FCC to reclassify portions of broadband to assert authority over Internet access

Genachowski to reclassify portions of broadband to assert FCC authority over Internet access (Washington Post: Post Tech)
Seems like a quick turnabout from a few days ago, but not quite sure what it means or whether the FCC will have the legal power to enforce it.

Daily Links 5/5/2010: IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron

Google Ups Its TV Bet, Invests In Invidi (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
Invidi was headquartered in Princeton and still has significant operations there, although the official headquarters has apparently been moved to New York.
Inside Google's Invidi TV Advertising Deal (MediaPost: Around the Net in Online Media)

Five Cities Get Free Civic Apps Through Code for America (Mashable)
Philadelphia is one of the five.

IBM and NetSuite connect with Cast Iron (ZDNet Blogs)
Important read.

SAP delays local ByDesign cloud offering launch (The Australian)

Sysco Has Selected SAP to Help Transform Its Business (PR Newswire)

Vishay Reports Results for First Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)
Vishay Shares Slip As Q1 Revs Miss; Says Spin-Off On Track (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

BioClinica Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

USA Technologies, Inc. Commences $3 Million Public Offering (Business Wire)

Cable Show 2010: Motorola Touts 'Medios' Software, VOD Servers
Vendor to Showcase Media-Delivery Platform, On-Demand Servers (Multichanel News)

More 4G in More Places, Says Clearwire (GigaOM)


Comcast: Reports Confirm Benefits Of NBCU Deal
Company says merger would have lack of adverse impact on online video distribution (Broadcasting & Cable)

Cable Gets Its Wrist Slapped For Pretending To Offer Fiber
Better Business Bureau says Cox, Time Warner Cable ads mislead consumers (Broadband Reports)




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Daily Links 5/4/2010: Report blames IT staff for school Webcam 'spying'

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Results (Business Wire)

FCC likely to hire outsider to oversee NBC-Comcast review (The Hill: Hillicon Valley)

Report blames IT staff for school Webcam 'spying' mess (Computerworld)

SunGard Launches Cliq, a SaaS Solution for Derivatives Post-Trade Processing (PR Web)

Commentary on IBM WebSphere – Cast Iron Deal (The Boomi Blog)

LMC Software Solutions Awarded Ben Franklin Technology Partners Funding (PR Newswire)

Startup Wants to Be R Alternative to IBM, SAS
(IDG via New York Times)

Comcast Does 3G In Beantown, With WiMax In The Wings
MSO's High-Speed 2go Initially Available Only via Sprint's 3G Wireless Network (Multichannel News)

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2010 (Business Wire)

New Kenexa 2xTM Platform Drives Business Transformation (Marketwire)

Intelligroup® Q1 Revenue Increased 8.7% to $33.5 Million, Net Income Rose 159% to $2.0 Million and EPS Rose 165% to $0.05
(Business Wire)

Ulticom says 1Q sales lower than expected (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Technitrol shares dive after 1Q loss
(Associated Press via Forbes)




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Daily Links 5/3/2010: FCC Chairman Genachowski leaning towards leaving broadband services deregulated

Philadelphia competes for tech expertise (WHYY)

FCC Chairman Genachowski expected to leave broadband services deregulated (Washington Post)

e-Dialog Acquires Database Marketing Solutions Provider MBS (Business Wire)
e-Dialog is a division of GSI Commerce.

IBM Advances Cloud Initiatives With Acquisition of Cast Iron Systems (PR Newswire)
One of Cast Iron's major competitors is Boomi of Berwyn, which I imagine has a few suitors of its own.
IBM to build out hub for cloud of clouds with Cast Iron acquisition (ZDNet Blogs)
With a few words from Boomi.


SAP, Waste Management Settle Lawsuit (PC World)


Verizon Mum On How They Determine A City's Worthy Of FiOS
Baltimore holds hearing to (unsuccessfully) find out why they were overlooked (Broadband Reports)

SPRINT, CLEAR SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (Going WiMax)

USA Technologies, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Apriva Challenges USA Technologies in Cashless-Vending Market (Digital Transactions)

Germany's Software AG says 1Q net profit up 9 pct (Associated Press via MSnbc)

Technitrol Reports Q110 Results; Dividend Declared (Business Wire)




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Philly Tech People News 5/2/2010

Veeva Systems Expands Leadership Team
Addition of Vice President of Europe and Chief Financial Officer Marks Important Expansion Milestone (Business Wire)
Though based in California, Veeva handles much of its sales & marketing out of the Philadelphia
area.

ICG Commerce Appoints Joseph Waterman Chief Financial Officer (Globe Newswire via MarketWatch)
Perhaps another sign that ICG Commerce may consider an IPO, as previously mentioned here.

