Philly Tech News

Daily Links 6/30/09: Septa Finally Gets Together With Google Maps

Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud (ZDNet Blogs)
On Philadelphia and San Francisco- based interactive agency Freshout.

Philly Transit Agency Partners With Google Maps (Associated Press via CBS3)

Voxware Announces $2.5 Million Financing
Investment Led by Cross Atlantic Capital Partners with Participation by Edison Venture Fund (Business Wire)

Really Strategies Acquires SaaS XML Content Management Provider DocZone.com (WebWire)

Unisys Offers Enterprises a Security Blanket in the Cloud (GigaOM)

Book names Philadelphia’s ‘Richest Man in Town’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Top 100 Networked Venture Capitalists (TechCrunch)

Supreme Court shrugs at NH data ban (Medical Marketing & Media)

New SAP process control and risk management apps ease GRC integration (SearchSAP.com)

Joost Says It Has No Future As Portal, Enters White-Label Market; Volpi Out As CEO (paidContent)

Verizon explains Monday’s Phila. phone problems (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Sure, that explains it.

Another Big Round of Layoffs is Imminent at Gannett (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Accenture Creates Health & Public Service Operating Group to Focus and Expand Services to Healthcare, Government and Public-Service Clients (Business Wire)

New iPhone Application from Beyond.com Helps HR Professionals and Recruiters Gain Maximum Exposure for their Job Postings (Business Wire)

Devon IT Spoof Ad Videos (evrik.as)

PostgreSQL Community Leader and EnterpriseDB Senior Architect Bruce Momjian to Teach Database Theory Course at Drexel University (Marketwire)

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Razorfish Philly and Digitas Health Combo Interesting Possibility

As Microsoft reportedly looks to unload Razorfish, and Publicis is prominently mentioned as a possible bidder, that raises an interesting possibility for the Philly Interactive Marteting Scene. The combination of Publicis's Philly-based Digitas Health and Razorfish's Philadelphia office could create a vitual juggernaut in Intereractive Health Marketing. Razorfish Philadelphia is much more Health Marketing oriented than most of its
sister offices.
See my earlier post on Razorfish Philadelphia.

Amazon Shuts Down North Carolina Affiliate Program

Amazon completely shut down its affiliate program in the State of North Carolina yesterday, according to a company email, in anticipation of a compulsory, upfront tax on online sales expected to be implemented by the State shortly.

The email reads:
We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to notify you that your Associates account has been closed as of June 26, 2009. This is a direct result of the unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor. As a result, we will no longer pay any referral fees for customers referred to Amazon.com or Endless.com after June 26. We were forced to take this unfortunate action in anticipation of actual enactment because of uncertainties surrounding the legislation’s effective date.
Please be assured that all qualifying referral fees earned prior to June 26, 2009 will be processed and paid in full in accordance with our regular referral fee schedule. Based on your account closure date of June 26, 2009, any final payments will be paid by September 1, 2009.
In the event that North Carolina repeals this tax collection scheme, we would certainly be happy to re-open our Associates program to North Carolina residents.
The North Carolina General Assembly’s website is http://www.ncleg.net/, and additional information may be obtained from the Performance Marketing Alliance at http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com/.
We have enjoyed working with you and other North Carolina-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Similar proposals have been defeated or pushed back in some other states, and Amazon is fighting an existing law in New York and a proposed law in California.
The Asheville Citizen-Times quotes one affiliate who says he generates $70,00 to $80,000 per year in income through his Amazon affiliate program and will have no choice to move to another state if that relationship is terminated.

TV Everywhere wants commercials everywhere too (LA Times)

TV Everywhere to Spark Antitrust Concerns? (GigaOM)

Daily Links 6/26/09: SAP, Salesforce at Structure 09

Structure 09: SAP Aims to Glue Together the Hybrid Enterprise Cloud (GigaOM)
Interview with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka.

Structure '09: Real-Time Cloud (The Boomi Blog)

Comcast aims for Net gains
The cable giant will soon offer online content free — to those who subscribe to its cable. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Jeff Bewkes and Brian Roberts discuss the TV Everywhere model and upcoming trial on Comcast (Time Warner Corporation)

Ben Franklin group faces funding drop (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Genachowski Approved as FCC Chairman (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Patient, Heal Thyself in the Digital Future
Electronic Health Records Promise Advantages, but Patients Have a Crucial Role to Play in Care (ABC News)
Written by Robert I. Field, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Public Health at University of the Sciences

Sixth Ave. Lays Groundwork For Major Expansion (Twice)

Smarter Agent's GPS, Real Estate Application now on Android - Still the Only Application for All Mobile Users (Smarter Agent Blog)

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Daily Links 6/25/09: SAP to Stick to Software, Says CEO

Baiada Incubator winners (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Investment funds tougher to obtain
But investors find funding requests more complete and showing more promise. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SAP to Stick to Software, Says CEO (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Climate Corps: Demystifying Energy Bills to Save Companies Money (GreenBiz.com)
Intern tries to decipher PECO bills for SunGard.

Lean times, not cuisine at Boston mag (Boston Herald)

LLR Partners Completes Acquisition of I-many, Inc. (Business Wire)

Medidata shares jump in debut (Reuters)
Medidata has a presence in the area through its acquisition last year of Fast Track Systems of Conshohocken.

