SAP’s Apotheker takes on shoddy consultants, certifications (ZDNet
Blogs)

SAP Launches "Business Suite 7" - Are Customers Buying it? (Feeding the SAP Ecosystem)

SAP’s goose gander theory (ZDNet Blogs)

Philly Council OKs Verizon FiOS TV
Mayor Nutter Must Sign 15-Year Franchise Agreement Into Law Before Telco Can Compete In Comcast's Backyard (Multichannel News)

Satyam board appoints management, raises funds (Network World)

Urban Outfitters 4Q same-store sales dip 1 percent (Associated Press via Forbes)

IMS Health sharply boosts Q4 profit on cost cuts,
as revenues decline (Associated Press via Forbes)

Big Rohm investor urges Dow to get moving (Philadelphia Inquirer)

They, robot
Lockheed Martin engineers worked with students for a regional competition. (Burlington County Times)

The Technology Collaborative Releases New Request for Proposals Plans $1.5M in Grants to PA-based Companies and Universities (PR Web)

Stu Bykofsky: Newspapers must end the free online lunch (Philadelphia Daily News)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Profitable Third Quarter Results (PR Newswire)

Author Gladwell marks nonprofit's anniversary (Philadelphia Inquirer)

AP Claims Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster Infringes on Copyright
(Photo District News)

IBM, Google Health Aim to Blow Medical Records Wide Open (Read Write Web)

Usability Study Compares Google Health & HealthVault (Chilmark Research)



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SAP launches Business Suite 7 (Network World)
SAP BusinessSuite 7: Twittery clouds? (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP launches biggest software upgrade in 3 years (Reuters)

U.S. Army tries out Salesforce.com in recruiting (Computerworld)

In Second Vote, House Delays Digital TV Transition (Washington Post)

Self-Help for Startups
Ultra Light Startups is giving entrepreneurs—many of them newly laid-off employees—a chance to test their pitches on an audience of their peers (Business Week)
An idea for Philly? I know there are a couple of things here somewhat like this, but not in this particular format I believe.

InterDigital Unveils SlimChip Embedded HSPA Modules for Fast-Growing Smartphone, MID, and UMPC Markets (Business Wire)

SAS Achieves Record Revenue: $2.26 Billion in 2008 (Business Wire)

InfoLogix Has Record Revenue in 2008 and Unveils 2009 Strategic Plan
Continued Strategic Focus On Healthcare and SAP Mobility Markets Projected to Drive Double-Digit Organic Revenue Growth, Profitability in 2H 2009 (Globe Newswire)

C&D Technologies Announces Actions to Reduce Costs in Response To Weakening Market Conditions (PR Newswire)

D&E sets sweeping cost cuts
No job cuts for now. (Lancaster Online)

TWC in '09: Job Cuts, WiMax & Wideband (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Emerald Asset Management Holds Annual Investment Forum (Business Wire)

Longview Solutions Positioned in 'Visionaries' Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites by Leading Analyst Firm Evaluation based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute (PR Web)

Constar Unveils i-Design™ Automated Package Development Process at The Packaging Conference
A package that traditionally requires 40 hours to create, Constar's i-Design™ does in minutes (Business Wire)



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SAP tries to make latest suite easier to digest (ZDNet Blogs)



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Motorola Forecasts Wider Loss, Suspends Dividend (Bloomberg)
Motorola Posts $4.3B Quarterly Loss, Replaces CFO
Service Provider Unit Sales Dip 5, But Operating Earnings Up Year-on-Year (Multichannel News)

Dow says Rohm agreement not binding at this point (Reuters)
Rohm and Haas Company Provides Statement on Merger with Dow (Business Wire)

Comcast Offers $10 Credit After Super Bowl Porn Blunder
Operator's Tucson System Continues to Investigate Possible 'Malicious Act' (Multichannel News)

Comcast defends itself against FCC's VoIP probe (ars technica)

Cable Providers Scoff at Obama’s Plan to Get Every Child Online (Bloomberg)


Angels Flee From Tech Start-Ups (New York Times)

Phanfare's Photon: The Best Photo App for the iPhone Yet? (Read Write Web)
Phanfare is based in Princeton.

