Philly Tech News

Belated Wrap: Entrepreneur Expo

I spent the morning and early afternoon of April 2 in the cavernous halls of the Pennsylvania Convention Center attending the AIIM Expo trade show. It is an enormous and rather depersonalizing space; I think they could have played a football game just within the Hewlett-Packard exhibit area. So in the evening I headed over to the Philly Startup Leaders Entrepreneur Expo at the Science Center to find a lot of people packed into a small space, with each of the 50+ exhibitors having a table perhaps four feet long.
My definite preference was for the latter. There was an air of genuine enthusiasm and excitement, both on part of the attendees and the exhibitors. I was probably familiar with about half of the companies that where there, but came across some very promising relative newcomers. One that was particularly interesting to me was RJMetrics, a provider of business intelligence tools for web-oriented businesses .
The two young partners, Jake Stein (a Penn Grad) and Robert J. Moore (Princeton), were working at a major VC firm and began developing the concept for their product after realizing the firm needed a better tool to monitor key performance metrics from their many web-based portfolio companies. After going out on their own, Stein and Moore developed a dashboard display system (see demo) that collects and analyzes data from the database behind a website, and displays it on a series of charts and graphs that customers can dynamically manipulate and edit. Perhaps most significantly, the company also says its "software combs through thousands of analytical dimensions and extracts the key performance indicators that will drive growth in your business". How they do that I'm not quite sure, but I guess that's their secret. RJMetrics, based in Collingswood, NJ, started up last year, obtained its first few customers early this year. and has gotten this far on about $15,000 so far.

Daily Links 4/27/09: SAP/Teradata Alliance for Data Warehousing

SAP NetWeaver(R) Business Warehouse to Run on Teradata, Integrating Technologies to Lower Cost of Ownership (PR Newswire)
Teradata, SAP Forge Enemy-of-an-Enemy Alliance (Intelligent Enterprise)

The Biggest Loser in Oracle-Sun Deal: SAP (IT World)

SAP: Broadpoint Says Q1 License Revs Could Be Weak (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations (Associated Press via Google News)
Verizon’s FiOS Bet is Paying Off (GigaOM)

Apple and Verizon in talks about CDMA iPhone (ZDNet Blogs)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Secures Commitment for Up To $12.5 Million in Additional Financing
Approves Voluntary Delisting From NYSE AMEX LLC (PR Newswire)

The Neat Company Launches NeatDesk For Mac
High Speed ADF Scanner With NeatWorks Software Version 2.1 Offers Mac Users Greater Speed for Heavier Scanning Needs
(Marketwire)

Avatars, attorneys in new world of virtual law (San Francisco Chronicle)

Papers, Please: Get Ready to Prove You Paid for That Video (NewTeeVee)

CODY Systems Posts Record 2008; Achieves Major Milestone With 400th Customer Win (Business Wire)

PNC's Del. unit reports sharp revenue decline (Wilmington News Journal)

InvestorForce Announces Partnership with CAMRADATA, Expands into Europe (Business Wire)

SunGard upgrades risk solutions for financial services (Network World)

GSI Commerce Expands North American Operations into Canada (PR Newswire)

Second Life for Government Stuff (WHYY: It's Our City)

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Philly Tech Events

Breaking Free
The Long, Slow Liberation Of The Cable Set-Top Box (Multichannel News)

IS COMCAST RIGHT TO CHARGE MORE FOR NFL GAMES? (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

People News 4/26/09

Greg Bentley Named In Chester County Hall of Fame (TenLinks.com)

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc. Names Jerry Baker Chief Executive Officer (Business Wire)

Neil Desmond Named Vice President and General Manager Instrumentation & Specialty Controls Division (Business Wire)

MTI Focused on Delivering Extended Strategic Value to Key Clients
Ciro Maria Hired as Executive Director, Client Services (Marketwire)

Innovation Philadelphia hires Nelly Arnold as Manager
(Philly Ad Club News)

Budget would cut funding to New Jersey’s incubators $630,000 drop expected to reduce staff levels, training programs (NJBIZ.com)

Cable: DPI is good for us; Congressman: it's frightening (ars technica)

Daily Links 4/24/09: More on Tierney's Salary and Other Perks

Comcast v. FCC Expected to Draw Crowd at D.C. Circuit (The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times)
Comcast and FCC Spar At D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
Judges raise key questions about 30% cap on cable companies' subscribers (Broadcasting & Cable)

Moody's upgrades Comcast, sees improving metrics (Reuters)

Monetizing Video Online (Social Media Today)
On last night's PhIMA event.