Technitrol Completes Divestiture of Medtech Components Business (Business WIre)

Time Warner and Comcast's online video plan faces hurdles (Los Angeles Times)

IDS Scheer introduces process change governance (Software Development Times)

The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Go Live with the G2 Discovery Marketing Database and Campaign Tools (PR Web)
Marketing G2 is based in Springhouse.

Objections raised to Journal Register's bankruptcy plans (Associated Press via Google News)

Comcast changes ending to FIOS commercial (but it's easy to understand why) (TV Squad)

Lightwave Logic Announces Completion of Private Placement
Supports key initiatives toward commercialization of 'Next generation Electro-Optic Material Platform' (PR Newswire)

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Daily Links 6/24/09: SunGard Expanding in India; Scouting Acquisitions

Comcast, Time Warner Offer ‘Guiding Principles’ for TV Everywhere (paidContent)
Time Warner, Comcast Depart From Hulu Model With ‘TV Everywhere’ (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Comcast To Sell Ads For FiOS TV (Multichannel News)

SunGard strengthens India operations (CIOL News)

Oracle revenue, profit fall (San Jose Mercury News)

Oracle Rays of Hope in Market Downturn, OnDemand Strategy (IT Business Edge)

Robotics program a FIRST step toward technology careers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Tyco Electronics shareholders OK Swiss move (Reuters)
Tyco Electronics' operational headquarters will remain in Berwyn (presumably).

Cover Story: Swim at Your Own Risk
Stations involved in content pools may save money. But they could also jeopardize ratings—and revenue
(Broadcasting & Cable)

TiVo coming to Time Warner Cable, potentially lots of other providers (Engadget)

Vertex® Named IBM Cognos® New OEM Partner Solution of the Year (Business Wire)

Pointroll Rolls Out Rich Media Ad Dev Suite (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

Evolve IP Makes Tasty Baking’s Headquarters Move a Piece of Cake (Business Wire)

Redlasso SEC
Filing (Securities And Exchange Commision)
As reported yesterday, Redlasso has raised a new round.

Phila. board delays vote on charter school (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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Comcast to sell Advertising for Verizon FiOS TV

The Associated Press reports that Comcast will sell advertising for Verizon's FiOS TV in ten markets, starting in the Fall. Comcast's advertising division, Comcast Spotlight, signed a five and 1/2 year contract with Verizon to sell local and regional advertising for FiOS TV. Comcast already has a contract to sell advertising for Dish Network.

Daily Links 6/23/09: UniRisX, EyeIC, Redlasso Raise Funds

UniRisX, LLC Announces Private Equity Funding and Acquisition of SaaS Insurance Service Provider UniRisX (Business Wire)

EyeIC raises $1.9 million for glaucoma-screening software (Private Equity Week via Reuters)

The Return of Redlasso? (PE Hub)

SAP BusinessObjects integrates into Jive (Internetnews.com)

SAP: In Talks On Large Acquisition? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Mentions Software AG as possible target, in addition to Tibco as I suggested on Sunday.

Oracle profit, software sales beat forecasts (Reuters)

Comcast, Time Warner Decide To Fight Together (Instead Of Each Other) For TV Everywhere (paidContent)
Press Conference tomorrow.

OmniComm Systems Announces Acquisition of EDC Business of eResearchTechnology
(PR Newswire)

Philly Mag furloughs; a shakeup at Boston Mag (Philly.com: The Insider)

How Sick is Gannett? (Recovering Journalist)

imc2 Launches Healthcare Marketing Agency
Hensley Evans Promoted to imc2 Health & Wellness President (Marketwire)

InvestorForce Introduces Enhanced Insight® Service; Offers Daily Portfolio Monitoring to Institutional Consultants and Investors (Business Wire)

AGI Releases 3D Software Component (PR Newswire)

Battery-maker hopes to add 300 jobs
Stimulus money would be used to add shifts at Upper Macungie plant. (Allentown Morning Call)

NJ bill would ban the use of non-hands-free GPS devices while driving (CrunchGear)

Ruby Use Grows Among U.S. Developers (Internetnews.com)

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Verizon FiOS Announcements

As previously reported, Verizon held a webcast/conference call today to introduce new programming for FiOS TV and some upgrades to FiOS Internet services. The key points were:

Verizon has launched (as of today) local news and information channels on Long Island and in Northern New Jersey under the name FiOS1. In those markets FiOS is competing with Cablevision, which has established local news programming outlets. No stated plans at this time to establish FiOS1 outlets anywhere else, though one already exists in the DC area. FiOS1 will gather and produce content with the help of RNN (Regional News Network) which is apparently already doing some work in Philadelphia though I'm not sure with whom.

Internet Speeds: The 10/2 Mbps entry-level tier will increase to 15/5 Mbps. The 20/5 Mbps jumps to 25/15 Mbps. In New York City and Long Island, entry-level starts at 25/15 Mbps, with mid-tier of 35/20 Mbps (available only in bundles). Verizon is emphasizing the doubling or tripling of upload speeds, which it considers one of its major competitive advantages vs. Cable.
Verizon execs indicated that while they certainly would have the technological capability to do so, they do not see much consumer demand right now for 100 Mbps and are not planning to move towards this, focusing instead on the increased upload speeds.

