Checkpoint to Acquire OATSystems (Associated
Press via Forbes)

Vertex® Acquires Leading Global Tax Accounting Solution (BusinessWire)

Comcast Owned Fandango Buys Movies.com From Disney (paidContent)

Comcast To Deploy Femtocells
To ease congestion and costs of WiMax offerings... (Broadband Reports)

MPOWER Ventures Funds Sapphire Mobile Systems, Rebrands as MPOWER Mobile
(PRNewswire)
Moving headquarters to Austin.

NewSpring Capital thrives in unlikely environment (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Oracle Makes Another Insurance Software Buy (PC World)
Follows acquisition of Chester's AdminServer.

Kenexa Launches New Customer Service Simulation Platform to Predict Job Performance (Marketwire via CNNMoney)

Google, Salesforce Expand Integration Of Cloud Computing Platforms (Intelligent Enterprise)


Temple University to Deploy Meru Wireless LAN Across Eight Campuses in Philadelphia Area (BusinessWire)

SEPTA: New fare tech by spring (Metro Philadelphia)

FreshDirect Selects AirClic to Mobilize Its Grocery Delivery Process
( PRNewswire)

PDS Announces Vista HRMS(R) (PRNewswire)

Another reason to hate Phila.'s business privilege tax (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

"Transformers" Sequel Brings Movie Studio to Wanamaker Bldg.
DreamWorks Pictures Leases 15,000 SF as Movie Production Rolls into Philadelphia (CoStar Group)

Venture capitalists reflect a market where there's no more easy money (Wilmington News Journal)

More on Unisys's Attempt to Place Signs on Two Liberty
Place (Associated Press via Fort Mills Times)

NFL Network in talks with ESPN (Philadelphia Inquirer)


US FCC sides with cable in dispute with Verizon (Reuters)

Software giant SAP to invest more money in Canada, co-CEO Kagermann says (The Canadian Press)

Event Objects Announces Open Attendee Trade Show Registration Platform (Free-Press-Release.com)
New startup sighting. They do have a web site at http://www.eventobjects.com.
It is little more than a shell, but it does offer ways to access the company by mail.

Report: NYPD's cops can learn from video simulators (Newsday)
Mentions Environmental Tectonics as a possiblity.

The School of the Future in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (NextGenWeb)

People in the News

The Judge Group Hires Industry Expert to Head Growing SAP Practice (Press Release)

Dr. Rainer Feinen to Fill New Post (PRNewswire)

TruePosition Expands Business Operations Department by Appointing Dominic Li as Vice President of Marketing and Portfolio Management (BusinessWire)

Lockheed Martin Program Director Inducted Into GPS Hall of Fame (PRNewswire)

Kris Herrin Joins Heartland Payment Systems as Chief Security Officer (BusinessWire)

PEOPLE: Checkpoint names Powers to VP post (Cherry Hill
Courier-Post)

Alycia Lane sues KYW-TV (Philadelphia Inquirer)
I sometimes wonder whether CBS somehow concocted this entire affair as sort of an ongoing "virtual reality show".

Comcast deal covers basics (Indianapolis Star)

Five-Year Plan Bears Fruit for SAP
Software projects in the works with VMware and others. (InternetNews.com)


SAP in the Middle East (Business Week: GlobeSpotting)

Sun Chemical rolls out project management software (IT PRO)
Sun Chemical is using GenSight, whose US headquarters is in Doylestown, as its project management platform.

Gartner says BI market dominated by mega-vendors (IT Week)
Discusses QlikTech's gain in market share.

FCC To Verizon: Don't Talk Voice Customers Out Of Switching To Cable (information Week)

Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers
(Associated Press via Centre Daily Times)
I've seen some of these ads, and they are absolutely, deliberately misleading.

ClearPoint Announces $12Million of New Capital (PRNewswire)

Vector180 LLC. Partners with ClearPoint Technology Group, LLC.
(PR.com)
As far as I can determine, there is no relationship between this ClearPoint and the one mentioned above.

InstaMed(R) Announces Release of Healthcare Payments White Paper for Payers (PRNewswire via Forbes)
InstaMed is based in Philadelphia.