Lockheed leaders in Phila. (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Apple cuts 1,600 retail jobs (ZDNet Blogs)

Philly Newspapers boss Tierney made $1.175M in '08 (Associated Press via Miami Herald)

Obama Pressures Credit Card Issuers on Rates (New York Times)
It was reported that the Vice President did not attend the meeting. Not clear whether he was not invilted or if he just had more
pressing matters to attend to.

IMS Health slides following analyst downgrade (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Bill could cost city $90M over its ban on drivers' using phones (Philadelphia Daily News)

SAP opens its Co-Innovation Lab in Bangalore (SiliconIndia)

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Daily Links 4/23/09: Comcast prepares for Court of Appeals Battle

Microsoft Reports a Miss With Net Earnings Down 32 Percent (TechCrunch)

IMS Health profit meets Street, revenue slips (Reuters)

SEI Reports First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire via MSN Money)

Comcast To Argue Against FCC Re-Imposition of Cap On Cable Operators' National Reach
Says commission has failed to recognize "dramatic changes" in marketplace (Broadcasting & Cable)

Can Flash & Tru2way Coexist? (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

The Coming War Between Netflix And Comcast (Silicon Alley Insider)

Obama in credit card face-off
President to meet with execs to press his case for consumer protections - a day after House panel OKs bill limiting increases on rates and fees. (CNN Money)
Presumably, Vice President Biden, formerly "The Senator from MBNA", will be watching out for Delaware's interests on this one.

MoneyTree Report: Venture languishing (Philadelphia Business Journal Blog)

Facebook bid costs Phila. court aide (Philadelphia Daily News)

Philadelphia's New Green Bank, Ready for Business (Huffington Post)

Gannett Puts Its Acquisition Strategy To The Test With Digital Media Network (paidContent)

Market Outlook for Text Analytics (B Eye Network)

InfoLogix Selected by Gwinnett Medical Center to Transform Clinical Care Through Next-Generation Mobile Communications Solution (PR Newswire)

CSC Enhances EarlyResolution Default Management Solution
Company Adds Radian Guaranty's Eligibility Requirement Rules to Software (PR Newswire)

WHYY cites budget woes as it lays off 17 staffers
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dykstra's business: a bed of 'Nails' (ESPN)

Thomson Reuters Commemorates World IP Week with Series of Strategic Intellectual Property Seminars Across the U.S.
(PR Newswire)

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Daily Links 4/22/09: Defense Investigators Raid Siemens Medical

Gannett Announces Formation of The Gannett Digital Media Network
Digital Portfolio Offers Advertisers Unprecedented Combination of National Reach and Local Engagement (Business Wire)
I have been wondering, given Gannett's problems and debt load, whether its Conshohocken-based PointRoll subsidiary is essential to Gannett's strategy going forward or whether they should consider selling it. I guess this release indicates how Gannett sees PointRoll being important to their digital future. Still not sure they need to own it, though.

Defense investigators in Pa. raid Siemens Medical (Associated Press via Philly.com)
Pentagon searches U.S. offices of Siemens unit (Reuters)

More SAP customers adopting BPM tools despite the recession (SearchSAP.com)

Oracle-Sun Deal Promising For Database Start-Ups (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Inquirer publisher calls for changes in law (Philadelphia Inquirer)

InTest laying off 25 (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Drexel Adopts Lecture Capture System (Campus Technology)

Interview: Setting the Pace in Bringing the Plant Together [Bentley Systems] (V1 Energy)

Industry Moves: Razorfish Vet Bob Lord Promoted To CEO; Kokich Becomes Chairman (paidContent)

E-commerce firm GSI closing Martinsville call center
GSI Commerce will eliminate 279 jobs at the facility, but will keep its fulfillment center open. (Roanoke Times)

Project Cavalry - In Philly and Beyond (Media Experiences 2 Go)

SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES Announces Major Capacity Agreement with DRS Technologies (Business Wire)

Congressman James Gerlach Visits EMS (Business
Wire)

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Daily Links 4/21/09: Could IBM/SAP Be Next?

