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This Report:

-- Provides in-depth analysis of the developing U.S. market for selective clinical health care IT technologies -- Forecasts trends and sales in the U.S. market for selective clinical health care IT technologies through 2014 -- Identifies the segments in the clinical health care IT technologies industry with the greatest growth potential -- Discusses barriers to deployment of clinical health care IT technologies including lack of standards, lack of compatibility with existing records, technology limitations, hardware availability, lack of skilled personnel, storage requirements and lack of funding -- Provides information on the selling channels, standards and purchasing criteria that will be useful to heath care IT vendors seeking a share of the market.

Chapter-1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 5

SUMMARY FIGURE CLINICAL HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES MARKET SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 6

Chapter-2: CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT: AN OVERVIEW

DEFINITIONS 7

TABLE 1 MAJOR CLASSES OF HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 7

CLINICAL SOFTWARE 7

HARDWARE DEDICATED TO CLINICAL IT APPLICATIONS 8

HISTORY 8

HISTORY (CONTINUED) 9

Chapter-3: TYPES OF CLINICAL IT TECHNOLOGIES

TABLE 2 MAJOR TYPES OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 10

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS 11

PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS FOR DRUGS, LAB TESTS, AND PROCEDURES 12

ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM 12

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR FILMLESS IMAGING 13

LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS 13

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS 13

TELEMEDICINE 14

OTHER RELATED AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES 14

Personal Health Records 14

Radio Frequency Identification 15

VeriChip 16

Bar Coding 16

Speech Recognition 16

Medical Equipment Interfaces 17

BENEFITS OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 17

BENEFITS TO PATIENTS 17

Improved Quality of Care 17

Lower Costs 19

Wider Availability of Health Insurance 20

BENEFITS TO HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS 21

Clinical Efficiencies and Improved Quality 21

Verification of Insurance Eligibility and Benefits 21

Patient Satisfaction 22

Image and Public Relations 22

Reduced Malpractice Risk 22

Employee Morale 23

BENEFITS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 23

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 23

Improved Drug Safety Surveillance 24

Clinical Trial Recruitment 24

Support of Regulatory Approval 25

Retail Pharmacies 25

Opportunities to Increase Revenues 25

BENEFITS TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS 26

BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT 27

COST 28

LACK OF METRICS 28

LACK OF STANDARDS 29

Clinical Vocabularies 30

Clinical Ontologies 30

COMPATIBILITY 31

Backwards Compatibility 31

Sideways Compatibility 31

Forwards Compatibility 32

WIDE RANGE OF SOFTWARE CHOICES 32

LACK OF PERSONNEL WITH APPROPRIATE SKILLS 32

LIMITED FINANCIAL RETURNS ON HEALTH IT INVESTMENTS 33

PRIVACY CONCERNS 34

SAFETY ISSUES 35

LEGAL LIABILITY 36

Privacy 36

Safety 37

PREVIOUS IMPLEMENTATIONS OF HEALTH CARE IT 37

U.S. 38

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 38

Cedars Sinai Medical Center Physician Order Entry System 39

Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange 40

OTHER COUNTRIES 41

U.K. National Health Service National Programme for IT 41

Alberta (Canada) Net care 42

MARKET SUMMARY 43

TABLE 3 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES BY APPLICATION TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 44

FIGURE 1 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCT MARKET SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 45

Chapter-4: MARKET ENVIRONMENT FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES

LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT 46

LEGISLATION 46

Federal Legislation 46

Better Healthcare through Information Technology Act of 2005 46

Medicare Value Purchasing Act 47

Health Information Technology Promotion Act 47

Wired for Health Care Quality Act 47

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 48

American . . . (Continued) 49

State Legislation 50

Massachusetts 50

Minnesota 51

New Mexico 51

Rhode Island 51

Vermont 52

EXECUTIVE ORDERS 52

Federal Level 52

Executive Order 13335 52

Executive Order 13410 53

State and Local Levels 53

TABLE 4 STATE EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO HEALTH IT 53

