RegionalBest.com, New Online Food Site, Lets Holiday Shoppers 'Buy Local,' Supporting Farmers, Cheesemakers and Other Food Artisans Nationwide (PR Newswire)
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended September 30, 2008
(Business Wire)
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How Twittering Critics Brought Down Motrin Mom Campaign
Bloggers Ignite Brush Fire Over Weekend, Forcing J&J to Pull Ads, Issue Apology (Advertising Age)
Agilence funding round didn't come easy (Tech Confidential: The Deal)
Agilence is based in Camden.
Comcast DTV pricing response may bring fine: FCC (Reuters)
TV Guide Lays Off Staffers, Still Less Brutal Than Most Mag Cuts (Jossip)
Microsoft Releases SharePoint, Exchange As A Service (Information Week)
Ben Franklin Technology Partners gives loans to Lehigh Valley companies (Lehigh Valley Live)
Viddler is one of the recipients.
SAP adds data migration to ERP arsenal
SAP's Data Migration services leverage information management products acquired from Business Objects (InfoWorld)
SAP Tools for Process Definition, Modeling and Management (Column 2)
Lombardi execs think BPM might be countercyclical in down economic times (BPM in Action)
Heartland acquires gift card outfit Chockstone (Finextra)
Voxware Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2009 (Business Wire)
TelcoTV Report: IPTV Hoping for a Big 2009 (NewTeeVee)
Motorola is a major IPTV supplier.
Primavera Honors 11 Innovative Companies With 2008 Excellence Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance)
Bentley Systems upbeat on Indian market (Economic Times of India)
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Early Morning Basketball
I turned on ESPN about 10 this morning, expecting to catch a little of Sports Center, but instead I found a Penn-Drexel
basketball game (live).
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Anyone interested in being a "Chief Consumer Experience Officer", whatever that involves?
Yes, its a real job, at GSI Commerce, and it seems to pay pretty well too. Have a look.
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Mark Cuban charged with insider trading
SEC charges Dallas Mavericks owner with insider trading related to sales of Mamma.com. (CNN Money)
Adobe pushes Flash forward; Bolsters SAP partnership (ZDNet Blogs)
Salesforce.com for sale? (Inorganic Growth)
Lincoln Financial seeks to become S&L and apply for bailout funds (Associated Press via CNN Money)
Buys small Indiana S&L.
New type of pay TV being tested (San Jose
Mercury News)
Transition Watch: Obama’s FCC Advisors Include Crawford, Werbach (paidContent)
Werbach is a Wharton prof. See his blog.
Cricket Communications to hire 250 in Phila. area (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Bio-Imaging Gets Some Advice for Its Shareholders (iStock Analyst)
[itvt] Interview: Canoe Ventures CEO, David Verklin [itvt]
Cable Continues to Beat Telcos at the Broadband Game (GigaOM)
College Fanz Sports Network Acquires Victory Sports Network, Adding “Home for All Things NAIA” to World’s Largest Online College Sports Community (Business Wire)
ORBIT/FR Reports Q3 Results (PR Newswire)
Lattice Incorporated Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results, and Announces Conference Call (Business Wire)
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Crisis could be right time for innovation (Knowledge@Wharton via Delaware Online)
SAP Following New Core Strategy
(American Banker)
Subscribers scramble as Comcast switches to digital (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Software snafu affects students (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
A little problem with Sungard Higher Education software gives some students free money.