Think Big! Could Sun/ORCL Trigger IBM/SAP Combo? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Element ID, Inc. Introduces Revolutionary New RFID Readers
Readers for Automated Applications Will Change the RFID Paradigm (Business Wire)

Kryptiq sells division to Portico Systems (Portland Business Journal)

NFL Network chief: No resolution in Comcast feud for 'months' (USA Today)

Canoe Prepares Interactive TV Ad Campaign (Contentinople)

Comcast Cable TV is Coming to Laptops This Year
Comcast's Fancast.com will host paid cable content free of charge for existing Comcast subscribers, beginning later this year, Comcast Exec says. (PC World)

Ametek cuts '09 earnings view, shares fall (Reuters)

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Raises $1.14 Billion for Private Markets Fund IV (Business Wire)

Invite Media’s Turner Discusses New Self-Service ‘Bid Manager’ for Display (AdExchanger.com)

Integrating GIS With SAP - The Imperative (Public Works.com)

Elemica Facilitates Connectivity With Road Carriers For BASF, Driving Inefficiencies Out of the Value Chain (PR Newswire)

Newark among best cities for business start-up
(UDaily)
That's Delaware, not New Jersey.

Verizon Offers TV Deals and Competition (GigaOM)

RCN Raises Rates, Adds 'Downgrade Fee'
Recession? Too bad. Here's a price hike and new fees (Broadband Reports)

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SevOne Gets Another Round

SevOne, the Newark, Delaware provider of network monitoring systems, has received an additional $2 million in venture financing, according to Dow Jones Venture Wire. The funding comes entirely from existing investors, including Osage Ventures and SunGard Data Systems founder John Ryan. It will be used to bring the Marketing function, which had been outsourced, in-house. SevOne previously raised a $1.5 million Series A round in September 2007.
SevOne's system is designed to capture absolute peaks in network traffic, rather than just data averaged over some time period. It appeals to customers managing very time-critical applications such as hospitals and financial services institutions. The comapny has over 100 customers, including Comcast Corp., Kohler Co., Alere Medical Inc., and three of the world's largest banks, and has been the recipient of several industry recognition awards.

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Oracle to Buy Sun for $7.4 Billion After IBM Withdraws Bid (Bloomberg)

Who wins, who loses in an Oracle-Sun deal? (Computerworld)
Shuttleworth: Oracle now largest open source player (ZDNet
Blogs)
For one thing, SAP is not going to be happy with Oracle controlling Java, I would guess.

Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs
New development platform for TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players is advancement for digital market (Network World)

As Costs Fall, Companies Push to Raise Internet Price (New York Times)

Verizon Expands Advanced, Remote DVR Management Service to More FiOS TV Customers
(PR Newswire)

Glaxo buys Stiefel Laboratories for $2.9 billion (Associated Press via Google News)

Health Market Science Raises $5.6 Million (PE Hub)

Motorika Announces New Financing Allowing An Expansion Into New Markets and New Product Development (Globe Newswire)

An interview with Ralph Roberts, Part 1 (Comcast Voices)

LiveTV Signs Agreement with EMS Formation for Rugged Data Storage
ToughDisk 3500 SATA to Provide Rugged Data Storage for LiveTV’s Video and Connectivity Servers (Business Wire)

AT&T to Manage SAP Applications for Wawa (PR Newswire)

PDS Celebrates 35th Anniversary (PR Newswire)

Allied Pixel Shoots Promotional Video for SunGard (Broadcast Newsroom)

Talking with Rob Schmults, CMO, Smart Destinations (Shop.org Blog)

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Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Silicon, OEM, Cable and Content Partners Embrace Adobe Flash Platform for Televisions, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players
(Business Wire)

Philly Tech Events

ALJ Denied Comcast Motion To 'Disavow' NFL Network's Program Carriage Dispute
Operator Argued That FCC Trial, Case In New York Court Are Contradictory (Multichannel News)

Cable contest heats up in N.J (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Archer Group Helps Wawa Reach Facebook Fans with Fun and Function (Philly Ad Club)

Moto: KDDI Box Not an Android (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

GlaxoSmithKline nears $3 bln deal for Stiefel-WSJ (Reuters)

Center City online advertising startup Invite Media has unveiled its new website, which I take to mean that they are officially out of "stealth" mode.

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People News 4/19/09

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Appoints Philadelphia Advisory Board Members (Business Wire)

NetPlus Marketing's CEO Robin Neifield Honored with "Best 50 Women" (Philly Ad Club)

Profile:Fred Graffam, Senior vice president of Comcast's Beltway region. (Washington Post)

Comcast veteran Ed Dunbar named SeaChange COO (Mass High Tech)

WorldGate Positioned for Growth with Announcement of Industry Luminaries to New Board of Directors and Senior Management Changes (Business Wire)

QVC appoints Kelly vp, home merchandising
(Home Textiles Today)

MTI Invests in Long-Term Financial Health
William Rymer Joins Company as Chief Financial Officer (Marketwire)

MedQuist Names Dominick J. Golio as Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia names Conlin president (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners announces Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards (Easton Express-Times)

MISI Company Names Bill Musman Vice President of Philadelphia Office (Company Press Release)