TABLE 4 (CONTINUED) 54

REGULATIONS 54

Federal Regulations 54

Potential FDA Regulation of HER 54

EHR and HIPAA 55

HHS Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology 56

State and Local Regulations 57

CERTIFICATION BODIES 57

Certification Commission For Healthcare Information Technology 57

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 58

Government Funding 58

Federal Government 58

FIGURE 2 TRENDS N PROJECTED FEDERAL HEALTH IT SPENDING, 2008-2013 ($ BILLIONS) 59

FIGURE 2 (CONTINUED) 60

Other Government Entities 60

* Massachusetts 60

* Minnesota 60

* New York State 60

* New York City 61

* Vermont 61

Nonprofit Funding 62

California Health Care Foundation 62

Colorado Health Foundation 62

Regenstrief Institute 63

Markle Foundation 63

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 64

Private Funding 64

Care Providers 64

Investment and Financing Trends in the Hospital Industry 64

FIGURE 3 EFFECT OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON HOSPITALS' IT SPENDING (%) 65

Physician Practice Financial Trends 65

Implications for ARRA Incentive Program 66

Insurance Companies 66

Hawaii Medical Service Association 66

Highmark Health Insurance 66

Mixed Public-Private Funding 67

Washington Health Information Collaborative 67

Chapter-5: ELECTRONIC HEALTH CARE RECORDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS

SUMMARY 68

FIGURE 4 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 68

FIGURE 4 (CONTINUED) 69

TECHNOLOGIES 69

EHR VERSUS EMR 69

EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70

TABLE 5 TYPICAL EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70

TABLE 5 (CONTINUED) 71

CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE VERSUS APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER 71

SUPPLIERS 72

TABLE 6 EHR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS 72

TABLE 6 (CONTINUED) 73

MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 74

IMPACT OF THE U.S. RECESSION 74

IMPACT OF ARRA 75

TABLE 7 ARRA INCENTIVES AND THE MARKET FOR EHR 75

TABLE 8 POTENTIAL (UNCONSTRAINED) U.S. MARKET FOR EHR SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2015 ($ BILLIONS) 76

CONSTRAINTS ON IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY 76

TABLE 9 REALISTIC U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 77

Chapter-6: PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 78

FIGURE 5 U.S. CPOE TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 78

TECHNOLOGIES 79

SUPPLIERS 80

TABLE 10 CPOE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 80

MARKET FOR PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 80

TABLE 11 NUMBER OF U.S. HOSPITALS WITH CPOE SYSTEMS, 2002-2007 81

TABLE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR CPOE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 81

Chapter-7: ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 82

FIGURE 6 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 82

TECHNOLOGIES 83

CURRENT PRACTICES 83

ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING 84

E-Prescribing Software 84

E-Prescribing (Continued) 85

Installed Applications 86

Web-Based Applications 87

Mobile Interface Devices 87

PDAs 87

Smart Phones 88

Electronic Data Interchange 89

SUPPLIERS 89

TABLE 13 E-PRESCRIPTION SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS 89

TABLE 13 (CONTINUED) 90

MARKET FOR E-PRESCRIBING SOFTWARE, 2008-2014 90

TABLE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 90

FIGURE 7 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION MARKET SEGMENTS (%) 91

FIGURE 7 (CONTINUED) 92

Chapter-8: PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 93

FIGURE 8 U.S. PACS TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 94

TECHNOLOGIES 94

ARCHITECTURES 95

In-House PACS 95

Web-Based PACS 95

DICOM and Web-Based PACS 96

INTEGRATED PACS/RICS 97

PACS STORAGE AND ARCHIVING 98

Advanced Storage Technologies 98

Holographic Storage 99

Digital Image Compression 99

SUPPLIERS 99

TABLE 15 PACS TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 100

MARKET FOR PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 100

FIGURE 9 U.S. PACS SALES, 2008 (%) 101

FIGURE 9 (CONTINUED) 102

TABLE 16 U.S. MARKET FOR PACS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 102

