Breaking: SAP User Group fires CEO (ZDNet Blogs)

SAP slapped with ’sell’ rating; Pushback from customer base cited (ZDNet Blogs)


Will Oracle And SAP Offer Big-Business SaaS? Sort Of. (Information Week)

SunGard Completes Tender Offer for Shares of GL TRADE (PR Newswire)

Unisys Corporation Files To Raise Cash (UIS) (24/7
Wall Street)

TiVo Still Seeking Cable Payoff (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public (TechCrunch via Washington Post)

QlikTech named European High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
(Business Week)

ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site (Finextra)

Devon IT Launches Thin Client, Virtualization Test Center in China Headquarters (Business Wire)

Event: Miles Technologies' employees to work from snow globe during coat drive (Newark Star-Ledger)
I don't quite understand what this snow globe is about.

RefreshPhilly planning session at the Comcast Center (Labs.Cimians)




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Samsung and InterDigital reach 3G and 2G settlement
(CNET News)

Where Will the World's Greentech Hub Be? (Greentech Media)

Halifax firm expanding market for port logistics software
(Halifax Chronicle Herald)

BofA confirms job cuts in card operation (Wilmington News Journal)

MapQuest: “We’ve Come Out Of Hibernation” (Search Engine Land)

MindTree set to bid for US firm Seal Consulting (Economic Times of India)

Motorola: Worth More Dead Than Alive? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Modems in the Wild (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Christmas show debuts at Comcast Center lobby (Philadelphia Inquirer))

When green initiatives and wireless are at odds
Philly property owner loads cellular, Wi-Fi signals onto DAS (Network World)

Craigslist Founder Shares Secrets Of Entrepreneurship (The Bulletin)

VGXPO: Le Montage (Geekadelphia)

Study: Spending on HR Technology to Hold Steady (Workforce Management)

MEDecision’s Alineo Now Live at DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc. (Business Wire)

WPCS Announces $9 Million in New Contracts (PR Newswire)

N.J. extends loss carry forward to 20 years (Philadelphia Business Journal)




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Deloitte recently released its nationwide Fast 500. Unlike its regional Fast 50s, which show only percentage growth, the Fast 500 shows revenue figures for each company as well. There are 18 Philly area IT companies included, and several Biotech/Life Sciences companies. In addition, Neat Receipts (now Neat Company) was named as one of the 9 "Rising Stars" nationally.








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InterDigital Announces Settlement of Samsung Patent Licensing Disputes
Settlement Resolves 2G Arbitration and 3G Patent Licensing Disputes for Sales Through 2012 (Business Wire)




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Crashing Motrin-Gate: A Social-Media Case Study (Advertising
Age)

A Study in SAP Contradictions (eWEEK)

Verizon Gets All-Digi With It (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Strikes Retail Deal With Sears
Comcast TV, data and voice to be marketed in 400 stores. (Broadcasting & Cable)

Cable's Future 'Gigabits' Networks
Cable Modem Inventor Rouzbeh Yassini Discusses Road Ahead For Broadband (Multichannel News)

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that InterDigital of King of Prussia and Samsung may be close to a settlement in InterDigital's patent infringement case against Samsung. InterDigital stock ia up about 24% today. More later.

Aetna, Microsoft Integrate Online Health Tools
Aetna has made its PHR tool compatible with Microsoft HealthVault (Finance Tech)

GE plans to develop new health integration framework with Mayo, other clinics (FierceHealthT)

Future Nurses Get IT Education Program (Healthcare Informatics)

B. Braun's DoseTrac(TM) Software: Making Connections to Better Manage IV Therapy (PR
Newswire)

ING DIRECT Gives Gift of Time to Troubled Borrowers
Bank Suspends Foreclosure Sales and Evictions during Holidays (Business Wire)

City money's tight, but 3-1-1's still a go (Philadelphia Daily News)

Former KYW Anchor Mendte Gets House Arrest (Broadcasting & Cable)

Comcast & Liberty Property Trust to Unveil a New Philadelphia Tradition – “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” – on the Comcast Experience Video Wall (Business Wire)

The Story of the Great Philadelphia Hot Dog Launcher (Gizmodo)




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A 'Tipping Point' Year For Health Care IT, Says HHS (Channel Web)

IT training institutes take a hit on slowdown (Hindu Business Line)

Comcast will close its CN8 network (Newark Star-Ledger)

Puck It Up: Versus Wants To Keep NHL (MediaPost: Media Daily News)
Comcast-owned Versus is based in Philadelphia.

