Philly Tech People News 3/14/2010

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Appoints James Wrigley Group President, Global Customer Management (Business Wire)

Healthy Humans CEO Anthony Gold new Chair of Council’s CIO Institute (Technology Times)

Intellectual Property Attorney Michael J. Leonard Joins Philadelphia IP Boutique Law Firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP as Partner (Business Wire)

Dan Francis Joins Allied Pixel as Webcast Producer (Philly Ad Club News)

ARIS Used to Innovate in the Classroom at Widener University
Dr. Yvonne L. Antonucci Honored with the Fitz Dixon Innovation in Teaching Award by Widener
(Business Wire)



Herbert Heitmann, Chief Communications Officer, to Leave SAP (PR Newswire via CNN Money)

RCM Technologies Adds Two Directors to Board (Globe Newswire via CNN Money)

Times’ publisher Frank Gothie retiring (Delco Times)

James McDonald Named Executive Sales Director of Metro Philadelphia Newspaper (Business Wire)

DSS Promotes Mary Bosack to Chief Financial Officer (PR Web)




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U.S. to roll out major broadband policy (Reuters)

So, Is This Where Verizon's FiOS Deployment Ends?
<50% served. Hopefully you got FiOS during the first deployment wave... (Broadband Reports)

If prices rise after an NBC/Comcast merger, is that bad?
(Christian Science Monitor: Mises Economics Blog)

Selling on QVC: nice work if you can get it (Crain's New York)

NBC execs get trained in Comcast culture (Philadelphia Daily News: Gossip)

Comcast Will Not Appeal Program-Access Decision
(Multichannel News)

Rushin’ For Fiber, Baltimore Appoints A “Google Czar” (TechCrunch)

Daily Links 3/12/2010: Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk

Revenge of the Cable Guys (Business Week)

Jack Welch on ‘30 Rock’ (Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy)

Comcast-NBCU merger: how the regulators will decide (Ars Technica)

The Fourth Congressional Hearing on NBC Universal (Comcast Voices/Official Comcast Blog)

D.C. Circuit Court Denies Cablevision/Comcast Program-Access Challenge
Court Rules FCC Reasonable To Conclude Rules Are Still Necessary (Multichannel News)

FCC Launches Broadband Test Site for Consumers (IDG via New York Times)

Raising Capital From Angel Investors (Philadelphia Bulletin: The Entrepreneur)

Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk
Terminated for disclosing security incident at Department of Transportation, source says
(Computerworld)

Yolton returning home to headline SAP event (Philadelphia
Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Grady Hospital Improves Surgical Dept. Efficiency
A real-time location system combining CenTrak hardware and PeriOptimum software has raised the utilization rate of the facility's 16 operating rooms by 23 percent. (RFID Journal)
CenTrak is based in Newtown, Bucks County.

MedQuist posts 4Q profit, up from loss in 4Q 2008 (Associated Press via Forbes)

A Rough Week — and Likely Future — for WiMax (PE Hub)




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Daily Links 3/11/2010: Webcam spy case could see resolution

Razorfish Health launches (MedAD Blog)

Safeguard Scientifics Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Safeguard to pay higher interest for longer term (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SunGard Acquires Hosting 365
(Business Wire)
Irish company provides Cloud hosting services.

T-Mobile webConnect Rocket available March 14, already blowing minds in Philly (Engadget)

Webcam spy case could see resolution (6ABC)

Former Penn official Fry to be next president at Drexel (Philadelphia Business Journal)

TV Mergers Can’t Raise Rates, Rockefeller Says at NBC Hearing (Bloomberg)
Lawmakers press FCC, DOJ on Comcast-NBC merger (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Invest In BitTorrent Snooping Tech
Researchers claim it will reduce false positive copyright infirngement claims... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast Is Absent From Campaign to Change Retransmission Rules (New York Times: Media Decoder)


Fiberlink Debuts Business Intelligence Platform for Healthcare Mobile Device Compliance
Mobility as a Service Identifies HIPAA Security Compliance and Data Protection Risks (Business Wire)

Herley Reports Earnings for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2010
Revenues increase 17% to $46.6 million; Net income up 76% to $3.8 million $.27 EPS; EBITDA of $7.1 million (PR Newswire)

Global Pharmaceutical Company (Cephalon) Chooses Ingeniux for Multi-Site Web Content Management (Marketwire)

Tech clusters would grow under bill advancing in Legislature
(NJBIZ.com)

“Hi, welcome to Viddler, how can we help?”
(The Viddler Blog)

Cyber Posse Knew All About 'Jihad Jane' (NPR)




