MEDecision to be Acquired by Health Care Service Corporation (BusinessWire)

MEDecision to be bought by insurer for $121 mln (Reuters)

NAC Provides Details On Wi-Fi Network Acquisition in Philadelphia (BusinessWire)

Guest commentary: After the Rising, Whither Goes Philly Wireless? (MuniWireless)

Verizon to boost FiOS Internet speeds (Reuters)

Carriers look to next US administration (Network World)

Sprint overcoming WiMax delays (Kansas City Star:
sprint connection)
To launch in Baltimore in September. This initiative is totally separate from the Cleawire/Sprint WiMax joint venture that
Comcast has invested in. It is unclear how the two will co-exist in the future.
(Note: Actually, what I said above isn't quite correct. All Sprint WiMax activities will become part of the combined Sprint/Clearwire WiMax entity.)

Microsoft Outbid Canoe Operators For Navic: Source
Software Giant Said To Have Paid $230 Million for Interactive Advertising Firm (Multichannel News)

Most popular SAP skills (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Ground-Breaking Projects Emerging From SAP Co-Innovation Lab Address Today's Pressing Business Challenges (PRNewswire)

HighPoint Solutions Signs Deal to Implement Model N Managed Care and Government Pricing System for Specialty Pharmaceutical Company (PharmaLive)

Investor: Buyers eyeing publisher Journal Register (Associated Press via Forbes)

Akrion Books Multiple Batch-Immersion Systems (PRNewswire)

Scopus Introduces DTV-Downconversion Device
New IRP-3910 Headend Device Aimed at Analog Carriage (Broadcasting & Cable)
Scopus' US operations are based in Princeton.

Voxware Selected by #3 Foodservice Distribution Company in U.S. (BusinessWire)

CMI Launches New Trade Advertising Campaign (PharmaLive)

Web 2.0 and City Hall: What's a local government to do? (Computerworld)
Report from the Pennsylvania Digital Government Summit in Harrisburg.

Free WiFi will remain in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Philadelphia Wi-Fi network saved (Computerworld)

SAP to buy small U.S. manufacturing software maker (Reuters)

2D and 3D visualisation to transform SAP PLM environment (Manufacturing Computer Solutions)

Verticals onDemand Secures $4 Million of Financing from Emergence Capital Partners (BusinessWire)
Verticals onDemand is based in California, but does much of its business in the Philadelphia area.

Verticals OnDemand: Helping you find reasons to pitch your boss on Tablet PCs (Salesforce Times)

Parexel, Quintiles vie for ClinPhone (Pharma Times)

Philly's First Ignite was a Smash (O'Reilly Radar)

New Tools, New Rules
(Intelligent Enterprise)
On QlikTech.

Big profits for PEs who bought Sonitrol from Tyco, sold to Stanley (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Tribune, MediaNews May Wind Up in Default as Ad Sales Evaporate (Bloomberg)
Discusses Philadelphia Media Holdings and Journal Register.

Comcast Center hosts integrated 10-million pixel LED display
The world's largest 4 mm LED wall has been installed in The Comcast Experience in Philadelphia, where it blends seamlessly with the architecture (LEDs Magazine)

IDS Scheer Announces Successful Integration of ARIS Platform and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 (PRWeb)

Zuora and Boomi Partner to Deliver Integrated SaaS Billing On Demand (Marketwiire)

DHS Selects SightLogix, Cisco Systems, Panasonic Surveillance Package for CEDAP Award
(PRNewswire)

City wireless network to be rescued, sources say (Philadelphia Inquirer)
We will see.

Making waves on Wall Street (phillyBurbs.com)
On New Hope startup 3D Markets.

InterDigital® SlimChip™ Modem Platform Selected by Mobile Broadband Module Company (BusinessWire)

Reinventing a Giant, Part 2: The New SAP (CRM Buyer)

SAP finds a defender of discipline (Financial Times)


Alleged SAP partner arrested: Beware of fraud in the ecosystem (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Comcast SportsNet chief talks strategy (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Comcast, Big Ten Network close to deal, report says (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Web site hosting company to add jobs (Wilmington News Journal)

Local IT company grows (phillyBurbs.com)

Ballard Acquires Atlanta IP Group (BusinessWire)

Convenience, LCB-style.
Vending-machine idea appalls wine crowd (Philadelphia Inquirer)

SunGard Extends Trading Connectivity in Asia-Pacific (PRNewswire)

Verizon Extends FiOS to SMBs (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)


To fund a PowerPoint: Bucking the trend, some VCs still target early-stage startups (The Deal.com)
Profiles First Round Capital, among others.