Lockheed Martin Unit to Honor Superlative Employees in New Jersey and Georgia (Marketwire)

Report from Health Information Technology in Massachusetts
(O'Reilly Radar)

A glimpse of coming air-traffic technology (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Daily Links 4/30/2010: Former Newsweek President Osberg To Head Up Philly Papers

Budget cuts likely in wake of Philly news auction (Associated Press via
Google News)

Papers' new publisher, CEO to push digital content (Philadelphia Daily News)
Former Newsweek President Osberg To Head Up Philly Papers (paidContent)

In farewell, Digital Chief Saridakis attacks pay wall strategy, saying: 'Industry going about it all wrong' (Gannett Blog)

Health IT funding to create 50,000 jobs
Sixty regional IT help centers will help health care facilities implement electronic medical records (Computerworld)

Recession hits project management software sales
Market growth dented by 'spending uncertainties', reports Gartner (V3.co.uk)

An SAP-HP Partnership Coming In Mobile Enterprise Apps? (Sramana Mitra on Strategy)

Life Sciences Dominate at Wharton Competition (New York Times:
You're the Boss Blog)

People Start To Realize The Broadband Plan Has a Broadband Tax
Though it remains unclear how much it will be... (Broadband Reports)

Bill Gates visits Science Leadership Academy (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Quarterly Earnings Highlights (Media Experiences 2 Go/Motorola Corporate Blog)

Google reportedly preparing to intro TV software next month (Ars Technica)




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Daily Links 4/29/2010: InterDigital revenues up 65%, Motorola's Home segment down 18%

Thinking Screen Pulls in $2 Million, Looks to Apple iPad (Xconomy Boston)
Scala of Exton invests in Thinking Screen and acquires part of company.

InterDigital Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)
Revenue up 65%.

Motorola posts profit, smartphone sales rise (Reuters via Washington Post)
Motorola's Home Sales Drop 18% In Q1
Division's Shipments Of Set-Top, Digital Entertainment Devices Decline 28% In Period (Multichannel News)

New owners know money, but how about media? (Philadelphia Daily News)

Bill Gates to answer Philly students’ questions (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Partners Further Enrich SME On-Demand Solution SAP(R) Business ByDesign(TM) With Next Round of Complementary Solutions (PR Newswire)

Ex-SAP CEO talks about 'the next big thing' in IT (IDG via Bloomberg Business Week)

Groupon Competitor LivingSocial Has Now Raised $44 Million This Year (Mashable)
Expands into Philadelphia and three other markets.

Comcast: net neutrality should be less filling, taste great (Ars Technica)

Delaware business: Wilmington's creative collective
Entrepeneurs build an office space for like-minded folks (Wilmington News Journal)

ERT Agrees to Acquire the Research Services Division of CareFusion (PR Newswire)
$81 million cash deal.
ERT Reports First Quarter 2010 Results (PR Newswire via MarketWatch)

CDI Corp. Reports First Quarter 2010 Results and Announces Dividend (PR Newswire)

Bring Pharma Into Social Media Mix (MediaPost Blogs)
Written by Katy Thorbahn, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Philly-based Razorfish Health.




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Lenders win Philly newspaper auction

Phila. Newspapers sold to lenders (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philadelphia Inquirer Lenders Group Wins Auction (Bloomberg via San Francisco Chronicle)

Daily Links 4/28/2010: Comcast, SAP results up

Comcast First-Quarter Profit Beats Analyst Estimates (Bloomberg Business Week)

Comcast’s Roberts: Q1 ‘Real Turnaround’ In Advertising; Hopeful’ About NBCU (paidContent)

Comcast IDs Next WiMax Markets
(Light Reading Cable)


SAP posts double-digit Q1 growth, keeps outlook (Reuters)

SAP on the bounce? (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP Tips Hand on Cloud Plans as Profits Soar
(Information Week)

Bidding begins in Philadelphia newspaper auction (Associated Press via Boston Herald)
Lenfest offers $10M as bidding war for papers heats up (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Investment From Gimv to Propel RES Software’s Global Expansion and Deepen its Presence in Key Markets (Business Wire)

Razorfish Health Purges Creative Department (MediaBistro: AgencySpy)
Razorfish Health is based in Philadelphia.

GSI Commerce Reports Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Operating Results (Business Wire)

Tech firm closes its doors; 125 jobs lost (London Free Press)
Canada-based Comcast unit TVWorks lets 125 employees go; ships work to Philadelphia and California.

Verizon Feels They're 8-10 Years Ahead Of Cable
Which might be true, as long as you ignore half of their network... (Broadband Reports)


SEI Reports First-Quarter 2010 Financial Results (PR Newswire)

Tyco Electronics posts 2Q profit as revenue rises (Associated Press via Bloomberg Business Week)

CardioNet, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results (Business Wire)

Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 4/27/2010: Philly newspapers auction set to get underway

Unisys Announces First-Quarter 2010 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Unisys stock down 14% so far today.
Unisys Shares Swoon As Q1 Revenue Falls Short Of Street Ests (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Salesforce And VMware Partner To Launch Enterprise Java Cloud Platform VMforce (TechCrunchIT)

Newspaper auction set to get underway in New York (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Unions threaten strike amid Philly papers auction (Reuters)

Comcast-NBC Probe Lets FCC Seek Concessions for Web TV Startups (Bloomberg Business Week)

Laissez-faire Republican is battling the Comcast-NBC deal (LA Times)
I would hardly call Kevin Martin "laissez-faire" based on his performance at the FCC.

Verizon adds more Net content to Fios (CNET News)

Satellite Guys Start Building Their Own Canoe (Light Reading Cable)

Comcast To Launch Tunerfish At TechCrunch Disrupt (TechCrunch)

Ametek Q1 results top Wall Street view (Reuters)

QlikTech takes the plunge and files for IPO (Ovum)

Penn State Introduces Online Software Engineering Master’s Degree (PR Web)

Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation donate $1.2M for Temple TV production center (Philadelphia
Business Journal)




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