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Venture Capital Investment Sinks (New York Times)

Comcast's Roberts Testifies in NFL Network Carriage Trial
Updated: Comcast chairman says network's carriage on sports tier about money, not retaliation (Broadcasting & Cable)

Unisys Reviewing Debt Payoff Options as Credit Expiration Looms (Bloomberg)

Stock Jocks Proved Clueless On FiOS
$24 billion investment didn't 'doom' Verizon after all... (Broadband Reports)

Verizon CEO Slams Sprint, Cable (Broadband Reports)

Google’s Android Makes Set-top Box Debut (GigaOM)

Motorola: Revival Of The Mobile Device Spin Off Plan? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Comcast Claims NFL Network Was Overpriced, Legitimately Place on Sports Tier
NFL's program carriage complaint case to wrap up Friday (Broadcasting & Cable)

Update On LINTA: Maffei Expects To Refinance QVC Debt (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Weiss Tech House Announces 2009 PennVention Competition Winners (PR Web)

City Council Approves Cell Phone Driving Ban (Weekly Press)

SAP takes familiar yet effective approach to SAP virtualization (SearchSAP.com)

Universal Display Presents at Inaugural LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo in Tokyo (Business Wire)

ICW and Surescripts to Develop E-Prescribing Prototype Project for SHIN-NY (PR Newswire)

C&D Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results (PR Newswire)

Millersville University looking for a few good software developers (Keystone Edge)

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iCueTV

At the recent Cable Show in DC, one of the big buzz words was
"T- Commerce", meaning Television-enabled Commerce. This is nothing like the traditional QVC model, where people watch the television and then get more product information or order over the phone or on a PC. This commerce will be enabled through fully functioning interactive features appearing directly on your TV. Although talked about and experimented with for years, Interactive TV-in many ways the Holy Grail of the Cable industry-now appears to be ready for mass deployment through advanced platforms such as EBIF (Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format) and tru2way. Some FiOS TV customers may already be seeing some of these features, and applications will begin to roll out on digital cable later this year.
A Cherry Hill startup, iCueTV, appears to have a good running start in this market. Founded about two years ago, iCueTV calls itself "The Standard Platform for I-TV Commerce", though it will take a while for that to prove itself out. President and Founder Michael Huegel says his company’s services will expand the meaning of the term “t-commerce” beyond simply making purchases from a TV. The service also supports interactive applications for functions such as voting, polling, reporting, Web services, and request-for-information fulfillment. iCueTV provides the backend platform for these applications that leverages industry standard e-wallet applications developed by PayPal, Google, and Amazon.com.
iCueTV currently has about 75 employees. Former Century Communications CEO Bernard Gallagher joined the company as Chairman & CEO; he invested in the company himself and bought in a couple of other investors with him. My guess is that a VC funding announcement might not be that far off. iCueTV is working closely with Comcast, and was among four companies presenting at a session hosted by Comcast Interactive Capital at the Cable Show, two of which have been funded by CIC, according to Network World. Walter M. Buckley III of Internet Capital Group is also on iCueTV's board, though ICG has made no investment in the company at this time according to their website.

Wireless HD Highlights Cable 'Innovations' (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Cable Show 2009: MSO Vet Gallagher Takes Cue From ITV Startup
Former Century CEO Pitching TV Commerce Provider At NCTA Event Multichannel News)

–Round-Up of Recent Interactive TV-Related News from CMC (Interactive TV Today)

Business Outlook Survey: April 2009 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Google shares rise as profit beats Street view (Reuters)

QlikView for iPhone Delivers First and Only Interactive Business Intelligence App for iPhone Users (Business Wire)

When Cloud Computing Doesn’t Make Sense (New York Times: Bits)

SaaS, the cloud, and the enlightened CTO (Computerworld Blogs)
On Philadelphia's Amy Wohl.

Prometheus Labs Invests In Rosetta Genomics (PE Hub)

DirecTV, Comcast hit with fines (Associated Press via Google News)

Snider contribution under investigation (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Update: Comcast exec's political donation being given back (Associated Press via Philly.com)

Update:Time Warner Cable Backs Off Metered Broadband Everywhere (GigaOM)

Trevose-based AirClic anticipates growth, new hires and expansion in mobile applications (Keystone Edge)

Gannett 1Q profit falls 60% as ad declines deepen (Associated Press via Google News)
Gannett operates daily papers in Wilmington, Cherry Hill and Vineland, as well as owning PointRoll of Conshohocken.