InterDigital Gets First Samsung Payment, Ends Suit (xchange Magazine)

SAP, Oracle Dueling Over 'smart' Energy Metering (PC World)

PwC + BearingPoint? (Feeding
the SAP Ecosystem)

A Silver Lining in E-Commerce
(Wall Street Journal: Digits)

PharmaNet agrees to be bought by private equity firm (Reuters)

Portfolio software big on ROI: study (Computer Business Review)

Sarnoff Awarded U.S. Marine Corps War Fighting Laboratory Contract To Demonstrate Advanced 360 Degree Camera System
(Business Wire)



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Comcast Broadcasts Porn Clip During Super Bowl (Information Week)

SAP, Other IT Vendors Embrace Energy Efficiencies (eWeek)

PHRs are operating systems (ZDNet Healthcare)

Vuzit Announces Additional Angel Funding (Center
Networks)

It’s The Network: Penn Researchers Examine Behavior, Consensus Building Influenced By Network Structure (U Penn Press Release)

Agile world’s a stage (Software Development Times)

High Performance, Low-Cost VoIP Chips Address Critical Performance Issues Such as Echo, Latency, and Packet Loss (PR Newswire)

Comcast Likes Real-Time Network Data (Cable360: Communications Technology)
On SevOne of Newark DE.

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Receipt of Contract From United States Navy Valued at $19 Million (PR Newswire)

Wilmington Trust reports 2008 loss
Dreadful 4th quarter puts bank in red by $23.6 million for the entire year (Wilmington News Journal)

Rodale Selects Convergys’ Relationship Management Solutions to Drive Superior Customer Experience (Business Wire)

Is There a Single Engagement Metric? Not Quite Say Wharton Profs. Eric Bradlow and Pete Fader (Wharton Facts)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners and iBridge(SM) Network Team Up for Advanced Research Collaboration
Seven Leading Pennsylvania Universities to Share Innovations and Best Practices (PR Newswire)



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1978 CALLED. IT WANTS ITS NEWSPAPER BACK (Philadelphia Magazine)

Pa. governor arranged meeting on newspapers' debt (Associated Press via Lehigh Valley Live)



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People News


Internet Capital Group’s Doug Alexander Named President (Business Wire)

Comcast Names Kenneth J. Carrig Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Comcast Cable (Business Wire)

SCO Logistics Names New Executives to Leadership Team, Announces Record Revenues
(PR Newswire)

The Keane Organization Appoints Thomas J. Morgan as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (Business Wire)

Falcon Capital Partners Announces New Venture Partner
Business and Technology Veteran Joins Falcon to Further Expand into Software and IT Services Market (PR Web)

Ohana Companies Enhances Senior Management Team, Naming Veteran Business Growth Strategist Alex Giacco as President (PR.com)

Cobra Wire and Cable Announces New Chief Executive Officer (PR Newswire)

Soon-Shiong Joins Board of ITA Partners, a Leading Medical Decision-Support Company (Business Wire)

Harmelin Media Promotes 22 Staffers and 3 in Online Division (Philly Ad Club News)



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Human error caused Google search bug (Network World)

Newspaper execs make their case (Philadelphia Inquirer)



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Oracle Eyes Resurgence (ClinPage)
Octagon Research Solutions would seem like one potential acquisition target for Oracle in the area, but there are other
possibilities as well.

Ametek 4Q profit falls on restructuring charges (Associated Press via Forbes)

SaaS is surging in the downturn, says IDC (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Spoke to Politicians on Job Cuts, Cooperates With Probe (Bloomberg)

Losses could affect SAP’s Newtown home (Delco TImes)

Comcast Engaged in Free Wi-Fi Trial
Working with Cablevision on Wi-Fi trial in New Jersey (Broadband Reports)

Verizon Laughs Off DOCSIS 3.0
Picks on the technology's shared nature, upstream limitations... (Broadband Reports)

State Of The City:Philadelphia Halflife (Media Bistro: AgencySpy)

Kulicke & Soffa revenue nosedives 70% (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Journal Register Sells Pennsylvania Paper, New Owner Shutters (Editor & Publisher)

Free The 'Daily News' (The Bulletin)

Q&A: Kelly Lee of Innovation Philadelphia (Keystone Edge)

20nine Launches Interactive Division (PR Newswire)



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Video: Christensen on disruption in health care (EE Times)



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