Customer signing up for various bundles can receive a free or discounted Compaq mini netbook or a free Flip Ultra camcorder, depending on the type of bundle.

Also, Verizon Raises FiOS Prices, But Hardly Mentions It (New York Times: Bits)

Daily Links 6/22/09: Comcast, SAP Losing Share vs. Major Competitors?

DirecTV closing in on Comcast (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast to provide wholesale IPv6 service (ars technica)

SAP Loses Customers to Oracle on Ellison’s Acquisition Binge (Bloomberg)

What really happened with SAP Business ByDesign? (ZDNet Blogs)

Lancaster, Pa., keeps a close eye on itself (Los Angeles Times)

QlikTech CEO Lars Bjork Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Winner in Greater Philadelphia (PR Web)

Blood, Sweat & Capital LLC Announces Launch and Calls for Healthcare Business Ideas (Business Wire)
Worth posting for the name, if nothing else.

DSG Announces Record Growth for First Half of 2009 (Business Wire)

ExpertPlan buys service center from ADP
Acquisition will expand firm’s geographic reach (Investment News)

SCTE: Meetings Of The Minds
As Cable Engineering Group Looks Back, It Eyes New Opportunities Ahead (Multichannel News)
The SCTE is based in Exton.

CMS Names NextGen Healthcare a Qualified PQRI Patient Registry for 2009 (Business WIre)

Synygy Introduces Sales Compensation Management Outsourcing Services for Small and Mid-sized Companies (Business Wire)

Channel 6 quadruples signal to improve reception (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Apple rejects a Commodore 64 emulating iPhone app that coulda been a contender (MobileCrunch)

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Philly Tech Events

People News 6/21/09

University City Science Center Names Four to Board
(Business Wire)

New Independent Director Joins InterDigital Board (Business WIre)

Gregory Barger Joins NewSpring Capital (PE Hub)

Canoe Names COO (Light Reading:
Cable Digital News)

Prof. Dr. August‐Wilhelm Scheer is awarded the VHB prize for being the most
scientifically oriented entrepreneur 2009 (IDS Scheer Press Release)

MedQuist Adds Kevin Piltz as New Chief Information Officer (PR Newswire)

Aloysius Butler & Clark Expands Interactive Department; Adds Stuart Thomas and Lindsay Kohl (Philly Ad Club News)

DeLeon Group Adds Stephanie Turzanski as AC
(Philly Ad Club News)

Entercom Ups Jim Rushton to VP/Sports Sales (Radio Online)

SAP in Preliminary Talks on Acquisition, Welt am Sonntag Says (Bloomberg)
I don't like to fan rumors, but Tibco, which some have mentioned
as a possible target for SAP, would probably fit within the price range mentioned in the article.

Comcast positioning itself for digital future (Boston Globe)
Interview with Brian Roberts.

Razorfish Still Blowing Dot-Bomb Bubbles (Information Week Blogs)
A little harsh?

MyMedicalReports.com & iGuard.org Partnership Provides Reliable Interactive Health Resource (Business Wire)
MyMedicalReports is based in Wayne, iGuard in Princeton.

Philadelphia Film Market gives filmmakers a chance to showcase their wares (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon FiOS Announcement on Monday

Verizon is holding a webcast + conference call on Monday morning to "reveal new choices for local programming available on the Verizon FiOS TV Network in the greater New York/New Jersey region". Verizon execs will also discuss "several new promotions and compelling broadband developments".
Whether Verizon is going to up its top FiOS download speed of 50 Mbps is unclear. Other options could include some speed increases for existing tiers (as reported previously) and price cuts for some tiers. Verizon will also be offering a free Compaq netbook for FiOS bundle subscribers, according to Broadband Reports.
Not clear if this will apply immediately to the Philadelphia area, but anything announced for NY/NJ should be coming down the pike pretty soon.

Nortel selling wireless unit to Nokia Siemens (Reuters)

Apple: Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant, WSJ Reports (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus (Associated Press via Google News)

Daily Links 6/19/09: Lockheed GPS Satellite Glitches

LLR Partners' Bullitt on PE deals
(The Deal.com: Dealscape)

Cheap jibe sullies SAP's SaaS strategy (ZDNet Blogs)

iPhone 3GS launch in Atlantic City (ZDNet Blogs)
Jason O'Grady reports early.

Air Force: GPS Glitches May Cause Boeing, Lockheed Martin Contract Delays (Satellite Today)

Court Sends Verizon's Wholesale Pricing Bid Back To FCC (Dow Jones via CNN Money)

Comcast Tries On 3D VoD (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

You can pick up these cool Comcast 3D Glasses for free!

PA-MAPPS Elects New Officers, Adopts Strategic Plan (GISUSER.com)

Ulticom Announces Settlement With SEC
(Globe Newswire)

AnySource Media is About to Cram the Internet into Your TV (Keystone Edge)

Municibid markets gov’t stuff (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

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Daily Links 6/18/09: Comcast assumes full ownership of NECN

June 2009 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
A little less gloomy.

Another Hot Market For SaaS: Business Intelligence (Information Week Blogs)

QlikTech Unveils India Strategy (CXOtoday)

Comcast assumes full ownership of NECN (Boston Globe)

Canoe Scraps Initial Zone-Ad Plans
CEO Verklin: Technical, Business Limitations Made CAM 1.0 Too Inflexible (Multichannel News)

Comcast open for IPv6 business (Network World)

Comcast Corporation Announces Cash Tender Offer for Certain Outstanding Debt Securities (Business Wire)

Errant Shots? No, Marines Look for Errant Golfers (New York Times)
On Camden's myLEADERBOARD.