Tyco Electronics Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Its Wireless Systems Business to Harris Corporation for $675 Million; Announces Preliminary Fiscal Second Quarter Results (PR Newswire)

Unisys Soars; Gets Contract From DoD Accounting Arm (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

What’s Up With Liberty Media Interactive? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Checkpoint Systems’ RFID Solution Brings Real-Time Asset Tracking and Merchandise Visibility Solutions to SAP Customers (Business Wire)

Google Health: PHRs Still Need Human Touch (Health Content Advisors)

STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION to Open at The Franklin in Philadelphia on May 16 (PR
Newswire)

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SAP to NetSuite: “Impact on our business is negligible” (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

SAP: Piper Launches With Sell; Says Street Too Bullish (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Pat Toomey officially steps into Senate race on Tax Day (Easton Express-Times)

No Huddling: Access Denied To Program Carriage Trial
ALJ Closes Trial To Reporters As NFL Network,Comcast Cite Proprietary Data (Multichannel News)
Update: Judge To Provide Expedited Transcripts To Public in NFL Network, Comcast Trial
Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel opted not to open court to reporters (Broadcasting & Cable)

SEPTA charts new route on Google (Metro Philadelphia)

Goodbye, Hal!
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
On departing WorldGate CEO Hal Krisbergh and WorldGate's place in Cable history.

Time Warner Cable tells FCC to shut up about net neutrality (ars technica)

2009 Wharton Business Plan Competition “Great Eight” Finalists Vie for $70,000 in Prizes, VC Interest (Wharton School)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book--Philadelphia--April 15, 2009 (Federal Reserve Board)

Advertising Yourself: Building a Personal Brand through Social Networks (Knowledge@Wharton)

Page Views Jump at Philly.com (Editor & Publisher)

ME: Mobility Enterprise Magazine Launches
Quarterly Magazine Hosts Conversation on Technology Infrastructure to Support Mobile Workforce (Business Wire)

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Silicon Valley 1, Delaware Valley 0, At Halftime (The Bulletin)

eBay Plans To Spin Off Skype Via 2010 IPO (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

RFID Baby Born from Checkpoint-OATSystems Marriage (RFID Update)

Comcast Took ‘Revenge’ for Not Getting NFL Games, Attorney Says (Bloomberg)

Phila. Newspapers offer $50M deal (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NetSuite gears up to take on SAP
SaaS firm targets enterprise market with SuiteCloud Connect (vnunet)

UK Customers Go Live on SAP Business ByDesign (Feeding the SAP Ecosystem)

Reining in SAP Consulting Fees (eWeek Blogs)

SCP Vitalife Expands Israel-To-US Strategy (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Motorola building Android-based cable boxes for Japan's KDDI? (Engadget)

USA Technologies to fit vending machines with VISA-accepting technology (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Q&A: Stephen Holford, CMO of Fasthosts (Web Host Industry Review)

Ulticom Provides Update on Special Cash Dividend (Marketwire)

Lockheed Martin to Celebrate Space Day with Hi-Tech Wizardry (PR Newswire)

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Harry Kalas Dies

Harry Kalas dies
(Philadelphia Daily News)

But his voice will live on forever.

Clinical Trials Manager Heads Into VC (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
Philadelphia-based Numoda Corp raising $150 million fund.

Comcast’s Burke takes on critics of company’s dual strategies (Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal)

Tech Mahindra Outbids Larsen, Wilbur Ross for Satyam (Bloomberg)

Interview: SAP's global head of project operations [podcast]
(ZDNet Blogs)

Netsuite software targets SAP, Oracle: source (Reuters)

WorldGate founder Krisbergh resigns (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Angels follow cautious route on investments
But equity stakes can cost less for those willing to take risks (NJBIZ.com)

Blumenthal says HITECH faces challenges (Healthcare IT News)

Google Health faces its first test (ZDNet Healthcare)

Fandango for IPhone (PC World)
Fandango is a unit of Comcast Interactive Media.

Comcast, TWC Contribute To CableLabs Tru2way Reference Code
‘Canonical' Version Based on Stack From Operators' OCAP Development LLC Venture (Multichannel News)

Clone Memory Maker Dataram Buys Rival MMB
(IT Jungle)

eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free (ZDNet Blogs)
I'll be interested to see if Josh Kopelman has any comment about this. First Round Capital was an early backer of StumbleUpon
and Josh has had some other experience dealing with eBay as well.
(Update: Josh K tweets: Hey @eBay - since you've sold StumbleUpon and are apparently selling Skype, any chance I can buy half.com back?)

