Critical meeting for Wolf Block (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Philly Tech Events



Brian Tierney on WSJ Report (CNBC)














A Man’s Existentialism, Construed as Blasphemy
(New York Times)
A Philadelphia story.


ProfitPoint, Inc. Acquires Merchant Portfolio From ePayment Consultants (ePC). (GlobeNewswire via MarketWatch)

TAG Co. to close after loss in patent lawsuit (Miami
Herald)
Would-be competitor to Checkpoint Systems, Tyco Electronics shut down by Tyco suit.

IBM doing due diligence on Sun Microsystems (San Jose Mercury News)



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Philly Fed Firms Continue to See Contraction in Manufacturing (Business Wire)

Comcast: Exposed User Data Not From Internal Leak (PC World)

Aria Systems Unveils Major Advance of Its A+ Billing Platform With Release of Version 5.0 (Marketwire)

SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI (ZDNet Blogs)

NetSuite floats out SuiteCloud (CNET News)

Oracle Rallies; Waiting Out The Storm In Redwood Shores (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

I.B.M., Looking to Buy Sun, Sets Up a Software Strategy (New York Times)

SAP and Microsoft Lose Domain Name Case (Domain Name Wire)

N.J. sues Verizon over FiOS ad claims (Associated Press via The Courier-Post)

Fox Business News Picks Up Web Show (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
Philly-based Career TV to reach wider audience,

Interview-PA Entrepreneurs: CICLON (Keystone
Edge)

Recycle Bank points to Philadelphia roots, funding for explosive growth (Keystone Edge)

Rendell seeks PR aid on stimulus money (Philadelphia Inquirer)

New Jersey system to provide 360-degree view of patient data (Healthcare IT News)

Delivery Agent Is Monetizing Product Placement For TV Networks (TechCrunch)
Delivery Agent is basically a competitor to GSI Commerce. See comments below article.

Managing the Complexity of Modern Enterprise Networks (Princeton Computer Science)
Interesting seminar at Princeton on March 26.

PolicyMap Creator Discusses Geography of Recession with ABC News
(PR Newswire)



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IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Create High Tech Juggernaut (eWeek)

If IBM and Sun merge, watch out Oracle and SAP
Along with Sun, IBM would get Java -- and that could spell trouble for companies that rely heavily on it
(Infoworld)

Users, analysts cite potential benefits and pitfalls of IBM buying Sun (Computerworld)
"David Fecak, founder and president of the decade-old (Philadelphia Java) user group, said one thing that the Java community likes about Sun's shepherding of the technology is the democratic process that is used to guide the direction of Java."

Oracle 3Q Net Falls 0.8% On Stronger Dollar (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Oracle Beats Estimates In Tough Economy
Despite a dip in software license sales, CEO Larry Ellison claims his company is more focused on cloud computing than competitor SAP.
(Information Week)

SAP Goes Head-to-Head with Oracle over Supply-Chain Solutions (eWeek)


Breach-Related Woes Continue to Pile up for Beleaguered Heartland
(Digital Transactions)

New Slideshow: Sony Style Comcast Labs (Delaerscope)

Fandango launches on Dish Network and on iPhone (Geek.com)
Fandango is owned by Comcast.

Comcast Exec: Internet TV Plans Preserve Cable Model
Fancast's Karin Gilford Says ‘On-Demand Online' to Launch This Year
(Multichannel News)

Local ISP DCANet still battles giants Verizon, Comcast (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

U.S. Navy Certifies Lockheed Martin Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System with 'Terminal Phase' Capability (PR Newswire)


Herley sees solid future even with Iraq withdrawal
(Lancaster Online)

Rothey, NAVTEQ: "We do have an audience for location-based Ads" (GPS Business News)



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Comcast customer passwords found online; company shifts blame
(ZDNet Blogs)
Comcast Hustles to Respond After Password Leak
Comcast is looking for clues after a hacker -- or a bot -- leaked customers' account data to Scribd.
(InternetNews.com)

InstaMed Announces Osage Partners and Ashby Point Capital Have Joined Existing Investors in $6 Million Growth Equity Financing (PR Newswire)

InstaMed: A Thriving Business in Helping Health Care Providers Reduce Billing Costs (Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Keynotes)

Harmonic firing 40 of Scopus' workers (Haaretz)
Before it was acquired last week, Scopus had its headquarters for the Americas in Princeton.

Motorola Expands On Demand Platform to Enhance Support for Rapidly Growing On Demand Libraries (PR Newswire)

Hadoop, a Free Software Program, Finds Uses Beyond Search (New York Times)

Apple Announces iPhone OS 3.0 Firmware, Points Out New Features to Come (O' Grady's PowerPage)


QlikTech Expands into Asia Pacific with Launch of QlikView Japan
Company Partners with Japan's Leading Resellers Ashisuto, CSK, and Hitachi INS
(PR Web)

Bentley Releases U.S. and Canadian Versions of Robust Energy Performance Series for ‘Green’ Building Design (Business Wire)

BioNanomatrix Awarded Phase II NIH Grant to Support Development of Its Single-Molecule Nanoscale Whole Genome Analyzer (PR Newswire)

Unisys - shrinking to grow (ovum)

Unisys Launches Center for Government Innovation to Connect Experts and Deliver Insights and Trends around IT Innovation in Government (Business Wire)

SAP exec defends the vendor's Business Objects integration strategy (SearchDataManagement.com)

At Austin Meeting, Seeking Exposure for New Tech Products (New York Times)

Cloud Computing: Defending the Undefinable (P'unk Avenue Window)

WPCS Reports Third Quarter FY2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire)



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