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Member Reports
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Member Reports A-D
Allied Pixel
Media, Pa.
- is sponsoring Partners in Progress, a $25,000 grant to a non-profit in the Greater Philadelphia region for the production of a video, website or interactive application. One grant is awarded per year. The application process is open through March 31. To apply, click here.
Alteva
Philadelphia
- expanded its services to include porting capabilities in Canada, allowing Canadian companies wanting an appearance in the U.S. to retain a local presence using a local number, and more importantly, create a standardization and consolidation of its billing across all of their offices. In addition, companies maintain the benefits of using a hosted VoIP solution, including lower up-front costs, flexibility and scalability, redundancy with live failover, and automatic upgrades.
- beat out 13 finalists to win Custom Service Department of the Year in the 2010 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.
Brandbridge Ltd
Springfield, Pa.
- reported that Creative Director and Producer Anthony Buemi is serving on the International Jury of Judges for the 2010 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards recognizing the best in news, documentary, information and entertainment programming, as well as in music videos, infomercials, promotion spots, openings and IDs
ComCam International, Inc
West Chester, Pa.
- acquired Pinnacle Integrated Systems, Inc., a leading security systems integrator focused on correctional facilities throughout the U.S.
Deacom, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.
- is hosting 2010 Deacom User Conference May 11-12, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Philadelphia. Users of the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning Software System are invited to attend. The conference will review the latest software releases, including DEACOM 12.1, as well as future development plans for the ERP software system. To register, click here.
- released the 2010 course schedule for Deacom University, an accredited ERP training program that educates users in all areas of the Deacom Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning Software System. To see it, click here.
Member Reports E-L
Edison Venture Fund
Lawrenceville, N.J.
- completed a $1.3 million follow-on investment in New York-based TraderTools. The total financing of $2.3 million was led by Edison and included existing investors. Edison has invested more than $8 million in the company. In connection with this financing, former Advent Software Sales Executive and Edison Director Network Member John Geraci joined the board.
Emerio Corp.
Berwyn, Pa.
- was honored several times recently. Emerio won the Enterprise 50 award in recognition of it being one of Singapore’s 50 most enterprising companies. It was given International Headquarters status by the Economic Development Board. Chief Executive Harish Nim won the SICCI Indian Entrepreneur Award in the large enterprise category.
Hollister Creative
Wynnewood, Pa.
- trained staff and volunteer leaders of Greater Philadelphia Cares in the use of Facebook for “friendraising.” The non profit raises awareness about volunteering, recruits volunteers and matches them with area agencies helping children, the elderly, the environment and the community, and other worthwhile organizations.
- was selected by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation to write a national curriculum strengthening critical thinking skills through use of print and digital media. The teaching package, developed by its educational publishing division, Hollister Kids, offers lesson plans and activity sheets that help students improve critical thinking in the key curriculum areas of financial literacy, nutrition, the environment, character education and information technology. The NAA Foundation distributed “Critical Thinking Through Core Curriculum: Using Print and Digital Newspapers” online and through newspapers around the country.
Ixilix
Broomall, Pa.
- became part of a larger technology services group, Transcend United Technologies (www.transcendunited.com). Transcend United is ranked in the top 5% of all IT and communications resellers in the U.S. The company has expanded its offerings to include network infrastructure (including Riverbed WAN optimization); unified communications (including Shoretel IP phone systems and LifeSize high-definition video conferencing); backup, recovery and availability; and data center optimization (including Power Management).
La Salle University
Philadelphia
- reopened Holroyd Hall after a 16-month renovation and expansion. The building features the Hugh and Nancy Devlin Center for Science and Technology, complete with state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, lecture halls and research spaces. Its exterior and interior were completely renovated and a 2,000-square-foot addition was constructed, bringing it to 108,000 square feet in total. Holroyd Hall is now a green building with a new energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system; tiles made of reprocessed materials; high-efficiency, low-heat-emitting light bulbs; and lighting systems that run on motion sensors.In the near future, solar panels will be installed on the 8,000-square-foot roof.
Liquent, Inc.
Horsham, Pa.
