No new throttling by Comcast (Correction)

Comcast Slammed For Non-Existent Throttling Changes
A few people apparently haven't been paying attention... (Broadband Reports)

I screwed up by picking this post up yesterday without having examined the original source info more closely. My apologies.

Daily Links 11/06/09: SAP CEO Asked Ellison for Meeting on Sun-EU Impasse (and perhaps other issues?)

SunGard Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results
(Business Wire)
SunGard feels the pain from broker-dealer volatility (Finextra)
SunGard lays off ‘less than 200’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Could Comcast/NBC rival ESPN? (USA Today)

Voice is Cable’s Secret Weapon for Growth (GigaOM)

EC Might Lodge 'Formal Objection' to Oracle Acquisition of Sun (eWeek)
Report: SAP CEO Asked Ellison for Meeting on Sun-EU Impasse (PC World)


Philly Gets the WiMAX Love (Zatz Not Funny!)

MAC Alliance: Promise of Clean Tech in Region (The Green Skeptic)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Court Sides Against Cable Modem Patent Troll (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
Alleged "patent troll" Rembrandt IP is based in Bala Cynwyd.

Pa. regulators OK Windstream's purchase of D&E (Associated Press via Google News)




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Daily Links 11/05/09: IMS Health sold for $5.2 billion

The Wall Street Journal reports that IMS Health is close to a deal to sell itself to private equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension
Plan for about $4 billion.
Update: Now its Official.

Why Run Fiber When You Can Run Ads That Pretend You Do?
And why not run those ads when nobody stops you from lying? (Broadband Reports)

Comcast announces new bandwidth throttling scheme (Engadget)
See Correction.

Software AG Raises 2009 Forecasts, Sees Economy Improving (Bloomberg)

JDA Acquiring i2...Again (Supply Demand Chain Executive)

Internet Capital Group Announces Third Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire)

Clearwire Expands Sales Distribution for CLEAR™ 4G Mobile Internet Service in Philadelphia (Business Wire)

Motorola DROID goes on sale a little early at Best Buy Mobile (Engadget)

Stimulus money unlikely for city Internet plan (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Q&A: Steven Tang, University City Science Center
(Keystone Edge)

Snipi Raises Second Round of Funding: Lets Users Drag and Drop Content From Anywhere on the Web (PR Web)

E-Commerce Sales Are Down For The Second Straight Quarter (Silicon Alley Insider)



inTEST Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results (PR Newswire)





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I-many moves HQ to Philly

I-many, the contract management software firm recently acquired by Philly's LLR Partners, has apparently moved its headquarters to Center City. The company was previously headquartered in Edison, NJ.
A message on I-many's website says:


"I-many is pleased to announce the opening of its new world-wide corporate headquarters and Center of Excellence (COE).
1735 Market Street | 37th Floor | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | Phone 215.344.1900 | Fax 215.344.1919"

More info from the CoStar Group.

LLR completed the acquisition of I-many, formerly a publicly traded company, in June for $55 million.



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Daily Links 11/04/09: Comcast Earnings up but may cut jobs

Comcast 3Q net income up 22 pct, but growth slows (Associated Press via Google News)
Live-Blogging Comcast Earnings
(Wall Street Journal: Digits)
Comcast’s Roberts: Company Promises ‘Very Disciplined Approach’ To Any Acquisitions (paidContent)
Comcast Is Simply Getting Huge
Quarter additions down slightly but still impressive (Broadband Reports)
Comcast Plans Job Cuts & Upgrades (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Meanwhile, more job cuts reported at Comcast's E! network.

Comcast Fires Up WiMax In Philly
Third Market for Operator's 'High-Speed 2go' Service (Multichannel News)


Safeguard Scientifics Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Reiterates 2009 Aggregate Revenue Guidance of $200 Million to $220 Million; Improves Debt-to-Equity Ratio to 1:3
(Business Wire)

Law firm connects Israeli tech firms, U.S. investors (Philadephia Inquirer)

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results (Business Wire)

VeriFone and Heartland legal spat escalates (Finextra)

Tyco Electronics quarterly profit sinks
(Reuters)

BioClinica Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)

AppLabs Joins SAP® PartnerEdge™ Program as an SAP Services Partner (Business Wire)

Beasley, Entercom Dial Down Revs (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

NARM Launches Digital Think Tank (Business Wire)





