Report: Mass Layoffs coming at Malvern's Siemens Healthcare

The blog HIStalk reports (apparently has copies of actual internal email announcements) that Malvern-based Siemens Healthcare will be laying off up to 475 people starting in a couple of months. Many of these jobs will be transitioned to India and Romania, including support for Siemens' mainstay Soarian Healthcare IT product. No word on how many Pennsylvania jobs will be affected.

BMC Jumps to Highest Since 2000 on Report of Potential Sale (Bloomberg)
SAP, Oracle reported to be possible suitors.

SunGard's Conde Sees `Tough Year', Will Continue Hiring: Video (Bloomberg via Washington Post)

Daily Links 10/8/2010: Comcast-NBC Deal May Face Possible U.S. Arbitration Demand

Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Out as New Owners Take Control (New York Times: Media Decoder)

Marimow out as Inquirer editor; deputy named interim boss (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Management told him he did not have the necessary background in digital media, the Inquirer reports.


Meet the New Boss: Philly Newspapers Sale Finally Completed (Editor & Publisher)

Diapers.com Takes on Amazon in Huggies Delivery-Time Smackdown (Bloomberg)
A company with several Wharton connections.

EarthLink: force Comcast into line-sharing as part of NBCU deal (Ars Technica)

Comcast's NBC Deal Said to Face Possible U.S. Arbitration Demand (Bloomberg)

Hulu Preparing for $2 Billion IPO Next Year [REPORT] (Mashable)

MGM seeks lenders' OK for pre-packaged bankruptcy (Reuters)
Comcast owns about a 20% equity stake in MGM which would be wiped out in the proposed reorganization.

'30 Rock' Season 5, Episode 3 Recap (VIDEO) (TV Squad)

Integromics Hires New CEO, Eyes Next-Generation Sequence Analysis Market (GenomeWeb)

DESIGN PHILADELPHIA: Party like it’s 2010 (Philadelphia City Paper)




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Daily Links 10/7/2010: Halfpenny Technologies Secures $2.6 Million in Capital Investment

Halfpenny Technologies Secures $2.6 Million in Capital Investment (Business Wire)

Comcast Says Interactive Ads Available in 10M Homes
More than 160 advertisers have used request for IT (Broadcasting & Cable)

From Running A Deli To Head Of SAP
A conversation with Bill McDermott, co-chief executive of the software giant. (Forbes)

SAP and Sybase create mobile business unit (ComputerWeekly.com)

Verizon's McAdam talks 4G (Q&A) (CNET News)

Clearwire Off; S&P Threatens Downgrade; Sees Liquidity Risks (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Cisco’s Quest For A Piece Of The Future-Of-TV Pie (paidContent)
Reports last week had suggested that Comcast might be an early go-to-market partner along with Verizon's FiOS, but I don't see any mention of Comcast right now.

Web Site to Offer Health Advice, Some of It From Marketers (New York Times)
Interesting test of Direct-to-Consumer Pharma marketing via the Web.

Kulicke & Soffa: Dec. Qtr Revs To Be Well Short Of Sept. Qtr (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

BioClinica Signs Enterprise Agreement for Electronic Data Capture (Applied Clinical Trials)
BioClinica is based in Newtown PA.

SunGard Acquires Mindwell (PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 10/6/2010: Verizon To Launch 4G LTE Service in Philadelphia Metro Area by Year End

Beyond.com Acquires Orbius (Business Wire)
Two Philly-area companies get together.

Verizon Launching LTE in 38 Cities (PC Magazine)

Verizon To Launch 4G LTE Service in Philadelphia Metro Area by Year End
Philadelphia International Airport to be Covered at Launch (PR Newswire)


WSJ: Verizon iPhone will arrive early 2011, new iPhone in the works (VentureBeat)

Wilmington Trust Said to Seek Capital Infusion From Private-Equity Firms (Bloomberg)

Tennis Channel advances in its discrimination case against Comcast (LA Times: Company Town)

FiOS Stealth Ads Slam Cable As Slow, Balky
Spots Take Aim at Comcast, TWC and Bright House in Four Markets (Multichannel News)

Global CIO: SAP's Sweeping Turnaround: Exclusive Co-CEO Interview
(Information Week)

Retailers join forces to challenge Amazon on shipping (Internet Retailer)
ShopRunner program is operated by GSI Commerce.
What ShopRunner needs to learn from Amazon (Fortune)

iPipeline Announces Vertical CRM Solution for Insurance (Business Wire)

Hara’s newest software looks to supply chains for energy savings (VentureBeat)
The City of Philadelphia is one of its customer.




