SAP: Layoffs Coming In Sales? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
Forrester: Discontent persists over SAP maintenance hike
Users complain about lack of responsiveness to their requests for new features (Computerworld)
UPDATE 1-Vishay says terminates offer to buy IRF (Reuters)
Comcast’s Big HD Bang
After Years Of Preparation, Comcast Nets Set To Go Live With Five New HD Feeds (Multichannel News)
Comcast Systems Eyes 3.7% Rate Hike (Multichannel
News)
TV Guide Magazine Sold To OpenGate Capital; Online Still With Macrovision (paidContent)
Wells Fargo wins Fed approval on Wachovia bid (Reuters)
Citizens Bank parent Royal Bank of Scotland rescued (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Philly Inquirer asks j-schools to fund internships
(Poynter Online)
Princeton materials science center wins $20 million NSF award (News at Princeton)
E&C Medical Intelligence, Inc. Introduces New Reporting and Analytics Tool, the EC DataMgr(TM)
(PRNewswire)
Green Hat Enhances Testing for webMethods Green Hat Introduces First Test Automation for Stored Procedures (PRWeb)
ICG Commerce Comes To King Of Prussia (CoStar Group)
Actually, I think they are already in K of P. This must either be a local relocation or adding additional space.
Philadelphia: Robbins Diamonds Scavenger Hunt Promo Oct. 18 (Diamonds.net)
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Taking their gaming to college level (Allentown Morning Call)
Oracle Prepares to Buy Primavera
Database giant marches toward project management in manufacturing and AEC markets (Cadalyst).
Radio Ratings Device Flawed, Stations Say (Washington Post)
Verizon Tests Internet Video on FiOS
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)
NFL Network Gets a Lift From Ruling (New York Times) Free Registration.
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The 2008 Information Week 500 came out recently. I have some questions about how they determine it. Several on the list, including Boscov's, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, WaMu, and Wachovia went bust or nearly bust recently. While these occurences weren't primarily the fault of IT, certainly one of the reasons you invest in such systems is to try and stay in business. The IW 500 is generally weighted toward larger corporations rather than smaller companies that may employ more cutting edge technologies.
Philadelphia area companies in the top 250 (which are individually ranked) are Harleysville Group (30), Vanguard Group (33), Air Products & Chemicals (67), PHH Arval (76), Wyeth Labs (88), AmerisourceBergen (127), Jones Apparel Group (148), Cigna (192), Heartland Payment Systems (210) Penske Truck Leasing (215), VRW International (219), Aramark (231), and Boscov's (241).
Others in the top 500 are AmeriGas, Ametek, Burlington Coat Factory, CDI Corp, Charming Shoppes, Ikon Office Solutions, QVC, SAP, SES Americom, Teleflex, Tyco Electronics and Unisys.
Many others on the list have a substantial presence in the Philly area.
I'd be interested in any user feedback on how this list stacks up, or who else should have been included.
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BarCamp Philly
BarCamp Philly is scheduled for Saturday, November 8 at the Univeristy of the Arts.
Wikipedia defines a BarCamp as “…an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.”.
This is the first one to be held in Philadelphia. Free registration is now open.
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Comcast's Challenge (Time)
Comcast Gives Free Cable TV to Rabbit-Ear Households (Wired Blogs: Epicenter)
Intl Rectifier says Vishay's board nominees rejected (Reuters)
Select Greater Philadelphia Releases Regional IT Report – An Economic and Comparative Assessment of the Region (BusinessWire)
INTERVIEW - SunGard eyes China finance sector despite global meltdown (Chinesestock.org)
Independent and Freelance Filmmakers: Grow Your Portfolio, Collaborate With Peers and Interact With Brands on Poptent.net (Marketwire)
PopTent Brings Filmmakers and Brands Together Online (Mashable)
Compute Your Way Through Traffic (Forbes.com)
Wachovia Center becomes first Arena with I-Wall Technology to Enhance Fan Experience (Industrial Embedded Systems)
Electric field boosts fuel economy (EE Times)
Clout: Some buzz about Perzel's software biz (Philadelphia Daily News)
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SAP imposes cost savings as financial crisis looms (Reuters)
Is SAP Data Warehouse Hunting?
(New York Times: Bits) Free Registration
SAP and Business Objects user groups join forces
Customers share joint fears on support pricing (vnunet.com)
Primavera acquired by Oracle - a diagonal acquisition
(Ovum)
Why Some Traditional Enterprise IT Vendors Are Scared of SaaS (Read Write Web)
Comcast Fighting Must-Carry For Class A
(Multichannel News)
Sprint Faces WiMax Challenges, Despite Growing Device Availability (Information Week)
Citigroup Ends Negotiations Over Wachovia Takeover (Bloomberg)
Text of Citi Statement on Wachovia Deal (Wall Street Journal)
MDA Lending Solutions Speeds Portfolio Evaluation (BusinessWire)
Philly Startup Vuzit takes on Adobe and Google, launches Nodobe (Phillypreneurs)
Stock analyst cuts e-commerce forecast because of financial crisis (Internet Retailer)
Mixed views on GSI Commerce.
Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image (Wired Blogs: Wired Science)
Why Kutztown University?
Allied Pixel Takes on New Programming Challenge (Digital Post Production)
IgnitePhilly videos now available (Viddler Blog)
Innovation Philadelphia to Host Creative Entrepreneur Expo ’08 at DesignPhiladelphia 2008 (BusinessWire)
Sensormatic Buys Vue for $43M (RFID Update)
CMS Focuses on E-Prescribing (Digital Healthcare &
Productivity)
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