Cable Show Wrap

Cable TV: Pushing to Become More Web-like
The cable companies are trying to emulate online video sites before those sites eat their lunch (Business Week)

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Cable Operators, Programmers Try To Build An Exclusive Online-TV Service For Subs (Multichannel News)

Tweaking the Cable Model, to Avoid Newspapers’ Fate (New York Times: Bits)

tru2way at The Cable Show (Zatz
Not Funny!)

Comcast CEO Roberts makes the Top 15 on pay (Reuters Blogs)

Cable Show 2009: Canoe To Launch Product In 4-6 Weeks
Interactive Advertising Moves Slowly Along (Multichannel News)

Coming Next: Using Your PC as a Cable Box (New York Times: Bits)

Cable's Wild About Wireless
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Motorola Media Mover will reach production (SlashGear)

Motorola Develops tru2way Multi-Room DVR Solution for Time Warner Cable (itvt)

Wireless HD Highlights Cable 'Innovations' (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)



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Drexel U president Papadakis dies, had lung cancer (Associated Press via Philly.com)

Health Care Industry Moves Slowly Onto the Internet (New York Times: Bits)

NextGen Healthcare Unveils New Subscription-Based, SaaS Delivery Model (Business Wire)

Siemens Enhances Knowledge-Driven Solutions to Support Provider Quality of Care Initiatives (PR Newswire)

The code word at HIMSS 2009 is interoperability (ZDNet Healthcare)

Google, Microsoft Announce New Health Partners (paidContent)

Almac Group Uses HP Software to Bring New Drugs to Market Faster (Business Wire)

gsi interactive Expands Digital Agency Footprint with Acquisition of West Coast-Based Silverlign (PR Newswire via Philly.com)

Comcast Spotlight Integrates Sales and Marketing Teams (Business Wire)

Struggling with supersized storage
Shrinking budgets and swelling data demands send IT managers on a search for more efficient storage. (Computerworld)
On Tasty Baking's data storage strategy.

Acorn Energy, Inc. Announces Year End Results (PR Newswire)

Kenexa Partners With R&J Management Consultants to Form Shanghai Kenexa
Joint Venture Expands Kenexa's Footprint in Chinese Market (Marketwire)

Bethlehem technology center planned for LVIP may instead be built in the South Side commercial district (Easton Express-Times)



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Philly Tech Events

IBM Jilts Sun

I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems (New York Times)


Kind of a surprise, I guess. Wonder what Sun does now?
Sun recently announced 24 layoffs in King of Prussia.

Cable Is Building Apps for Your TV — Slowly (New York Times: Bits)

MEDecision offers a show of force for HIMSS09 (Healthcare IT News)

Pharma dollars shifting to digital
(DM News)

ECM Vendors Throw in the Towel at Philadelphia Summit
Top Content Management Suppliers Tell Customers to Give Up (PR Web)


Tyco Electronics Named Pennsylvania's Technology Company of the Year (PR Newswire)
Since the beginning of 2008, Tyco Electronics has lost more than two thirds of its market value and announced layoffs in
excess of 20,000 employees.

How CoffeeForLess.com perks up fulfillment service for less cost (Internet Retailer)

People News 4/5/09

AGI Selects Joseph Sheehan as New President (PR Newswire)

Akrion Systems Announces the Appointment of Michael Ioannou as President (PR Newswire)

CardioNet Restructures and Expands Medical Advisory Board (Business Wire)

OKI Data Americas Names Takabumi Asahi Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for North America (Business Wire)

MedQuist Names Alan J. Gold as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing (PR Newswire)

Wolf Block’s Gitlin to Blank Rome
(Philadelphia Business Journal)

Victory Marketing Group, Inc. Announces New VP of Strategy and Client Services
(PR Newswire)



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Comcast E-mail Outage Sparks Twitter Updates Galore (PC World)

CardioNet to buy Biotel, enter clinical research (Mobile Health News)

SAP AG completes successful private placement transaction (The Financial)

Ulticom Announces Special Cash Dividend; Provides Update on Financial Statement Completion (Marketwire)

Sorry I haven't posted too much during the past week, since I've been traveling and have just been running out of time. Among other things, I covered the Cable Show in DC, The AIIM Expo at the PA Convention Center, and the Entrepreneur Expo at the Science Center. Should be getting back up to speed tomorrow. Today my focus is on the basketball.

CABLESHOW-Execs say cable TV shows on web not a threat (Reuters)

Comcast’s OnDemand Reaches 11 Billion Views, Nearly Twice The Number Of iTunes Music Downloads (TechCrunch)

Will Comcast Finally Buy Sprint? (Silicon Alley Insider: Business Insider)

IMS Health stays well in iffy economy (Greenwich Time)

MEDecision to Acquire HxTechnologies, Inc.
Deal Bolsters Ability of Alineo™ and Nexalign™ Products to Produce Real-Time Actionable Information to Meet President Obama’s Health Care IT Challenge (Business Wire)

INTERVIEW-Lockheed sees flatter satellite sales (Reuters)

Dow Sells Stock to Haas Trust as Rohm Purchase Closes (Bloomberg)

EMoney Advisor Launches Enhanced Wealth Management Solutions (Wall Street & Technology)