Pearl Software's Desktop, Mobile Laptop, Hosted and Thin-Client Web Filtering Solutions are Now Available on GSA Schedule (PRWeb)

Top Executives To Take Cable-Tec Stage
Cable Chiefs Will Convene In Philadelphia For SCTE Conference (Multichannel News)

Cover Story: Can David Verklin Set Cable's Next Generation Of TV Advertising?
The Canoe CEO Says He's Ready To Help The Six Largest MSOs Paddle Together (Multichannel News)

Tax break could move major firm to Phila. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Navteq charting a future in phones
Mapmaker aims to tap input from Nokia users (Chicago Tribune)
Navteq owns locally based Traffic.com

Drexel University Online Students Break Ground As the First to Defend "Real World" Degrees in Second Life (PRWeb)

Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance honors award winners (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Salganik finds new avenues for social research online
(Princeton Weekly Bulletin)

Citywide wireless network: Take II (Young Philly Politics)
Public forum on the 18th at Temple. I thought the inclusion of the Google Wireless guy on the panel was kind of interesting.

Executive Changes


TMG Health Names New Chief Information Officer (PRNewswire)

Najarian to Oversee Digital Side at Trio of Comcast Networks (TVWeek)

AVENUE A | RAZORFISH Promotes Horan, Hunter and Tuleya (Philly Ad Club)

BC Group Hires Markley as Digital Strategist (Phiily Ad Club)

Garfield Group Names Digitas Exec Dean Whitney as President of Boston-based Interactive Division Garfield Group Interactive (PRNewswire)

NetSuite aims at SAP with manufacturing edition (Network World)

Léo Apotheker: A dissenting view (SearchSAP.com: SAP Watch)

Prime Times (Project@Work-free subscription)
On the history and future of Primavera Systems.

Parexel to buy UK clinical tech firm ClinPhone
(Associated Press via Forbes)
ClinPhone's US headquarters is in East Windsor, NJ.

iPhone setback sinks Synchronoss (Newark Star-Ledger)
Most of Synchronoss' operations are moving to Bethlehem. See article here

Herley Reports Third Quarter Results (PRNewswire)

Early Stage East to vet 21 start-ups (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Early Stage East (The Bulletin)

Citywide WI-Fi for free? (Metro Philadelphia)

Revealed: The Tru2way MOU (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

SuiteLinq™ to Partner with Superclick for In-Room Hospitality Technology Product Development (BusinessWire)

Bike accident kills Comcast executive (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

AMETEK Acquires Vision Research (BusinessWire)

Stanley Works Buying Sonitrol (Private
Equity Hub)

Comcast Increases Upstream Speeds for Its High-Speed Internet Customers for No Additional Charge
Upstream Speed to Nearly Triple for Performance Customers and More Than Double for Performance Plus Customers (BusinessWire)

MedQuist settles case, appoints interim CEO (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Philadelphia Races to Find New ''Wi-Fi'' Provider (KYW News Radio)

Municipal Wi-Fi isn't dead yet
(Maketplace: Audio)
On more successful, realistic Wi-Fi ventures in Santa Monica and other cities.

Redlasso: Let's Hope Some Retired Studio Bigs Can Save Us (Silicon Alley Insider)

Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy (USA Today)

Flipping through the options on health records sites (USA Today)
Mentions MEDecision.

Moto to cut jobs from R&D unit (RCR Wireless News)

SAP's Product Communities: Taking Cues From Open Source
(CRM Buyer)

SunGard Launches New Compliance Dashboard (Wall Street & Technology)

NSX to Use SunGard’s Brass Liquidity Services for Execution and Clearing (SunGard Press Release)

Wachovia buys Del. Web hosting company
Glasgow's HostMySite founded in 1997 (Wilmington News Journal)

GSI Commerce closing Tenn. distribution center (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Shout Out to Ignite Philly Coordinators (100khouse.com)

IPO FILING: Mistras Group, Inc. (24/7 Wall St)
The Mistras Group is based in Princeton Junction.

