CIO.com names five Philly area organizations to CIO 100.

CIO.com named five area IT organizations to its 2010 CIO 100: the University of Pennsylvania, Centocor's R&D group based in Radnor, The Harleysville Group, Reed Technology & Information Services of Horsham, and The Vanguard Group.
Also named were London-based AstraZeneca, which has its US headquarters in Wilmington, and everybody's favorite company these days, BP.
CIO says the award "honor 100 companies that are creating new business value by innovating with technology".

Winners of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship Incubator Competition Announced (PR Web)

Cheating-Prevention Software Takes $25,000 Prize in Milken-Penn GSE’s Education Business Plan Competition (Penn News)

Philly Tech People News 6/7/2010

Cadient Group appoints Charles Walker as Chief Operating Officer (Philly Ad Club News)

Monetate Names Bryan Eisenberg, Marketing Thought Leader, to Strategic Advisory Board (PR Newswire)

Daily Links 6/4/2010: RCM Technologies rejects bid from CDI Corp.

RCM Technologies Rejects CDI Corp. Offer (Business Wire)
CDI's Hostile Bid for RCM Technologies: Investors Seem to Like It (Daily Finance)


Marlin Equity Partners Acquires Datafarm - Will Be Fully Merged with Liquent (PR Newswire)
Liquent is based in Horsham.

Behold the seven-story tweet
(CNET News)
Live from Drexel.

NearVerse: Our ‘disposable social network’ cuts back on bandwidth hogging (VentureBeat)

4G Networks Tested: WiMAX vs. HSPA+ (Phone Scoop)
Comparative tests done at several Philly-area locations.


FCC plans Chicago hearing on proposed Comcast NBC Universal deal (Chicago Tribune)

Verizon rolls up digital voice into FiOS bundle (Connected
Planet)

Mecca on the Hudson? (The Deal)

Study: Teens Who Are Social Online Are Social in Life, But Don't Like Television, Foursquare (Fast Company)
Study by myYearbook.com.

ListenLogic Offers Market Research, Monitoring Hybrid (Social
Media Explorer)

Instem Announces Shanghai-Based Data Center for Asia-Pacific Provantis Clients
Instem Partners with Datapipe, Global Leader in Remote Systems Management (Business Wire)




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Daily Links 6/3/2010: Google confirms acquisition of Invite Media

More On Invite Media And Google; Looking At Fetchback And GSI; M&A Mayhem! (AdExchanger.com)

Google Explains Its Invite Media Buy (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)

Google’s Invite Media Acquisition Raises Conflicts of Interest (GigaOM)

CDI Corp. Proposes Acquisition of RCM Technologies for $5.20 per Share of Common Stock (PR Newswire)
A hostile bid valued at about $67.6 million.

Comcast COO: We’re Not Competing with Google TV (NewTeeVee)

Genachowski Affirms Focus on Gateway Device, Spectrum Allocation
FCC Chairman Says Cable Card Has Not Work, Apps Coming To TV Set (Multichannel News)

No Zucker ‘Exit Package,’ But What a Bonus (The Wrap)

Former NutriSystem CEO Michael Hagan Breaks into Home Security Market
Like NutriSystem Revolutionized the Diet Category, LifeShield Security is Poised to Steal Market Share from ADT and Broadview Customers with its Direct-to-Consumer Model (Business Wire)

The Founders Behind Diapers.com Launch Soap.com: “All The Robots Are In Place” (TechCrunch)
Diapers.com, which is based in Montclair, NJ, has several Wharton connections among its top people and was funded in part by Penn-related MentorTech Ventures.

Niche cloud computing firms in M&A spotlight (Reuters)
Kenexa named as one possible takeover target.


NetSuite surprises: launches manufacturing edition (ZDNet Blogs)

Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance, Eastern Technology Council form PACT (Philadelphia Business Journal)




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Google to buy Philly/New York-based Invite Media (All Things Digital)

Exclusive: Google Buys Invite Media (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
No confirmation yet from either company (but its apparently a done deal).