SAP Wants to Help Microcredit Groups Manage Loans (PC World)

Photos from the Atlanta Clearwire Launch (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Clearwire Media Exec Leaves; Is The WiMax Company Changing Its Content Strategy? (mocoNews.net)

Demdex Comes Out Of Stealth, Offers Advertisers Their Own Behavioral Data Bank (TechCrunch)
Another First Round Capital portfolio company.

Gov’t still looking to tighten rules on venture capital (VentureBeat)
Ridiculous.

RadiSys and LCR Electronics Collaborate to Deliver Ruggedized ATCA Solutions (Business Wire)

AnySource Media to Drive Viewership for The Associated Press (PR Newswire)

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U Penn Named 4th Best Place to Work In IT (Computerworld)

Computerworld recently released its 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN IT 2009, and Penn, as usual, ranked right near the top at #4. Other area companies and organizations in the top 100 were Lehigh Valley Health Network of Allentown (43), The Vanguard Group (67), and Temple University (90).
Some others that have a significant presence in the region are Verizon Wireless (7), Exelon Corp, parent of PECO Energy (23), The Chubb Group (36) , Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg (62), Aetna (70), and some of the large consulting firms.
Does this ring true at all?

Infragistics On The Move To Bigger Things

Infragistics, the prominent developer of user interface development tools for the Microsoft platform, is moving from East Windsor, NJ (near Princeton) up the road north a few miles to a much larger new headquarters in South Brunswick, MyCentralJersey.com reports.
The move, which is expected to occur late this year or at the beginning of next year, will increase the company's space to 72,00 square feet, up from 24,000 currently. About 150 employees will move to the new location, and Infragistice says it plans to double its workforce, and is currently hiring technical document writers, software release engineers and software developers.

Daily Links 6/17/09: SAP chief sees signs of improvement in sector

SAP CTO on Innovation And Cloud Computing (Computerworld)

SAP chief sees signs of improvement in sector (Reuters)

SAP relying more on partners to deliver SAP mobile infrastructure (SearchSAP.com)

Comcast's new debt given investment grade rating (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Collection Marketing Center Raises Series B (PE Hub)

Start Spreading The News: First Growth Wants To Nurture NYC VC (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
First Round Capital to participate.

Urban Outfitters features Top Reviewers in email campaign (Bazaarblog)
Bazaarvoice is backed by First Round Capital.

Salesforce.com Shopping For E-Mail Marketing Company? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Email Marketing is very hot right now.

Synygy On-Demand Sales Performance Management Software Selected by Advanced Sterilization Products, a Johnson & Johnson Company (Business Wire)

Oracle Buys Intellectual Property Assets of Conformia (PR Newswire)
Another step by Oracle into the Life Sciences vertical. Ironically, SAP Ventures had been an investor.

Heartland Payment Systems Selects Voltage Security to Provide Software for End-to-End Encryption (Business Wire)
Heartland Gets Religion on Security (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Construction Group Seeks to Build Support for RFID
(RFID Journal)

DirecTV to Serve Up Targeted Ads (BrandWeek)
Will partner with Princeton-based Invidi.

WHYY ending nightly Delaware newscast
(Wilmington News Journal)

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Daily Links 6/16/09: QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments

As Big BI Gets Hip, QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments (Intelligent Enterprise)
Given that the IPO market is loosening up a bit, I wonder if QlikTech is giving any thought again to getting in. They may need stock as a currency to acquire other pieces to broaden their BI portfolio.

MySpace to Cut 30% of Staff as Facebook Gains Ground (GigaOM)

Tru2way Enters 'Open' Era (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Preps for IPv6 (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

New Company PHIDS, Inc. Makes Offer to Buy SendTec Assets (Business Wire)
Internet Capital Group and Cross Atlantic Capital Partners to provide funding.

Philadelphia Newspapers Granted Extension to File Bankruptcy Re-org Plan (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Adds Five Members (paidContent)
Philadelphia Newspaper Holdings is a member of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, though last time I looked they were still
using Monster rather than HotJobs for employment advertising.

Atlanta WiMax launch keeps Clearwire on track for nationwide rollout (Computerworld)

PhillyDeals: The downturn finally touches Vanguard (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Liberty Media Corporation Announces Extension of QVC Bank Credit Facilities (PR Newswire)

Deal Radar 2009: GlobalSubmit ( Sramana Mitra)

House fire started by cable worker
(Pottstown Mercury)
Comcast strikes again.