- was acquired by Marlin Equity Partners from Thomson Reuters. Based in Los Angeles, Calif., Marlin is a leading private investment firm with more than $1 billion under management. Liquent’s General Manager, Rick Riegel, continues his leadership position as the CEO of the company.
Member Reports M-Z
MODA Technology Partners
Wayne Pa.
- named new members to the QC Micro Advisory Board, including Paul Holman, Director of Quality Systems Business Technology at Pfizer Global Manufacturing; Dominick Villani, Manager of QC Microbiology at Amylin; Frank Bernard, Associate Director of User Services and Automation at XOMA: and Ulrich Eikmanns, Ph.D., Head of Product Management at heipha GmbH.
- reported that MODA’s Robert Toal and Michael Goetter authored the chapter “Best Practices in Environmental Monitoring Automation” in volume three of Environmental Monitoring: A Comprehensive Handbook, published by the Parenteral Drug Association and Davis Healthcare International Publishing.
Sagefrog Marketing Group
Doylestown
- was awarded a contract as Agency of Record for marketing and public relations by Penn Pharma Americas, headquartered in South Wales, U.K.
- has relaunched its site, www.sagefrog.com.
SeventySix Capital
West Conshohocken, Pa.
- has changed its named from ETF Venture Funds to SeventySix Capital.
Shunra Software
Philadelphia
- released Virtual Enterprise Suite v6.1 with new enhancements that enable performance and network engineers to better predict transaction response times of business-critical, data-intensive or mobile applications on their network. This release includes a new add-on software module, VE Bandwidth Catcher Lite, delivering an accurate, real-world view into how bandwidth availability will impact application performance. For a limited time, this new add-on module can be downloaded for free.
- released a white paper offering a seven-step strategy for predicting and resolving the network-related application performance issues that arise when data centers or servers are moved or consolidated. To read it, click here. Shunra Software also released a white paper about the challenges encountered when using data and voice applications over satellite networks, and using Shunra VE to validate applications before deployment over satellite networks to thoroughly test products under satellite network conditions. To read it, click here.
SunGard Higher Education
Malvern, Pa.
- reported that higher education institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean are increasing their investments in SunGard Higher Education’s technology solutions, consulting and system administration. These include: Anhembi Morumbi University and INSPER (Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa), in Brazil; San Sebastián University and Andrés Bello University, in Chile; Pontificia Bolivariana University, in Colombia; The College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad & Tobago; Escuela Bancaria y Comercial, in Mexico; and SENATI and Universidad del Pacifico, in Peru.
- was chosen by Texarkana College to help the school improve administrative efficiencies, student services and the overall educational experience by transforming its campus technology. Also, Auburn University has selected SunGard Higher Education’s Advance solution to enhance its fundraising and alumni relations efforts in preparation for its next capital campaign.
University City Science Center
Philadelphia
- reported that Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, Provost, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Surgery, Temple University has joined the Board of Directors. Also, Saul Behar was named Vice President and General Counsel. Behar has worked for the Science Center as a consultant since January 2009. Behar brings to his new position nearly 25 years of experience as an attorney, senior executive and strategic advisor, managing sophisticated corporate, real estate and securities transactions for early-stage and established companies in diverse fields. Most recently, Behar was a Partner at Wolf Block LLP.
- reported that NextFab Studio, a membership-based technology workshop and prototyping center, has opened at the University City Science Center. The 3,600-square-foot facility provides comfortable, clean and safe workspaces equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, digital embroiderers and other cutting-edge tools. NextFab Studio operates in partnership with the Science Center’s non-profit Breadboard program to bring technology education and innovation opportunities, and the arts, to the broader community.
Volpe and Koenig
Philadelphia
- reported that Thomas F. Meagher has joined as a Shareholder. Meagher, who had been at Duane Morris, has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a J.D. from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law. He specializes in patents, intellectual property litigation, and client counseling in licensing and joint venture matters.
XtraGlobex, Inc.
Philadelphia
- completed the merger rebranding of KIMCO Corporation and Eurest Services USA under the Eurest Services brand banner.
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