Assembly Opens In Philadelphia, PA (Shoot)

Speed Dating, VC-Style (Forbes: Boost Your Business Blog)
On Early Stage East.

ICP Firefly of Australia Selects Online Provantis Preclinical System (BusinessWire)

I-many Releases New Versions of the I-many Contract Management and Demand Management Software Suites for Life Sciences (BusinessWire)

Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records (New York Times)

Comcast, Big Ten Network Reach Broad Multimedia Agreement for Big Ten Network Content (BusinessWire)


Microsoft NavicGates Television -- Again, Acquires Leading Addressable TV Ad Firm (Online Media Daily)

Three Comcast Networks to HD
The Golf Channel, Versus, E! Entertainment Television to Launch in HD by Year-End (Broadcasting & Cable)

Expo's Philadelphia Freedom
Soak in a Little History; Soak Up a Little Cheese Steak (Cable360)

Gartner Says Worldwide Business Intelligence Platform Market Grew 13 Per Cent in 2007 (life PR)

SAP to buy manufacturing execution software company (SearchSAP.com)
More details on deal announced Tuesday.

Werner on Traffic.com "monopoly" and Mineta and Trimble Ethics Concern(Directions Magazine: All Points Blog)

Sprint Nextel, Verizon execs duel on NXTcomm08 stage (RCR Wireless News)

By the Numbers: Top Ten U.S. Wireless Service Providers (RCR Wireless News)

Microsoft's BizTalk gets a dose of modeling smarts
IDS Scheer is integrating its ARIS modeling platform with Microsoft's BizTalk Server (itbusiness)

Philly Fed Firms Continue to See Decrease in Business Activity (PRNewswire)
Philly Fed's June Business Outlook Survey.

The Insider: Entrepreneurial Education: Priming Students to ‘Think Creatively and Innovate’ (Innovation Philadelphia Blog)

Universal Display Corporation Reviews Company and OLED Industry Progress at 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (BusinessWire)

Octagon Previews Viewpoint Quantum Company to Promote Accelerated Publishing at DIA Annual Meeting (PharmaLive)

Portico Systems Enhances Industry’s First Integrated Provider Management Solution (BusinessWire)

ParagonRx Licenses Ethidium Technology for Next-Generation Physician Information Exchange Network (WebWire)

MEDecision to be Acquired by Health Care Service Corporation (BusinessWire)

MEDecision to be bought by insurer for $121 mln (Reuters)

NAC Provides Details On Wi-Fi Network Acquisition in Philadelphia (BusinessWire)

Guest commentary: After the Rising, Whither Goes Philly Wireless? (MuniWireless)

Verizon to boost FiOS Internet speeds (Reuters)

Carriers look to next US administration (Network World)

Sprint overcoming WiMax delays (Kansas City Star:
sprint connection)
To launch in Baltimore in September. This initiative is totally separate from the Cleawire/Sprint WiMax joint venture that
Comcast has invested in. It is unclear how the two will co-exist in the future.
(Note: Actually, what I said above isn't quite correct. All Sprint WiMax activities will become part of the combined Sprint/Clearwire WiMax entity.)

Microsoft Outbid Canoe Operators For Navic: Source
Software Giant Said To Have Paid $230 Million for Interactive Advertising Firm (Multichannel News)

Most popular SAP skills (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Ground-Breaking Projects Emerging From SAP Co-Innovation Lab Address Today's Pressing Business Challenges (PRNewswire)

HighPoint Solutions Signs Deal to Implement Model N Managed Care and Government Pricing System for Specialty Pharmaceutical Company (PharmaLive)

Investor: Buyers eyeing publisher Journal Register (Associated Press via Forbes)

Akrion Books Multiple Batch-Immersion Systems (PRNewswire)

Scopus Introduces DTV-Downconversion Device
New IRP-3910 Headend Device Aimed at Analog Carriage (Broadcasting & Cable)
Scopus' US operations are based in Princeton.

Voxware Selected by #3 Foodservice Distribution Company in U.S. (BusinessWire)

CMI Launches New Trade Advertising Campaign (PharmaLive)

Web 2.0 and City Hall: What's a local government to do? (Computerworld)
Report from the Pennsylvania Digital Government Summit in Harrisburg.