SAP's Bill McDermott: The Future of Enterprise Software (Knowledge@Wharton)

Redlasso Hires Ex-Studio Execs To Ease Infringement Negotiations (TechCrunch)

Federal Reserve Board Beige Book: Philadelphia, June 2008 (Federal Reserve Board)

Quality Systems 4Q earnings rise 32 percent
(Associated Press via Forbes)
Quality Systems owns NextGen Healthcare Information Systems of Horsham.

'Wireless Philadelphia'' Project Could Be Back Online (KYW News Radio)
Rather vague.

Fresh off the Wire
A local group is the latest to express interest in our failed wireless network. (Philadelphia Weekly)

Discover seeks $6 bln in case vs Visa, MasterCard (Reuters)

CIBER and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Complete Third and Final Phase of $58 Million IT Project on Time and on Budget (PRNewswire)

Andrews cites benefits of earmarks (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Avencia Develops Connect211.org to Geographically Search for Social Services (GISuser.com)

Technologicology Special Report: IgnitePhilly, Tonight! (Philebrity)

Report: The Top Five Supply Chain Management Vendors (CIO.com)

Encorium Group, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Combine with Linkcon; Expected Expansion Will Create Global CRO (BusinessWire)

Encorium Group, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire Prologue Research International, Inc. (BusinessWire)


Business intelligence: Only the tip of the iceberg (MyCustomer.com)
By QlikTech exec.

U.S. cable ad venture hires ex-Aegis chief - WSJ (Reuters)

Verklin Picked as Cable's Canoe Captain (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

More Firms Go the Way of Tru2way (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Initial Tru2Way Tests a 'Disaster' (Broadband Reports)

Verizon’s FiOS Buildout Could Top Original Estimates
MDUs May Help Telco Top 18 Million-Home Target By End Of 2010 (Multichannel News)

iPhone 3G - $199 wins my support (UPDATED) (Wireless Industry Analyst)

Lenfest comes to Tectonics' rescue
(phillyBurbs.com)

GSI Commerce opens Shepherdsville distribution center
Facility is e-commerce firm's second in Cedar Grove Business Park, third in area (Louisville Business Journal)

InterComponentWare Establishes ICW Labs (PRNewswire)

Carlson Software and Rajant Corporation Announce Partnership to Deliver Mining and Construction Solutions (BusinessWire)

Marchex Takes On Google With Text Ad Network (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)

Ignite Philly Tomorrow Night (O'Reilly Radar)

Sarnoff Selected To Provide Advanced Camera Tracking Technology For U.S. Marines Training (BusinessWire)

QSGI Secures $10M Senior Credit Facility (NJBIZ.com)

Ascensus’ New Participant Website Offers an Improved User Experience (BusinessWire via Philly.com)

WWDC: Apple slashes prices for 3G iPhone, shipping in July (Macworld)
I'm still trying to find out more about InterDigital's role in the new iPhone.

Reinventing a Giant, Part 1: SAP's Transformation (E-Commerce Times)

Nation's tallest sustainable skyscraper rises 975 feet (Consulting-Specifying Engineer)

Passport Health Completes $144 Million Financing (BusinessWire)

Kaiser Backs Microsoft Patient-Data Plan (New York Times)

CapMed Connects Its Award-Winning Personal Health Record Technology with Microsoft HealthVault
Strategic relationship with Microsoft helps ensure that consumers’ critical health information is available when and where it is needed most (BusinessWire)

myYearbook Named Third Largest Social Network in the U.S.
426 Percent Year Over Year Growth Shows Closed Platforms May Be the Answer (BusinessWire)

Technitrol’s Electronic Components Plant in Mianyang, China is Back On Line (BusinessWire)

Makeover artist: Face to Face with Sandy Frucher
Sandy Frucher was unable to close the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, so he transformed it (Pensions & Investments)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Strong Year on Year Results (PRNewswire via MSN Money)
But lays off 10% of staff.

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Results
(PRNewswire)

Philly False Airline Ads Draw High Responses, Ethics Concerns (Editor & Publisher)

AGI Analysis Software Supports NASA's GLAST Mission (PRNewswire)

AOL’s Platform-A and Its Behavioral Targeting Solution, TACODA, Join PointRoll Included Program (BusinessWire)

Socially insecure in Downingtown
SCHOOL DISTRICT’S ILL-FATED USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BAFFLING TO COMPUTER EXPERTS ELSEWHERE (Daily Local News)