Creditors Want Control of Philly Newspapers (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Pa. officials object to newspaper executives bonus [in Journal Register bankruptcy] (Associated Press via MSN Money)

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Philly Tech Events

FCC steps into Comcast-NFL Network fight (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Something to talk about
Leap Wireless' Cricket service enjoying success among the cost-conscious (San Diego Union-Tribune)

What taxpayers can expect for their investment
Taking a closer look at earmarks for PMA Group clients and their subsidiaries. (Bucks County Courier Times)

Sculpting The Digital Dollar (NPR)

GVA SMITH MACK RELEASES OFFICE LEASING MARKET RESULTS FOR Q1 2009 (Company Press Release)

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People News 4/12/09

Razorfish Philadelphia Promotes Joshua Palau to VP and Matthew Maynard to Sr Account Manager (Philly Ad Club)

Safeguard Scientifics’ CFO Stephen T. Zarrilli to Be Honored by LaSalle University’s School of Business on April 30th (Business Wire)

DMi Partners Assembles New Division & Leadership
Privacy Officer and E-Commerce Veteran, Josh Aberant, Takes Helm of DMi's New West Coast Email Marketing Operations
(Marketwire)

DataBank IMX, LLC Names John Oldham, General Manager Mid-Atlantic Region (PR Web)

Creditors seek 'oversight' of Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC (Philadelphia Daily News)

Kenexa to hire 200 more for Vizag campus (Business Standard of India)

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Who Wants .philly?

This article in USA Today discusses the possible plethora of Internet domain suffixes that might become available by next year under changes approved by ICANN, the organization that oversees the Web's address system. The difference with these new domains, according to the article, is that they can be purchased by one entity, rather than parceled out to individual subdomain registrants at $10 a pop (though I suppose the domain owner could do that too).
The proposed price for these new domains is $185,000 up front, and a $25,000 annual continuance fee. There may be a bidding system if more than one entity wants the same domain. The article mentions .philly as one example. I'd love it for my blog, but I think the price is a little beyond my budget right now.

Comcast to sack NFL Network (Boston Globe)

Time Warner’s Unlimited Download Plan: $150 a Month (New York Times: Bits)

Will Targeted TV Ads Justify Higher Fees?
Corporate marketers will be watching closely when the first "addressable" ads are aired in June (Business Week)

Comcast Wins Appeals Court Ruling Over Finisar Royalty Demand (Bloomberg)

ING plans up to $10.6 billion of disposals
Dutch group wants to free up capital, simplify structure (MarketWatch)
One analyst believes that it is likely that Wilmington-based ING Direct USA will be sold.

TapInko Product Demo Login Information - April 10th - 3pm (est) (TapInko Blog)

Osage venture firm raises early-stage funds (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Venture fund established (Scranton Times-Tribune)

Will Obama health IT committee give open source a chance? (ZDNet
Healthcare)

J&J to eliminate 900 sales-related positions (Medical Marketing and Media)

Comcast Glitch Airs Risque Video Over Vatican Service (KYW NewsRadio)

D&E Communications Selects Synacor to Power Enhanced Broadband Content and Services
(PR Newswire)

Who’s using Foursquare here in Philly? (City Paper: The Clog)

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iPhone apps for nearly every waking minute
(Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News)
Great piece by Philly-based Deborah Yao of AP.

SAP virtualization becoming more prevalent, even with mission-critical apps (SearchSAP.com)

SAP: We've Spent Millions So Far on Waste Management Suit (PC World)

Omnicom Partners with Wharton Interactive Media Initiative (Wharton School)

CableLabs releases Tru2way source code (informitv)

Canoe Targets May for Ad Campaign
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Herley Industries confirms sale not viable now (Reuters)

Stimulus act keeps HIMSS attendance healthy (Modern Healthcare)

What if Oracle bought Sun Microsystems?
If Oracle picks up where IBM left off, database, storage, and Java customers could be in for radical changes (InfoWorld)

The Case for Cloud Middleware (The Boomi Blog)

Motorola calls fired CFO a 'treacherous officer' in response to whistleblower lawsuit (Chicago
Tribune)

Science Center Building Half Leased (Philadelphia Business Journal Blogs)
The PBJ has apparently found out about blogging.

OUR NEW DIGS ARE OFFICIAL: INDYHALL MOVES TO A LARGER OFFICE ON MAY 1ST, 2009 (IndyHall
Blog)

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Comcast Voices

Just catching up with Comcast's recently launched corporate blog, Comcast Voices.
It is headed up by Chief Blogger Scott McNulty, formerly of The Unofficial Apple Weblog and well known to many in the Philly Tech scene. Scott is very good and I'm sure will do well with this, though its a little harder working on the company side in some ways. One of his first jobs was to explain Comcast's major email outage this past weekend.