Chapter-9: LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 103

FIGURE 10 U.S. LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 103

TECHNOLOGIES 104

INTEROPERABIILTY ISSUES 104

LIS-CPOE Interoperability 104

LIS-CDSS Interoperability 105

LIS-EHR Interoperability 105

DATA STANDARDS 106

SUPPLIERS 107

TABLE 17 LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM SUPPLIERS 107

MARKET FOR LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 108

TABLE 18 U.S. MARKET FOR LIS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 108

Chapter-10: CLINICAL DECISION SUPPPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 109

FIGURE 11 U.S. CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 109

TECHNOLOGIES 110

KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 110

Expert Systems 110

Probabilistic Systems 111

Bayesian Networks 112

Heuristic Systems 112

NON-KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 113

Artificial Neural Networks 113

Genetic Algorithms 114

WORKFLOW INTEGRATION 115

SUPPLIERS 115

TABLE 19 CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 116

MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 116

TABLE 20 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 116

Chapter-11: TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014

SUMMARY 117

FIGURE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 117

TECHNOLOGIES 117

TELECONFERENCING 118

Real-Time, Store-and-Forward, and Hybrid Teleconferencing 118

IP-Based Videoconferencing 119

Peripheral Devices 119

HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 120

Telehomecare 120

Mobile Phone-Based Technologies 120

Bluetooth 121

Signal Transmission via Human Skin 122

ZigBee 122

SUPPLIERS 123

TABLE 21 TELEMEDICINE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 123

MARKETS 124

TABLE 22 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 124

FIGURE 13 TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTS, 2008-2014 (%) 125

VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPERALS 125

TABLE 23 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 126

Videoconferencing Equipment 126

FIGURE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES, 2008 (%) 126

TABLE 24 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127

Peripheral Devices 127

TABLE 25 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE/TELEHEALTH VIDEOCONFERENCING PERIPHERAL DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127

HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 127

TABLE 26 U.S. MARKET FOR HOME TELEMETRY TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 128

Chapter-12: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

NUMBER AND SIZE OF FIRMS 129

FIGURE 15 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY ANNUAL SALES REVENUES (%) 129

PRODUCT SPECIALIZATION 130

FIGURE 16 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY TYPE OF APPLICATION (%) 130

MERGER AND ACQUISITION TRENDS 131

MERGER AND ACQUISITION TRENDS (CONTINUED) 132

Chapter-13: APPENDIX

APPENDIX A: COMPANY PROFILES 133

AGFA HEALTHCARE 133

ALLSCRIPTS, INC. 133

AMAZING CHARTS.COM, INC 133

AMD TELEMEDICINE 134

AMICAS, INC. 134

CARD GUARD AG 134

CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 135

CERNER CORP. 135

CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORP. 136

DATALOGIC S.P.A. 136

DIGICHART, INC. 136

DRFIRST.COM 136

ECLIPSYS CORPORATION 137

EMEGEON INC. 138

FUJIIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC. 138

GE HEALTHCARE 139

GEMMS 139

GLOBALMEDIA GROUP LLC 139

HEALTH FRONTIER, INC. 140

HEALTHLAND 140

ISABEL HEALTHCARE INC. 140

LANGUAGE AND COMPUTING, INC. 141

LIFECOM, INC. 141

LOGICAL IMAGES, INC. 141

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 142

MCKESSON CORP. 142

MEDRX 143

MEDVITAL 143

MERGE HEALTHCARE INC. 143

MERGE HEALTHCARE INC. (CONTINUED) 144

M*MODAL 145

MICROSOFT CORP. 145

NCD MEDICAL CORP. 145

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 146

ONTOLOGY WORKS, INC. 146

PHILIPS HEALTHCARE 146

POLYCOM INC. 147

PROBLEM-KNOWLEDGE COUPLERS 147

SCOTTCARE CORP. 147

SENSITRON INC. 147

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE 148

SURESCRIPTS LLC 148

T+ MEDICAL AMERICAS, INC. 149

TELEVITAL 149

THERADOC INC. 149

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP. 150

VERICHIP CORPORATION 150

ZYNX HEALTH INC. 151

APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS 152

FIGURE 17 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENTS ISSUED SINCE 1975 (%) 152