D&D Brings Its Game to Army Navy (PR.com)

Deadline nears for tech program (Chambersburg Public Opinion)



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People News




Volpe and Koenig Continues to Grow - Adds Five New Associates (Press Release)

AP Names Eastern Regional Editors for News, Sports (Editor & Publisher)

WHYY hires Satullo as news executive (Philadelphia
Inquirer)

AstraZeneca names new U.S. chief (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Vertex Appoints Chris Walsh to Chief International Indirect Tax Officer (Business Wire)

Open Source Leaders Andy Astor and Anthony Gold Join Bluenog's Board of Directors (Marketwire via CNN Money)

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces the Addition of Howard E. Simmons, III, PhD to its Technology Team (PR Newswire)

Electronic Ink Addresses Growing Demand for End-to-End Design and Usability Services by Launching New Strategy Practice (PR Newswire via MarketWatch)

Commerce360 CEO Lucinda Holt wins WIN Award (ClickEquations Blog)

DMW Worldwide Promotes Jeff Williams to Director, Decision Support (Philly Ad Club News)



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SAP to bring unified interface across apps suite (IDG News via New York Times)

SAP’s Apotheker: ‘Happy John Wookey joined us’; Business hasn’t gotten worse (ZDNet Blogs)




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Senate panel opposes health insurers' merger (Associated Press via Allentown Morning Call)

ING Direct: Rebels with a Cause (Chris Skinner)
ING Direct is based in Wilmington.

Hundreds wait at Verizon stores for BlackBerry Storm (Reuters)

Cable Gets Down to Business (Light Reading)

Verizon Looks to Bring FiOS TV to Delaware
Telco Applies For Video Franchise License in Wilmington (Multichannel News)

Cops' radio software compromised (Philadelphia Daily News)

Unisys says Unisys simplifying organizational structure (Thomson Financial via Forbes)

Unisys eyes moving targets to identify (Government
Computer News)

NJTC Celebrates the `Power of Technology' in NJ (PR Newswire)

Core Learning Announces Launch of Crayola Art Studio (PR Newswire)

Council Approves Sale of Telecom (Alameda Sun)
Comcast picks up small municipally-owned system.

Internet's bandwidth health still in trouble, report says
Demand for Internet bandwidth will exceed supply by 2012, Nemertes says (Network World)

Technology jobs up in region (Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review)
Although The Technology Collaborative has state funding and a statewide mandate, most of its activities seem focused on Western PA.

Region’s economic boosters see positives in the negatives (Philadelphia Business Journal)





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November 2008 Business Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

Q3 Online Ad Growth Sliced in Half Since Year Ago (ClickZ)

Salesforce profit tops estimate, shares rally (Reuters)
10 Things to Know About Salesforce.com (Read Write Web)
Salesforce is Hiring, Big Time (Private
Equity Hub)

Judge throws Comcast/NFL Network mess back at FCC (ars technica)

JDS Uniphase Buys Circadiant (Private Equity
Hub)
JDSU acquires optical comms test specialist
(EE Times)

Report: Region making transition to New Economy (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SevOne Named to Network World's '10 IT Management Start-Ups to Watch' (Marketwire)
Network World profile
SevOne updates network performance management appliance (IT World Canada)
SevOne is based in Newark DE.

Refugees from SAP unit raise Oracle's ire
Spinnaker hires TomorrowNow staff; industry makes software giants uneasy (MarketWatch)

Sprint WiMax spinoff moves ahead with Clearwire shareholder vote (Kansas City Star: Sprint Connection)

CTO Ray Sokola on 2009 and Beyond (Media Experiences 2 Go)
Interview with Motorola Home and Networks Mobility's CTO.


German IT, Telecom Indus Want Government Invest In Infrastructure (EasyBourse)

Philadelphia paper starts magazine for affluent (Associated Press via Forbes)

Philly.com Drives Reader Engagement With Aggregate Knowledge (Business Wire)

Ex-Penn professor gets 5-10 years in wife's 2006 death (Philadelphia Daily News)
5 to 10 years? You've got to be kidding.




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