Microsoft: “2019”
Microsoft's futuristic video titled “2019”, unveiled Friday at the Wharton Business Technology Forum by division President Stephen Elop.
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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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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