Comcast plans upgrade for area customers (Times of Trenton)

Verizon Cooking Up Slightly Faster FiOS Speeds?
Existing users may see a slight advertised bump this weekend... (Broadband Reports)

Health IT meaningful use framework proposed (Federal Computer Week)

So What Is SAP's Enterprise Software as a Service Strategy, Anyway? (IT Business Edge)

Infor to Buy SoftBrands (Managing Automation)

PointRoll and Adobe Host Inaugural Rich Media Symposium in New York (PR Newswire)

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Daily Links 6/15/09: Lincoln Financial Accepts TARP Funds

Comcast to sell $1.5 bln debt in 2 parts - IFR (Reuters)

Lincoln Accepts U.S. Rescue Funds, Plans Share Sale (Bloomberg)

Philly Newspapers' Parent Company Follows It Into Bankruptcy Court (Editor & Publisher)
About That Philadelphia Media Holdings Bankruptcy… (Editor & PUblisher: Fitz & Jen)

Does SAP's Performance Fall Short?
A survey of SAP users, sponsored by a transaction performance provider, notes concern about certain performance issues
(Internetnews.com)

G.E. Offers Loans for E-Health Record Purchases (New York Times: Bits)

Tyco Electronics raises third-quarter outlook (MarketWatch)

HostMySite and Hosting.com Merge Clouds (Web Host Industry Review)

MRK Hostwindow Announces Name Change to Independence IT
New Name Reflects the Company's Expanding Role as the Virtual IT Department for Small and Mid-sized Business (PR Newswire)

Goodybye, Gyro. Hello, Quaker City Mercantile (Philadelphia Business Journal)

MapQuest Launches iPhone App (Read
Write Web)
Mapquest is co-headquartered in Lancaster.

Tata Consultancy Services Launches New Business Intelligence Solution for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (IT News Online)

Some viewers lose 6ABC, WHYY in DTV switch (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pennsylvania Lottery sales will end early for computer upgrades (Easton Express-Times)

The Newspaper Crisis discussed at Princeton event (NewJerseyNewsroom.com)

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Philly Tech Events

US declares victory as DTV transition goes rather smoothly (ars technica)

Can Cable Still Cash In on DTV? (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Priming the VOD Pipe
Cable eyes technical tweaks to on-demand service (Broadcasting & Cable)

Online advertiser erupting
Middletown-based eZanga thrives as economy sputters (Wilmington News Journal)

People News 6/14/09

SAP AG NAMES OLIVER BUSSMANN AS NEW CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (SAP Press Release)

IDS Scheer Appoints Debashish Chatterjee to Senior Vice President of Business Development (Business Wire)

Liao Named CableLabs CEO
Former Panasonic Exec to Replace Green (Multichannel News)

New Jersey Technology Council Names Cross Atlantic's Donald Caldwell Financier of the Year (Business Wire)

Commitment to Healthy, High-Performing Culture and Next Stage of Health Care Reform Paves Way for Four New Executives at MEDecision (Business Wire)

Philly Clear Channel Stations Snare New President/Market Manager (Media Buyer Planner)

Lighting Science Group Announces Changes in Senior Management (PR Newswire)

Ohana Companies Names Veteran Product Strategist Prasanth Menon as Director of Product Management (PR Web)

International Battery names Ake Almgren CEO (Easton Express-Times)

Information Security Veteran Joins Evolve IP (Business Wire)

NEWSPRING CAPITAL PORTFOLIO COMPANY CEOs AND PARTNER RECOGNIZED AS E&Y ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD REGIONAL FINALISTS (Press Release Point)

Portico Systems CEO Ned Moore Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia (Business Wire)

InfoLogix CEO David Gulian Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia (PR Newswire)

Wilmington Trust Names President in Retirement Services Business
Charles Russella to head unit in Corporate Client Services (Business Wire)

SCTE Adds Directors-At-Large
(Mediacaster)

Regulatory DataCorp Expands Executive Team (Business Wire)

Industry Recognized and Trusted Leader, Bruce Matter, Joins Healthcare IT Company, Peminic, Inc. as Company Growth in the Areas of Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Patient Satisfaction Accelerates (PR Newswire)

tierney announces new branding, new hire and promotions (Central Penn Business Journal)

TRM Announces Entry Into Student Loan Processing Business (PR Newswire)

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Samantha Ettus interviews entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Josh Kopelman (Obsessed TV)

Daily Links 6/12/09: Ben Franklin Technology Partners Threatened With 60% Budget Cut

SuccessFactors' CEO On SAP's SaaS Strategy (information Week Blogs)

What does SAP’s new SaaS strategy spell for the NetSuites of the world? (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant (ZDNet Blogs)

Zipcar Seeks IPO as Once ‘Wacky’ Car-Sharing Gains (Bloomberg)

Cutting Ben Franklin Technology Partners funding would hurt job creation, retention in Pennsylvania (OpEd: Allentown Morning Call)

Surprise Early Stage East guest (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Comcast extends digital transition service program (Boston Globe)

Comcast: Verizon Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It (Broadband Report)

Lockheed Martin to work on ‘Space Fence’ (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Vishay Highlights Components for Alternative Energy Applications With New Virtual Trade Show on Company Web Site (Marketwire)

BI Market Grows 22% In Tough Economy (Intelligent Enterprise)

1st Meaningful Use Definition Due June 16 (Health Data Management)

New Jersey Bill Would Outlaw Health IT Not Certified by CCHIT (iHealthBeat)

TelVue Corp. gets $500K line of credit from Lenfest (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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BlackRock to Buy Barclays Global Fund Unit for $13.5 Billion (Bloomberg)
I guess that trumps Vanguard Group's bid for iShares.
I wonder where things stand on Black Rock moving to Philly.

