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20nine
Conshohocken, Pa.

• launched an interactive division, 20nine Interactive. The addition of 20nine Interactive extends 20nine’s branding capabilities to include highly interactive Web development and custom digital marketing.
   

Analytical Graphics, Inc.
Exton, Pa.

• reported that Product Manager Tom Urie lent UAS expertise in the Training & Simulation Journal article “Flying the unmanned skies: Growth in drone use training challenges,” which focuses on the explosive growth in unmanned aerial systems development and operational use, and the subsequent impact on the training and simulation community.
   

AllianceTek, Inc.
Malvern, Pa.

• reported that its India office recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification. This office provides development and quality-assurance work to complement the project management and client service efforts of the U.S. team based in Malvern. The certification ensures AllianceTek has the processes in place to continue to provide a high-level of customer satisfaction.
   

Allied Pixel
Media, Pa.

• initiated an annual awards program that provides a $25,000 production grant to a Greater Philadelphia-area non-profit. Called the Partners in Progress Award, the grant is for the production of a digital media project of the winner’s choosing. The 2008 Partners in Progress award recipient was the Bucks County Autism Support Coalition. Allied Pixel donated time and expertise to assist the Coalition’s Education Committee in creating several autism videos, which will serve as a resource in community presentations and as be available for free downloads on the Coalition’s website.
• was chosen by Neumann College to produce its new Capital Campaign video for the “Grow To Inspire” campaign in November to build a new Sports & Spirituality Center and a new campus center called Neumann Circle.
   

AMETEK, Inc.
Paoli, Pa.

• reported that its fourth quarter 2008 sales of $623.7 million were up 7% over the same period of 2007. Net income, which includes the impact of a fourth quarter restructuring charge, was $43.8 million and diluted earnings per share were $0.41, compared to $0.57 per diluted share earned in the fourth quarter of 2007. For the full year 2008, AMETEK achieved sales of $2.53 billion, up 18% from 2007. Including the impact of the fourth quarter restructuring charge, net income for the full year 2008 was $247.0 million and diluted earnings per share were $2.30, compared to $2.12 per diluted share earned in 2007.
   

Assembly
Philadelphia

• produced and edited four webisodes for the Educational Testing Service's TOEFL test in collaboration with agency MRM Worldwide, Princeton office. Shot in HD, the spots were directed and edited by Assembly's Creative Director/Co-owner, John Knapich.
   

Advance
Exton, Pa.

• was honored as a charter member of Control System Integrators Association, one of only a few members to earn the recognition. The award was presented during CSIA’s 15th Annual Executive Conference.
• reported that President and CEO Bob Zeigenfuse was featured on the “Executive Leaders Radio” program on WWDB / 860AM Radio.
   

Beyond.com, Inc.
Philadelphia

• offered one free job posting to each employer across the nation through February 28 in an effort to promote business growth and help stimulate the economy in 2009.
   

Brandbridge Ltd
Springfield, Pa.

• reported that its documentary, “The Making of Takura,” was honored with the Aloha Accolade Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival. Selected from a pool of hundreds of entries from 30 countries, “The Making of Takura” follows a group of everyday professionals training and rehearsing for the premier performance of “The Contemporary Circus Fairie Tale Takura.”
   

Compuware Corporation
Blue Bell, Pa.

• reported that law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersol, LLP chose Compuware Vantage to help maintain open communication channels for nearly 550 mobile lawyers.
   

CSG Global
Plymouth Meeting, Pa

• achieved Nortel certification and Nortel Advantage Partner status, which allows it to offer a higher degree of engineering and larger discounts to its customers.
   

Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
Trevose, Pa.

• made a strategic partnership with My Medical Memory (M3) which will result in providing customers with even higher levels of security and portable capability in handling critical medical records. M3’s flagship product is a physician-designed system to obtain, store and manage a patient’s personal medical records on a flash drive. With the technological expertise that DSA brings, the two companies jointly can offer members the same level of security demanded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Security Agency and other government agencies. Together, DSA and My Medical Memory are developing SmartCard applications that allow secure online record storage and retrieval, with authentication systems that will stringently protect patient privacy while still allowing authorized access to lifesaving healthcare information when needed.
   

Deacom, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.

• is hosting the 2009 Deacom User Conference. Users of the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System are invited to attend the annual event, which set for May 6 and 7 at the Top of the Tower in Philadelphia. The event will provide networking opportunities, one-on-one access to Deacom staff, and breakout training sessions in order to help pharmaceutical manufacturers enhance their use of the DEACOM ERP System.
• launched an online version of its business software training program, DEACOM University. DEACOM University Online incorporates quality ERP software training in a convenient delivery method.
   

