Daily Links 11/24/09: Center City Direct opens "Digital Newsstands"

Vivendi may sell NBC Universal share via IPO (Fierce Online Video)
I doubt that will ever happen. This is all bargaining.

First Digital Newsstands Launched
Center City CBS Stations Launch First Digital Newwstands (CBS3)

CBS Philadelphia Launches Digital Newsstands (MediaWeek)

Former StarCite exec appointed CEO of Movitas Mobile (Movitas
Mobile Website)
Some interesting names behind this one: Terry Williams (Next Stage and TWC Group), Pat Croce, and Michael McNulty (co-founder of Verticalnet)

Independent Shareholder Group SAVE Issues Stop, Look and Listen Letter To USA Technologies Shareholders (Business Wire)
USA Technologies Sends Letter to Shareholders
Highlights Company’s Strategic and Financial Plan, Recent Positive Results, Timetable for Profitability and Inaccurate Assertions Made by Dissidents (Business Wire)

Wedbush Downgrades SAP, Upgrades CRM
(Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)


Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Joins PowerPoint and Twitter - Does This Work? (Read Write Web)

New Jersey’s Investment Freeze is Frozen (For Now) (PE Hub)

Unirisx and IDP Form Strategic Alliance to Create Unirisx Integrated Solution -- Combined Technology Featuring Policy Administration with Billing, Claims and Bureau-Reporting Components (PR Newswire)

Virtua Health Expects Improved Bed Management From RFID
(RFID Journal)

CADD Edge Expands SolidWorks® CAD Support with New Philadelphia Office (Business Wire)

Comcast Livens up the Holiday Season with “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular in 3-D” (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 11/23/09: FiOS "officially" launches in Philly

Analyst: Comcast-NBC merger review could extend through 2010 (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Camden firm taps tech to thwart cyber threats
Rising demand for virtual safety fuels startup’s growth (NJBIZ.com)

Technology companies honored at awards gala (NJBIZ.com)

Was analyst forced out for being right on CardioNet 'sell'? (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Just in Time for Thanksgiving, Verizon Launches a New Era of Television Entertainment in Philadelphia (PR Newswire)

Verizon launches FiOS in Philly
(CED Magazine)

Verizon Targets 50,000 Philly Homes For FiOS TV By End Of 2009
Telco Begins Competing With Comcast In City Of Brotherly Love (Multichannel News)



Deutsche Telekom open to all options for U.S. unit: sources (Reuters)

T-Mobile 7.2 Mbps HSPA Testing in my Backyard (jkOnTheRun)

Media Alert: Center City Direct, CBS Stations Launch Next Generation of Newsstands (Marketwire)
Not totally sure what this is about yet. Here is Center City Direct's web site.
Update: It sounds as if Center City Direct will start off with video displays/ticker feeds located at newsstands downtown. The content will come from the seven CBS broadcast outlets in the city-two TV stations and five radio stations. It is not clear at this time whether all the displays will be located at actual, old fashioned newsstands or at other locations. Center City Direct is a division of Alternative Media Holdings LLC.

Tonight: Radar/Ignite/Laughing Squid Meetup in Philadelphia (O'Reilly Radar)



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Philly Tech Events Calendar

People News 11/22/09

Lockheed Martin Announces Leadership Appointments and Organizational Realignment (PR Newswire)

InsPro Technologies Names Louis Donofrio as COO
(PR Web)

Klaus Besier Named Chairman of RES Software
(Business Wire)
The Inquirer reports that RES Software's North American headquarters will be in the Philly area, and that the company plans to add 15 to 20 sales & marketing employees over the next few months.

Peter Gartenberg named COO of SAP India
Gartenberg will report to Steve Watts, COO, SAP Asia Pacific Japan and interim president, SAP India (CIOL News Reports)

Aklero Process Solutions Taps Industry Veteran Fitzpatrick as New Chief (DSNews.com)

Journal Register Company Hires Chief Digital Officer (Marketwire)


WorldGate Announces New Vice President of Sales for Digital Voice and Video Phone Services (Business Wire)

Veeva Systems Hires Respected Industry Veteran as New Vice President of Sales, North America (Business Wire)

The Star Group promotes Brian Ablaza to managing partner (Philly Ad Club News)



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At a Software Powerhouse, the Good Life Is Under Siege (New York Times)

Summit analysis: To what extent was technology responsible for the financial crash? (v3.co.uk)

InfoLogix Announces Closing of Restructuring of its Outstanding Debt with Hercules; Believes Compliant with NASDAQ's Minimum Stockholders' Equity Threshold (PR Newswire)

Recession attracts major US employer (The Sunday Business Post/Ireland)
Bentley Systems' new Dublin office.

