Comcast, Cablevision turn to WiFi to retain customers (Newark Star-Ledger)

Interactive TV Begins To Bloom
Cable (Finally) To Start Delivering ITV To Millions; Thank EBIF, Not OCAP (Multicahnnel News)

Commerce360 Changes Name to ClickEquations; Announces General Availability of Paid Search Management Software (PR Web)

Dress Barn, Inc. Selects GSI Commerce as E-Commerce Partner
(PR Newswire)

How to Make Electronic Medical Records a Reality (New York Times: Unboxed)

How Does a Doc Really Use An Electronic Medical Record? (Wall Street Journal: Health Blog)



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People News 3/1/09

Former U.S. Commerce Under Secretary to Lead SAP Public Policy Office
SAP Names Robert C. Cresanti to Key Executive Position (PR Newswire)

Comcast Names Margosian, SVP Marketing/Sports Sales (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Lockheed Martin Announces Black Engineer of the Year Award Winners (PR Newswire)

Volpe and Koenig Adds to the Depth of Its IP Practice (Company Press Release)

James J. Mergiotti Named Seventh President & CEO of Peirce College (Business Wire)

The Franklin Institute Honors the 'Best of the Best' in Science and Technology (PR Newswire)

So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know (ZDNet Blogs)
Panel discussion from Wharton Business Technology Conference yesterday.

Salesforce.com sees Microsoft Azure as validating SaaS (Network World)



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eResearch Technology Down 25%

As the Dow closed just above 7,000 today, major area tech stocks held steady, with the exception of eResearch Technology (now apparently renamed ERT by some branding genius). ERT was down 25% today, and was down as much as 30% earlier in the day, after reporting sharply slowing revenue growth and reduced guidance for 2009 yesterday. The Philadelphia company provides cardiology-related IT systems and services

Jerry Jones In Town

What was Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doing in Philly on Wednesday? Not trying to unload Terrell Owens back to the Eagles.
Jones, who is the Chairman of the league’s NFL Network committee, was here with Patriots owner Robert Kraft for a meeting at the Comcast Center, presumably regarding the ongoing negotiations over the future relationship between Comcast and the NFL Network. No word on whether the meeting was productive.

Top 30 Innovations Of The Last 30 Years (Knowledge@Wharton via Forbes)
The Top 30 Innovations (PBS)

Wall Street 3.0 (Internet Retailer)

Tyco Electronics ordered to keep shipping to Visteon (Associated Press via Forbes)

Will Internet TV Charge Ahead?
Study Suggests Some Will Pay For Cable Content Online (Multichannel News)
VOD chief: Comcast will survive in face of TV.com, Hulu (ZDNet
Blogs)

InterDigital Signs Global Wireless to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (Business Wire)



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Microsoft at Wharton Business Technology Conference

Microsoft: Vision to 'fundamentally re-imagine productivity'
(ZDNet Blogs)

Microsoft's Elop 'pessimistic' on near term outlook (Reuters)

Updatet on CardioNet Management Changes

A few weeks ago I reported on the somewhat surprising departure of CardioNet CEO Arie Cohen and the start of the search for a new one. Apparently, Chairman & Acting CEO Randy Thurman has quickly found the right replacement: himself (see yesterday's press release).
My guess is this result was preordained, and had little to do with Mr. Cohen's level of competency..

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results (Business Wire)

7 venture firms form group to confront common issues (Philadelphia Business Journal)

CDI Corp posts Q4 profit below market estimates (Reuters)

ERT Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results (PR Newswire via MSN Money)

Virgin Trains in race to realise Barack Obama's high-speed rail system (Times Online)
May bid on possible Boston to Washington route.

SAP's CTO shares his vision for SAP's product roadmap (SearchSAP.com)

Unisys Technology Center Sells for $19.5M
Unisys will Leaseback 50% of the Buildings (CoStar Group)

U.S. Internet firms defend tighter Web management (Reuters)

Cash-rich Comcast won't buy anything crazy: analysts (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Canoe Makes Progress with EBIF (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Lockheed Martin Invests in Smart Grid Research and Development at Penn State University
(PR Newswire)

Rethinking CEO Salaries
Pay-for-performance structures are enjoying a resurgence. (Entrepreneur Magazine)
Highlights CRM software firm Mission Research of Lancaster.

West Philly non-profit's software bridging generational, cultural gaps (Keystone Edge)


Quote of the day:

"We are in a freaking depression!" said one exasperated Philadelphia-area Microsoft partner. "Ninety percent of my customers have not yet moved to Office 2007. Who cares about Office 14 or Exchange 14?"

VARs, IT shops in no rush for new Microsoft desktop (SearchITChannel.com)





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Yet Another California SAP Implementation on the Edge?

San Diego fires Axon over ERP implementation problems (ZDNet Blogs)

Liberty Media Reports Results for Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2008 (PR Newswire)
QVC revenue declines 8% in fourth quarter.
U.S. web sales rise, but total sales drop in 2008 for QVC (Internet Retailer)

Internet Capital Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results for 2008 (Business Wire)

Salesforce Hits $1 Billion Dollars In Annual Revenues (TechCrunch)

Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) to Cut 215 Employees from Workforce; Sees Annual Savings of $12.4M (StreetInsider.com)

Rob Enslin Named President of SAP North America (PR Newswire)

SAP CTO: Coghead's engineers will help solve SaaS integration problems (SearchSAP.com)

Phila. fine-arts scene goes where youth are
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter are hot spots for tapping the online social-network crowd. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

HashCache
Vivek Pai's new method for storing Web content could make Internet access more affordable around the world. (MIT
Technology Review)
Princeton professor's research highlighted among MIT Technology Review's 10 emerging technologies for 2009.

Looking Beyond Docsis 3.0 (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Wolters Kluwer profits down 3 percent in 2H 2008 (Associated Press via Forbes)
Wolters Kluwer Health is based in Conshohocken.

Entercom 4Q Revenues Drop 14% (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Scala Launches Six Initiatives to Lower the Barrier to Entry for New Digital Signage Customers (PR Web)

Locust Walk Partners Launches (PE Hub)


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