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Vermont’s health system and information exchange are planning to introduce a new clinical data exchange program in the state, Government Health IT reported Thursday. Anthony Brino writes Vermont Information Technology Leaders and Fletcher Allen Health Care intend to open the portals to clinics, hospitals and physicians for providers to gain access to clinical, radiology and […] More
IBM has extended two contracts with cloud electronic invoicing services provider Direct Insite covering electronic invoice services. One three-year extension is for a global services contract involving the Invoices On-Line tol and a separate one-year extension is for customer presentable invoices, with both effective Jan. 1, Direct Insite said Thursday. “We’re very pleased that IBM has decided […] More
Carestream Health has been awarded a one-year, $70.2 million contract extension from the Defense Department to provide medical imaging systems for federal agency customers. Carestream will engineer radiography systems for the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agency users seeking to access X-ray results, Carestream said Thursday. The company’s wireless detectors […] More
Motorola Solutions has purchased software communications company Twisted Pair Solutions for an undisclosed amount in an effort to grow push-to-talk over broadband offerings. Twisted Pair will become a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions and be a part of the latter company’s government solutions business, the companies said Thursday. “We recognize that our customers have multiple communications […] More
Private sector construction projects have raised spending in the industry to its highest level in five years, the Commerce Department told Reuters Thursday. Lucia Mutikani writes the one percent annual rate increase brought construction spending to $934.4 billion despite the drop in federal, state and local government projects. Spending for private construction projects rose 2.2 […] More
Research and consulting firm MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that analyzes and forecasts the trends for the government cloud market from 2013 to 2018. Information technology and software services providers will find business opportunities as governments shift spending on data center and cloud services, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Government agencies will continue to transition to […] More
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has won a $9,133,111 contract to help the U.S. Air Force evaluate damage capabilities of laser weapons and target system vulnerabilities. The company is receiving $731,000 in fiscal 2013 research and development funds at the time of award for work under the Advanced Laser Effects Research program, the Defense Department said Thursday. Four […] More
A report by University of North Carolina researchers for IBM‘s Center for the Business of Government examined the risks state and local governments face when transitioning to cloud platforms, GOVERNING reported Thursday. John Kamensky, a center senior fellow, writes that study authors Shannon Tufts and Meredith Weiss identified issues associated with cloud migration contracts based […] More
CEO Mike Gregoire says CA Technologies wants to be known as the leading provider of mainframe computing software, which currently accounts for half of the company’s revenues, Times of India reported Friday. Shilpa Phadnis writes Gregorie told the Indian publication in an interview that CA continues to invest in virtualization platforms and intends to focus […] More
John D. Thomas, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cubic Corp. will present at an upcoming technology and government services conference at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Thomas is scheduled to speak at the Raymond James 13th Annual Government Services & Technology Summit at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 9, […] More
Ella Mae Ortega, formerly vice president of sales and marketing at Fritz & Macziol Asia, has joined Teradata Corp. as country manager for the Philippines, Business World reported Dec. 9. Ortega will report directly to Peter Hand, area VP of Pacific, South Area and Korea, and be responsible for the company’s sales, professional services and […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to kick off a year-long celebration to honor the company’s 100th anniversary. The management and technology consulting firm was founded by Edwin Booz in 1914 and has worked with clients such as the U.S. Navy, American Red Cross and NASA, […] More