Free WiFi will remain in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philadelphia Wi-Fi network saved (Computerworld)

SAP to buy small U.S. manufacturing software maker (Reuters)

2D and 3D visualisation to transform SAP PLM environment (Manufacturing Computer Solutions)

Verticals onDemand Secures $4 Million of Financing from Emergence Capital Partners (BusinessWire)
Verticals onDemand is based in California, but does much of its business in the Philadelphia area.

Verticals OnDemand: Helping you find reasons to pitch your boss on Tablet PCs (Salesforce Times)

Parexel, Quintiles vie for ClinPhone (Pharma Times)

Philly's First Ignite was a Smash (O'Reilly Radar)

New Tools, New Rules
(Intelligent Enterprise)
On QlikTech.

Big profits for PEs who bought Sonitrol from Tyco, sold to Stanley (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Tribune, MediaNews May Wind Up in Default as Ad Sales Evaporate (Bloomberg)
Discusses Philadelphia Media Holdings and Journal Register.

Comcast Center hosts integrated 10-million pixel LED display
The world's largest 4 mm LED wall has been installed in The Comcast Experience in Philadelphia, where it blends seamlessly with the architecture (LEDs Magazine)

IDS Scheer Announces Successful Integration of ARIS Platform and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (PRWeb)

Zuora and Boomi Partner to Deliver Integrated SaaS Billing On Demand (Marketwiire)

DHS Selects SightLogix, Cisco Systems, Panasonic Surveillance Package for CEDAP Award
(PRNewswire)

City wireless network to be rescued, sources say (Philadelphia Inquirer)
We will see.

Making waves on Wall Street (phillyBurbs.com)
On New Hope startup 3D Markets.

InterDigital® SlimChip™ Modem Platform Selected by Mobile Broadband Module Company (BusinessWire)

Reinventing a Giant, Part 2: The New SAP (CRM Buyer)

SAP finds a defender of discipline (Financial Times)


Alleged SAP partner arrested: Beware of fraud in the ecosystem (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Comcast SportsNet chief talks strategy (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast, Big Ten Network close to deal, report says (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Web site hosting company to add jobs (Wilmington News Journal)

Local IT company grows (phillyBurbs.com)

Ballard Acquires Atlanta IP Group (BusinessWire)

Convenience, LCB-style.
Vending-machine idea appalls wine crowd (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SunGard Extends Trading Connectivity in Asia-Pacific (PRNewswire)

Verizon Extends FiOS to SMBs (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)


To fund a PowerPoint: Bucking the trend, some VCs still target early-stage startups (The Deal.com)
Profiles First Round Capital, among others.

Pearl Software's Desktop, Mobile Laptop, Hosted and Thin-Client Web Filtering Solutions are Now Available on GSA Schedule (PRWeb)

Top Executives To Take Cable-Tec Stage
Cable Chiefs Will Convene In Philadelphia For SCTE Conference (Multichannel News)

Cover Story: Can David Verklin Set Cable's Next Generation Of TV Advertising?
The Canoe CEO Says He's Ready To Help The Six Largest MSOs Paddle Together (Multichannel News)

Tax break could move major firm to Phila. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Navteq charting a future in phones
Mapmaker aims to tap input from Nokia users (Chicago Tribune)
Navteq owns locally based Traffic.com

Drexel University Online Students Break Ground As the First to Defend "Real World" Degrees in Second Life (PRWeb)

Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance honors award winners (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Salganik finds new avenues for social research online
(Princeton Weekly Bulletin)

Citywide wireless network: Take II (Young Philly Politics)
Public forum on the 18th at Temple. I thought the inclusion of the Google Wireless guy on the panel was kind of interesting.

Executive Changes


TMG Health Names New Chief Information Officer (PRNewswire)

Najarian to Oversee Digital Side at Trio of Comcast Networks (TVWeek)

AVENUE A | RAZORFISH Promotes Horan, Hunter and Tuleya (Philly Ad Club)

BC Group Hires Markley as Digital Strategist (Phiily Ad Club)

Garfield Group Names Digitas Exec Dean Whitney as President of Boston-based Interactive Division Garfield Group Interactive (PRNewswire)