People News 6/21/09

University City Science Center Names Four to Board
(Business Wire)

New Independent Director Joins InterDigital Board (Business WIre)

Gregory Barger Joins NewSpring Capital (PE Hub)

Canoe Names COO (Light Reading:
Cable Digital News)

Prof. Dr. August‐Wilhelm Scheer is awarded the VHB prize for being the most 
scientifically oriented entrepreneur 2009  (IDS Scheer Press Release)

MedQuist Adds Kevin Piltz as New Chief Information Officer (PR Newswire)

Aloysius Butler & Clark Expands Interactive Department; Adds Stuart Thomas and Lindsay Kohl (Philly Ad Club News)

DeLeon Group Adds Stephanie Turzanski as AC
(Philly Ad Club News)

Entercom Ups Jim Rushton to VP/Sports Sales (Radio Online)

SAP in Preliminary Talks on Acquisition, Welt am Sonntag Says (Bloomberg)
I don't like to fan rumors, but Tibco, which some have mentioned
as a possible target for SAP, would probably fit within the price range mentioned in the article.

Comcast positioning itself for digital future (Boston Globe)
Interview with Brian Roberts.

Razorfish Still Blowing Dot-Bomb Bubbles (Information Week Blogs)
A little harsh?

MyMedicalReports.com & iGuard.org Partnership Provides Reliable Interactive Health Resource (Business Wire)
MyMedicalReports is based in Wayne, iGuard in Princeton.

Philadelphia Film Market gives filmmakers a chance to showcase their wares (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon FiOS Announcement on Monday

Verizon is holding a webcast + conference call on Monday morning to "reveal new choices for local programming available on the Verizon FiOS TV Network in the greater New York/New Jersey region". Verizon execs will also discuss "several new promotions and compelling broadband developments".
Whether Verizon is going to up its top FiOS download speed of 50 Mbps is unclear. Other options could include some speed increases for existing tiers (as reported previously) and price cuts for some tiers. Verizon will also be offering a free Compaq netbook for FiOS bundle subscribers, according to Broadband Reports.
Not clear if this will apply immediately to the Philadelphia area, but anything announced for NY/NJ should be coming down the pike pretty soon.

Nortel selling wireless unit to Nokia Siemens (Reuters)

Apple: Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant, WSJ Reports (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus (Associated Press via Google News)

Daily Links 6/19/09: Lockheed GPS Satellite Glitches

LLR Partners' Bullitt on PE deals
(The Deal.com: Dealscape)

Cheap jibe sullies SAP's SaaS strategy (ZDNet Blogs)

iPhone 3GS launch in Atlantic City (ZDNet Blogs)
Jason O'Grady reports early.

Air Force: GPS Glitches May Cause Boeing, Lockheed Martin Contract Delays (Satellite Today)

Court Sends Verizon's Wholesale Pricing Bid Back To FCC (Dow Jones via CNN Money)


Comcast Tries On 3D VoD (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

You can pick up these cool Comcast 3D Glasses for free!




PA-MAPPS Elects New Officers, Adopts Strategic Plan (GISUSER.com)

Ulticom Announces Settlement With SEC
(Globe Newswire)

AnySource Media is About to Cram the Internet into Your TV (Keystone Edge)

Municibid markets gov’t stuff (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)



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Daily Links 6/18/09: Comcast assumes full ownership of NECN

June 2009 Business Outlook Survey (Philadelphia Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
A little less gloomy.

Another Hot Market For SaaS: Business Intelligence (Information Week Blogs)

QlikTech Unveils India Strategy (CXOtoday)

Comcast assumes full ownership of NECN (Boston Globe)

Canoe Scraps Initial Zone-Ad Plans
CEO Verklin: Technical, Business Limitations Made CAM 1.0 Too Inflexible (Multichannel News)

Comcast open for IPv6 business (Network World)

Comcast Corporation Announces Cash Tender Offer for Certain Outstanding Debt Securities (Business Wire)

Errant Shots? No, Marines Look for Errant Golfers (New York Times)
On Camden's myLEADERBOARD.

SAP Wants to Help Microcredit Groups Manage Loans (PC World)

Photos from the Atlanta Clearwire Launch (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Clearwire Media Exec Leaves; Is The WiMax Company Changing Its Content Strategy? (mocoNews.net)

Demdex Comes Out Of Stealth, Offers Advertisers Their Own Behavioral Data Bank (TechCrunch)
Another First Round Capital portfolio company.

Gov’t still looking to tighten rules on venture capital (VentureBeat)
Ridiculous.

RadiSys and LCR Electronics Collaborate to Deliver Ruggedized ATCA Solutions (Business Wire)

AnySource Media to Drive Viewership for The Associated Press (PR Newswire)



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U Penn Named 4th Best Place to Work In IT (Computerworld)

Computerworld recently released its 100 BEST PLACES TO WORK IN IT 2009, and Penn, as usual, ranked right near the top at #4. Other area companies and organizations in the top 100 were Lehigh Valley Health Network of Allentown (43), The Vanguard Group (67), and Temple University (90).
Some others that have a significant presence in the region are Verizon Wireless (7), Exelon Corp, parent of PECO Energy (23), The Chubb Group (36) , Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg (62), Aetna (70), and some of the large consulting firms.
Does this ring true at all?