Daily Links 6/11/09: Information Technology: Not a Cure for the High Cost of Health Care (Wharton)

OnDemand Summit: Matt Bond Urges Consistency
Comcast Acquisition Exec Cites Company's 'VOD Magna Carta' (Multichannel News)

Comcast subscribers unable to see 9th inning of Nationals-Reds game (Washington Business Journal)

EyeIC Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MatchedFlicker(TM) Retinal Aid Detection Technology (PR Newswire)

The Fight Over Drug Data Mining (Business Week)

Arista Marketing Associates Rolls Out Multichannel Physician Access Program For Leading Pharma Company (Business Wire)

Information Technology: Not a Cure for the High Cost of Health Care (Knowledge@Wharton)

Join the Conversation from HigherEdCamp Philly (Technology at Wharton)

President of RecycleBank aims to expand after getting a first foothold in the UK (edie.net)

LLR Partners Increases Purchase Price for I-many, Inc. to $0.61 per Share (Marketwire)

SAP's Wookey outlines the company's on-demand ambitions (SearchSAP.com)

SunGard Provides Hosting to BDP International (Web Host Industry Review)

Herley Industries, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings (PR Newswire)

Finisar Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Financial Results (Marketwire)
Finisar merged with Optium Corp of Horshan last year.

Bentley Announces Be Connected: An Online Seminar Series Covering Breadth of Topics to Help Infrastructure Professionals Stay Abreast of Best Practices and Technology (PR Newswire)

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Daily Links 6/10/09: SAP Lays Out On-Demand Strategy

SunGard Amends Existing Senior Secured Credit Facility (Business Wire)

Industry Watch: What will happen to Java? (Software Development TImes)
GSI Commerce's Bill Roth weighs in.

Wookey: SAP's future is on-demand (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP Unveils SaaS Strategy (Information Week)

SAP: Merrill Downgrades On Grim ‘09 IT Spending View (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP: World Doesn't Revolve Around Sun (TheStreet.com)

Twitter Bumps Ceiling (John Battelle's SearchBlog)

QlikTech delivers business intelligence via the cloud
QlikView 9 available using on-demand model (vnunet.com)

Beige Book: Philadelphia, June 10, 2009 (Federal Reserve Board)

On Demand Summit: Benya Says VOD Platform Will Get Web-like
Time Warner Cable Exec Looks To 'Advanced Server Side Search' To Navigate Through Expanding Programming Options
(Multichannel News)

FiOS to expand sports offerings, explore cable channels (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon CTO Talks FiOS and LTE (Cable360)

Take three for movie studio (The Times Herald)

Ohana Teams Up with Sears to Launch Online Rebates for Energy Star Appliances Where Everybody Wins (PR Web)

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Interesting Event Planned at Drexel on June 26

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIST), in cooperation with the iSchool at Drexel, is holding a one-day meeting entitled " Google, the Web, and the Future Roles of Publishers and Librarians". The meeting will be held on June 26 from 9:am
to 5: pm at Drexel.
The conference will examine the impact of Google and its increasing dominance through tools such as Google Search, Google Books and Google Scholar on publishers, scholars and librarians. The meeting will discuss Google's roadmap for the future, and strategies for living with, working with and perhaps even benefiting from Google. A "virtual attendance" option will be available.

Daily Links 6/09/09: Comcast breaks $100 barrier with 50Mbps broadband price cut

SAP Tops Oracle And IBM, But Siemens Picks SaaS (Information Week Blogs)

Global CIO: Should Microsoft Buy Salesforce.com? (Information Week)

Google, Comcast, Others Weigh In on Broadband
Monday is FCC's deadline for national broadband plan comments (PC Magazine)

Bottleneck Buster
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Comcast's thePlatform Inc. adds new, automated "video ingest" service.

Comcast breaks $100 barrier with 50Mbps broadband price cut (ars technica)

Verizon, Comcast Feud Over HDTV
Comcast in no position to brag about HD content, says telco (Broadband Reports)

NFL commissioner set for GSI summit (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Conference shows the bright future of solar power (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon, Intuit, Boomi Jump Into Cloud Services (Information Week)

Will Bunch Bites the Hand That Feeds Him
A Daily News writer makes his name by taking on the boss. (Philadelphia Weekly)

AP Reporter Reprimanded For Facebook Post; Union Protests (Wired.com Blogs)

Mapping a better world (The
Economist)

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Three Area Companies Named to CIO 100

CIO.com recently released its CIO 100, which "honors 100 companies that are creating new business value by innovating with technology".
Three area organizations made the list: Chester County Hospital of West Chester (BPM, BI, Databases; Ray Hess, VP, Information Management) , Reed Technology & Information Services of Horsham (BPM, CRM, ERP; David Ballai , VP, Operations & Technology Services) , and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals of Collegeville (Research & development/product development; Jeffrey Keisling, VP, Corporate Information Services & CIO).

Daily Links 6/08/09: Philly.com Picks Brightcove to Manage Video

Philly.com Picks Brightcove Ahead of Online Fees (Contentinople)

Software offers real-time election-day data (Philadelphia Inquirer)

iPhone 3GS announced: $199 16GB, $299 for 32GB, June 19 (Engadget)

I-many Receives Increased Offer for $0.61 per Share (Marketwire)
Competing bidder tops LLR Partners again.

