Inacom Information Systems announced Friday that it has merged with Core BTS. The combined organization will employ approximately 350 professionals in 10 locations spread among the East Coast and Midwest regions. Both companies describe the deal as a merger orchestrated for strategic growth and enhanced...
An effective contact strategy takes research, initiative and accuracy, which are all important ingredients of a successful job search. There are two components to an effective contact strategy: assembling your contact list and working that list, writes James E. Challenger. ...
Biotech investor Steve Burrill is out raising a $1 billion fund to support the massive bioscience project planned for Elk Run, near Rochester, though he has “no checks yet.” Burrill plans to use half the proposed fund, or $500 million, to support construction of the 2,300-acre...
Earlier this month Google announced a new operating system called Chrome. It’s meant to transform personal computers and handheld devices into single-purpose windows to the Web. This is part of a larger trend: Chrome moves us further away from running code and storing our information...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) health IT policy committee voted Thursday on long-awaited recommendations from its workgroups on how providers can qualify to receive incentives through the new stimulus package. As part of a mandated series of steps the ONC...
Four employees of a consulting firm billed more than $200,000 apiece in five months for work on a University of Wisconsin System information technology project, according to a review by The Associated Press. Advertisement Another 10 employees of Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group charged at least $100,000 during...
Although many marketers have been asked to slash their budgets due to the economy, Social media programs are still growing for companies. Forrester’s first quarter 2009 CMO Recession Online Survey said social media spending will continue to grow for nearly half (47 percent) of the companies...
We’ve all heard about Obama’s promise for government transparency, but what about IT transparency? First, what is transparency? Transparency is basically defined as openness and accountability in all areas of business. Obama’s promise for an “unprecedented” level of government transparency has caused many business organizations to...
When companies start up, often the first place they look for seed financing is from friends and family. As frequently as they occur, there is very little available on the details of what consists of a “good” friends and family financing. In this...
Kevin Hayden, president of State Sponsored Business at Wellpoint, was appointed as an Advisory Board member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Board of Directors. "Health IT is at the forefront of helping to improve the delivery of patient care and HIMSS brings...