FCC Chairman Calls for Formal Net Neutrality Rules (PC World)
Industry Questions Need for Open-Access Cop
Trade Groups, Providers Weigh In on Genachowski's Neutrality Plan (Broadcast Newsroom)
FCC Republicans Have Problems with Genachowksi Proposal
McDowell, Nakers Concerned Rules Would Reverse 'Decades Of Precedent' (Multichannel News)
FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)

Blowing past Comcast's bandwidth cap
Or, why online backup is like driving a Ferrari in a school zone (Macworld)

InterDigital Signs Pantech to Worldwide Patent License Agreement Covering 2G, 3G and LTE Standards
InterDigital Acquires Minority Equity Interest in Pantech (Business Wire)

Dell To Buy Perot Systems For $3.9 Billion (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Philadelphia Software Freedom Day! (PLEIA2'S BLOG)

Smart Grid Standards Road Map Coming This Week (GigaOm via New York Times)

Drexel nursing students using iPods ... for nursing (Philadelphia Business Journal: Health Care Blog)

Unisys Announces Successful Multi-Vendor Interoperability of Iris Recognition Technology for Homeland Security (Business Wire)

SAP is India´s Top Software Company at 2009 Dataquest Annual Awards (SAP TV)

NEW: Wharton Interactive Media Initiative Scholarship for Journalists on Digital Platforms at Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists: October 18-21, 2009 (Business Wire)





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Philly Tech Events Calendar

People News 9/20/09

SunGard puts Ben Jackson in charge of combined Energy and Kiodex unit (Finextra)

SunGard Higher Education Names Matt Mandalinci as President and Chief Customer Officer and Jack Kramer as Vice President of Customer Satisfaction
(Business Wire)

Razorfish Appoints Executives in Americas Region
(PR Web)

Comcast Promotes Ron Phillips to Senior Vice President of Employee Engagement (Business Wire)

Bentley appoints solutions executives for utilities and communications, power generation, and process manufacturing (EnvironmentalExpert.com)

IMS Appoints Don Otterbein General Manager, Business Transformation Services, to Lead Expanded Knowledge Process Outsourcing Initiative (Business Wire)



Dynasil Announces Mr. Peter Sulick Elected Chairman of the Board of Directors (Business Wire)

E-Mon Hires Christopher Rennickas VP of Government Sales (PR Newswire)

Maria Brennan Named WICT CEO
AWRT Chief Exec Joins Cable Group Oct. 19 (Multichannel News)

BioNanomatrix Appoints Genomic Research Experts Charles Lee and David L. Barker as Advisers (PR Newswire)

EDA awards $60M to small high-tech firm (NJBIZ.com)

Consumer Watch: With cable bill, convenience at a price (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Many customers unhappy with Comcast's latest rate hikes
(San Jose Mercury News)

mySAP.com T-shirt - Ten Years Later
(The Agile Startup)

SAP Plans to Be ‘More Assertive’ With Acquisitions (Bloomberg)

Start-Up Tries to Revive Online Group Buying (New York Times: Bits)
Groupon recently launched in Philadelphia.

T-Mobile Launches 21Mbps 3G Service in Philadelphia (Gizmodo)

T-Mobile USA Launches HSPA+ in Philly (Wireless Week)

FCC To Introduce Net Neutrality Rule (Washington Post)


Possible loss of Siemens contract hits SAP (MarketWatch)

T-Systems plays the SAP ace (ovum)

In the Oracle vs. SAP life sciences battle, Oracle gains a healthy lead (SearchOracle.com)

Versatile Concepts gets more versatile (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Comcast Installer Arrested For Creative Marketing
Was yanking the competitor's plug to pitch Comcast service... (Broadband Reports)

Versus, DirecTV, Despite Negotiations, Remain Disconnected (Multichannel News)




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Daily Links 9/17/09: Oracle Blames SAP For Dip In New License Sales

Oracle blames weakness in Q1 license sales on slumping SAP sales (Dow Jones via Nasdaq.com)

Clearwire says it's not married to WiMAX for 4G, would be easy to switch (Engadget)

Toyota Program: Slash Meeting Costs
As companies move to trim off-site costs, Toyota uses StarCite event-planning software to manage more than 400 annual face-to-face gatherings (Business Week)

September 2009 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

QVC Readying New $500 Million Deal (Another Financial Portal)

Vodafone thinking long and hard about its Verizon stake (Endgadget)

Cable Beating Telcos In Phone Service
According to latest study by J.D. Power and Associates (Broadband Reports)
But Comcast doesn't fare particularly well.

Net neutrality gets a boost from leading Democrat (CNET News)

Synchronoss Jumps On Weisel Upgrade (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
In addition to its headquarters in Bridgewater NJ, Synchronoss has major operations in the Lehigh Valley.