Susquehanna shuts midtown N.Y. office, fires 30 (Reuters)
The Final Schedule from Nov 8th (BarCamp Philadelphia)
BARCAMPPHILLY 2008: WHAT A BLAST ! (code zen)
Founder Factory (Open Thoughts on
Software, Business, Life)
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People News
CSC Names Jim Foster Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Property and Casualty Insurance Division (Bobs Guide)
A new boss at 'Weekly' (Philadelphia Daily News)
Encorium Appoints Shahab Fatheazam to its Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Philly.com)
Synchronoss Expands Business Development with Appointment to Executive Team
Daniel Rizer Joins Synchronoss to Drive Company Growth and Strategic Investments (Business Wire)
he Star Group Promotes Dave John to Managing Partner (Philly Ad Club News)
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Oracle vs. SAP: Who Has the Better ERP Apps Strategy? (IDG via New York Times)
TV Rivals Fight For Subscribers, Sell Spots Together (MediaPost: Media Daily News)
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Sun to slash up to 6,000 jobs (Associated Press via Google News)
Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality (Reuters)
Verizon pitches FiOS (Philadelphia Inquirer)
RCN wants another shot at Comcast (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
No Clear Resolution In NFL-Cable Rift (Washington Post)
Can Oracle's Former Fusion Apps Guru Really Stop SAP's Slump? (CIO)
SAP and Microsoft, Watch Your Back
Google Apps, Linux, and other free or inexpensive systems are winning more fans in the corporate world (Business Week)
CORRECTED: Journal Register Selling Papers In Three States -- But Not New Haven or Macomb (Editor & Publisher)
Also may sell some or all suburban Philadelphia papers.
Recap of the Founder Factory - A proud day for PSL (Philly Startup Leaders)
The Founder Factory: Where Phillypreneurs Came Together (The Green Skeptic)
Third Eye wins Venture Idol (Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal)
Metastorm pulls IPO, citing tough market (Reuters)
Based in Baltimore, Metastorm is 32.2% owned by Internet Capital Group.
The Kenexa Research Institute Finds That Many Employees Are Confident They Will Land on Their Feet if They Lose Their Job (Marketwire)
I hope all the employees they just axed feel the same way.
Astea Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results (PR Newswire)
Tech bugs slow filing at Del. bankruptcy court (Bloomberg via Wilmington News Journal)
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QVC layoffs begin, most in W. Chester (Philadelphia Inquirer)
QVC Implements Initiatives to Improve Performance and Support Long-Term Growth Plans (PR Newswire)
Urban Outfitters profit tops Wall St view by penny (Reuters)
FCC's Martin to Push Against Clock, Cable During Final Months (Bloomberg)
Dow Announces Post Close Organization for Rohm and Haas Advanced Materials Division -- Marking Major Step in Dow's Transformation to an Earnings Growth Company
(PR Newswire)
Kulicke & Soffa Reports Results for Its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 (Business Wire)
Kulicke & Soffa cuts jobs, posts loss (EE Times)
SAP's fourth enhancement pack includes line-of-business offerings (SearchSAP.com)
Verizon Eager to Bring Philadelphia Residents Choice for Their Cable TV Service
Company, City of Philadelphia Negotiate Video Franchise Agreement;
Ordinance Granting Franchise Introduced for City Council Review
Agreement Includes Aggressive Deployment of Verizon's All-Fiber FiOS TV Throughout City Over Seven Years (PR Newswire)
Verizon and Comcast Cutting Each Others' Lines? (PC Magazine)
Canoe Ventures Wants Your Data
(NewTeeVee)
NBC Local, Fox TV Stations Pool Resources
Beginning with Philadelphia in January, the two TV groups will form a local news service to gather and distribute general market video coverage to participating media outlets (Media Week)
Pay package awarded to WHYY chief questioned (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Think about this next time they do one of those "we're so poor" begathons.
Phillypreneurs Live @ Founder Factory 2008 (Phillypreneurs)
IONX Completes Acquisition of Salco Technologies (Business Wire)
Gannett Buys Social Media Tech Company Ripple6 (paidContent)
Adaptive Solutions lays down the law (Philadelphia Businesss Journal)
6 Reasons to Start Coworking (Mashable)
By Philadelphian Alex Hillman.
