Daily Links 6/16/09: QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments

As Big BI Gets Hip, QlikTech Targets Larger Deployments (Intelligent Enterprise)
Given that the IPO market is loosening up a bit, I wonder if QlikTech is giving any thought again to getting in. They may need stock as a currency to acquire other pieces to broaden their BI portfolio.

MySpace to Cut 30% of Staff as Facebook Gains Ground (GigaOM)

Tru2way Enters 'Open' Era (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast Preps for IPv6 (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

New Company PHIDS, Inc. Makes Offer to Buy SendTec Assets (Business Wire)
Internet Capital Group and Cross Atlantic Capital Partners to provide funding.

Philadelphia Newspapers Granted Extension to File Bankruptcy Re-org Plan (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Adds Five Members (paidContent)
Philadelphia Newspaper Holdings is a member of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, though last time I looked they were still
using Monster rather than HotJobs for employment advertising.

Atlanta WiMax launch keeps Clearwire on track for nationwide rollout (Computerworld)

PhillyDeals: The downturn finally touches Vanguard (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Liberty Media Corporation Announces Extension of QVC Bank Credit Facilities (PR Newswire)

Deal Radar 2009: GlobalSubmit ( Sramana Mitra)

House fire started by cable worker
(Pottstown Mercury)
Comcast strikes again.

Comcast plans upgrade for area customers (Times of Trenton)

Verizon Cooking Up Slightly Faster FiOS Speeds?
Existing users may see a slight advertised bump this weekend... (Broadband Reports)

Health IT meaningful use framework proposed (Federal Computer Week)

So What Is SAP's Enterprise Software as a Service Strategy, Anyway? (IT Business Edge)

Infor to Buy SoftBrands (Managing Automation)

PointRoll and Adobe Host Inaugural Rich Media Symposium in New York (PR Newswire)



permalink

Daily Links 6/15/09: Lincoln Financial Accepts TARP Funds

Comcast to sell $1.5 bln debt in 2 parts - IFR (Reuters)

Lincoln Accepts U.S. Rescue Funds, Plans Share Sale (Bloomberg)

Philly Newspapers' Parent Company Follows It Into Bankruptcy Court (Editor & Publisher)
About That Philadelphia Media Holdings Bankruptcy… (Editor & PUblisher: Fitz & Jen)

Does SAP's Performance Fall Short?
A survey of SAP users, sponsored by a transaction performance provider, notes concern about certain performance issues
(Internetnews.com)

G.E. Offers Loans for E-Health Record Purchases (New York Times: Bits)

Tyco Electronics raises third-quarter outlook (MarketWatch)

HostMySite and Hosting.com Merge Clouds (Web Host Industry Review)


MRK Hostwindow Announces Name Change to Independence IT
New Name Reflects the Company's Expanding Role as the Virtual IT Department for Small and Mid-sized Business (PR Newswire)

Goodybye, Gyro. Hello, Quaker City Mercantile (Philadelphia Business Journal)

MapQuest Launches iPhone App (Read
Write Web)
Mapquest is co-headquartered in Lancaster.


Tata Consultancy Services Launches New Business Intelligence Solution for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (IT News Online)

Some viewers lose 6ABC, WHYY in DTV switch (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pennsylvania Lottery sales will end early for computer upgrades (Easton Express-Times)

The Newspaper Crisis discussed at Princeton event (NewJerseyNewsroom.com)



permalink

Philly Tech Events

US declares victory as DTV transition goes rather smoothly (ars technica)

Can Cable Still Cash In on DTV? (Light
Reading: Cable Digital News)

Priming the VOD Pipe
Cable eyes technical tweaks to on-demand service (Broadcasting & Cable)

Online advertiser erupting
Middletown-based eZanga thrives as economy sputters (Wilmington News Journal)

People News 6/14/09

SAP AG NAMES OLIVER BUSSMANN AS NEW CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (SAP Press Release)

IDS Scheer Appoints Debashish Chatterjee to Senior Vice President of Business Development (Business Wire)

Liao Named CableLabs CEO
Former Panasonic Exec to Replace Green (Multichannel News)

New Jersey Technology Council Names Cross Atlantic's Donald Caldwell Financier of the Year (Business Wire)

Commitment to Healthy, High-Performing Culture and Next Stage of Health Care Reform Paves Way for Four New Executives at MEDecision (Business Wire)

Philly Clear Channel Stations Snare New President/Market Manager (Media Buyer Planner)

Lighting Science Group Announces Changes in Senior Management (PR Newswire)

Ohana Companies Names Veteran Product Strategist Prasanth Menon as Director of Product Management (PR Web)

International Battery names Ake Almgren CEO (Easton Express-Times)

Information Security Veteran Joins Evolve IP (Business Wire)

NEWSPRING CAPITAL PORTFOLIO COMPANY CEOs AND PARTNER RECOGNIZED AS E&Y ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD REGIONAL FINALISTS (Press Release Point)

Portico Systems CEO Ned Moore Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia (Business Wire)

InfoLogix CEO David Gulian Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 Award Finalist in Greater Philadelphia (PR Newswire)

Wilmington Trust Names President in Retirement Services Business
Charles Russella to head unit in Corporate Client Services (Business Wire)

SCTE Adds Directors-At-Large
(Mediacaster)

Regulatory DataCorp Expands Executive Team (Business Wire)