Electronic records get a booster shot
$20B stimulus injection aims to put doctors online (NJBIZ.com)

Inside the World of Tech CEO Succession Planning (IT World)

Somerset County Council to review 'shambolic' SAP system
IBM contract in public spotlight (again) (Channel Register UK)

SAP denies wrongdoing in Pemex Formula 1 case (Reuters)

SaaS HR Vendor Lands Global Deal With Siemens (PC World)

Oracle Insurance Introduces Oracle(R) Revenue Management and Billing for Insurance (PR Newswire)

Bad News for Downtown Baltimore: NEA Moves Out, Citing Needles, Used Condoms and “Psychotic Homeless People” (PE Hub)
And you think Philly has problems.

Doylestown Hospital: iPhone 3G for physicians, staff (Mobile Health News)

Herley Industries, Inc. Receives $11 Million Contract to Provide Electronics for a U.S. Missile Program (PR Newswire)

PRWT Services, Inc. and Epitome Systems Join Forces to Offer Labor Saving, Domestic Outsourcing Solutions (Business Wire)

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Philly Tech Events

Frank Rizzo
W.Va. should be wary of broadband-for-all plans (Charleston WV Gazette-Mail)

Cheaper Big-Screen OLEDs
New organic display materials can be printed with ink-jets. (MIT Technology Review)

ASU Flexible Display Center, Universal Display make breakthrough in organic LED (Phoenix Business Journal)

Futuristic OLED bracelet will make you look like a Halo fighter (CrunchGear)

People News 6/7/09

Wonderling to head Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Patrick Gates joins iCueTV’s Senior Management Team (Business Wire)

Covance Announces Monte Jarvis as Vice President of Global Data Management and Biostatistics for Periapproval Services (PR Newswire)

PointRoll Expanding West Coast Operations (Internet Ad Sales)

imc2 Promotes Marc Blumberg to President
Doug Levy Assumes Role of CEO (Marketwire)

Patrick McKenna, DMi Partners CEO, Receives Top Honors from PBJ, ABA (Philly Ad Club News)

Shire P.L.C. appointed Anne Wilms senior vice president and chief information officer. She will be based in the pharmaceutical company's U.S. headquarters in Chesterbrook. Wilms previously had been chief information officer at Rohm & Haas Co.

Pemex exec quits after report of trip paid by SAP (Reuters)

U.S. Online Advertising Shrinks in Q1 (PC World)

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Milken Institute Ranks Philly 11th Among High Tech Areas

The Milken Institute, which recently pleased many in the Philadelphia area by ranking it second among metropolitan regions in the life sciences area, has now released its High Tech rankings. Philadelphia ranks 11th based on 2007 data, up from 13th in 2003.
I am dubious of these kinds of ranking for several reasons; the quality of the underlying data, the always debatable definition of "High Tech", and the fact that metropolitan areas such as Wilmington, Camden and Trenton are not included in the Philadelphia statistics. Actually, if you look at the data broken down by industry segment, you'll realize that Philadelphia only ranks as high as it does because of its strength in the Pharma, Medical and Aerospace segments; in most of the segments we would consider as IT-related it ranks considerably lower.
A complete PDF copy of the report, "North America's High-Tech Economy: The Geography of Knowledge-Based Industries" is available for free download after a simple registration.

Daily Links 6/05/09: SAP- Plenty of Money for Acquisitions; Motorola Set-Top Box Biz May Be Shopped.

SAP Could Spend EU5B on Acquisitions, Chief Tells Figaro (Bloomberg)

Verizon Business Unveils 'Computing As A Service' (Information Week)

Ray Ozzie: Cloud Platforms Are Less Profitable (GigaOM)

Jobs ‘On Track’ to Return to Work; WWDC Speculation Ticks Up: WSJ (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Motorola: Shopping Wireless And Set-Top Box Units? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Wanted: A National Broadband Plan that Works (Comcast Voices)

Verizon Willing To Consider Fifth FCC Internet Principle
Executive V.P. says company open to considering principle but thinks competition has driven market to openness (Broadcasting & Cable)

Advanta makes AmEx deal for card-holders (Philadelphia Inquirer)

MAC Alliance CEO Balderston moving on (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp (Computerworld)
SAP, Comcast among those involved.

Kenexa Jumps; Cowen Bullish On HR Outsourcing Trend (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Best Buy announced planned opening dates for 13 new stores today, including Pottstown on August 7. Also. Comcast launched more HD channels, including Speed HD, FX HD and Fox News Channel HD, in the Greater Philadelphia area.

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Daily Links 6/04/09: Bootstrapping Booms in Philadelphia

Q&A with Josh Kopelman: I Never Wanted to Be a VC Who Offers “Long, Drawn-Out Maybes” (PE Hub)
One thing from this interview that I did not know was that First Round participated in the StumbleUpon buyback from eBay.

Marvell, InterDigital Optimistic (Sramana
Mitra on Strategy)

IBM expands Information on Demand portfolio (IDG via New York Times)

LLR Partners Boosts I-Many Buyout Price (PE Hub)

Synygy Announces Full Integration with Salesforce CRM
Merges SPM and CRM with Single Sign-On and Seamless, Complete Functionality (Business Wire)

Going For It: Bootstrapping Booms in Philadelphia (Keystone Edge)

Convicted Anchor Sues Philadelphia Newspapers (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

NBA TV Jumps To Broader Comcast Carriage
Pro Hoops Network Moves From Sports Tier To MSO's Digital Classic (Multichannel News)

OfferWire Debuts Unbeatable Deals on Services, Products, and Brands People Want Most
Launch of Comparison Shopping and Saving Site Follows $3.5 Million Financing Round by Safeguard Scientifics and Constellation Ventures (Business Wire)

Video tour of Star Trek: The Exhibition at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute (CrunchGear)
Also see More geeky Philadelphia stuff from CrunchGear.