FIGURE 18 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENT APPLICATIONS PENDING AS OF APRIL 15, 2009 (%) 153

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Healthcare Information Technology http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128139/Healthcare-Information-Technology.html This Report: -- Provides in-depth analysis of the developing U.S. market for selective clinical health care IT technologies -- Forecasts trends and sales in the U.S. market for selective clinical health care IT technologies through 2014 -- Identifies the segments in the clinical health care IT technologies industry with the greatest growth potential -- Discusses barriers to deployment of clinical health care IT technologies including lack of standards, lack of compatibility with existing records, technology limitations, hardware availability, lack of skilled personnel, storage requirements and lack of funding -- Provides information on the selling channels, standards and purchasing criteria that will be useful to heath care IT vendors seeking a share of the market.
Chapter-1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 5 SUMMARY FIGURE CLINICAL HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES MARKET SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 6 Chapter-2: CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT: AN OVERVIEW DEFINITIONS 7 TABLE 1 MAJOR CLASSES OF HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 7 CLINICAL SOFTWARE 7 HARDWARE DEDICATED TO CLINICAL IT APPLICATIONS 8 HISTORY 8 HISTORY (CONTINUED) 9 Chapter-3: TYPES OF CLINICAL IT TECHNOLOGIES TABLE 2 MAJOR TYPES OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 10 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS 11 PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS FOR DRUGS, LAB TESTS, AND PROCEDURES 12 ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM 12 PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR FILMLESS IMAGING 13 LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS 13 CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS 13 TELEMEDICINE 14 OTHER RELATED AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES 14 Personal Health Records 14 Radio Frequency Identification 15 VeriChip 16 Bar Coding 16 Speech Recognition 16 Medical Equipment Interfaces 17 BENEFITS OF CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES 17 BENEFITS TO PATIENTS 17 Improved Quality of Care 17 Lower Costs 19 Wider Availability of Health Insurance 20 BENEFITS TO HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER CAREGIVERS 21 Clinical Efficiencies and Improved Quality 21 Verification of Insurance Eligibility and Benefits 21 Patient Satisfaction 22 Image and Public Relations 22 Reduced Malpractice Risk 22 Employee Morale 23 BENEFITS TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 23 Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 23 Improved Drug Safety Surveillance 24 Clinical Trial Recruitment 24 Support of Regulatory Approval 25 Retail Pharmacies 25 Opportunities to Increase Revenues 25 BENEFITS TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS 26 BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT 27 COST 28 LACK OF METRICS 28 LACK OF STANDARDS 29 Clinical Vocabularies 30 Clinical Ontologies 30 COMPATIBILITY 31 Backwards Compatibility 31 Sideways Compatibility 31 Forwards Compatibility 32 WIDE RANGE OF SOFTWARE CHOICES 32 LACK OF PERSONNEL WITH APPROPRIATE SKILLS 32 LIMITED FINANCIAL RETURNS ON HEALTH IT INVESTMENTS 33 PRIVACY CONCERNS 34 SAFETY ISSUES 35 LEGAL LIABILITY 36 Privacy 36 Safety 37 PREVIOUS IMPLEMENTATIONS OF HEALTH CARE IT 37 U.S. 38 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 38 Cedars Sinai Medical Center Physician Order Entry System 39 Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange 40 OTHER COUNTRIES 41 U.K. National Health Service National Programme for IT 41 Alberta (Canada) Net care 42 MARKET SUMMARY 43 TABLE 3 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES BY APPLICATION TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 44 FIGURE 1 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCT MARKET SHARES, 2008-2014 (%) 45 Chapter-4: MARKET ENVIRONMENT FOR CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT TECHNOLOGIES LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT 46 LEGISLATION 46 Federal Legislation 46 Better Healthcare through Information Technology Act of 2005 46 Medicare Value Purchasing Act 47 Health Information Technology Promotion Act 47 Wired for Health Care Quality Act 47 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 48 American . . . (Continued) 49 State Legislation 50 Massachusetts 50 Minnesota 51 New Mexico 51 Rhode Island 51 Vermont 52 EXECUTIVE ORDERS 52 Federal Level 52 