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    NTT Data-Oracle Partnership to Integrate Cloud Into Healthcare Analytics Platform

    NTT Data and Oracle have expanded a partnership with the intent to incorporate end-to-end cloud computing features into the latter’s unified healthcare analytics platform. Both companies aim to help healthcare organizations merge, expand or replace data warehouse and data aggregation tools with Oracle’s Healthcare Foundation platform, NTT Data said Monday. Healthcare Foundation is designed to support warehousing of administrative, clinical, financial and -omics modules […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Mythics to Deliver Oracle Products, Support Services to Illinois Public Agencies

    Mythics has been awarded a multiyear contract by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to provide Oracle products and services to public sector organizations throughout the state. The Oracle Statewide Master Contract will serve as a vehicle for the state’s government agencies to access and procure cloud, technology, applications, support, hardware, engineered systems and professional services, Mythics said Friday. “We are proud to […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    CSRA Redesigns Website, Launches New Tagline As Part of Rebranding Effort

    CSRA has introduced a new website and adopted the tagline “Think Next. Now” as part of a rebranding initiative to highlight the government technology services contractor’s efforts to deliver innovative platforms and attract talent. The company said Monday the redesigned website includes expanded content on CSRA’s cybersecurity, digital platforms, intelligent business process support, data and analytics and enterprise […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    OASIS, Tech Firms Seek to Advance Use of Standard Format for Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure

    The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards has partnered with technology firms and other organizations to advance the adoption of a standard format designed to automate reporting of cyber vulnerabilities. The Common Security Advisory Framework developed by the OASIS’ technical committee works to facilitate interoperability and production of machine-readable vulnerability data and builds […] More

  • in Healthcare IT, News

    CORL Study: Only 26% of Health Industry Business Associates Have Security Certification

    CORL Technologies analyzed the certification status of 1,000 vendors from the company’s database of nearly 30,000 health industry business associates and found that just 26 percent of BAs hold a security certification. CORL said Tuesday its analysis also showed that 74 percent of health industry businesses lack security certifications related to health IT. “Without the proper security certifications in place, a security breach experienced by […] More

  • in News

    Oracle Invests $1.4B to Support EU Computer Science Education Efforts

    Oracle will invest $1.4 billion in direct and in-kind to support computer science education across member states of the European Union in support of efforts to educate 3.1 million students in 110 countries. Oracle said Thursday the contract, that includes a one-year base period and four option years, will look to offer CS, Java and Database instruction training […] More

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    Jim Kowalski Joins MapR Technologies as Chief Revenue Officer; Matt Mills Comments

    Jim Kowalski, formerly an enterprise organization lead at Marketo, has joined converged data platform provider MapR Technologies Inc. as chief revenue officer. MapR said Nov. 16 that he will be responsible for the company’s global go-to-market team that includes sales and sales engineering functions. “Jim’s focus is on accelerating our top-line revenue and ability to execute, while […] More

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    MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments

    Over 110 executives from cloud service providers, communications, technology platforms vendors and defense companies will take part as keynote speakers at MEF’s four-day global networking conference that is set to kick off Nov. 7 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Maryland. “MEF16 will provide attendees an unparalleled forum to engage with the world’s […] More

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    Bill Turk, Taylor Johnson Join SOSi’s Legal Team; Brian Geoghegan Comments

    Bill Turk, former vice president and general counsel of Omniplex World Services, and Taylor Johnson, former deputy general counsel at Raytheon’s Blackbird Technologies subsidiary, have joined the in-house legal team of Virginia-based operations support provider SOS International. Turk was most recently responsible for Omniplex’s merger and acquisition, contract negotiation, intellectual property and corporate governance functions, SOSi said […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Report: Oracle to End Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle, Third-Party Software Resellers

    Oracle will no longer use the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and third-party resellers to directly sell its software platforms to government agencies, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Oracle’s decision seeks to reduce litigation risks associated with the False Claims Act as well as address concerns over compliance with the Transactional Data Reporting rule […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Report Forecasts Cloud Tech Demand in Financial Services Industry Through 2020

    A Technavio study, released by Research and Markets, predicts the global private and public cloud market in financial services industry will experience a compound annual growth rate of 13.12 percent from 2016 to 2020. The 107-page market research report incorporates analysis and inputs from industry professionals and covers the market landscape and its growth forecast over the next […] More

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    OGSystems Lands Spot on 2016 Inc. 500|5000 List; Omar Balkissoon Comments

    OGSystems has been included in the 2016 Inc. 500|5000 list that recognizes the country’s fastest-growing private companies based on percentage revenue growth when comparing 2012 to 2015. OGSystems has been included on this prestigious list for the fifth consecutive year and ranked 2122nd on the list composed of companies that averaged a 433 percent growth rate within a […] More