Elsevier to Create New Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Article Reprint, Compilation and Custom Publications (PR Newswire)

Select Greater Philadelphia offers entrepreneurs directory (Philadelphia Business Journal)

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Daily Links 6/03/09: SAP gets closer to open source

A Network for Small Businesses and Start-Ups (New York Times)
On Advanta and Ideablob.

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore (Bloomberg)
Bentley Systems also speaks out against Obama tax proposals.

Court Tells EchoStar & Dish to Pay TiVo (Contentinople)

Canoe In Discussions On Providing Set-Top Data
Cable Advertising Venture Aiming to Provide ‘Supplemental' Metrics In 2010 (Multichannel News)

Targeted Ads, More Choices in FiOS TV's Future (PC World)

Comcast to offer more access to NHL-NET programs New digital agreement will make NHL Network available to millions more Comcast customers (NHL.com)

Medidata Solutions Sets IPO Terms (PE Hub)
Medidata acquired Fast Track Systems of Conshohocken last year.

INC Research to acquire later-phase clinical trials business unit for $50M (WRAL: LocalTechWire.com)

SAP gets closer to open source with Eclipse (Internetnews.com)

Will SAP buy Tibco? (IT
Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

SAP implementation partners fall short in industry know-how, workforce continuity (SearchSAP.com)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Year End Results (PR Newswire)

Phoenix Integration Reports Strong Q1 Growth (PR Web)

Philly software start-ups to meet investors (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Technology Evolution
New Jersey and Delaware Valley HIMSS chapters collaborate on educational event covering smarter solutions for better patient care. (AdvanceWeb.com)

Cooper launches new record system (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

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InterDigital, Nokia finish patent fight hearing

InterDigital, Nokia finish patent fight hearing (Reuters)

Daily Links 6/02/09: Technitrol Sells Medtech Components Business to Reduce Debt

The Newspaper Industry's Horrifying First Quarter In 12 Frightening Stats (Silicon Alley Insider)

Young entrepreneurs to watch in the tech sector (Reuters Blogs)
Features Catherine Cook of myYearbook.

Comcast 50Mbps To See Price Cut
To $99.95 when bundled and $115.95 standalone... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast’s Twitter Guru on Comcastcares’s Tipping Point (Wall Street Journal Blogs: Digits)

Comcast Puts Radiance to Work (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast CEO Joins Call For Authentication Gateway To Online Viewing (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Technitrol to Divest Medtech Components Business, Repay Substantial Debt (Business Wire)
Technitrol stock rose 26% today.

Agilence Receives Additional Series B Financing (Business Wire)

Microsoft-Merck alliance boosts Amalga (ZDNet Healthcare)

SAP, Oracle ask for lawsuit delay to June 2010 (Reuters)

Philly.com Likely to Charge for Access by Year's End (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Philadelphia Bulletin ceases publication (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Infinera Expands Operations in Allentown, PA (Marketwire)

Boomi Adds On-Demand Supply Chain Integration Capabilities to AtomSphere Platform (Marketwire)

Philadelphia hit by major "smart mob" attack (WHYY: Its Our City)

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Daily Links 6/01/09: Vanguard Group Makes Bid for iShares

US fund group launches rival £3bn bid for Barclays' iShares division
Vanguard, one of America's largest fund management groups, has tabled a $5bn (£3bn) bid for iShares, the asset management unit of Barclays. (The Telegraph)
Vanguard's Bid For iShares Raises Questions (IndexUniverse.com)

Bio-Imaging Technologies and etrials Worldwide Merger Agreement Terminated (Business Wire)
Merge buying Etrials for about $18.3 million
(Associated Press via Forbes)

Franklin Electronic Publishers’ officials want to take company private (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bain Capital Makes Second-Round Investment in Regulatory DataCorp (Business Wire)

Showdown in Texas, as Former Colleagues Fight Each Other Over Clawbacks (PE Hub)

SS&C buys Maximis unit from Unisys (Mass High Tech)

What's the cloud's killer app?
SAP CTO discusses the next big thing in cloud apps (ZDNet Videos)

Green Tech Startup Pitches SaaS Energy Tool (PC World)

Business-Method Patents Get U.S. Supreme Court Review (Bloomberg)

Tyco Electronics Completes The Sale Of Its Wireless Systems Business (PR Newswire)

WiMAX Generates Some Buzz
(Wireless Week)

Motorola Selling DOCSIS 3.0 Modems At Retail
To Offer SurfBoard 6120 At Fry's Locations Across the U.S (Multichannel News)

Cable Operators Mull IPTV As They Roll Out Faster Broadband (GigaOM)

Philly Hospital Uses RTLS to Track Patient Flow, Care and Training (RFID Journal)

OLD CITY SOFTWARE COLLABORATION SHOW BIG CORPORATE THE VALUE OF STAYING AGILE (PR-USA.net)

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