Posts Tagged ‘Atlanta’
First Data Report Shows Banks Missing Opportunities With Debit Cards
A new report by First Data, a global technology and payments processing leader based in Atlanta, reveals banks missing major debit card opportunities. The report is based on interviews with 34 across 10 mature and emerging markets including Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, India, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. [...]
Allscripts and Eclipsys to Merge
CHICAGO & ATLANTA, Jun 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, information and connectivity solutions for physicians, and Eclipsys (NASDAQ: ECLP), a leading enterprise provider of solutions and services for hospitals and clinicians, today announced a definitive [...]
InComm Buys Coinstar’s E-Payment Business
Atlanta-based InComm acquired Coinstar Inc.’s e-payment business for $40 million. The deal included a prepaid product portfolio including approximately 400 individual prepaid card products from more than 65 unique issuers in a variety of prepaid segments, including wireless, long distance telecom, branded retail gift, financial services and [...]
NAVTEQ: The content and services behind navigation and GPS (video overviews)
These videos give a short overview of NAVTEQ, new spatial content and the location based services. Have you thought about how the map and spatial content for navigation devices and location based services is collected? Do you know what company provides the services behind the leading brands on the market (e.g. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford, [...]
ABB to buy Atlanta software company Ventyx for over $1 billion
ABB has agreed to acquire Ventyx, a leading software provider to asset-intensive businesses such as global energy, utility, communications companies, for more than $1 billion. Vista Equity Partners created Ventyx in 2007 by combining two companies from its portfolio, Indus and MDSI, which it had acquired for $240 million and $70 million [...]
Atlanta based Aldata Solutions acquires UK based Cosmic
Atlanta based Aldata Solutions acquires UK based Cosmic for approximately $4.5 million. Aldata, which sells a variety of software to the retail industry, will incorporate Cosmic’s analytics software into their mix. Cosmic calculates the optimum mix of products to meet shopper, supplier and retailer objectives. “This announcement is [...]
Atlanta based Suniva receives $141M loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Eneregy
Suniva, a spin-off of Georgia Tech’s Center for Excellence in Photovoltaics and one of the more interesting solar cell makers developing higher and higher conversion efficiencies, announced that a $141 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. This adds to the more than $375 million they have raised through the private [...]
Atlanta ranked as 2nd most-wired city according to Forbes
Atlanta ranks 2nd among the most broadband-connected U.S. cities according to the 2010 Forbes study. The study measures the access to broadband in the city and the density of Wi-Fi hot spots. In addition, Atlanta ranked 16th among total Wi-Fi hot spots, 1st for broadband adoption, and second for access options. Read more…
Ebix Announces Record Quarterly Revenue of $31.3 Million, up 55% Year-Over-Year
ATLANTA, Mar 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Record Full Year Revenue of $97.7 Million, up 31% Year-Over-Year --Q4 Pre-Split Diluted EPS of $0.92, up 40% Year-Over-Year --Full Fiscal Year Pre-Split Diluted EPS of $3.10, up 36% Year-Over-Year --Q4 Net Income of $12.1 Million, up 53% Year-Over-Year --Full Year Net Income of $38.8 Million, [...]
GE Healthcare Unveils Future of Healthcare IT at HIMSS10
Atlanta Meeting Sees Debut of Clinical Knowledge Platform, eHealth Business ATLANTA, Feb 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- This week in Atlanta, healthymagination takes center stage as GE Healthcare uses its technology expo to demonstrate how it will affect cost, quality and access in healthcare systems across the world. At the [...]
Eclipsys and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance to Make Enterprise Health IT More Open and Powerful
ATLANTA and REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eclipsys Corp.® (Nasdaq: ECLP) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced they have signed an alliance agreement to deliver the choice and flexibility that hospitals need and want to improve health information technology (HIT) efficiencies. Breaking with the tradition of [...]