Meet The 25-Year-Old Who Just Sold A $70 Million Company To Google (Silicon Alley Insider)

Daily Links 6/2/2010: Jobs knocks cable set-top box business

Apple's Jobs: Cable's Set-Top Box Stranglehold Stifles Innovation
Apple TV To Remains A 'Hobby' Because Of Cable (Multichannel News)

D8: Comcast boss on NBC deal, apps and customer service (Seattle Times)

Providence Said to Seek Bresnan Sale at More Than $1 Billion
(Bloomberg Business Week)
Bresnan Communications is 30% owned by Comcast.

Sonic to Acquire DivX
Combination Creates Digital Video Delivery Powerhouse; Streamlines "Over the Top" Distribution of Hollywood Movies (PR Newswire)
DivX has a presence in Malvern through its acquisition last year of AnySource Media.

AMETEK Acquires Technical Services for Electronics (PR Newswire)

SAP invests $10M in DeviceVM’s browser-and-cloud OS (VentureBeat)
The VentureBeat piece is slightly inaccurate; DeviceVM's press release says SAP led a $10 million round with other investors participating, not that SAP itself invested $10 million. Nonetheless, an interesting move.

Fast-growing Versus broadcasting live from Philly (Philadelphia Daily News)



SevOne Unveils the Industry's Fastest NetFlow Solution Handling 15 Million Flows per Minute for Real-Time Traffic Analysis (Marketwire)

PPL Electric Utilities Signs Contract for Federal Smart Grid Grant (Transmission & Distribution World)

Anxiety Builds Among Utilities Over the Communications Part of 'Smart' Grid (ClimateWire via New York Times)




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Daily Links 6/1/2010: GSI Commerce acquires FetchBack

GSI Commerce Acquires FetchBack; Announces Reorganization of Global Marketing Services Division (Business Wire)
TechCrunch cites a source who puts the price in the $40 million range.

House Judiciary To Hold Field Hearing On Comcast/NBCU
Meeting Set For June 7 In LA (Multichannel News)

Lockheed Martin prepares for new IT era (Washington Technology)

Asia pickup steaming ahead for Germany's SAP (Reuters)

The Future of ERP: SAP, Plex and Rootstock (Enterprise Irregulars)

University City Science Center sues Phila. Redevelopment Authority (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Piehead: Local agency offers digital solutions (Seacoast Online)
New Hampshire agency has Philly branch.




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California County Sues Deloitte For Fraud In SAP ERP Project (Channel Web)

Behind the scenes with SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner (ZDNet Blogs)

Will Comcast’s ‘Empire Building’ Be Its Downfall? (NewTeeVee)

Bentley Forges GIS Tools to Build 3D Cities (Cadalyst)

Aria Systems Introduces SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal (eWeek)

The Big Shift: Moving to LTE From WiMAX (GigaOM)

Philly Tech People News 5/31/2010

MEDecision Appoints Eric Demers Senior Vice President of Life Sciences
Career Healthcare Executive Will Direct Company’s Growth Into New Markets (Business Wire)

Lockheed Martin creates new leadership position for Delaware Valley (Philadelphia Business Journal)

ITechLaw Announces New Officers and Board of Directors
Sandra A. Jeskie Elected President (Business Wire)


ProtonMedia Adds IBM’s Cindy Skirvin to Executive Advisory Board (Business Wire)

ISA Consulting Appoints Bill Hicks as a Director in Mid-Atlantic Region (Business Wire)

Dollar Financial Corp Bolsters Global Management Team with Hiring of New Chief Information Officer (Business Wire)

Gannett announces executive appointments in U.S. Community Publishing (Business Wire)
New executive editor named for the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill.

Journal Register Company Appoints New Sales and Content Executives
New Positions Reflect Company's Digital First Strategy (Marketwire)

Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Awards in New Jersey Announced (PR Newswire)

Vertex HR Professional Named Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year
Mindy Geib honored for outstanding dedication to establishing employee programs (Business Wire)

Site Intelligence appoints three industry veterans to Board. (MMD Newswire)

Of megamergers and edifice complexes
Commentary: Comcast chief looks for a home in the Big Apple (MarketWatch)