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CTAM Live: Cable Flying Into Economic Headwinds
Recession Likely to Last Until 2010: Merrill Lynch's Reif Cohen (Multichannel News)
Fancast and Federated Media Launch ‘Our TV Picks,’ a Social Media-Driven Digital Video Guide (Business Wire)
Comcast Tops In VoIP Audio Quality
Though something called a "landline" still tops for reliability... (Broadband Reports)
Best Buy (BBY): "Seismic Changes In Consumer Behavior" (BBY) (Clusterstock)
QVC to cut 500 jobs in West Chester by end of '09 (Philly.com: Philly Deals)
In the race to 4G, LTE takes upfront lead (RCR Wireless News)
Shai Agassi on Electric Cars (O'Reilly Radar)
Former top SAP exec.
SAP India to go ahead with $1 bn investment (Business Standard of India)
SaaS And Open Source: Grim Fates? (The VAR Guy)
Tight Capital Could Squeeze Firms Out of RFID Industry (RFID Update)
RecycleBank's Valuable Recycling Reward Program Escalates Growth Across the U.S.
(PR Newswire)
Entercom Taps SplashCast for Social Networking Strategy (Business Wire)
New Ad Insertion Features via Motorola and BlackArrow (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Wall Street West Awards $1.6 Million for Workforce Development Projects
Initiative Highlights 10 New Projects, Need for Improved Business Continuity Education (Business Wire)
Backe Digital-Brand-Marketing Blends Traditional Advertising with Expanded Digital Services (PR Newswire)
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Online Retailers Tightening Belts, Too (Advertising Age)
Absent Buyers, New Britain, Bristol Papers To Close (Hartford Courant)
QlikTech Recognized as Fastest-growing Company by Software Magazine, Inc., Manufacturing Business Technology, Deloitte and Philadelphia 100 (PR Web)
Motorola and BlackArrow Complete Integration for Advanced On Demand Advertising
(PR Newswire)
SAP Confirms Wookey Hiring, Signals New On-demand Push (PC World)
Herley Industries, Inc. Sells Innovative Concepts, Inc. ('ICI')
Herley Divests Software Division to Elbit Systems of America LLC (PR Newswire)
Video Interview with Art Zeile, HostMySite.com (Web Host Industry Review)
Rodale Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)
Lathian Health Delivers Pharmaceutical Industry’s First Trackable, Portable Closed-Loop Promotion (Business Wire)
Fewer Sales Reps Lead to Higher Costs (Pharma Marketing Blog)
Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
Real Estate On-Demand: 100,000 Home Buyers Shop Via Comcast Digital Cable Each Month (RISMedia)
VMware Enables Project Management Institute to Deploy Virtualized Application Platform for Production and Development Environments (WebWire)
Council rejects proposal for Verizon cell tower (phillyBurbs.com)
Motorists to get travel times on new Pa. signs (WHP TV)
First Amendment groups warn N.J. attorney general of broad 'cyberbullying' definition (Student Press Law Center)
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Circuit City files for bankruptcy
(Reuters)
Standard & Poor's removes Unisys from S&P 500 (Associated Press via CNN Money)
Unisys Booted From S&P 500; Smashed Yet Again (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily))
Comcast Eager To See Kevin Martin Take A Hike
Though will a Democratic FCC be any friendlier? (Broadband Reports)
Obama Weighs Choices for FCC Chairman (Business Week)
CTAM Live: Canoe Execs Plot Ad Venture’s Course (Multichannel News)
Dish Network To Use Invidi For Addressable Ads
DBS Will Sell Targeted, Household-Specific Advertising Spots (Multichannel News)
Invidi is based in Princeton.
HP Details Thin-Client PC, Blade Workstation for Mechanical CAD Workers (eWEEK)
SAP users: we won't pay higher prices (InfoWorld)
Boomi Offers Online Integration Service To ISVs (Intelligent Enterprise)
Motorola Accelerates IPTV Deployments With Integration and Support Services for Service Providers (PR Newswire)
WiMax — Game on? (Venture Beat)
Octagon’s End-To-End Vision (ClinPage)
Zoombak Launches Multi-Million Dollar TV Ad Campaign to Establish Leadership in the Personal GPS (LBS zone)
Zoombak's operations are based in Berwyn.
