Deloitte 2009 Fast 500

Deloitte’s 2009 Technology Fast 500 is out. Haven't had a chance to look at it in detail yet, but the top Philly-area IT related companies appear to be The Neat Company of Philadelphia (42) and Clear Align of Eagleville (128).




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LIVE: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts At Web 2.0 Summit (Silicon Alley Insider)

Comcast CEO: We are not a dead duck (CNET News)


Phillies provide boost to bottom line (Pottstown Mercury)

SAP Preps For Cloud Future Via New Intel Partnership (Information Week:
Global CIO)

Web 2.0 Summit - Time To Imagine (Information Week)
Brian Roberts is the kickoff speaker.

InfoLogix defaults, lender Hercules Technology gives more time (Philadelphia Business Journal)


Lockheed 2010 Forecast Trails Analysts’ Estimates (Bloomberg)

Both Sides Ramp Up As Neutral Net Meeting Approaches
AT&T Sends Letter To Employees Asking Them To Weigh In On Issue (Multichannel News)


Whippany consulting firm acquires Pennsylvania peer (NJBIZ.com)

Bentley Systems Announces Be Together: The Be Communities ‘Live' Conference (Water Online)




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IMS Taking Bids from PE firms

IMS in talks with private equity firms-sources (Reuters)

Daily Links 10/19/09: Franklin Institute award winners named (some guy named Gates)

Report: GE and Comcast in Due Diligence on NBC Universal Deal (Portfolio.com)
Is The Vivendi-GE-NBC Universal-Comcast Deal $500 Million Away? (paidContent)
A Surprise Adviser for Comcast Bid: Peter Chernin (New York Times: Media Decoder)

11 winners announced of Franklin Institute awards (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dow Jones venture numbers in for 3Q (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)


InterDigital may appeal ITC ruling in Nokia patent case (Reuters)

After New Ads, Doubts Grow About a Verizon iPhone (New York Times: Bits)

Verizon Offers 'Quadruple Play' Discounts
Finally begins offering discounts for bundling wireless with DSL, FiOS (Broadband Reports)

In Oracle Vs. SAP, IBM Could Tip Balance To SAP (Information Week: Global CIO)

Global BusinessObjects Network (GBN) and Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) Host Customer-Led Conference for SAP BusinessObjects Users (Business Wire)

Teradata Announcements Target Public, Private Clouds PC World)

Web Giants Facebook, Amazon, Twitter Join Support For Net Neutrality Rules (Washington Post: Post Tech)

TIBCO Spotfire and Integromics Unveil New Genomics Data Analysis Solution to Speed Drug Research, Development (Marketwire)
Integromics' US headquarters is at the Science Center in Philadelphia.

BPM Modeling Tool Vendor Celebrates 20 Years of Being First (PR Web)



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

Top Social Networking Sites in September 2009 (ClickZ)
myYearbook's share of US visitors down 40% from a year ago, according to Hitwise.

Catching Flak On Neutrality
Genachowski's Codification Plan Assailed By Many Sides (Multichannel News)

The Daily Docket: Charter Plan Gets Thumbs Up (Wall Street Journal: Bankruptcy Beat)

Cable's Canoe Heads for Scalable Waters
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast announces rate hike (Harrisburg Patriot-News)

Nitro PDF Software Partners With Vuzit to Deliver New Release of PDF Download, the World's Most Popular PDF Web Browser Extension (Marketwire)



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People News 10/18/09

Lockheed Names President, COO
Firm's Kubasik Gets Combined Role to Improve Oversight (Washington Post)

20nine Adds President & Announces New Business
Agency Poised for Continued Growth In 2010 with New Additions (Business Wire)

Tipton Communications Hires Nicole I. Miller as Senior E-Solutions Consultant (Business Wire)

Arris Hires Galione As Sales VP For Comcast Account
Exec Previously Led Cisco Divisional Account Team Dedicated to MSO (Multichannel News)

Project Management Institute Announces 2010 Board of Directors and Officers (Business Wire)

Dave Caputo was promoted to vice president, content production at QVC from director, Multichannel News reports.



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Media World: Will NBC dump Jay Leno? (Daily Finance)

Some Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality (IDG via New York Times)

Comcast cutting 64 jobs at advertising division (Boston Globe)

BofA weighs radical changes at Del. card centers (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Princeton's MuseAmi Raises VC Funds

MuseAmi Inc., a Princeton-based music software startup, has raised $1.5 million in VC funding, according to regulatory filings dug up by PE Hub.
It had previously been seeded by Mohr Davidow Ventures, but it is not clear where this current round came from. MuseAmi's website, which is basically just a placeholder right now, describes itself as follow:

"A cutting edge music software company with new transformational technology that empowers you to play, share, create, learn, and teach music - all in the palm of your hand. We are creating a virtuous cycle of consumer handheld embedded products synergistic with web products powered by MuseAmi technology."




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Daily Links 10/16/09: DreamIt Ventures companies hit NYC Demo Day

Oracle envisions rosy life with Sun
(Reuters)

Earnings: NBC Universal Profits Rise 13 Percent As Revenues Slide 20 Percent (paidContent)

Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening Tour
Praises Comcast's Roberts For 'Being Logical Counterpart' To Potential Deal (Multichannel News)

Herley shares off after quarterly loss widens (Reuters)
Herley is based in Lancaster.

DreamIt Ventures companies hit NYC Demo Day (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Penn Medicine Inks $135 Million Contract with Siemens (Healthcare Informatics)

InterDigital Receives Notice That Commission Found No Violation of Section 337 in ITC Patent Infringement Action against Nokia (Business Wire)


WorldGate Offers Complete Digital Voice and Video Phone Services with Announcement of New Agreement with deltathree (Business Wire)

AGI to Showcase New Dynamic 3-D Visualization Software at GEOINT
Lightweight programming library renders movement over time and increases accuracy of GIS applications (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 10/15/09: Redlasso is Back

Business Outlook Survey: October 2009 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Philly Fed factory gauge slips in October
(Reuters)

Vivendi Said to Hold Off on NBC, to Focus on GVT (Bloomberg)

Microsoft Says It Can Recover 'Most' Sidekick Data (Washington Post: Faster Forward)

BioNanomatrix Awarded Supplemental Funding to Accelerate Commercialization of Innovative Single-Molecule Analyzer
(PR Newswire)

Redlasso is Back!
Popular Clipping Service Relaunches at Blog World (Business Wire)
But content doesn't appear overwhelming at first glance.
Redlasso Relaunches With Clippable, Shareable Videos From Over 100 TV Stations (paidContent)

Company Math vs VC Math (Redeye VC)

Clear-er sailing for Clearwire?
RESEARCH FIRM UPGRADES MOBILE WIMAX PLAYER (RCR Wireless)

T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50? (ZDNet Blogs)

Oracle unwraps Fusion Applications, new user support portal (SearchOracle.com)

Oracle Enhances Both Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and Contract Management (Marketwire)

SAP ties knot with Open Text for ECM (Computer Business Review)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Awarded Major Contract for Multiple Tactical Flight and Aircrew Training Simulation Devices (PR Newswire)

Live Sixers games on the Internet? Perhaps (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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