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Member Reports
If you want your company’s news included in the November 4 edition of Technology Times, please post your press release on the Eastern Technology Council’s RSS member news feed by October 14. The deadline for the January 6 edition is December 14.
To post press releases on the feed, your company’s primary contact to the Eastern Technology Council’s website must sign in. (This is the person who can make changes to your company’s profile.) Click on “Edit My Profile” to the right of the main menu. At the bottom of the “Manage My Company” section of the navigation at the right, click on “Add Member News.”
Member Reports A-K
Allied Pixel
Media, Pa.
- launched an HD Webcasting division. Five months of extensive research of various hardware, software and CDN combinations, along with the company’s trip to the NAB, resulted in the purchase of an XStreamCast Traveler 8 core encoder system from Kulabyte. The whole system is the size of a briefcase.
- received three bronze 2009 Telly Awards for: a Cabrini College video commemorating the college president's accomplishments during her 16-year tenure, a Positioning Technology Video for Southco, Inc., and a recruiting video for Drexel University’s College of Engineering. The Telly Awards honor the best local, regional and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Philadelphia
- named several new Partners, including Patrick R. Gillard, a member of the Business & Finance Department and of the Energy and Project Finance, Transactional Finance, P3/Infrastructure, and Public Finance Groups; William K. Kennedy II, a member of the Litigation Department and the Labor, Employment & Immigration Group; Paul Lantieri III, a member of the Litigation Department and the Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation Groups; and Jason A. Leckerman, a member of the Litigation Department and the Business Litigation, Health Care, and Product Liability and Mass Tort Groups.
Beyond.com, Inc.
King of Prussia, Pa.
- released a new application, enabling users to search jobs across thousands of top-tier industry and local career sites directly from their iPhone or iPod touch devices. While adding a new layer of convenience for job seekers, the app also provides human resource professionals and recruiters with extended access to the active and passive job seekers who search for jobs on-the-go.
Compuware Corporation
Blue Bell, Pa.
- won a Yphise Award for Best End User Experience Monitoring for ClientVantage, Compuware Vantage’s End User Experience monitoring solution. Changepoint, Compuware’s market-leading IT Portfolio Management solution, won a Yphise Award for Best Application and Service Portfolio Governance. Also, IDG’s Computerworld selected Compuware as one of the top workplaces for IT professionals as part of the publication’s 16th-annual Best Places to Work in IT survey. And Compuware’s Covisint subsidiary was named a hosted IAM market share leader by independent analyst firm, Forrester Research, Inc. Covisint was one of only two companies listed in the Tier 1 category, which represented companies with more than $10 million in hosted identity revenues for 2008.
- released its next generation upgrade of Xpediter with Eclipse 2.0. The upgrade of the analysis and debugging tool enables new mainframe talent to support mission critical business applications more quickly using a familiar point-and-click environment. Compuware also launched the Agile Accelerator, a pre-configured version of its market-leading IT portfolio management solution, Changepoint.
David Consulting Group
Paoli, Pa.
- is partnering with CAST Software to assist the U.S. Navy in a readiness review of an application platform crucial to supporting the logistical needs of the warfighter. A complete structural and operational analysis of the application software's performance is being conducted using CAST Software's Advanced Automated Intelligence Platform Code Analyzer.
- released a White Paper, “Is IT Measurement and Process Improvement surviving the recession?,” based on its IT metrics and performance improvement practitioners survey. The survey shows strong evidence that respondent organizations care about and monitor actual project costs against estimates. There is also strong evidence that money is being wasted through weak controls over application code quality.
Deacom, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.
- reported that Founder and President Jay Deakins has been named to PharmaVOICE magazine’s list of the 100 most inspiring people in the life sciences industry for his insight in developing the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning Software System for mid-to-large sized pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- was named a 2009 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain magazine. The 7th Annual 100 Great Supply Chain Partners listing recognizes vendors and service providers whose solutions have made a significant impact on companies’ efficiency, customer service and overall supply chain performance.
Duane Morris, LLP
Philadelphia
- added 16 attorneys formerly with WolfBlock to its Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. The additions make Duane Morris's group one of the largest of any U.S. full-service law firm. The attorneys joining Duane Morris are: Partners Jonathan A. Segal, James R. Redeker, Caroline M. Austin, Jennifer Blum Feldman Valentine, A. Brown, Michael S. Cohen, Philip E. Garber, Linda B. Hollinshead and John A. Nixon; Special Counsels Ralph R. Smith 3rd and Jonathan D. Wetchler; and Associates Benjamin M. Goldstein, Andrea M. Kirshenbaum, Kathryn E. Larkin, Amanda E. Layton and Marc J. Scheiner.
Emerio Corp.
Berwyn, Pa.
- reported that Singapore-based Emerio named Sunil Kanojia Vice President of its U.S. subsidiary, Emerio Corp. Prior to this role, Kanojia was with Siemens Medical Solutions (Health Services), where he successfully handled huge cross-cultural teams and multimillion-dollar investments. In the past decade he was closely involved with healthcare information technology rollout initiatives in many large pioneer hospitals in the U.S. and Europe.
ExpenseWatch.com
Conshohocken, Pa.
- partnered with Egencia, the fifth-largest travel management company in the world, to provide a comprehensive, fully integrated travel and expense management system allowing companies to create an end-to-end solution encompassing pre-trip approvals through expense-report reimbursement.
