Philly Fed Firms Continue to See Contraction in Manufacturing (Business Wire)

Comcast: Exposed User Data Not From Internal Leak (PC World)

Aria Systems Unveils Major Advance of Its A+ Billing Platform With Release of Version 5.0 (Marketwire)

SAS preps cloud computing facility; Bets on on-demand BI (ZDNet Blogs)

NetSuite floats out SuiteCloud (CNET News)

Oracle Rallies; Waiting Out The Storm In Redwood Shores (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

I.B.M., Looking to Buy Sun, Sets Up a Software Strategy (New York Times)

SAP and Microsoft Lose Domain Name Case (Domain Name Wire)

N.J. sues Verizon over FiOS ad claims (Associated Press via The Courier-Post)

Fox Business News Picks Up Web Show (MediaPost: Online Media Daily)
Philly-based Career TV to reach wider audience,

Interview-PA Entrepreneurs: CICLON (Keystone
Edge)

Recycle Bank points to Philadelphia roots, funding for explosive growth (Keystone Edge)

Rendell seeks PR aid on stimulus money (Philadelphia Inquirer)

New Jersey system to provide 360-degree view of patient data (Healthcare IT News)

Delivery Agent Is Monetizing Product Placement For TV Networks (TechCrunch)
Delivery Agent is basically a competitor to GSI Commerce. See comments below article.

Managing the Complexity of Modern Enterprise Networks (Princeton Computer Science)
Interesting seminar at Princeton on March 26.

PolicyMap Creator Discusses Geography of Recession with ABC News
(PR Newswire)



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IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Create High Tech Juggernaut (eWeek)

If IBM and Sun merge, watch out Oracle and SAP
Along with Sun, IBM would get Java -- and that could spell trouble for companies that rely heavily on it (Infoworld)

Users, analysts cite potential benefits and pitfalls of IBM buying Sun (Computerworld)
"David Fecak, founder and president of the decade-old (Philadelphia Java) user group, said one thing that the Java community likes about Sun's shepherding of the technology is the democratic process that is used to guide the direction of Java."

Oracle 3Q Net Falls 0.8% On Stronger Dollar (Dow Jones via CNN Money)
Oracle Beats Estimates In Tough Economy
Despite a dip in software license sales, CEO Larry Ellison claims his company is more focused on cloud computing than competitor SAP. (Information Week)

SAP Goes Head-to-Head with Oracle over Supply-Chain Solutions (eWeek)


Breach-Related Woes Continue to Pile up for Beleaguered Heartland (Digital Transactions)

New Slideshow: Sony Style Comcast Labs (Delaerscope)

Fandango launches on Dish Network and on iPhone (Geek.com)
Fandango is owned by Comcast.

Comcast Exec: Internet TV Plans Preserve Cable Model
Fancast's Karin Gilford Says ‘On-Demand Online' to Launch This Year (Multichannel News)

Local ISP DCANet still battles giants Verizon, Comcast (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

U.S. Navy Certifies Lockheed Martin Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System with 'Terminal Phase' Capability (PR Newswire)


Herley sees solid future even with Iraq withdrawal (Lancaster Online)

Rothey, NAVTEQ: "We do have an audience for location-based Ads" (GPS Business News)



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Comcast customer passwords found online; company shifts blame
(ZDNet Blogs)
Comcast Hustles to Respond After Password Leak
Comcast is looking for clues after a hacker -- or a bot -- leaked customers' account data to Scribd. (InternetNews.com)

InstaMed Announces Osage Partners and Ashby Point Capital Have Joined Existing Investors in $6 Million Growth Equity Financing (PR Newswire)

InstaMed: A Thriving Business in Helping Health Care Providers Reduce Billing Costs (Ben Franklin Technology Partners: Keynotes)

Harmonic firing 40 of Scopus' workers (Haaretz)
Before it was acquired last week, Scopus had its headquarters for the Americas in Princeton.

Motorola Expands On Demand Platform to Enhance Support for Rapidly Growing On Demand Libraries (PR Newswire)

Hadoop, a Free Software Program, Finds Uses Beyond Search (New York Times)

Apple Announces iPhone OS 3.0 Firmware, Points Out New Features to Come (O' Grady's PowerPage)


QlikTech Expands into Asia Pacific with Launch of QlikView Japan
Company Partners with Japan's Leading Resellers Ashisuto, CSK, and Hitachi INS (PR Web)

Bentley Releases U.S. and Canadian Versions of Robust Energy Performance Series for ‘Green’ Building Design (Business Wire)

BioNanomatrix Awarded Phase II NIH Grant to Support Development of Its Single-Molecule Nanoscale Whole Genome Analyzer (PR Newswire)

Unisys - shrinking to grow (ovum)