Infragistics On The Move To Bigger Things

Infragistics, the prominent developer of user interface development tools for the Microsoft platform, is moving from East Windsor, NJ (near Princeton) up the road north a few miles to a much larger new headquarters in South Brunswick, MyCentralJersey.com reports.
The move, which is expected to occur late this year or at the beginning of next year, will increase the company's space to 72,00 square feet, up from 24,000 currently. About 150 employees will move to the new location, and Infragistice says it plans to double its workforce, and is currently hiring technical document writers, software release engineers and software developers.

Daily Links 6/17/09: SAP chief sees signs of improvement in sector

SAP CTO on Innovation And Cloud Computing (Computerworld)

SAP chief sees signs of improvement in sector (Reuters)

SAP relying more on partners to deliver SAP mobile infrastructure (SearchSAP.com)

Comcast's new debt given investment grade rating (Associated Press via MSN Money)

Collection Marketing Center Raises Series B (PE Hub)

Start Spreading The News: First Growth Wants To Nurture NYC VC (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)
First Round Capital to participate.

Urban Outfitters features Top Reviewers in email campaign (Bazaarblog)
Bazaarvoice is backed by First Round Capital.

Salesforce.com Shopping For E-Mail Marketing Company? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Email Marketing is very hot right now.

Synygy On-Demand Sales Performance Management Software Selected by Advanced Sterilization Products, a Johnson & Johnson Company (Business Wire)

Oracle Buys Intellectual Property Assets of Conformia (PR Newswire)
Another step by Oracle into the Life Sciences vertical. Ironically, SAP Ventures had been an investor.

Heartland Payment Systems Selects Voltage Security to Provide Software for End-to-End Encryption (Business Wire)
Heartland Gets Religion on Security (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Construction Group Seeks to Build Support for RFID
(RFID Journal)

DirecTV to Serve Up Targeted Ads (BrandWeek)
Will partner with Princeton-based Invidi.

WHYY ending nightly Delaware newscast
(Wilmington News Journal)



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Daily Links 6/16/09: QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments

As Big BI Gets Hip, QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments (Intelligent Enterprise)
Given that the IPO market is loosening up a bit, I wonder if QlikTech is giving any thought again to getting in. They may need stock as a currency to acquire other pieces to broaden their BI portfolio.

MySpace to Cut 30% of Staff as Facebook Gains Ground (GigaOM)

Tru2way Enters 'Open' Era (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Preps for IPv6 (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

New Company PHIDS, Inc. Makes Offer to Buy SendTec Assets (Business Wire)
Internet Capital Group and Cross Atlantic Capital Partners to provide funding.

Philadelphia Newspapers Granted Extension to File Bankruptcy Re-org Plan (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Adds Five Members (paidContent)
Philadelphia Newspaper Holdings is a member of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, though last time I looked they were still
using Monster rather than HotJobs for employment advertising.

Atlanta WiMax launch keeps Clearwire on track for nationwide rollout (Computerworld)

PhillyDeals: The downturn finally touches Vanguard (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Liberty Media Corporation Announces Extension of QVC Bank Credit Facilities (PR Newswire)

Deal Radar 2009: GlobalSubmit ( Sramana Mitra)

House fire started by cable worker
(Pottstown Mercury)
Comcast strikes again.

Comcast plans upgrade for area customers (Times of Trenton)

Verizon Cooking Up Slightly Faster FiOS Speeds?
Existing users may see a slight advertised bump this weekend... (Broadband Reports)

Health IT meaningful use framework proposed (Federal Computer Week)

So What Is SAP's Enterprise Software as a Service Strategy, Anyway? (IT Business Edge)

Infor to Buy SoftBrands (Managing Automation)

PointRoll and Adobe Host Inaugural Rich Media Symposium in New York (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 6/15/09: Lincoln Financial Accepts TARP Funds

Comcast to sell $1.5 bln debt in 2 parts - IFR (Reuters)

Lincoln Accepts U.S. Rescue Funds, Plans Share Sale (Bloomberg)

Philly Newspapers' Parent Company Follows It Into Bankruptcy Court (Editor & Publisher)
About That Philadelphia Media Holdings Bankruptcy… (Editor & PUblisher: Fitz & Jen)

Does SAP's Performance Fall Short?
A survey of SAP users, sponsored by a transaction performance provider, notes concern about certain performance issues
(Internetnews.com)

G.E. Offers Loans for E-Health Record Purchases (New York Times: Bits)

Tyco Electronics raises third-quarter outlook (MarketWatch)

HostMySite and Hosting.com Merge Clouds (Web Host Industry Review)


MRK Hostwindow Announces Name Change to Independence IT
New Name Reflects the Company's Expanding Role as the Virtual IT Department for Small and Mid-sized Business (PR Newswire)

Goodybye, Gyro. Hello, Quaker City Mercantile (Philadelphia Business Journal)

MapQuest Launches iPhone App (Read
Write Web)
Mapquest is co-headquartered in Lancaster.


Tata Consultancy Services Launches New Business Intelligence Solution for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (IT News Online)

Some viewers lose 6ABC, WHYY in DTV switch (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pennsylvania Lottery sales will end early for computer upgrades (Easton Express-Times)

The Newspaper Crisis discussed at Princeton event (NewJerseyNewsroom.com)



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