December 19,2012-Universal Lighting Technologies has reached IDEA's(The Industry Data Exchange Association's)Platinum Band,the"most prestigious level of IDEA's Bands of Excellence program",it said.Owned by the National Electrical ...
Tags: Universal Lighting, IDEA, Platinum Band, Industry Data Warehouse
Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. A partnership with a data collector called ...
Tags: Facebook, user data, datalogix deal, privacy
IDG News Service-Some of SAP's software products are now certified for use with Oracle's Database Appliance,which is essentially a streamlined version of its Exadata machine aimed at small and medium-size businesses. All SAP products ...
Tags: SAP software, Oracle's Database Appliance, Single-node or RAC, Oracle
Insurance information-services company ICEX has launched the first cross-claims data exchange, Claimcatcher, to help reduce overpayments related to medical and injury claims for property & casualty (P&C) and health insurers. ICEX CEO ...
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ICF International has received a new task order under the multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) CDC Information Management Services (CIMS) contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for ...
Tags: medical cooperation, public health, healthcare service
China Motor(CMC),a Taiwan-based automotive original-equipment manufacturer(OEM),has expanded its use of Altair Engineering's HyperWorks computer-aided engineering(CAE)solutions for automobile design and development. Since 2002,engineers ...
Tags: CMC, Altair Engineering's Hyperworks, automotive original-equipment
As the government pushes private companies to release customer data under its Midata initiative,Computer Weekly looks at what this means for the digital economy and who stands to benefit most from this new form of"consumer empowerment". ...
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McAfee is the latest information security supplier to admit that the challenges facing organisations are so great that it will take cross-industry collaboration to turn the tide. A cross-industry approach is being advocated by other big ...
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IDG News Service-In one of the photos,the dark-haired,bearded hacker is peering into his computer's screen,perhaps puzzled at what's happening.Minutes later,he cuts his computer's connection,realizing he has been discovered. The nation of ...
Tags: Georgia, cyber-spying, Russia-Based Hacker
Sheffield start-up Iceotope can dramatically cut,by over 90%,the cooling overhead of data centres,and increases the computational density of server racks,by moving to liquid cooling. Conventional servers are cooled by air,with fans bowing ...
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For 25 years,hospitals and clinics have had to pay an annual membership fee of as much as$1,200 to legally use the most popular set of standards for the electronic exchange of health information. On Tuesday,the nonprofit organization ...
Tags: HL7, E-Health, medical information
IDG News Service-The health care industry's increased use of electronic medical records(EMRs),wireless medical devices and personal mobile technology has turned hospital networks into important components in patient treatment.Practicing ...
1,800 cases of fake ICs in US military aircraft were discovered last year,says the US Senate Armed Services Committee,and 70%of those could be traced back to China.After China come the UK and Canada as the biggest sources of fake chips. ...
Tags: Fake ICs, China, GIDEP, US Department of Defence