Industry Recognized and Trusted Leader, Bruce Matter, Joins Healthcare IT Company, Peminic, Inc. as Company Growth in the Areas of Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Patient Satisfaction Accelerates (PR Newswire)

tierney announces new branding, new hire and promotions (Central Penn Business Journal)

TRM Announces Entry Into Student Loan Processing Business (PR Newswire)



permalink

Samantha Ettus interviews entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Josh Kopelman (Obsessed TV)

Daily Links 6/12/09: Ben Franklin Technology Partners Threatened With 60% Budget Cut

SuccessFactors' CEO On SAP's SaaS Strategy (information Week Blogs)

What does SAP’s new SaaS strategy spell for the NetSuites of the world? (IT Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

Gartner's conservative mid-tier ERP Magic Quadrant (ZDNet Blogs)

Zipcar Seeks IPO as Once ‘Wacky’ Car-Sharing Gains (Bloomberg)

Cutting Ben Franklin Technology Partners funding would hurt job creation, retention in Pennsylvania (OpEd: Allentown Morning Call)

Surprise Early Stage East guest (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Stations Turn Off Analog Signals as Digital TV Deadline Arrives (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Comcast extends digital transition service program (Boston Globe)

Comcast: Verizon Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It (Broadband Report)

Lockheed Martin to work on ‘Space Fence’ (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Vishay Highlights Components for Alternative Energy Applications With New Virtual Trade Show on Company Web Site (Marketwire)

BI Market Grows 22% In Tough Economy (Intelligent Enterprise)

1st Meaningful Use Definition Due June 16 (Health Data Management)

New Jersey Bill Would Outlaw Health IT Not Certified by CCHIT (iHealthBeat)

TelVue Corp. gets $500K line of credit from Lenfest (Philadelphia Inquirer)



permalink

BlackRock to Buy Barclays Global Fund Unit for $13.5 Billion (Bloomberg)
I guess that trumps Vanguard Group's bid for iShares.
I wonder where things stand on Black Rock moving to Philly.

Daily Links 6/11/09: Information Technology: Not a Cure for the High Cost of Health Care (Wharton)

OnDemand Summit: Matt Bond Urges Consistency
Comcast Acquisition Exec Cites Company's 'VOD Magna Carta' (Multichannel News)

Comcast subscribers unable to see 9th inning of Nationals-Reds game (Washington Business Journal)

EyeIC Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MatchedFlicker(TM) Retinal Aid Detection Technology (PR Newswire)

The Fight Over Drug Data Mining (Business Week)

Arista Marketing Associates Rolls Out Multichannel Physician Access Program For Leading Pharma Company (Business Wire)

Information Technology: Not a Cure for the High Cost of Health Care (Knowledge@Wharton)

Join the Conversation from HigherEdCamp Philly (Technology at Wharton)

President of RecycleBank aims to expand after getting a first foothold in the UK (edie.net)

LLR Partners Increases Purchase Price for I-many, Inc. to $0.61 per Share (Marketwire)


SAP's Wookey outlines the company's on-demand ambitions (SearchSAP.com)

SunGard Provides Hosting to BDP International (Web Host Industry Review)

Herley Industries, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings (PR Newswire)

Finisar Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Financial Results (Marketwire)
Finisar merged with Optium Corp of Horshan last year.

Bentley Announces Be Connected: An Online Seminar Series Covering Breadth of Topics to Help Infrastructure Professionals Stay Abreast of Best Practices and Technology (PR Newswire)



permalink

Daily Links 6/10/09: SAP Lays Out On-Demand Strategy

SunGard Amends Existing Senior Secured Credit Facility (Business Wire)

Industry Watch: What will happen to Java? (Software Development TImes)
GSI Commerce's Bill Roth weighs in.

Wookey: SAP's future is on-demand (ZDNet Blogs)
SAP Unveils SaaS Strategy (Information Week)

SAP: Merrill Downgrades On Grim ‘09 IT Spending View (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP: World Doesn't Revolve Around Sun (TheStreet.com)

Twitter Bumps Ceiling (John Battelle's SearchBlog)

QlikTech delivers business intelligence via the cloud
QlikView 9 available using on-demand model (vnunet.com)

Beige Book: Philadelphia, June 10, 2009 (Federal Reserve Board)

On Demand Summit: Benya Says VOD Platform Will Get Web-like
Time Warner Cable Exec Looks To 'Advanced Server Side Search' To Navigate Through Expanding Programming Options
(Multichannel News)

FiOS to expand sports offerings, explore cable channels (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Verizon CTO Talks FiOS and LTE (Cable360)

Take three for movie studio (The Times Herald)

Ohana Teams Up with Sears to Launch Online Rebates for Energy Star Appliances Where Everybody Wins (PR Web)




permalink

Interesting Event Planned at Drexel on June 26

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIST), in cooperation with the iSchool at Drexel, is holding a one-day meeting entitled " Google, the Web, and the Future Roles of Publishers and Librarians". The meeting will be held on June 26 from 9:am
to 5: pm at Drexel.
The conference will examine the impact of Google and its increasing dominance through tools such as Google Search, Google Books and Google Scholar on publishers, scholars and librarians. The meeting will discuss Google's roadmap for the future, and strategies for living with, working with and perhaps even benefiting from Google. A "virtual attendance" option will be available.