Executive Order 13335 52 Executive Order 13410 53 State and Local Levels 53 TABLE 4 STATE EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO HEALTH IT 53 TABLE 4 (CONTINUED) 54 REGULATIONS 54 Federal Regulations 54 Potential FDA Regulation of HER 54 EHR and HIPAA 55 HHS Regulations to Facilitate Adoption of Health Information Technology 56 State and Local Regulations 57 CERTIFICATION BODIES 57 Certification Commission For Healthcare Information Technology 57 ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 58 Government Funding 58 Federal Government 58 FIGURE 2 TRENDS N PROJECTED FEDERAL HEALTH IT SPENDING, 2008-2013 ($ BILLIONS) 59 FIGURE 2 (CONTINUED) 60 Other Government Entities 60 * Massachusetts 60 * Minnesota 60 * New York State 60 * New York City 61 * Vermont 61 Nonprofit Funding 62 California Health Care Foundation 62 Colorado Health Foundation 62 Regenstrief Institute 63 Markle Foundation 63 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 64 Private Funding 64 Care Providers 64 Investment and Financing Trends in the Hospital Industry 64 FIGURE 3 EFFECT OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ON HOSPITALS' IT SPENDING (%) 65 Physician Practice Financial Trends 65 Implications for ARRA Incentive Program 66 Insurance Companies 66 Hawaii Medical Service Association 66 Highmark Health Insurance 66 Mixed Public-Private Funding 67 Washington Health Information Collaborative 67 Chapter-5: ELECTRONIC HEALTH CARE RECORDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS SUMMARY 68 FIGURE 4 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 68 FIGURE 4 (CONTINUED) 69 TECHNOLOGIES 69 EHR VERSUS EMR 69 EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70 TABLE 5 TYPICAL EHR FUNCTIONALITIES 70 TABLE 5 (CONTINUED) 71 CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE VERSUS APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER 71 SUPPLIERS 72 TABLE 6 EHR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS 72 TABLE 6 (CONTINUED) 73 MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 74 IMPACT OF THE U.S. RECESSION 74 IMPACT OF ARRA 75 TABLE 7 ARRA INCENTIVES AND THE MARKET FOR EHR 75 TABLE 8 POTENTIAL (UNCONSTRAINED) U.S. MARKET FOR EHR SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2015 ($ BILLIONS) 76 CONSTRAINTS ON IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY 76 TABLE 9 REALISTIC U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 77 Chapter-6: PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 78 FIGURE 5 U.S. CPOE TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 78 TECHNOLOGIES 79 SUPPLIERS 80 TABLE 10 CPOE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 80 MARKET FOR PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 80 TABLE 11 NUMBER OF U.S. HOSPITALS WITH CPOE SYSTEMS, 2002-2007 81 TABLE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR CPOE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 81 Chapter-7: ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 82 FIGURE 6 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 82 TECHNOLOGIES 83 CURRENT PRACTICES 83 ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING 84 E-Prescribing Software 84 E-Prescribing (Continued) 85 Installed Applications 86 Web-Based Applications 87 Mobile Interface Devices 87 PDAs 87 Smart Phones 88 Electronic Data Interchange 89 SUPPLIERS 89 TABLE 13 E-PRESCRIPTION SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS 89 TABLE 13 (CONTINUED) 90 MARKET FOR E-PRESCRIBING SOFTWARE, 2008-2014 90 TABLE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 90 FIGURE 7 U.S. ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION MARKET SEGMENTS (%) 91 FIGURE 7 (CONTINUED) 92 Chapter-8: PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 93 FIGURE 8 U.S. PACS TECHNOLOGY MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 94 TECHNOLOGIES 94 ARCHITECTURES 95 In-House PACS 95 Web-Based PACS 95 DICOM and Web-Based PACS 96 INTEGRATED PACS/RICS 97 PACS STORAGE AND ARCHIVING 98 Advanced Storage Technologies 98 Holographic Storage 99 Digital Image Compression 99 SUPPLIERS 99 TABLE 15 PACS TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 100 MARKET FOR PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 100 FIGURE 9 U.S. PACS SALES, 2008 (%) 101 FIGURE 9 (CONTINUED) 102 TABLE 16 U.S. MARKET FOR PACS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 102 Chapter-9: LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 103 FIGURE 10 U.S. LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 103 TECHNOLOGIES 104 INTEROPERABIILTY ISSUES 104 LIS-CPOE Interoperability 104 LIS-CDSS Interoperability 105 LIS-EHR Interoperability 105 DATA STANDARDS 106 SUPPLIERS 107 TABLE 17 LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM SUPPLIERS 