AlwaysON Honors Three Area Tech Companies

AlwaysON, a technology blog network, recently named its AlwaysON East 100 Top Private Companies for 2009. Three area companies were named to the list: Boomi, the Berwyn-based SaaS application integrator that also recently won a CODiE Award, myYearbook, the New Hope-based social network primarily aimed at teens, and AirClic of Trevose, which supplies mobile business process solutions.
The AlwaysOn East 100 will be honored at Venture Summit East May 20-22, 2009 at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston, MA

Daily Links 5/13/09

PhillyDeals: Software sales show trading going strong (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

SunGard unveils Web-based CRM tool (Finextra)

Comcast Investigates VoIP Outage
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

RJMetrics Aims to be Web Startup's Ace in the Hole (Read Write Web)
See my earlier post on RJMetrics.

Konnect.me Launches its First Site, Green.Konnect.me, to Serve the Green Building Industry
(PR Newswire)

WordPress bloggers to convene on Baltimore for conference (Baltimore Sun)


Mid-Atlantic Job Board Announces Twitter-Based Recruiting Tool
JobCircle.com helps companies use Twitter to recruit workers. (PR Newswire)

Entrepreneurs Bootcamp Begins May 18 (Business
Wire)


Cisco, Clearwire announce WiMax partnership (ZDNet Blogs)
Clearwire reshuffles execs, posts $260 million Q1 loss (TechFlash)

SAPPHIRE 2009

SAP, Oracle ask for lawsuit delay to June 2010 (Reuters)

Midsize Companies Gain Business Insight With SAP® Business ByDesign™ (PR Newswire)
TIMELINE: SAP's steps to bring cloud software to market (Reuters)
Inside SAP's Idled Business ByDesign Suite (Information Week)
I think you could buy a 747 for the amount of money SAP has spent on each Business ByDesign customer to this point.

SAP and RIM Announce Availability of Integrated SAP(R) CRM and BlackBerry Solution (PR Newswire)

Virtual Iron Software sold to Oracle (Mass High Tech)

Verticals onDemand becomes Veeva Systems

Verticals onDemand, the Pleasanton, California-based SaaS CRM vendor that has much of its sales & marketing staff in Radnor, has changed its name to Veeva Systems (see press release). The new name, a derivative of the Latin word meaning "to live", is intended to emphasize Veeva's total focus on serving the life sciences market. With the name change, the company has also indicated it plans to get deeper into that vertical, providing applications that go further into an organization than just CRM. Announcements of some more details on this should be forthcoming.
The two-year-old company’s application runs on Force.com from salesforce.com. In fact, of its top 4 execs three came from Salesforce.com, with the exception being EVP & GM Matt Wallach, who came from Health Market Science in King of Prussia but was formerly with Siebel (now part of Oracle).
Veeva Systems recently expanded to Europe, and next week in Philadelphia is holding what it calls "the largest Pharma SaaS CRM Gathering" (May 19 & 20). For more information on the event go to www.veevasystems.com or e-mail pr@veevasystems.com.

Daily Links 5/12/09: Advanta Corp. suspends credit cards

Advanta Corp. suspends credit cards (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Advanta’s Card Shutdown May Imperil Customers, Debt Holders (Bloomberg)
Is it any coincidence that this is happening just as the Senate is reaching an agreement on new credit card fee restrictions?

Kenexa: Q1 In Line; Stock Soars On Flurry Of Upgrades (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SunGard Acquires ICE Risk Solution (FinanceTech)

Big Pharma Finally Taking Big Steps to Reach Patients With Digital Media (Ad Age)

GoodCompany Ventures Offers Peer Advisory Program for Incubator Class of 2009
Wharton Students To Offer Fresh Business Perspectives And Strategic Advisement To Young Businesses (CSR Wire)

Encorium Group Enters into Non-Binding Letters of Intent
Reiterates Going Concern Opinion to Comply with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(b)(1)(B) (PR Newswire)

InfoLogix Announces First Quarter Financial Results (Globe Newswire)

