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Oracle has updated its electronic health records and omics data platform in an effort to help healthcare clients further efforts to identify medicines. The new version of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center is built to feature more than 70 tables and new attributes such as medical encounters, treatment results and medical histories of patients, Oracle […] More
A U.K. fighter jet equipped with metal components made with BAE Systems‘ 3D printing technology has taken its maiden flight. The Tornado aircraft flew from the UK Ministry of Defence’s airfield at Warton, Lancashire late last month, BAE announced Monday. 3D printing has the potential to yield approximately $2 million in maintenance and service savings for […] More
Synergy Research Group has released a new report on market performance of colocation providers in the U.S., Fierce Telecom reported Friday. Sean Buckley writes Equinix and CenturyLink‘s Savvis subsidiary are among the dominant players U.S. colocation market through continued surges in colocation and managed service earnings. Equinix generated $517 million in recurring revenues for colocation, […] More
IBM and Technicolor have partnered to introduce a cloud-based monitoring and management service for the consumer electronics market, IT Pro Portal reported Friday. Jamie Hinks writes the Virdata service is built for customers to manage Internet-connected objects and machine-to-machine services using device and application tools such as big data analytics stacks. Vince Pizzica, senior executive […] More
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that U.S. spending on healthcare increased by 3.7 percent to $2.8 trillion in 2012, Reuters reported Monday. Caroline Humer writes that national health spending has been growing at a slower pace and CMS has linked the slowdown to recession-induced changes in medication prices and care payment policies. […] More
Integrity Applications Inc. has won a potential $42 million contract to perform research and development work on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting systems for the U.S. Navy. The five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity prime contract covers services to the Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., IAI announced Monday. Kenneth Abeloe, IAI senior […] More
Northrop Grumman has signed a licensing agreement with Trex Enterprises to develop a celestial navigation technology intended to help address the precision targeting needs of the U.S. military and allies. Northrop will build and integrate Trex’s navigation systems into ground targeting platforms for users to locate targets, Northrop Grumman said Monday. Gordon Stewart, vice president […] More
Exelis has partnered with live traffic video aggregator TrafficLand to produce real-time weather condition data for joint customers in the U.S. Exelis will consolidate its weather intelligence and imaging technology with TrafficLand’s network that covers more than 15,000 U.S. Transportation Department traffic cameras, TrafficLand said Monday. Lawrence Nelson, CEO of TrafficLand, said the partnership aims […] More
A satellite Orbital Sciences built for telecommunication services provider Thaicom PLC launched into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday. The THAICOM 6 satellite contains Ku- and C-band transponders and is designed to provide communications network coverage across Southeast Asia and Africa, Orbital said. Orbital will conduct geostationary orbit and operational […] More
The National Science Foundation has estimated a 1.1 percent decrease in university research spending for the 2012 fiscal year, the first decline it recorded since 1974, the Baltimore Sun reported Monday. Scott Dance writes that university officials attributed the decline to budget cuts and the government’s withdrawal of the economic stimulus package. Dance reports that […] More
A new Dun & Bradstreet study predicts India’s information technology sector will expand in 2014 amid growing interest in big data analytics, healthcare IT, and engineering, research and development outsourced services, Telegraph India reported Sunday. According to the Telegraph, D&B forecasts an an onrushing demand for big data implementation for a deluge of unstructured information […] More
Doug Pasko has joined the board of advisors of Q Factor. where he will work with the board’s technical advisors as the company gets ready to launch its first products in the marketplace in early 2014. Pasko currently serves as a director in the network and technology organization of Verizon, Q Factor announced Monday. “We […] More