Unisys Launches Center for Government Innovation to Connect Experts and Deliver Insights and Trends around IT Innovation in Government (Business Wire)

SAP exec defends the vendor's Business Objects integration strategy (SearchDataManagement.com)

At Austin Meeting, Seeking Exposure for New Tech Products (New York Times)

Cloud Computing: Defending the Undefinable (P'unk Avenue Window)

WPCS Reports Third Quarter FY2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire)



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Give The Little Guy A Break

US Representative Joe Sestak (D-Delaware County) is holding a
"business procurement summit" on Friday, March 27 to help small businesses find out if they might be able to access stimulus funds and if so, how to go about applying for them. Great idea! Rather than hold it at a public facility at no cost to the attendee, however, it will be held at the Springfield Country Club (Delaware County) and will cost $40 for individuals to attend.
Now, unlike some of our friends in the new administration I've got no problem with business people getting together in nice places to learn, share information, or socialize. But when you are talking about small businesses trying to obtain public information about government programs that may be there to help them, the cost of attending can be rather objectionable. For very small businesses, or people just trying to get one off the ground, being asked to fork out another $40 can be a real issue.

A Little Downtime?

I'm sorry, there was probably some downtime today because I was testing out a new domain name, and although I was quite
sure I had switched it back to the usual name apparently something didn't quite work. Things should be back to normal now,
anyway.

Cisco Launches Bid To Capture The Data Center (ZDNet Blogs)

Unisys, Down but Not Out (Server Watch)
Detailed look at where Unisys stands in server market.

Going beyond the norm for Cézanne (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Passwords of 8,000 Comcast Customers Exposed (New York Times: Bits)

Phila. Newspapers hearing rescheduled (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sony-Comcast Store Has Tru2way 'Set-Back' Box (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

No Familiar Faces On Comcast's MMOD ‘Boss Button'
Top Op Sponsors Application On CBS Sports's Internet Package For March Madness (Multichannel News)

SAP lays off undisclosed number of workers (IT World)

IBM, SAP Make Cloud Computing Breakthrough (Channel Insider)

Demystifying SaaS vs. Cloud
(The Boomi Blog)

TMX Interactive Celebrates 10 Years of Marketing, Technology and Customer Experience
(PR Newswire)

Governor Rendell: PA Directs $2.5 Million to Recruit Faculty, Develop Advanced Technology at Colleges, Research Institutions (PR Newswire)

SEC Charges MedQuist Inc. and Former Senior Executives with Securities Fraud (SEC Press Release via Trading Markets)
Settlement reached with MedQuist, but some former execs still on the hook.
MedQuist Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2008 Results (PR Newswire)

Ben Franklin group aids local tech companies (Lehigh Valley Live)

Queplix Unveils Universal Search Solution
Securely Unlocks Value of Structured Data in Enterprise and Cloud Applications (PR Newswire)


InvestorForce Announces INSIGHT. WEB Portal Provides Transparency to Institutional Investment Consultants and Their Clients. (Business Wire)



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Philly Tech Events

Municipal Wi-Fi A Growing Competitor To WiMax, LTE
Cable companies hope to make an end-around the two dominant 4G wireless networks with faster service and wider adoption. (Information Week)

Comcast will launch wireless Internet services via Clearwire
Portland will be the first city where Comcast will offer WiMAX service (The Oregonian)

Comcast and NFL Network Continue to Haggle (New York Times: Sports Business)

Plaxo Adds Commenting And Trip Info Sharing Features To Pulse (TechCrunch IT)

Infonetics Analyst Jeff Heynan on Home Networks, Bandwidth Caps, & More (Zatz Not Funny!)

Philadelphia Ad Agency Goes Virtual (Media Bistro: AgencySpy)

OLED market set to skyrocket in 2011, says DisplaySearch (Engadget)
Should be good news for Universal Display of Ewing.

Comcast, Sony to open joint retail store at Comcast Center

Comcast, Sony to open joint retail store (Canadian Press via Google News)

Sony StyleComcast Labs to open on Tuesday.

People News 3/15/09

GSI Commerce Appoints Ronald C. Williamson as Senior Vice President of Customer Care
(PR Newswire)

Unisys Names Lazane Smith Senior Vice President, Corporate Development (Business Wire)

Precyse Solutions Adds Executives, Realigns Around Service Lines (PR Newswire)

Barr Pharma Ex-CEO Takes On VC (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Michael Forte Joins CONNEXION Healthcare as Chief Operations Officer (PR Newswire)

Bradley Sheares Elected to IMS Health Board of Directors (Business Wire)

Colleen Borys Joins VINtek as Project Manager (Business Wire)



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Wharton Venture Initiation Program

Interesting overview of the mostly prototype or very early stage ventures currently in the Wharton Venture Initiation Program. These companies were founded by recent Wharton grads or current students. There are some very good ideas here.