NAVTEQ Delivers Real-Time Traffic to the weather.com(R) Site for Commute Forecasts (LBS zone)
Scopus Announces Record Third Quarter 2008 Results (PR Newswire)
Scopus has its US headquarters in Princeton.
'We Need Change on the Internet'- Millersville University Professor Advocates for Universal ID (PR Newswire)
Sure, that's exactly what is needed. Then the government can keep track of everything we see on the web in addition to all
the other information they have on us. But it will probably happen anyway, eventually.
ACI Hosts Free Nanotechnology Workshop (Surface Mount Technology)
In Philadelphia on Wednesday.
BARCAMP PHILLY BLEW MY MIND (I Make Web Junk)
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One of my goals here is to provide not just a blog or news source, but a collection of information tools that will hopefully be useful to you on an ongoing basis. My newest addition to that collection is the Philly Tech Startup Map.
View Larger Map
Building this was actually more difficult than one might think because the Google Maps editing function is not quite ready for prime time-it was kind of a nightmare to get very simple things finished. Had I known this, I might have used MapQuest or another alternative but once I was too far into it I decided to finish it in Google.
The startups shown are a pretty good representation of the best of what is going on in the area, though by no means conclusive. I am sure I will be editing this and adding to it over time. My primary focus right now is on data quality rather than greater breadth. I know addresses and other info can change so please let me know if there is any thing that needs updating. Some companies have multiple locations in the area, though I think that in every case I tried to use what I understood from their website to be their headquarters address.
If you have any ideas of what I could add to this, please let me know at phillytechnews@gmail.com
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Comcast looking ahead to Obama
David L. Cohen raised millions for the campaign. Were strong ties forged? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Comcast’s march to 100% digital will raise rates and alienate millions (CrunchGear)
Femtocells Offer Improved Reception—and Revenues (Business Week)
How can I learn about “social media” for my business? (Coherent Sales Consulting)
BarCamp Philly Huge Success (Philly Future)
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People News
CTAM Live: Lins Exits Spotlight, Boards Canoe
Joins Six-MSO Advertising Venture Full-Time As Chief Marketing Officer (Multichannel News)
Canoe Hires General Counsel From CableLabs (Multichannel News)
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Salutes 2009 Excellence Award Winners (Business Wire)
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Unisys is ripe for the picking (CNET News)
Unisys, SGI - canaries in the coal mines (The Register)
What’s Up With Unisys?
(Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Down 35% today on heavy volume.
Nasdaq Profit Rises 28% on Record Trading, OMX Deal (Bloomberg)
Nasdaq owns the Philadelphia Exchange.
Bentley Releases Infrastructure Design Suite (Architectural Record)
Razorfish CEO: Microsoft Has "No Plans" To Sell Us (But Ask Again Later) (Silicon Alley Insider)
No Business“Buy”Design, no problem? (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)
CableLabs, SCTE To Host Advanced-Advertising Test
Interoperability Event in Denver Nov. 10-14 to Focus on SCTE 130 Specification (Multichannel News)
Cash panic sweeping VC industry: The capital calls problem (Venture Beat)
LPs Are on the Ropes (Private Equity Hub)
CRM Manager to acquire Redxlerant (DM News)
Scala Ends Third Quarter on High Note
(PRWeb)
NeatDesk scanner turns receipts into organized data (USA Today)
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Yang: 'Best Thing for Microsoft Is to Buy Yahoo' (InternetNews.com)
Video
SunGard Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire)
GL Trade revenue up, despite fall in OTC system sales and slower front-office growth (Finextra)
SunGard has acquired a majority stake in GL Trade and is in the process of acquiring the rest of its shares.