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Daily Links 11/03/09: For once, it sounds like Apple retail store is actually coming to Philly

Potential Comcast bid for NBC raises regulatory questions (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Earnings preview: Comcast to report 3Q results (Associated Press via Google News)

Comcast plans localized 'E! News'
Weekly, half-hour show will mix Hollywood, Asia news (Hollywood Reporter)

Apple (finally) coming to Philly (Metro Philadelphia)

Heartland Payment Q3 profit lags Street
(Reuters)
Heartland Issues Statement: VeriFone Attempts to Tamper with Heartland Payment Systems Customers
News Release Issued This Morning Includes False Claims About Heartland Service – as Well as VeriFone’s Own Support
(Business Wire)
See earlier VeriFone release

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2009 (Business Wire)


gsi interactive Rebrands as TrueAction on the Philosophy of Reflex Marketing
New Approach to Marketing Based on Actions Around Transactions (Business Wire)

A decade of service for Lockheed satellite built in Newtown (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

SAP Needs To Make Some Significant Moves (Sramana Mitra on Strategy)

How Far Will Google Wave Go?
SAP's Gravity shows the online collaboration tool's future as a business platform. (Forbes)

What the Cisco/EMC/VMware Trinity Means For Cloud Computing (GigaOM)

iPipeline Acquires AgencyWorks and Adds Agency Management Services (Business Wire)

Safend Named to the 2009 Israel Technology Fast 50 (Marketwire)

More schools opening door to technology (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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RecycleBank Raises $28.25 million

RecycleBank, the recycling program company that was founded in Philly but later moved to New York, has raised $28.25 million,
according to PE Hub. The company had previously raised $32 million.
Its hard to root for a company that left Philly for New York, but they stiil have operations and people here.

Update: RecycleBank representatives tell me they have 32 employees in Philadelphia.

Daily Links 11/02/09: Read Write Web Praises Proton Media

Comcast Said to Be Close to Gaining NBC Universal (New York Times)
Comcast finalizing deal for NBC Uni stake (Hollywood Reporter)
Meanwhile, Broadcasting & Cable suggests that the first thing Comcast will look to do after buying NBC Universal is to sell off the NBC network, holding on to the cable channels and presumably the Universal Studios. Not sure how this makes sense.

Comcast Should Buy Netflix Instead Of NBC (Silicon Alley Insider)

Innovation education at Weiss Tech House is spawning new companies (Philly.com: Philly Inc)


Proton Media: The Most Advanced Collaboration Technology in the Market? (Read Write Web)
Proton Media is based in Lansdale.

Boston Wonders Where Its FiOS Is
Verizon bumps Boston down priority list in revenge move... (Broadband Reports)

Family awarded $16.5 million for wrongful death in 'Hold Your Wee for a Wii' contest (Engadget)

Entercom Communications Corp. Reports Third Quarter Results (Business Wire)

Philadelphia Inquirer, Macy's, Congratulate Phillies For Winning Second Straight World Series (Silicon Alley Insider)

Technitrol Reports Q309 Results, Board Declares Dividend
(Business Wire)

Intelligroup Q3 EPS Rise to $0.09 versus $0.06 on 330 Basis Point Gross Margin Improvement (Business Wire)

First Round Capital Entertainment Summit (Nothing to Say)

INRIX Traffic Powers ALK's CoPilot(R) Live(TM) Smartphone Navigation in North America (LBSzone.com)



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

People News 11/1/09

imc2 health and wellness adds Lisa Flaiz as vp, strategic growth (Philly Ad Club News)

Integration Shuffle: Razorfish’s Kinsella Tapped As Digitas’ North American President (paidContent)

SAP APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM AND PARTNER GROUP (SAP Press Release)

Cable-Tec Expo 2009: SCTE Board Elects Foote Chairman
Arris's Bob Foote Named Chairman of Professional Association (Multichannel News)

OWN Names Exec VP of Distribution
Oprah Winfrey Network taps Allan Singer for post (Broadcasting & Cable)


Dynasil Announces Mr. Ken Morse as Commercialization Advisor (Business Wire)




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Microgrids: A $2.1B Market in the Making? (VentureBeat via New York Times)

Delay In Naming Bid Winners
NTIA Will Wait A 'Few More Weeks’ Before Saying Who Gets Broadband Stimulus Funds (Multichannel News)

FlyCast Opens Mobile Content and Monetization Platform to Third Parties (Business Wire)



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