SAP imposes cost savings as financial crisis looms (Reuters)

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

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

Primavera acquired by Oracle - a diagonal acquisition
(Ovum)

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

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

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

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

MDA Lending Solutions Speeds Portfolio Evaluation (BusinessWire)

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

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

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




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

IgnitePhilly videos now available (Viddler Blog)

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

Sensormatic Buys Vue for $43M (RFID Update)

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




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

Oracle + Primavera (ZDNet Blogs)

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


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


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




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

Unisys Names Turnaround Specialist To Top Post (Information Week)

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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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

ThePlatform CEO: Discovery Is the Next Step (Contentinople)

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

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

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

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




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Unisys hires former Gateway chief for CEO (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comcast Media Center buys Radiance Technologies (Denver Business Journal)

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

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

Saved by SaaS (Network World)


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

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

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

inTEST Acquires Sigma Systems (RTT News)




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


Vishay may raise bid for International Rectifier (MarketWatch)

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

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

POWER: WHIFFING ON WI - FI (Philadelphia
Magazine)

Verizon bets big on network infrastructure (CNET News)

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

BlackArrow Raises $20 Million (NewTeeVee)

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

Rowan opens Tech Park (Gloucester County Times)

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

Kulicke & Soffa completes Orthodyne purchase (Philadelphia Inquirer)

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

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

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




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

Three questions for Greg Maffei (Rocky Mountain News)

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

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

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



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People News



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

Baroni departs as head of Unisys federal
(Washington Technology)

Verizon Appoints Milch Top Lawyer (Washington Post)

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

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

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

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

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




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Papers' owner defers payment (Philadelphia Inquirer)

International Rectifier fires back at Vishay
Calls hostile bidder's charges against IR board "irresponsible attacks" (MarketWatch)

$100k Business Plan Contest: What’s the Big Idea? (MidStateMantra)




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Sources: Comcast Wants WiMax Femtos in 2009 (Unstrung)

Clearwire CEO Wolff talks WiMAX strengths, killer enterprise apps (Network World)


Citigroup Demands Wachovia, Wells Fargo Terminate Merger Deal (Bloomberg)

SAP builds on mobile strategy
Partnership with RIM is 'just the beginning' (VNUnet)

What will SAP get Business Objects for its anniversary? (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Unisys Names Ted Davies as President of Federal Systems Business (BusinessWire)

Stone Point Completes Signal Holdings Sale (Private Equity Hub)

APPLABS AND KNOWLEDGECORE PARTNER TO CREATE UNIQUE SOA OFFERING (PR-Canada.net)

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog)

My house, worth more than Journal Register? (Reuters Blogs)

Adaptation, teamwork spark Sting Communications' success (Central Penn Business Journal)

Bank-fraud charges added in Iran case (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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Sprint's WiMax efforts doomed to failure? (CNET
News)

Credit Crunch Could Stall Clearwire Network (GigiaOM)

Philadelphia's Wi-Fi Story Begins a New Chapter (Wi-Fi Planet)

Did Google Sabotage Ringside Networks? (eWEEK: Google Watch)

Saving the World for a Latte
A startup is betting free coffees and groceries will encourage reluctant recyclers. (Newsweek)
RecycleBank is now officially headquartered in New York, though it still has significant operations in Philadelphia (Its Customer Care Center, Operations, and Mid-Atlantic Sales Staff ).
Philadelphia Plans to Expand Recycling Program with RecycleBank (Alcoa Recycling Company Blog)

Kayentis, the Provider of the "Unique Paper-Based E-Trial" Solution, is Strengthening its U.S. Presence (PRWeb)
Expanding its US operations in Philadelphia.

Pulse Introduces the Smallest GPS Antenna on the Market (BusinessWire)

myYearbook Finds Success in Casual Gaming (Mashable)

The unification theory of content management (Really
Strategies Blog)

How SOA matters in SAP environments (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

SAP customers to face BI disruption
NetWeaver business intelligence apps to be phased out (Computing.co.uk)

Vishay Mails Letter to International Rectifier Stockholders (BusinessWire)


Video exercises aid driving skills
Allstate targeting those over 50 with 'brain fitness' tool (Chicago Tribune)
To be tested on Pennsylvania drivers.

Taxes could get sky-high with aerial technology
(Press of Atlantic City)




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