SunGard Announces New Solution for Corporate Payments
(PR Newswire via MarketWatch)
Tyco Electronics Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Results (PR Newswire)
Tyco Electronics Profit Falls; `Sharp Decrease' Seen (Bloomberg)
Tech Wages Slip in Q3
Yoh Index of Technology Wages indicates softening of the market in certain sectors as Index reaches lowest level since early 2006 (Business Wire)
Entercom Communications Corp. Reports Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)
No more dividend.
Universal Display Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Urban Outfitters 3Q same-store sales increase 10 percent (Associated Press via MSN Money)
Strata Reaches A New One, Integrates With Microsoft Ad Serving Systems (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
An interesting Comcast-owned company I did not know about.
Bentley Announces V8i Software Portfolio for Infrastructure Professionals (Business Wire)
Bentley would benefit from increased government infrastructure spending.
Bentley Launches V8i; Notes from the Press Conference (Directions Magazine: All Points Blog)
Top SAP exec grilled on support price hike at software conference (Computerworld)
sme.sap.com: be impressed (ZDNet Blogs)
Synchronoss profit declines sharply in 3Q (Associated Press via NJ.com)
Much of Synchronoss' operations are located in the Lehigh Valley.
Barracuda bites into backup and disaster recovery (IDG via New York Times)
BarCamp Philadelphia (P'unk Avenue Window)
Comcast Lends a Hand to Philly Area Business
Contest to Award Business-Boosting Services to Female Entrepreneurs (SouthJerseyLocalNews.com)
Deer Runs Amok Inside QVC Headquarters, Causes Damage (MyFox Philadelphia)
Eichel leaves the Philadelphia Inquirer Poynter Online:Romenesko)
To head up Pew Trust's "Philadelphia Initiative" (not to be confused with the "Philadelphia Experiment").
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire)
Checkpoint lowers 2008 financial targets
(Associated Press via Forbes)
FCC OKs White Spaces, Spells Out Safeguards (Information Week)
Bio-Imaging Technologies Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire)
USA Technologies Reports First Fiscal Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Glaxo Trims Sales Force & Makes North Carolina Its U.S. Homebase (Wall Street Journal: Health Blog)
Quality Growth From Quality Systems (Motley Fool)
Though based in California, Quality Systems' primary business is NextGen Healthcare Information Systems in Horsham.
Healthcare Tech Companies Could Benefit From Obama Plan (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Comcast reorganizing CN8 operations, cutting jobs (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Comcast P4P Results 'Better Than Anyone Expected' (Contentinople)
AT&T, Comcast Face New Web, Antitrust Enforcement Under Obama (Bloomberg)
Clearwire Still Sees Challenges After FCC OK (PC World)
What SAP is doing right (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)
Software as a service: It should be the best of times, but it isn’t (ZDNet Blogs)
Elron Group Companies Chosen among Israel's Fastest Growing Companies for 2008 by Deloitte Fast 50
Aqwise, Safend and Jordan Valley Voted Among Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50 for 2008 (Business Wire)
Safend's US headquarters is in Philadelphia.