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Daily Links 3/10/2010: FCC commissioner blasts Comcast for raising broadband prices

SevOne Continues Success With Robust Growth and Sales (Marketwire)

InterDigital Signs Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Worldwide 2G and 3G Patent License Agreement (Business Wire)

FCC commissioner blasts Comcast for raising broadband prices (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Rovi Claims $2.4B Loss On 2008 Sale Of TV Guide Mag
Company Says IRS Has Completed Review of Divestiture (Multichannel News)

Gallery: SAP's tech of the future (ZDNet)

Hercules Technology Growth Capital Provides an Additional $3.0 Million of Capital to InfoLogix, Inc. to Launch New Products Roll-Out and Fund New Growth (Business Wire)

Clearwire exec shares WiMAX road map
Clearwire's master plan to cover most major U.S. cities by the end of 2010 (Network World)

What Does Google Have In Store For The Set-Top Box? (paidContent)

Billboard.biz Q&A: Comcast-Spectator President (Billboard.biz)

Newspaper economics: online and offline (Google Public Policy Blog)

ERT Launches 'Centralized Cardiac Safety 2.0': A Revolutionary New Approach to ECG Management in Clinical Trials (PR Newswire)

CardioNet rises as analyst expects greater revenue (Associated Press via Business Week)

Program increases Internet comfort level for older adults (Dothan Eagle)




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Daly Links 3/9/2010: Comcast raising prices again

New Comcast TV, Broadband, Phone Price Hikes April First
Competition? Most broadband and TV packages going up by $2 a month... (Broadband Reports)

Done Deal: Comcast-Spectacor Buys Live Nation's Paciolan (Billboard)

Cable group ask U.S. FCC to end fee disputes (Reuters)
Comcast, curiously, not part of group.

FCC chair, DOJ's Varney to testify on Comcast-NBC merger (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Cisco's "Change the Internet" event: Technology to drive video (ZDNet Blogs)
Cisco Unveils One Router to Rule Them All (New York Times: Bits)

Cisco Quits WiMax Radio Business
The decision to cease making WiMax base stations gives a boost to Cisco's Long-Term Evolution portfolio. (Information Week)

Safeguard Scientifics Launches Corporate Blog
Blog Increases Transparency and Provides Insight into Safeguard’s Strategy and Performance for Investors and Media (Business Wire)

Can SAP Get Its Supply Chain Mojo Back? (Network World)

Harris Corporation and Sunhillo Corporation Team to Develop Advanced Information Exchange Networks for Aviation Markets (PR Newswire)
Sunhillo is based in West Berlin NJ.

heipha, Biotest, and MODA Introduce Pre-barcoded Culture Media Plates with Automated Solution for Paperless Environmental Monitoring (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 3/8/2010: Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes

eXo Accelerates U.S. Operations with $6 Million Series A Financing (PR Newswire)
Philly area tech exec/entrepreneur Bob Bickel to serve as Chairman.

Comcast's Burke Touts One-Stop Shopping
Wants to offer cross-platform buys in entertainment, sports and women (Broadcasting & Cable)

NBC, Comcast Not Expecting Zucker To Testify This Time Around
Sources Say NBCU President Will Miss March 11 Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Joint Venture (Multichannel News)


IPhone Network Jams Open Market for Time Warner Cable (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes (Silicon Alley Insider)

SEI Adds 250 Advisers In Sign Independent Channels Are Growing (Dow Jones Newswires)

Vertex tracks sales tax increases around the nation (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Startup story: Millennial Media (Baltimore Sun: BaltTech)

ICT Group plans not formulated
(PhillyBurbs.com)

University of South Carolina Selects SunGard Higher Education to Support Transformation of Business Processes, Information Tools and Digital Resources (Business Wire)




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2020: I See It Clearly - Through the Clouds (Sandhill.com)
Essay by Marc Benioff of salesforce.com.

Philly Tech People News 3/7/2010

myYearbook Lands Digital Media Industry Veteran to Lead Business Development
Focus on Leveraging Virtual Currency and US Distribution to Drive Value for Partners
(Business Wire)



Gary Jackson Joins Shunra Software as Chief Executive Officer (PR Newswire)

SAP Names Former HP Exec To Manage Volume Channel Business (Channel Web)

Viridity Energy Names Laurie Actman as Director of Government Relations and Business Development
Member of the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Office will join Viridity Energy to develop strategic partnerships with business and government leaders to advance the smart grid (Business Wire)

Marin County may pull plug on computer fiasco (Marin Independent Journal)
A SAP project gone wrong.

Cisco Wants To Kill Your Cisco Set-Top Box With Another Cisco Set-Top Box (Silicon Alley Insider)