Independence Blue Cross Expands Use of Build for Change® Technology to Support Continued Growth and Reach New Levels of Customer Service (Business Wire)



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More on SAPPHIRE 09

Microsoft Builds $3.75 Billion War Chest
The software maker's first-ever public debt offering could mean acquisitions are on tap. (Information Week)
Triggers more SAP takeover rumors.
Microsoft Done With Cuts, Dismisses SAP Speculation (Bloomberg)

IBM-SAP combo not in the cards - exec
Big Blue's software strategy chief says IBM will stick to its knitting. (Fortune)

SAP keynote: Leo Apotheker's appeal for clarity (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Announced (Intelligent Enterprise)

HP, SAP Collaborate to Speed Business Transactions (eWeek)

SAPPHIRE09: a view from the cloud (ZDNet Blogs)

Daily Links 5/11/09: Metro sells off US newspaper business

Windstream To Buy D&E Communications For $159 Million, Boost Pa. Presence (Dow Jones Newswire via CNN Money)

Metro sells off US newspaper business (Associated Press via Google News)

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2009 (Business Wire via MarketWatch)
Revenue down 20%; Takes $33.3 Million impairment charge.

USA Technologies Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results (Business Wire)

Interactive Intelligence calls on clients, nets call-center sales (Indianapolis Star)

Unisys reorganizes to focus on services (Washington Technology)

The $7.2 Billion Question
Lawmakers Puzzle Over Who Is 'Unserved' As They Dole Out Broadband Stimulus Funds (Multichannel News)

Comcast DOC 3.0 Hits Harrisburg
And several other portions of central PA (Broadband Reports)

Vuzit Offers New Enterprise Document Control Software at Redesigned Vuzit.com Website (PR Web)

MEDecision Finalizes Acquisition of HxTechnologies, Inc. (Business WIre)

Data Integration Helps Shipbuilder Trim Costs
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard wanted an integrated system to lower HR and payroll costs. (CIO.com)

German group buys Technitrol's MEMS microphones operation
(EE Times)



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SAPPHIRE 2009

SAPPHIRE 2009, the SAP user conference and trade show, opens today in Orlando. I'll do my best to keep you up to date with the top highlights.


SAP up as report churns M&A speculation (Reuters)

SAP Co-CEO: Oracle-Sun Deal Won't Affect Industry Much (Dow Jones Newswires via CNN Money

SAP Co-CEO Apothekar Says Economy Stabilizing (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP buys software maker Clear Standards (Reuters)

SAP Boots Business ByDesign SaaS Apps to 2010? (IT
Jungle)

Rimini Street launches third-party SAP support for SAP ERP, BW releases (SearchSAP.com)

SAP Expands Business-intelligence Strategy (PC World)

CubeTree launches enterprise social networking suite; Can it stand out? (ZDNet Blogs)



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Philly Tech Events

Beyond philanthropy, Lenfests show personal commitment (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Video: SAP's McDermott On Mobility, SaaS, & Business Intelligence (Information Week Blogs)

People News 5/10/09

Comcast CFO discusses high-profile job, Peabody roots (Salem News)

Cadient Interactive Expands Creative Leadership with New Associate Director (PR Newswire)

The Judge Group Announces Strategic Addition to Management Team (Press Release)

Boenning & Scattergood Adds Managing Director in Investment Banking to Enhance Growth Initiatives (Business Wire)

Emtec Names Gregory P. Chandler Chief Financial Officer and President of Emtec Global Services (Business WIre)

QSGI Announces Appointment of Eric Nelson as Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

CardioNet Appoints Rebecca W. Rimel of the Pew Charitable Trusts to Its Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Rodale Names Ethne Clarke Editor-in-Chief, Organic Gardening (Business Wire)

eZanga Expands Operations, Opens Connecticut Office
Frank Holland joins company as account manager (Business Wire)

HHS Announces Members of Committees That Will Advise on Implementation of Health IT
Policy and Standards Committees Will Meet Next Week (Business Wire)