107 MARKET FOR LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 108 TABLE 18 U.S. MARKET FOR LIS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 108 Chapter-10: CLINICAL DECISION SUPPPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 109 FIGURE 11 U.S. CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM MARKET, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 109 TECHNOLOGIES 110 KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 110 Expert Systems 110 Probabilistic Systems 111 Bayesian Networks 112 Heuristic Systems 112 NON-KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 113 Artificial Neural Networks 113 Genetic Algorithms 114 WORKFLOW INTEGRATION 115 SUPPLIERS 115 TABLE 19 CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 116 MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 116 TABLE 20 U.S. MARKET FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 116 Chapter-11: TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS, 2008-2014 SUMMARY 117 FIGURE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES, 2008-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 117 TECHNOLOGIES 117 TELECONFERENCING 118 Real-Time, Store-and-Forward, and Hybrid Teleconferencing 118 IP-Based Videoconferencing 119 Peripheral Devices 119 HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 120 Telehomecare 120 Mobile Phone-Based Technologies 120 Bluetooth 121 Signal Transmission via Human Skin 122 ZigBee 122 SUPPLIERS 123 TABLE 21 TELEMEDICINE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS 123 MARKETS 124 TABLE 22 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 124 FIGURE 13 TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY MARKET SEGMENTS, 2008-2014 (%) 125 VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPERALS 125 TABLE 23 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 126 Videoconferencing Equipment 126 FIGURE 14 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES, 2008 (%) 126 TABLE 24 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE VIDEOCONFERENCING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127 Peripheral Devices 127 TABLE 25 U.S. MARKET FOR TELEMEDICINE/TELEHEALTH VIDEOCONFERENCING PERIPHERAL DEVICES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 127 HOME MEDICAL TELEMETRY 127 TABLE 26 U.S. MARKET FOR HOME TELEMETRY TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 128 Chapter-12: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE NUMBER AND SIZE OF FIRMS 129 FIGURE 15 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY ANNUAL SALES REVENUES (%) 129 PRODUCT SPECIALIZATION 130 FIGURE 16 CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT FIRMS SEGMENTED BY TYPE OF APPLICATION (%) 130 MERGER AND ACQUISITION TRENDS 131 MERGER AND ACQUISITION TRENDS (CONTINUED) 132 Chapter-13: APPENDIX APPENDIX A: COMPANY PROFILES 133 AGFA HEALTHCARE 133 ALLSCRIPTS, INC. 133 AMAZING CHARTS.COM, INC 133 AMD TELEMEDICINE 134 AMICAS, INC. 134 CARD GUARD AG 134 CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 135 CERNER CORP. 135 CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORP. 136 DATALOGIC S.P.A. 136 DIGICHART, INC. 136 DRFIRST.COM 136 ECLIPSYS CORPORATION 137 EMEGEON INC. 138 FUJIIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC. 138 GE HEALTHCARE 139 GEMMS 139 GLOBALMEDIA GROUP LLC 139 HEALTH FRONTIER, INC. 140 HEALTHLAND 140 ISABEL HEALTHCARE INC. 140 LANGUAGE AND COMPUTING, INC. 141 LIFECOM, INC. 141 LOGICAL IMAGES, INC. 141 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 142 MCKESSON CORP. 142 MEDRX 143 MEDVITAL 143 MERGE HEALTHCARE INC. 143 MERGE HEALTHCARE INC. (CONTINUED) 144 M*MODAL 145 MICROSOFT CORP. 145 NCD MEDICAL CORP. 145 NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 146 ONTOLOGY WORKS, INC. 146 PHILIPS HEALTHCARE 146 POLYCOM INC. 147 PROBLEM-KNOWLEDGE COUPLERS 147 SCOTTCARE CORP. 147 SENSITRON INC. 147 SIEMENS HEALTHCARE 148 SURESCRIPTS LLC 148 T+ MEDICAL AMERICAS, INC. 149 TELEVITAL 149 THERADOC INC. 149 UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP. 150 VERICHIP CORPORATION 150 ZYNX HEALTH INC. 151 APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS 152 FIGURE 17 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENTS ISSUED SINCE 1975 (%) 152 FIGURE 18 U.S. CLINICAL HEALTH CARE IT PATENT APPLICATIONS PENDING AS OF APRIL 15, 2009 (%) 153 To order this report: Healthcare Information Technology http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128139/Healthcare-Information-Technology.html More market research reports here! Nicolas Bombourg Reportlinker Email: nbo@reportlinker.com US: (805)652-2626 Intl: +1 805-652-2626 SOURCE Reportlinker http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128139/Healthcare-Information-Technology.html