Bessemer's Top 10 Laws for Cloud Computing (Sandhill.com)

Mapping company closing (LancasterOnline.com)

Liberty Interactive: Citi Upgrades On Rebound At QVC
(Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Oracle Purchase of Sun’s MySQL May Remove Competitor, EU Says (Bloomberg)

Microsoft's Dynamics ERP to Gain New Services
What new services will the company add as it moves ERP into the Azure cloud? (Internetnews.com)

Pennsylvania budget cuts mean less money for start-ups (Pittsburgh Business Times)

GE, Vivendi differ on NBCU valuation - report (Reuters)

Philly's Startup Phinest Rock at Founder Factory (The Green Skeptic)
Going fishing for startups at the Founder Factory (Philly.com: Philly Inc)
Startup Leaders hosts second annual Founder Factory to mixed reaction (Technically Philly)

Oracle Blinks (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

Panel: do cloud computing economic advantages break down in enterprises? (ZDNet Blogs)

Verizon To Announce Philly FiOS TV Launch Plans Nov. 23
Telco To Take On Comcast In Top MSO's Hometown (Multichannel News)

USA Technologies, Inc. Issues Open Letter to Shareholders (Business Wire)

Viridity Energy Poised to Make Next Generation of Smart Grid a Reality
Viridity’s flagship VPower™ System Named a Smart Grid Innovator in VentureBeat’s
Innovation Competition at GreenBeat 2009 (Business Wire)

The Next Twitter: Pay Attention To Hot Potato, A New 'Real-Time' Startup (Silicon Alley Insider)
Another First Round Capital portfolio company.

National Venture Capital Association says venture-backed companies hiring
(Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Open Text Beefs Up SAP Solutions Including Compliance, Retention Management
(CMS Wire)




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Daily Links 11/19/09: John Malone on Comcast/NBC-U, and on the future of Direct TV

Vivendi Wants to Exit NBC, Deal Is ‘Complex,’ CFO Capron Says (Bloomberg)
Complex as in "We want more money".

John Malone: Comcast-NBC would have too much power (Associated Press via Yahoo Finance)

Malone: DirecTV would be "compatible" with a telco (Reuters)
"If (Comcast) can't rape and pillage, it's probably not a great investment," Malone said.


Again: Metered Billing Is Neither Necessary Nor Inevitable
Growth is manageable, companies are profitable, what's the problem? (Broadband Reports)


3 charged with hacking Comcast site (Philadelphia Inquirer)


Benioff: Denial of the cloud has destroyed SAP (IT Pro)

The Future of ERP, Part II (CIO.com)

Temple prof's legacy will be networking group (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Business Outlook Survey: November 2009 (pdf) (Federal Reserve Bank of Phildelphia)
Philly Fed hits highest level in two years
Fourth increase in a row puts index at 16.7 (MarketWatch)

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Results for its Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 (Business Wire)

AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer? (All Things Digial: BoomTowm)

Q&A: Doug Alexander, Internet Capital Group (Keystone Edge)

GSI Launches Four Specialty Web Stores—Barbie, Hot Wheels, Disney and Games—For Mattel
Mattel Signs Multiyear Agreement with GSI for Technology, Fulfillment, Customer Care and Marketing Services (Business Wire)

Interphase Systems Launches Managed IT Solution for BioPharma Companies
Ready-IT is a cost-effective Platform-as-a-Service solution for managing IT (Business Wire)




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News from Dreamforce

Salesforce.com Launches Social Enterprise Application at Dreamforce (Read Write Web)

Salesforce CRM Users Add QlikView Analytics for Speed and Simplicity of Information Access (Company Press Release)

Aria Systems Delivers World’s Most Secure and Flexible On-Demand Billing Solution for Salesforce
(Company Press Release)

CRM manager Doubles Customer Base in 2009 (PR Newswire)

Proscape Announces Integration with Salesforce.com (PharmaLive)

A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS (ZDNet Blogs)




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SAP and Microsoft Team Up to Help Customers of All Sizes Improve Business Planning and Consolidations
Software Leaders Underline Commitment to Customers Around the Globe Using the Microsoft Platform to Tap the Business Value of SAP(R) BusinessObjects(TM) Planning and Consolidation Applications (PR Newswire)

SAP, Microsoft align against Oracle in business software market (SearchOracle.com)


Cloud Won't Do for Critical Applications, SAP Says
Mission-critical applications will not move to the cloud said SAP's CTO Vishal Sikka. (PC World)

SAP Customers and Partners Create New Business Solutions at SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Bangalore (PR Newswire)




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US software maker Bentley opening Dublin office (Associated Press
via CNBC)

Verizon introduces FiOS service in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

thePlatform Plugs In 'TV Everywhere' (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

GE, Vivendi Still Mulling Over NBC Universal (Fox Business)

Comcast Spotlight Brings Leading Retailers’ Weekly Circulars to TV
Viewers Can Browse Stores’ Featured Sale Items with a Click of Their Remotes (Business Wire)

Charter Reorganization Plan Approved
Operator Says New Stock Could Come Early Next Year (Multichannel News)

Ben Franklin to Invest $519,537 In Regional Economic Development (Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern
Pennsylvania)

RAM Technologies Teams With IBM to Serve SMB Marketplace (PR Newswire)

Stimulus funding Phila. grants to creative businesses (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bucks County, Pa., Now Live on Lawson Enterprise Solutions (Business Wire)





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