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Daily Links 10/5/2010: NBC Universal invests in Invidi

NBC Universal Invests in Addressable-Ad Concern Invidi (Ad Age)
This will give Comcast a stake in Invidi once the Comcast/NBCU deal is done (Comcast had already run tests with Invidi in Baltimore).
Invidi has its engineering offices in Princeton.

Comcast-NBC Universal merger review hits FCC speed bump (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Comcast Homes In on Security Services (Light Reading Cable)

Why it's often sunny in Philadelphia (The Deal)
I think its a pretty accurate article.

Health Benefits Direct Announces Agreement to Raise $5.4 Million in Private Placement (Business Wire)

Verizon To Unveil LTE Plans Wednesday (Broadband Reports)

SAP's McDermott Says Apotheker Can `Really Help' HP: Video (Bloomberg)

Rant: Thoughts of SAHP are insane (ZDNet Blogs)


SAP launches Business ByDesign for iPhone
Future apps planned for Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 platforms (V3.co.uk)

Software Leader SAP Launches Global Brand Campaign with a Call to Action for Business: 'Run Better' (PR Newswire)


Microsoft Helps Appnexus Raise $50 Million Third Round (paidContent)
First Round Capital participates again.

Schneider exit clouds Newspaper Consortium (REFLECTIONS OF A NEWSOSAUR)
Philly.com was a major backer of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium, under former Philly.com President Eric Grilly (now with Comcast).

GSI Commerce to open new Louisville facility (Business First of Louisville)

Cloud Computing Company Offers Document Exchange and Collaboration Between Amazon S3, Google and Microsoft SharePoint (PR Newswire)




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The Léo Way (The Economist)

HP-SAP Merger Talk Considered Far-fetched (PC World)

T-Mobile probably will ink deal with Clearwire, but not for WiMAX (FierceWireless)

Righting wrongs: Verizon refunding (up to) $90M to customers for unjust data charges (VentureBeat)

Final newspaper contracts reached (Philadelphia Inquirer)

An Award, Criticism and Perils for Comcast (New York Times)

Industry backs Robert Greenblatt to run NBC (Hollywood Reporter)

Google TV Announces Its Programming Partners (New York Times)

Qualcomm Giving Up On FLO TV (GIGAOM)

Medquist secures $310M in financing deal (CMIO)

Philly Tech People News 10/3/2010

Adam Miller Joins Comcast Corporation (Business Wire)
A somewhat mysterious announcement. More of an explanation here:
Deal P.R. Adviser Joins Comcast (New York Times: DealBook)

Rodale Inc. Promotes Mary Murcko to EVP, Group Publisher (Business Wire)

Integromics Appoints Dr. Michael J. McManus as President & CEO (PharmaLive)

Project Management Institute Names Executive Vice President and COO Mark A. Langley as New President and CEO
(PR Newswire)

Oxford Communications adds Bob Quintana as director of interactive services (Philly Ad Club News)

Larry Ellison ‘Speechless’ Over New CEO of H-P (Wall Street Journal: Digits)

Eniac Ventures formed to seed Mobile Apps

The name Eniac should ring a bell for most Philadelphians, since that was the name of the first true computer that was developed at Penn's engineering school. Now four former classmates at the
school have joined together to form a small seed fund named, aptly enough, Eniac Ventures, that will focus completely on mobile applications. It was founded by Hadley Harris, Nihal Mehta, Vic Singh and Tim Young, and has raised $1.6 million, according to TechCrunch. Mehta is a serial entrepreneur who was an angel investor in AdMob, which sold last year to Google for $750 million. They expect the typical investment size to be in the $25,000 to $100,000 range.

The one Philly-area startup the fund is already invested in is NearVerse. Others in their portfolio are Localytics (in which area entrepreneur/angel Gabriel Weinberg also invested), MightyMeeting , and Philo.

Note: On its Twitter account, Eniac gives its location as "NYC/Cambridge".

New H-P Chief Experienced With Board Feuds (Dow Jones Newswires via NASDAQ.com)

H-P shares slip as new CEO fails to impress Street
Apotheker stresses more focus on software and IT services (MarketWatch)

HP’s Apotheker Appointment Sparks Talk of Closer Ties With SAP
(Bloomberg)

T-Mobile Says 4G Can Wait, Clearwire WiMax Is ‘Niche’ (Bloomberg)

Could Coax Hit 20 Gigabits Per Second? (Multichannel News)

QVC Launches Fifth Global Market (PR Newswire)
Italy.

History in 3-D
Welcome to Liberty 360, a circular theater telling the American tale. (Philadelphia Inquirer)