Electronic Ink and The Philadelphia Orchestra, One of the Leading Orchestras of the World, Launch Redesigned Website (PR Newswire)
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NetSuite Takes Fresh Aim at SAP (PC World)
'Microsoft, SAP just don't get cloud computing'
Saleforce prefers "a core strategy of love" (Silicon.com)
Heartland Payment Systems Reports Record Quarterly Earnings of $0.35 Per Share (Business Wire)
FCC Approves Sprint's $14.5 Billion Clearwire WiMax Deal (S, CLWR) (Silicon Alley Insider)
Little Leap For LTE and 4G
Motorola's device testing pushes 4G technology toward carrier trials. (Internetnews.com)
Kenexa shares plunge on profit miss, outlook (Associated Press via Forbes)
Talent management firm Kenexa cut workforce by 12 percent (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
Cable Companies Face FCC Probe of Overcharging Claims (Bloomberg)
Goodell Keeps Bashing Comcast, Time Warner
NFL Commissioner Says Operators Are Discriminating Against League-Owned Net (Multichannel News)
Orbius Launches Pragmatic Brand-Focused Social Marketing Platform for Businesses
Company's assault on high-cost white label providers set to do to social media what Salesforce.com did to CRM (PR Newswire)
CircleDog: Outlook Edition Boosts Customer Management Functions, Enables Seamless Synchronization of Contacts, Tasks, and Calendar with Microsoft Outlook (Business Wire)
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Next big worry: Credit cards
Delaware jobs might hang in the balance (Wilmington News Journal)
AT&T Hands Out Free Wi-Fi To iPhones, BlackBerry (Information Week)
AT&T Wi-Fi Locations in Pennsylvania
Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2008 (Business Wire)
Rodale Lays Off 111 Employees (Media Bistro: Fishbowl NY)
How can SAP get back on track? (SAP Watch)
Ricoh Completes Acquisition of IKON Office Solutions (PR Newswire)
AMETEK Acquires Muirhead Aerospace Limited (Business Wire)
Salesforce Opens Platform To Web, Social Networking (Channel Web)
CRM manager Announces Intent to Acquire Redxlerant
Merger of Two Salesforce.com Leaders Positions Firm as a National Leader in On-demand Consulting & Integration (PR Newswire)
QlikView Associative Analysis Now Available on the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com (PRWeb)
Boomi Announces AtomSphereSM: Industry’s First Integration Platform-as-a-Service (Business Wire)
Is a telecom price war in the offing? (LA Times Blogs)
Verizon lowers bundle prices.
Comcast: ‘Monster’ Market for On-Demand Ads
(Multichannel News)
ABC Radio and Comcast reach distribution deal (Associated Press via CNN Money)
BPA may shake up GIS industry (Federal
Computer Week)
Lockheed Martin-Led Team Completes GPS III Integrated Baseline Review
(PRNewswire via Philly.com)
Slowing Pace of Business Has Investors on Alert
Firms working to ensure startup firms are able to stretch their dollars as far as possible (NJBIZ.com)
Journal Register Company Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results and Extends Forbearance Agreement (Marketwire)
Metrics - Philly IT Jobs (IT Staffing in Philly)
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IDS Scheer may be up for sale -magazine (Reuters)
IDS Scheers's US headquarters are in Berwyn.
I have to wonder why IDS Scheer's business model doesn't produce more profitability, since it has unique propriety tools which
most other vendors need to use for Business Process Modeling (BPM).
If this does come to pass, SAP would be the most likely partner, given their close historical relationship with Scheer and the tight integration with their products. However, Microsoft, Oracle and others can't be ruled out.
Survey reveals favorite ISPs around the United States. None of them is Comcast. (ZDNet Blogs)
The Ultimate Election Day 2008 Toolkit (Mashable)
John McCain Scores on QVC, Oops, SNL (All Things Digital: Boomtown)
Headband Infrared Lie Detector (The Future of Things)
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People News
SAP: Claus Heinrich resigns from executive board (ZDNet Blogs)
Wolters Kluwer Appoints Robert Becker as President and CEO Wolters Kluwer Health; and Stacey Caywood as President and CEO Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (U.S.)
(MarketWire)
Knott, Krone Exit Comcast
Departures Come Ahead Of Next Week's Election (Multichannel News)
G2 Elevates Paulson
Head of shop's digital arm becomes CEO of U.S. ops (Ad Week)
Unisys Names Bill Bancroft to Lead Global Operations for IT Outsourcing Business (Business Wire)
Synygy Promotes Daniel L. Ganse to Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Will Be Lead Evangelist for Synygy’s Sales Operations Management (SOM) Solutions (Business Wire)
Falcon Capital Partners Announces New Venture Partner (eMediaWire)
New Smart Card Alliance Board Members and Executive Leadership Announced for 2009 (Marketwire)
Brooke Reynolds joins MayoSeitz Media as a Senior Interactive Strategist (Philly Ad Club News)
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