People News 4/5/09

AGI Selects Joseph Sheehan as New President (PR Newswire)

Akrion Systems Announces the Appointment of Michael Ioannou as President (PR Newswire)

CardioNet Restructures and Expands Medical Advisory Board (Business Wire)

OKI Data Americas Names Takabumi Asahi Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for North America (Business Wire)

MedQuist Names Alan J. Gold as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing (PR Newswire)

Wolf Block’s Gitlin to Blank Rome
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Victory Marketing Group, Inc. Announces New VP of Strategy and Client Services
(PR Newswire)



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Comcast E-mail Outage Sparks Twitter Updates Galore (PC World)

CardioNet to buy Biotel, enter clinical research (Mobile Health News)

SAP AG completes successful private placement transaction (The Financial)

Ulticom Announces Special Cash Dividend; Provides Update on Financial Statement Completion (Marketwire)

Sorry I haven't posted too much during the past week, since I've been traveling and have just been running out of time. Among other things, I covered the Cable Show in DC, The AIIM Expo at the PA Convention Center, and the Entrepreneur Expo at the Science Center. Should be getting back up to speed tomorrow. Today my focus is on the basketball.

CABLESHOW-Execs say cable TV shows on web not a threat (Reuters)

Comcast’s OnDemand Reaches 11 Billion Views, Nearly Twice The Number Of iTunes Music Downloads (TechCrunch)

Will Comcast Finally Buy Sprint? (Silicon Alley Insider: Business Insider)

IMS Health stays well in iffy economy (Greenwich Time)

MEDecision to Acquire HxTechnologies, Inc.
Deal Bolsters Ability of Alineo™ and Nexalign™ Products to Produce Real-Time Actionable Information to Meet President Obama’s Health Care IT Challenge (Business Wire)

INTERVIEW-Lockheed sees flatter satellite sales (Reuters)

Dow Sells Stock to Haas Trust as Rohm Purchase Closes (Bloomberg)

EMoney Advisor Launches Enhanced Wealth Management Solutions (Wall Street & Technology)

TruePosition Acquires Source Code License and Interest in Profilium (Business Wire)

iCueTV and Comcast Media Center Enter into Agreement
Signifies major milestone in iCueTV’s success for deployment of their Enhanced Television Services (ETS) platform with a major network (Business Wire)

GoodCompany Ventures Launches ((Private Equity Hub)


Astea Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results (PR Newswire)

ExpenseWatch.com Unveils Strategy for Open Expense Control Platform (PR Newswire)



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InterDigital to Expand Technology Development and Licensing, Realign SlimChip Business to Monetize IP
Restructuring Efforts to Reduce Costs by Approximately $33 Million Pre-Tax Annualized;
New Investments to Target Invention-Rich Areas in Broader Wireless Segment (Business Wire)
InterDigital to cut 26 pct of jobs (Reuters)

Open Cloud Manifesto's anti-Microsoft bias
(CNET News)

SAP signs up for Open Cloud Manifesto: does anyone care? (ZDNet
Blogs)

SAP: Cowen Finds Weak Q1 Deal Trends (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

What's Next for SAP and Business Objects: Podcast Interview (eWeek)

Motorola Introduces Next-Generation Digital Home Management Solution for MSOs (PR Newswire)

Comcast is in talks to become sole owner of NECN
(Boston Globe)

Carnegie Mellon To Oversee IBM Smart Grid Model
University will shepherd future growth and governance of the architecture. (Information Week)

Yuengling Poised to Become Largest American-Owned Brewer (Keystone Politics)

Kulicke & Soffa Launches ConnX-VLED (Business
Wire)

Comcast Sues Maryland WISP for Bandwidth Theft
Man uses 35 residential accounts to fuel wireless business... (Broadband Reports)

Internet Ad Sales Rose in ’08, but at a Slower Pace (New York Times)

Adaptive Solutions, Inc. Expands to the Washington D.C. Legal Market
ASI to Provide IT Support and Integration to D.C.-area Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments (Business Wire)
Translation: The Philadelphia Legal market is in a depression, but with the new administration in DC there is plenty of action down there.



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Philly Tech Events 3/30/09-4/5/09

Comcast Preps For VOD 'Infinity'
Operator Centralizes Management Of VOD Infrastructure Into Two Regional Server Farms (Multichannel News)

Google to Connect TV Ads With YouTube (NewTeeVee)

More American TV viewers are ditching cable to watch shows online (Newark Star-Ledger)

Goldman, Vanguard may bid for iShares: reports (MarketWatch)

Muniwireless updates list of cities and counties with large Wi-Fi networks (MuniWireless)

Lighting Science Group moves HQ to Philadelphia region (Philly.com: Philly Inc)



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People News 3/29/09

TMX Interactive Adds Michael Konin as VP, Client Services (Philly Ad Club News)

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Appoints Robert Wiley Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (Business Wire)

K-Tron Announces New Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

Rodale's MaryAnn Bekkedahl Named Adweek’s Publishing Executive of the Year (Business Wire)

SES Announces Management Team for Combined SES AMERICOM - NEW SKIES Division (Business Wire)

Revolutionary Promotional Marketing Firm Ohana Companies Names IT Strategist Brian Ross VP, Technology & Systems Development (PR Web)

Katy Reynolds, Investment Banking Executive, Joins Lighting Science Group (PR Newswire)



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