November 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Q3 Online Ad Growth Sliced in Half Since Year Ago (ClickZ)

Salesforce profit tops estimate, shares rally (Reuters)
10 Things to Know About Salesforce.com (Read Write Web)
Salesforce is Hiring, Big Time (Private
Equity Hub)

Judge throws Comcast/NFL Network mess back at FCC (ars technica)

JDS Uniphase Buys Circadiant (Private Equity
Hub)
JDSU acquires optical comms test specialist
(EE Times)

Report: Region making transition to New Economy (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SevOne Named to Network World's '10 IT Management Start-Ups to Watch' (Marketwire)
Network World profile
SevOne updates network performance management appliance (IT World Canada)
SevOne is based in Newark DE.

Refugees from SAP unit raise Oracle's ire
Spinnaker hires TomorrowNow staff; industry makes software giants uneasy (MarketWatch)

Sprint WiMax spinoff moves ahead with Clearwire shareholder vote (Kansas City Star: Sprint Connection)

CTO Ray Sokola on 2009 and Beyond (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Interview with Motorola Home and Networks Mobility's CTO.


German IT, Telecom Indus Want Government Invest In Infrastructure (EasyBourse)

Philadelphia paper starts magazine for affluent (Associated Press via Forbes)

Philly.com Drives Reader Engagement With Aggregate Knowledge (Business Wire)

Ex-Penn professor gets 5-10 years in wife's 2006 death (Philadelphia Daily News)
5 to 10 years? You've got to be kidding.




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SAP sees slight 2009 licence sales growth at best (Reuters)


IT majors eye European SAP cos (Economic Times of India)

Impact of the economy on angel investing (Robin Hood Ventures)

Eastern Technology Council honors award winners (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Lenfest will get chamber's William Penn Award (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

TelVue Corporation Announces Product Development Pact With Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

Ben Franklin to Invest $1,144,400 to Support Northeastern PA Economic Development (Business Wire)

FlyCast Releases Desktop Client
(Zatz Not Funny!)
FlyCast is based in Lancaster.

Sallie Mae move to Del. all but confirmed (Wilmington News Journal)

CableFAX: The Magazine's annual list of top women execs in cable (Cable360)
Several Comcasters included.

Comcast Taps U.K.'s MirriAd for Placement (Media Week)

ShopNBC Auction Moves Forward
Decision Expected By End of Fiscal Year (Multichannel News)

New Product: ReportEverywhere for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Converts Essential Business Intelligence (BI) into Instant Messages for Access Anytime, Anywhere (PR Web)

New Blog from PM Solutions Helps Project Managers Improve Strategy Execution (Business Wire)

RegionalBest.com, New Online Food Site, Lets Holiday Shoppers 'Buy Local,' Supporting Farmers, Cheesemakers and Other Food Artisans Nationwide (PR Newswire)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended September 30, 2008
(Business Wire)



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How Twittering Critics Brought Down Motrin Mom Campaign
Bloggers Ignite Brush Fire Over Weekend, Forcing J&J to Pull Ads, Issue Apology (Advertising Age)

Agilence funding round didn't come easy (Tech Confidential: The Deal)
Agilence is based in Camden.

Comcast DTV pricing response may bring fine: FCC (Reuters)

TV Guide Lays Off Staffers, Still Less Brutal Than Most Mag Cuts (Jossip)

Microsoft Releases SharePoint, Exchange As A Service (Information Week)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners gives loans to Lehigh Valley companies (Lehigh Valley Live)
Viddler is one of the recipients.

SAP adds data migration to ERP arsenal
SAP's Data Migration services leverage information management products acquired from Business Objects (InfoWorld)

SAP Tools for Process Definition, Modeling and Management (Column 2)

Lombardi execs think BPM might be countercyclical in down economic times (BPM in Action)

Heartland acquires gift card outfit Chockstone (Finextra)

Voxware Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2009 (Business Wire)

TelcoTV Report: IPTV Hoping for a Big 2009 (NewTeeVee)
Motorola is a major IPTV supplier.

Primavera Honors 11 Innovative Companies With 2008 Excellence Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance)


Bentley Systems upbeat on Indian market (Economic Times of India)




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Early Morning Basketball

I turned on ESPN about 10 this morning, expecting to catch a little of Sports Center, but instead I found a Penn-Drexel
basketball game (live).