AnySource Media Enables Broadband Connected HDTV (PR Newswire)

Cable's answer to online's ad success: targeting (Associated Press via Yahoo News)

Verizon begins FiOS upgrade in Phila. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Stat Shot: Fiber to the Home (GigaOM)

Comcast's Email Issues Blamed on Power Outage
(PC Magazine)

Boomi touts cloud integration service
The application integration provider is aiming the newest version of its AtomSphere platform at enterprises (Infoworld)

SaaS integration: Tricky, but manageable (Computerworld)

Philly.com joins Yahoo! online consortium (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Interesting that Philly.com is still using Monster.com for its job listings, even though my understanding is that Yahoo's HotJobs has been the most productive aspect of the Yahoo Consortium for newspapers.
Also, though the Inquirer article says that Philly.com joined the Yahoo Consortium a year ago, it was actually closer to two
years ago.

State cancels Unisys contract after spending $30 million (Associated Press via WAFB Baton Rouge)

Herley Industries fails to sell itself-sources (Reuters)

Pentaho and Jaspersoft Make the Case for Open Source BI (Enterprise Systems)

Meetings of the ARIS Minds! (ARIS BPM Blog)

ECRI Institute, MedAssets Sign Multiyear GPO Agreement (PharmaLive)

inTEST Announces Preliminary Year End 2008 Results and Retention of Financial Advisor
(PR Newswire)

Microchip Technology Acquires R&E International, a Mixed-Signal Safety and Security Design Company (Business Wire)
R & E International is based in Norristown.

E-Mon’s New Web-MonTM Energy Monitor Provides Internet Browser-Based Meter Dashboards (Business Wire)

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SAP Adds 'Google-Like' Search to Business Software (eWeek)

SAP Direct Salesforce To Sell Edge SMB Software (Channel Web)

Savana Partners Acquires Assets of Epitome Systems (PR Newswire)
Sanchez Computer Associates founder will be CEO.

Checkpoint Systems Introduces World’s First Source-to-store Merchandise Visibility Solution (Business Wire)

10.41 Million Reasons to Hate Comcast (Huffington Post)

Comcast looks into claims of lost e-mail (CNET
News)

Comcast Enhancing the Home Phone (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
When I saw this new Thomson device at the Comcast/Sony store at the Comcast Center last week, I asked a guy working there about it. First he asked me if I was a Comcast guy, and when I said no, he told me to email him and they would send me something when there was more info.

QlikTech Channel-focused Business Model Fuels Company Growth (Company Press Release)

BravoSolution Posts Record Revenue (Business
Wire)

Dell, Perot Systems Target Electronic Medical Records (Channel Insider)
Doylestown Hospital and Perot Systems Successfully Implement Advanced MEDITECH 6.0 Platform (PR Newswire)

Healthcare Information M&A Up 21 Percent
JEGI: Category saw 122 deals worth $7.3 billion last year. (Folio)

Business Intelligence in Health and Life Sciences
The Changing Role of Technology in Intelligence (Beye Network)

Power Medical Interventions(r) Receives Audit Opinion Containing Going Concern Qualification (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

WorldGate and WGI Announce Closing of Strategic Investment (Business Wire)

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Cable TV: Pushing to Become More Web-like
The cable companies are trying to emulate online video sites before those sites eat their lunch (Business Week)

Members Only
Cable Operators, Programmers Try To Build An Exclusive Online-TV Service For Subs (Multichannel News)

Tweaking the Cable Model, to Avoid Newspapers’ Fate (New York Times: Bits)

tru2way at The Cable Show (Zatz
Not Funny!)

Comcast CEO Roberts makes the Top 15 on pay (Reuters Blogs)

Cable Show 2009: Canoe To Launch Product In 4-6 Weeks
Interactive Advertising Moves Slowly Along (Multichannel News)

Coming Next: Using Your PC as a Cable Box (New York Times: Bits)

Cable's Wild About Wireless
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Motorola Media Mover will reach production (SlashGear)

Motorola Develops tru2way Multi-Room DVR Solution for Time Warner Cable (itvt)

Wireless HD Highlights Cable 'Innovations' (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

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Drexel U president Papadakis dies, had lung cancer (Associated Press via Philly.com)

Health Care Industry Moves Slowly Onto the Internet (New York Times: Bits)

NextGen Healthcare Unveils New Subscription-Based, SaaS Delivery Model (Business Wire)

Siemens Enhances Knowledge-Driven Solutions to Support Provider Quality of Care Initiatives (PR Newswire)

The code word at HIMSS 2009 is interoperability (ZDNet Healthcare)

Google, Microsoft Announce New Health Partners (paidContent)

Almac Group Uses HP Software to Bring New Drugs to Market Faster (Business Wire)

gsi interactive Expands Digital Agency Footprint with Acquisition of West Coast-Based Silverlign (PR Newswire via Philly.com)

Comcast Spotlight Integrates Sales and Marketing Teams (Business Wire)

Struggling with supersized storage
Shrinking budgets and swelling data demands send IT managers on a search for more efficient storage. (Computerworld)
On Tasty Baking's data storage strategy.