Drexel University — College of Information Science and Technology Philadelphia
City, State.

• reported that the iSchool at Drexel has merged the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) with the Internet Public Library. Since October, the LII has been hosted at the iSchool with the intention of merging the LII with the IPL, making the iSchool home to two of the most widely used library-based technological resources connecting individuals, businesses and society with information.
   

DVL, Inc.
Bristol, Pa.

• reported that Emerson Network Power unveiled a cold-aisle containment technology concept designed to contain cold air and deliver it directly to IT equipment at AFCOM Data Center World.
• reported that Emerson Network Power launched the Liebert NX UPS with Softscale technology, which delivers software scalable UPS for data centers. Designed for small and medium-size data centers, the UPS allows customers to pay for only the UPS capacity they need, while providing the flexibility to purchase and unlock additional capacity when needed via a simple software key.
   

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Edison Venture Fund
Lawrenceville, N.J.

• made a $7 million investment in TraderTools, Inc., based in New York, NY. Company management participated in the $7.5 million financing. TraderTools provides business solutions, software and services to financial institutions trading foreign currency.
• completed a $1 million follow-on investment for Formatta, in Fairfax, Va. Edison’s cumulative investment reached $5.3 million. Formatta provides e-form solutions that enable businesses and government to capture and transfer electronic data.
   

Evolve IP
Wayne, Pa.

• revealed that over the past year of offering managed technology services to the business community, it has secured more than 150 business, government and educational customers, representing over 6,000 total users. Large and small businesses have partnered with Evolve IP to reduce their capital expenditures, simplify their vital communication technologies and increase productivity.
• was featured in an article “Users Avoid Downtime with Managed Telephony Services,” by Matt Bolch, SearchDisasterRecovery.com.
   

EWSolutions
Hinsdale, Ill.

• reported that Director of Education Dr. Anne Marie Smith presented an all-day seminar on “Creating and Implementing a Meta Data Strategy” at DAMA Phoenix.
   

Exponent, Inc.
Philadelphia

• co-sponsored, with Saul Ewing and Uckiz, “Consulting Agreements with Physicians: The Role of Bias and Compliance” as part of the Philadelphia Medical Device Seminar Series.
   

Fiberlink Communications
Blue Bell, Pa.

• released MaaS360, a cloud-based platform and portal for mobile operations management. MaaS360 provides enterprises with a single platform to cost-effectively manage all the elements of its growing mobile operations, regardless of where the users, devices or data are located or connected.
   

The Fox School of Business & Management of Temple University
Philadelphia

• reported that the Fox School’s bachelor of business administration major in Management Information Systems (BBA in MIS) was recently named a top 10 U.S. program for IT by techrepublic.com, one of the world's largest Web communities of IT leaders.
• presented the 2008 Musser Award for Excellence to Stephen A. Cozen and Patrick J. O’Connor, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the law firm Cozen O’Connor.
   

GVA Smith Mack
Wayne, Pa.

• was appointed as exclusive listing agent for the leasing of Tripoint Property Inc.’s portfolio of office properties located in the Berks County area. The portfolio includes some of Berks County’s class ‘A’ suburban office campuses, such as 525 Lancaster Avenue, a redevelopment of the former Gilbert Associates Building; 210 George Street, a recently completed redevelopment project; and 811 William Lane, a multi-tenanted office/flex building located in the Northeast Industrial Park just off of Kutztown Road. GVA Smith Mack also represented the seller in the sale of a 35,000-square-foot industrial building located at 500 Schell Lane in Phoenixville, Pa.
• reported that Partner Neal F. Dangello was recognized for completing the professional development series for the CoreNet Global Master of Corporate Real Estate Designation.
   

Hollister Creative
Wynnewood, Pa.

• won a 2008 International Davey Award for a logo created for Exelon Power Team’s Kennett Square Environmental Council, an organization formed by Exelon employees on the company’s Kennett Square, Pa. campus. The logo, created by Senior Designer Renée Guie, won a silver award in logo design.
• reported that its education division, Hollister Kids, completed an eight-month education project exploring politics and the U.S. Constitution for the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The project, created with the News In Education program of The Philadelphia Inquirer , supported the Constitution Center’s election exhibit “Headed to the White House.” Hollister Kids also was chosen to work with Michigan’s Skillman Foundation and the Detroit Free Press to create a weekly magazine, “Yak’s Corner,” to promote literacy and reading among elementary students in Detroit schools.
   