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Anyone interested in being a "Chief Consumer Experience Officer", whatever that involves?
Yes, its a real job, at GSI Commerce, and it seems to pay pretty well too. Have a look.




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Mark Cuban charged with insider trading
SEC charges Dallas Mavericks owner with insider trading related to sales of Mamma.com. (CNN Money)

Adobe pushes Flash forward; Bolsters SAP partnership (ZDNet Blogs)

Salesforce.com for sale? (Inorganic Growth)

Lincoln Financial seeks to become S&L and apply for bailout funds (Associated Press via CNN Money)
Buys small Indiana S&L.


New type of pay TV being tested (San Jose
Mercury News)

Transition Watch: Obama’s FCC Advisors Include Crawford, Werbach (paidContent)
Werbach is a Wharton prof. See his blog.

Cricket Communications to hire 250 in Phila. area (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bio-Imaging Gets Some Advice for Its Shareholders (iStock Analyst)

[itvt] Interview: Canoe Ventures CEO, David Verklin [itvt]

Cable Continues to Beat Telcos at the Broadband Game (GigaOM)


College Fanz Sports Network Acquires Victory Sports Network, Adding “Home for All Things NAIA” to World’s Largest Online College Sports Community (Business Wire)

ORBIT/FR Reports Q3 Results (PR Newswire)

Lattice Incorporated Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results, and Announces Conference Call (Business Wire)




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Crisis could be right time for innovation (Knowledge@Wharton via Delaware Online)

SAP Following New Core Strategy
(American Banker)

Subscribers scramble as Comcast switches to digital (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Software snafu affects students (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
A little problem with Sungard Higher Education software gives some students free money.

Susquehanna shuts midtown N.Y. office, fires 30 (Reuters)

The Final Schedule from Nov 8th (BarCamp Philadelphia)

BARCAMPPHILLY 2008: WHAT A BLAST ! (code zen)

Founder Factory (Open Thoughts on
Software, Business, Life)




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People News



CSC Names Jim Foster Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Property and Casualty Insurance Division (Bobs Guide)

A new boss at 'Weekly' (Philadelphia Daily News)

Encorium Appoints Shahab Fatheazam to its Board of Directors (PR Newswire via Philly.com)

Synchronoss Expands Business Development with Appointment to Executive Team
Daniel Rizer Joins Synchronoss to Drive Company Growth and Strategic Investments (Business Wire)

he Star Group Promotes Dave John to Managing Partner (Philly Ad Club News)




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Oracle vs. SAP: Who Has the Better ERP Apps Strategy? (IDG via New York Times)

TV Rivals Fight For Subscribers, Sell Spots Together (MediaPost: Media Daily News)




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Sun to slash up to 6,000 jobs (Associated Press via Google News)

Lawmaker plans bill on Web neutrality (Reuters)

Verizon pitches FiOS (Philadelphia Inquirer)
RCN wants another shot at Comcast (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

No Clear Resolution In NFL-Cable Rift (Washington Post)

Can Oracle's Former Fusion Apps Guru Really Stop SAP's Slump? (CIO)

SAP and Microsoft, Watch Your Back
Google Apps, Linux, and other free or inexpensive systems are winning more fans in the corporate world (Business Week)

CORRECTED: Journal Register Selling Papers In Three States -- But Not New Haven or Macomb (Editor & Publisher)
Also may sell some or all suburban Philadelphia papers.

Recap of the Founder Factory - A proud day for PSL (Philly Startup Leaders)
The Founder Factory: Where Phillypreneurs Came Together (The Green Skeptic)

Third Eye wins Venture Idol (Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal)

Metastorm pulls IPO, citing tough market (Reuters)
Based in Baltimore, Metastorm is 32.2% owned by Internet Capital Group.

The Kenexa Research Institute Finds That Many Employees Are Confident They Will Land on Their Feet if They Lose Their Job (Marketwire)
I hope all the employees they just axed feel the same way.

Astea Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results (PR Newswire)

Tech bugs slow filing at Del. bankruptcy court (Bloomberg via Wilmington News Journal)



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