Acorn Energy, Inc. Announces Year End Results (PR Newswire)

Kenexa Partners With R&J Management Consultants to Form Shanghai Kenexa
Joint Venture Expands Kenexa's Footprint in Chinese Market (Marketwire)

Bethlehem technology center planned for LVIP may instead be built in the South Side commercial district (Easton Express-Times)

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Philly Tech Events

IBM Jilts Sun

I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems (New York Times)

Kind of a surprise, I guess. Wonder what Sun does now?
Sun recently announced 24 layoffs in King of Prussia.

Cable Is Building Apps for Your TV — Slowly (New York Times: Bits)

MEDecision offers a show of force for HIMSS09 (Healthcare IT News)

Pharma dollars shifting to digital
(DM News)

ECM Vendors Throw in the Towel at Philadelphia Summit
Top Content Management Suppliers Tell Customers to Give Up (PR Web)

Tyco Electronics Named Pennsylvania's Technology Company of the Year (PR Newswire)
Since the beginning of 2008, Tyco Electronics has lost more than two thirds of its market value and announced layoffs in
excess of 20,000 employees.

How CoffeeForLess.com perks up fulfillment service for less cost (Internet Retailer)

People News 4/5/09

AGI Selects Joseph Sheehan as New President (PR Newswire)

Akrion Systems Announces the Appointment of Michael Ioannou as President (PR Newswire)

CardioNet Restructures and Expands Medical Advisory Board (Business Wire)

OKI Data Americas Names Takabumi Asahi Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for North America (Business Wire)

MedQuist Names Alan J. Gold as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing (PR Newswire)

Wolf Block’s Gitlin to Blank Rome
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Victory Marketing Group, Inc. Announces New VP of Strategy and Client Services
(PR Newswire)

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Comcast E-mail Outage Sparks Twitter Updates Galore (PC World)

CardioNet to buy Biotel, enter clinical research (Mobile Health News)

SAP AG completes successful private placement transaction (The Financial)

Ulticom Announces Special Cash Dividend; Provides Update on Financial Statement Completion (Marketwire)

Sorry I haven't posted too much during the past week, since I've been traveling and have just been running out of time. Among other things, I covered the Cable Show in DC, The AIIM Expo at the PA Convention Center, and the Entrepreneur Expo at the Science Center. Should be getting back up to speed tomorrow. Today my focus is on the basketball.

CABLESHOW-Execs say cable TV shows on web not a threat (Reuters)

Comcast’s OnDemand Reaches 11 Billion Views, Nearly Twice The Number Of iTunes Music Downloads (TechCrunch)

Will Comcast Finally Buy Sprint? (Silicon Alley Insider: Business Insider)

IMS Health stays well in iffy economy (Greenwich Time)

MEDecision to Acquire HxTechnologies, Inc.
Deal Bolsters Ability of Alineo™ and Nexalign™ Products to Produce Real-Time Actionable Information to Meet President Obama’s Health Care IT Challenge (Business Wire)

INTERVIEW-Lockheed sees flatter satellite sales (Reuters)

Dow Sells Stock to Haas Trust as Rohm Purchase Closes (Bloomberg)

EMoney Advisor Launches Enhanced Wealth Management Solutions (Wall Street & Technology)

Philly Enterprise Tech News

Daily Links 4/30/09: Comcast almost doubles Free Cash Flow

Daily Links 4/29/09: SAP License Revs off 33%

Daily Links 4/28/09: Specter Changes Parties

Belated Wrap: Entrepreneur Expo

Daily Links 4/27/09: SAP/Teradata Alliance for Data Warehousing

Philly Tech Events

People News 4/26/09

Daily Links 4/24/09: More on Tierney's Salary and Other Perks

Daily Links 4/23/09: Comcast prepares for Court of Appeals Battle

Daily Links 4/22/09: Defense Investigators Raid Siemens Medical

Daily Links 4/21/09: Could IBM/SAP Be Next?

SevOne Gets Another Round

Philly Tech Events

People News 4/19/09

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Harry Kalas Dies

Philly Tech Events

People News 4/12/09

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