Hot Neuron, LLC
Bryn Mawr, Pa.

• released version 2.0 of its Clustify document clustering software. It features automatic document categorization and other tools to help corporations and law firms explore and organize large document sets.
   

IT Acceleration, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.

• reported that Joseph F. Baxter, Senior Forensics Analyst; Jeffery A. Baker, Forensic Analyst; Frederick G. Munizza, Partner and Director of Technology Management Services; and David J. Yarnall, Partner, President and Director of Digital Forensics have been granted the Certified Computer Examiner certification by the International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners.
   

The Judge Group
Philadelphia

• opened a downtown Harrisburg, Pa., office located at 2205 Strawberry Square. The office’s service portfolio includes providing contract professionals to companies across all industries in the areas of information technology, engineering, healthcare, and finance and accounting. The Judge Group has appointed Robert L. Spoljaric to Director of Judge Technical Staffing for Harrisburg and the surrounding market. Prior to joining The Judge Group, Spoljaric spent 10 years with Drexel Technical as a Senior Business Development Executive and Regional Operations Manager.
• appointed Michael F. Ferreri as President of Judge Consulting Group, a subsidiary of The Judge Group. Ferreri will devote his efforts to the strategic management and expansion of the consulting business both in North America and Internationally. Ferreri is a 22-year technology-industry veteran who most recently served as the Managing Partner and CEO of The Acentio Group, a regionally based executive Business/Technology strategy firm.
   

Laureate Pharma, Inc.
Princeton, N.J.

• entered into a cGMP contract manufacturing agreement with Tolera Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and offers targeted therapies and safer solutions for immune modulation and related medical needs. Laureate will produce Tolera’s TOL101 monoclonal antibody under cGMP conditions to be used in clinical trials.
• entered into a cGMP contract manufacturing agreement with Tolerx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel therapies for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases. Laureate will produce Tolerx’s humanized anti-GITR antibody known as TRX518, which is currently in development for cancer and chronic viral indications.
   

LearnQuest
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

• launched a new and improved website (www.learnquest.com) with a more user-friendly layout, an updated look and expanded functionality.
   

Liquid Networks, Inc.
Norristown, Pa.

• released Virtual Observer, a robust call recording system which now natively pulls calls directly from the ShoreTel system. Virtual Observer's call monitoring features enable businesses to improve agent performance by using the recorded calls to evaluate agents, review screen activity and analyze performance reporting.
   

Listrak, LLC
Lititz, Pa.

• launched Listrak 4.4. The new version has several advanced product features and updates that will make it even easier for users to send targeted, relevant emails to their subscribers, including A/B Split Test Segmentation, Import List Wizard Segmentation Updates, Contact Level Reports Reason & Method Parameters, Email Change Address Link, Minimize / Maximize Left Side List Area, Pass Along Changes, Overhaul of Listrak Contact Request Engine and Enhanced Security & Encryption.
   

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MISI Company
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

• hired Nick Croce as a Technical Recruiter. Croce was a Senior Recruiter/Account Executive for a creative and marketing search firm.
• more than doubled its space in its current location to accommodate for existing growth within the Staffing and User Experience practices.
   

Penn State Great Valley
Malvern, Pa.

• celebrated Engineers Week 2009 with free events, including a lecture and an information session.
   

PuriCore, Inc.
Malvern, Pa.

• is filling an order from Safeway Inc., one of the largest supermarket retailers in the U.S., to install Sterilox Food Safety Systems. The order will complete, by year-end, the implementation of this technology throughout the Safeway enterprise.
• reported pre-close trading update for the year ending December 31, 2008. Among the results: 2008 sales of $33.8 million (2007: $18.6 million) in line with market expectations, an increase of 81.1% (85.1% increase on a constant currency basis) with record revenues in both core businesses; U.S. Food Safety revenue increased 147% to $19.4 million; U.K. Endoscopy revenue increased 35.2% to $13.9 million (42.5% at constant currency); gross margins improved to approximately 22.2% (2007: 15.8%); total selling, general and administrative expenses reduced approximately 10% versus prior year (net of non-cash stock compensation); earnings in line with market expectations; and cash outflow from operations halved to approximately $7 million (2007: $14.1 million).
   

Questcon Technologies
Greensboro, N.C.