Member Reports L-Z
Hollister Creative
Wynnewood, Pa.
- earned three gold medals in the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Awards competition of the Association of Educational Publishers. Earning top honors in their categories were: “Faces of the Future: Hispanics Who Will Influence the World,” a program created for Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services; “Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius,” a full-color teaching package created for the Detroit Science Center; and “Big Two-Hearted River,” a literacy initiative featuring an Ernest Hemingway short story and interpretive lessons for the Michigan Reads program of the Michigan Humanities Council. All three were created in partnership with the Michigan K.I.D.S. organization and Detroit Newspapers In Education.
- won four awards in the 18th annual National Mature Media Awards competition. Two were general excellence awards for full issues of Milestones, a monthly newspaper Hollister produces on behalf of Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. The other two were for articles that appeared in Milestones. Milestones, which is read by more than 180,000 mature Philadelphians, is written by seniors under the direction of Hollister Creative editor Don Harrison, a 60-year veteran of Philadelphia newspapers. Hollister also provides art direction, photography and graphic design services for Milestones.
LearnQuest
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
- launched its On Demand Classrooms Virtual Lab service. The On Demand Classrooms environment provides the entire infrastructure needed to support the delivery of onsite or virtual training in an online, secure, on-demand environment.
Liquent, a Thomson Reuters Company
Horsham, Pa.
- reported that Linde Healthcare purchased Liquent Regulatory Software, a solution specifically designed to meet the regulatory needs of life sciences organizations. Linde Healthcare is a global business unit of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company. Through its purchase of Liquent InSight Manager and Liquent InSightPublisher, Linde Healthcare has compiled a robust software solution that provides a centralized, global view of product details, documents and submissions to support collaboration, compliance requirements and the eCTD.
- reported that Accovion purchased Liquent InSight Publisher, a software solution used to quickly and easily create, review, amend and submit regulatory dossiers. Accovion is a full-service contract research organization.
MISI Company
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
- named Ed Epstein Chief Marketing Officer. Epstein, who had been the Vice President of the Philadelphia branch for the past seven years, in now managing both the Philadelphia and Los Angeles regions and overseeing the marketing functions throughout MISI.
- reported that Business Development Manager Jessica Rice was named the new Marketing/PR Board Member of the NWCT, a Philadelphia-based organization founded in 1980 to advance careers for professionals in IT through education, mentoring and providing professional networking opportunities.
NewSpring Capital
Radnor, Pa.
- reported that its newest Partner, Bruce Downey, formerly of Barr Pharmaceuticals, was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Manufacturing Category in New Jersey. He will now go on to compete in the National Entrepreneur of the Year Competition to be held in Palm Springs, Calif., on November 14.
- reported that Chris Bodine, Former President of Health Care Services at CVS Caremark, has joined the board of its portfolio company, Songbird Hearing, Inc., and will serve as Chairman. Bodine retired from CVS Caremark in January after 24 years with the company.
Prescient Medical
Doylestown, Pa.
- was awarded the 2009 Frost & Sullivan North America Product Innovation of the Year Award in Atherosclerosis Lesion Management in recognition of the introduction of vProtect Luminal Shield, a breakthrough product designed to treat soft atherosclerotic lesions that are vulnerable to rupture or that have recently ruptured.
RatnerPrestia
Valley Forge, Pa.
- reported that Shareholder Kenneth N. Nigon discussed guidelines for preparing patent applications in view of recent court decisions, such as KSR and Bilski, to support broad claims and to avoid unintended claim limitations at Practicing Law Institute's “Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009: Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing” in New York.
- is sponsoring Hagley Museum and Library’s “Nineteenth-Century Patent Models: Innovation in Miniature” exhibit, taking place now through December 2010. Located in Wilmington, Del., Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. The Patent Model Exhibit showcases over 120 one-of-a-kind patent models representing some of the most creative ideas of the 19th century.
Sagefrog Marketing Group
Doylestown, Pa.
- became an authorized Expand booth dealer and offers a variety of banner stands and tradeshow displays from the company.
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
Wayne, Pa.
- participated in the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps Summer Fellowship Program, hosting Ryan Whisnant from the University of Michigan. The 10-week program trains M.B.A. students in energy-efficient strategies and embeds them within leading corporations to analyze and recommend the most effective ways for their host companies to consume less energy.
SunGard Higher Education
Malvern, Pa.
- reported that Stratford University licensed the PowerCAMPUS Unified Digital Campus from SunGard Higher Education to enhance administrative functions at the institution. The solution will improve the education experience for the university’s internal and external constituents while providing a foundation to support future enrollment growth. Ahlia University, Bahrain’s first private university, and Richmond, the American International University in London, also selected PowerCAMPUS Unified Digital Campus.
- reported that TAFE South Australia, the Australian state’s largest provider of vocational education training, selected the Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) from SunGard Higher Education to meet the growing needs of its 80,000 learners, teachers, administrators, alumni, employers and other key stakeholders. Fordham University, Blinn College and The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore also chose the Banner UDC.
University City Science Center
Philadelphia
- reported that more than 40 high-paying life sciences and alternative energy jobs will remain in West Philadelphia as two companies — Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., and AlumiFuel Power, Inc. — move into the University City Science Center's newest building at 3711 Market Street on the Avenue of Technology.
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