PNC’s Tom Kunz Cracks the Gen Y Code With Targeted Products (Bank Systems & Technology)

NTERA and plastic electronic GmbH Enter An Agreement To Develop Advanced Printed Electronics Products and Announce The Availability of an Evaluation Kit Based on NanoChromics(TM) Display Technologies
(PR Newswire)

Bucks software firm rolls out VictualNet food system (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

A trip down memory lane and beyond at Vintage Computer Fest (ars technica)



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Oracle unveils second Exadata machine; Ellison steps up data warehousing push (ZDNet Blogs)
Oracle Dumps HP After Co-Creating "Most Successful Introduction Ever" (Information Week)

Oracle earnings meet expectations of analysts
(San Jose Mercury News)

Comcast CFO: Third quarter 'shaping up just fine' (MarketWatch)

Comcast Considering 4G Voice
Though details are all but non-existent (Broadband Reports)
Does 4G actually sound better than 3G? Don't know.

Comcast plans to bring TV shows to your phone (Reuters)

Comcast to rape subs even more by raising cable modem rental fee to $5 nationwide (CrunchGear)

Mint.com: Nurtured by Super-Angel VCs
Intuit is acquiring a startup conceived by a "25-year-old kid" and funded by First Round Capital, a new breed of high-risk, early-stage venture capitalist (Business Week)


BioClinica™ Acquires Tourtellotte Solutions (Business Wire)

Portico Systems Selected by CIGNA (Business
Wire)

Vertex Integrates Support for Its Software Products with SAP® Enterprise Support (Business Wire)

Kulicke & Soffa raises revenue outlook (EE Times)

Taleo eyes deals to boost market share: CEO (Reuters)

Venture Fair Wraps Up GoodCompany Ventures' Inaugural Class (The Green Skeptic)



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Information Week 500

The 2009 Information Week 500 is out, what IW calls its "Ranking Of The Most Innovative Business Technology Organizations". Relatively tiny Harleysville Group Inc., which has been rising on the list under the leadership of Senior VP & CIO Akhil Tripathi, ranks seventh. Other area companies in the top 100 are Cigna (64) and A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts (70).

Princeton-based Heartland Payment Systems ranked 224, despite
having suffered what many consider the worst commercial hacking incident ever.




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Should Comcast Buy Sprint?
Bloggers certainly seem to think so... (Broadband Reports)

TW Cable downplays merger with Comcast
CFO says just getting bigger not strategic (Hollywood Reporter)

Oracle May Spin MySQL To Win EU OK For Sun Deal, Analyst Says (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Mintuit! (Permanent Record)

Tech start-ups stick around (WHYY)
University City Science Center’s impact $9B, study says (Philadelphia Business Journal)

IDS Scheer’s ARIS Selected to Standardize Deloitte’s Business Process Modeling Approach
IndustryPrintTM Offerings by Deloitte will use ARIS to Deliver Best-in-Class Business Processes (Business Wire)

ZEDIT SOLUTIONS INC. ACQUIRES SAP BUSINESS ONE E-COMMERCE & WEBCRM PRODUCTS (Wire Service Canada)

Co-founder Plattner to cut stake in SAP (Reuters)


Siemens and PJM Announce Public Release of Shared Architecture Integration Platform (PR Newswire via Reuters)

SunGard Tracks Carbon Footprint with GreenBoard Technology (Business Wire)

MedAssurant, Inc. and Jefferson School of Population Health Establish Strategic Partnership to Advance Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research (Business
Wire)

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, wife, hang with Diane Sawyer, Mike Nichols (Philadelphia Daily News: Dan Gross)



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Daily Links 9/14/09: Intuit To Acquire Mint

Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner) Mint For $170 Million
(TechCrunch)
First Round Capital portfolio company.
A deal that was "mint to be..." (Redeye VC)

Deutsche Telekom acquires SAP European hosting services (V3.co.uk)

Comcast Should Buy Sprint (GigaOM)
Must have heard this 50 times, and still don"t understand why its a good idea.

Heir to Haas fortune a potential investor in Phila. Newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Brand New Video – Touch Screen Kiosks at Wizard World Chicago (TicketLeap Blog)

Maxwell Systems Releases Estimating Touch Screen Monitor (PR Newswire)

QlikTech Expands Commitment in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (PR Web)

International Battery Awarded $2.1 Million in Federal Funding to Develop Advanced Batteries for U.S. Army (Business Wire)

Comcast: It’s time to act on digital-service upgrade (Delco Times)

Oracle to unveil Sun-based Exadata database machine (ZDNet Blogs)

Heartland CEO: Credit Card Encryption Needed (CIO.com)

WPCS Reports FY2010 First Quarter Financial Results (PR Newswire)



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