• expanded its onshore test center operations. Serving as a cost-effective quality alternative to offshoring, Questcon’s Greensboro, N.C.-based test center now provides customers with a full menu of advanced onshore and remote testing capabilities that integrate proven methods of testing across multiple IT software applications. Questcon has plans in place to fill 25 positions in its Greensboro location with additional expansion in other Questcon locations.
   

RatnerPrestia
Berwyn, Pa.

• reported that Shareholder Kenneth N. Nigon participated in a panel of speakers, “You Can’t Patent That, Can You?,” at the Association of University Technology Managers' (AUTM) 2009 Meeting.
• reported that Shareholder Joshua L. Cohen authored a chapter, “Law Meets Design: Transforming Valuable Designs into Powerful Assets,” for Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, a book co-published by Allworth Press and Design Management Institute (DMI).
   

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.

• participated in a $10.4 million financing round for Garnet Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company targeting the acceleration of healing and reduced scarring associated with surgical procedures and other dermatologic conditions. Other investors include Alliance Technology Ventures and SCP Vitalife Partners, which led the round.
   

SunGard Higher Education
Malvern, Pa.

• named Ron Lang Chief Executive Officer. Lang joined SunGard in 1998 with the acquisition of Infinity Financial Technology. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer of SunGard’s Enterprise Solutions Group in which he was responsible for SunGard’s global delivery, global account management, consulting services and software-as-a-service initiatives. From 2000 to 2005, Lang was Group Chief Executive Officer of SunGard Trading Systems and also was responsible for SunGard Brokerage Systems and SunGard Financial Networks.
• reported that Dr. Maya Angelou and Jeffrey Zaslow will deliver keynote addresses at SunGard Higher Education's user conference, SunGard Summit, March 22-25, in Philadelphia.
   

Thomson Reuters
New York

• combined a number of businesses with Liquent, Inc. to form Thomson Reuter's Services and Software Solutions business division to provide value-added services and software-based solutions to pharmaceutical and life sciences clients. The new business consists of Liquent Regulatory Software and Related Services, CMR International, the Institute for Regulatory Science and the new Regulatory and Clinical Services.
   

UpStreme, Inc.
Malvern, Pa.

• reported CEO Thomas Costello was appointed to the editorial board for the IT Professional, a scholarly magazine published by the IEEE Computer Society devoted information technology practitioners and managers.
   

Villanova University
Villanova, Pa.

• moved the College of Nursing into its new home. Driscoll Hall is a $32 million, state-of-the-art, 75,500-square-foot building with a 200-seat auditorium; a 200-seat lecture hall; seminar rooms; classrooms; future-oriented clinical simulation labs for health assessment; adult health, maternal/child health, anesthesia and critical care simulation labs for “standardized patient” observation and testing; and a center for nursing research and scholarship.
   

Vivat Consulting
Bensalem, Pa.

• launched Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) services targeting Fortune 1000 companies and their divisions. Vivat can implement a comprehensive formatting scheme that will intelligently label client data, making it cleanly and completely usable in a range of powerful tools for businesses regardless of platform or medium.
   

Volpe and Koenig, PC
Philadelphia

• added several new Associates. Melissa D. Doogan will work in the Electrical and Litigation Departments. A graduate of Temple University School of Law, she joins the firm after working at a local general practice firm. Dawn C. Kerner is an Associate in the Electrical Department. A graduate of Villanova University School of Law, she previously worked at a local IP firm. Lowell C. Carson is an Associate in the Electrical Department and brings nearly 10 years of intellectual property law experience. Carson has extensive technical experience, working as a teacher, engineer and scientist. Sarah E. Galbraith, a graduate of Villanova University School of Law, is a Staff Attorney in the Electrical Department. Joseph P. Boos, Brendan P. Fernald, Michael P. Kochka and Joseph E. McNamara have all joined the firm as associates in the Electrical Practice Group. Boos and McNamara eared JDs from Widener University School of Law. Fernald and Kochka earned JDs from Rutgers University-Camden School of Law.
   

WolfBlock, LLP
Philadelphia

• has been joined by Valentine Brown as a partner in the Employment Services Practice Group. She also leads the firm’s Immigration Services Team. Brown has practiced immigration law exclusively since 1995. Prior to joining WolfBlock, she served as Managing Partner of Valentine Brown, LLC, which she founded in 2000.
   

Xylos Corporation
Langhorne, Pa.

• completed a preferred stock transaction that provides up to $4.295 million in financing for the company. The round was led by a Dutch venture capital group consisting of both existing and new investors. At closing, the company received $1.8 million, and the balance is to be invested in two installments, subject to the achievement of certain milestones.