‘Information Systems & Information Technology’ Archives
Emdeon Announces Agreement to Acquire Healthcare Technology Management Services
Acquisition of proven healthcare IT consulting firm will extend Emdeon's ability to evaluate and implement comprehensive solutions for customers' pressing IT challenges NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced [...]
An Express-Lane for the Internet
ScienceDaily — The Internet is expected to be inundated in the future with billions of gigabytes (or exabytes) of data as high-definition video and other bandwidth-busting downloads become the norm. The cost of upgrading the Internet for this so-called "exaflood" could make Web connections too expensive for most consumers. Internet service [...]
Meridian Health Selects ICA’s CareAlign™ Solution as “Connected Health” Technology Platform
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) (www.icainformatics.com), unmatched in its ability to deliver a cost-effective, proven solution that leverages complete data across clinical settings to aid decision-making and improve patient outcomes, today announced its CareAlign™ [...]
IE9 to be GPU-accelerated
Microsoft dropped a major announcement at the MIX conference today. They released the Internet Explorer 9 platform preview and along with that we learned that IE9 would be be GPU accelerator. This next version of Internet Explorer will be the first browser to be capable to handling this sort of GPGPU activity. Nvidia, Microsoft’s partner [...]
CrossOver Linux 9: Run Windows apps without Windows
March 15, 2010, 03:21 PM — Computerworld — Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows close to impossible. That's where CodeWeavers' latest version of CrossOver Linux comes [...]
NC State Research Advances Voice Security Technology
Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person’s handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology that can test someone’s voice to confirm their identity. “The big picture is speaker authentication by [...]
Bid for Novell Could Jump-Start Tech M&A
Barron's: WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE TECH DEALS? A widespread prediction heading into 2010 was that tech was set for major consolidation. Many of the pieces seemed to be in place. Corporate tech spending appeared ready to rebound from a nasty 2009. Thanks in part to widespread cost-cutting, earnings were prepared for healthy improvement, even with [...]
Verizon Launches IT Platform to Help Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Care Records
First-of-its-Kind Platform, Medical Data Exchange, Enables Secure Digital Sharing of Physician Notes BASKING RIDGE, N.J., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In a significant step toward accelerating the adoption of electronic health records, Verizon Business has launched an information technology platform that enables the digital sharing of [...]
Weakness Discovered in Common Digital Security System
ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2010) — The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered. RSA authentication is a popular encryption method used in media players, laptop computers, smartphones, servers and other [...]
Lawyer questions FCC’s authority on Net neutrality rules
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks the statutory authority to make network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing some Internet traffic, a former U.S. solicitor general said Wednesday. If the FCC wants the authority to proceed with its Net neutrality, [...]
Gmail Labs… Hello to some new stuff, and saying bye bye to some other stuff!
When Google launched Gmail Labs over a year and a half ago as a playground where engineers could develop and test new features and let user help decide which are good ideas and which don't quite work out. As it was, Labs started out with 13 features which rapidly grew to 60, and still more are coming. Google received thousand comments and [...]
Juniper Networks Launches Venture Fund to Spark Innovation for “The New Network”
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - February 23, 2010) - Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced the Junos® Innovation Fund, a new corporate venture capital initiative that will invest in groundbreaking companies focused on improving the experience and economics of networking. The $50 million fund expands Juniper's efforts to create and [...]
Eclipsys Announces Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2009 Results
ATLANTA, Feb 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Eclipsys Corporation(R) (ECLP 17.48, +0.51, +3.01%) , The Outcomes Company(R), today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 were $133.7 million, compared to revenues of [...]
Backupify Raises 900K Round From VCs and Angels
Backupify, a startup based in Louisville, Kentucky that backs up all your data on services like Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, WordPress, Blogger, and YouTube. Louisville, USA 4949 Old Brownsboro Road Suite 260 Louisville, KY, 40222 USA
Axial Exchange, a private HIE provider
Raleigh, NC. - Joanne Rohde a former executive at Red Hat is leading a new start up that leverages her expertise in open-source software and her passion for information sharing technology between health care / service providers. Axial Exchange subscription based services enables health care providers to use its exchange efficiently. Axial [...]