Questar Assessment, Inc., Appoints Student Assessment Information Technology
(IT) and Operations Leader Dennis Anest as Senior Vice President of Technology
and Operations



APPLE VALLEY, Minn., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Questar Assessment,
Inc. (www.QuestarAI.com), a leading educational assessment provider for
states, school districts, and higher education institutions, recently
appointed student assessment IT and Operations leader Dennis Anest as Senior
Vice President of Technology and Operations. In this newly created role, Anest
will be responsible for technology and operational initiatives to position
Questar for successful and sustainable growth as they continue to adapt to a
changing business climate and new technology requirements.

"With more than 20 years of experience in IT and Operations, Dennis has an
excellent record of drawing on his understanding of systems and processes from
IT, operations, and customer perspectives and leveraging that knowledge to
deliver outstanding customer solutions, reduce costs, and accelerate growth in
the K-12 assessment market," said Roy Lipner, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Questar. "We're very excited to have Dennis on our team."

Most recently, Anest served as the Executive Director of Production Management
at ETS, where he was responsible for providing subject matter expertise and
leadership for operational and IT growth in the delivery of end-to-end K-12
services. Anest facilitated and coordinated project teams to ensure the
on-time delivery of large operational projects.

Previously, Anest held the position of Vice President of Scoring Operations at
Riverside Publishing, where he was responsible for orchestrating the start-up
of Riverside's Scoring Operations Center. He also served in numerous senior
management positions at Harcourt Assessment, where he was responsible for
executing the development and implementation of its Scoring Center and
associated IT systems.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Coleman
College and an MBA degree from St. Mary's University.

About Questar Assessment, Inc.
Questar Assessment, Inc., is a leading educational assessment provider for
states, schools, and school districts. Headquartered in Minnesota and New
York, Questar offers comprehensive custom assessment services -- from
large-scale statewide assessment programs to smaller-scale alternate,
modified, and English language proficiency assessments. Questar provides
complete, end-to-end services designed to address all aspects of assessment
from test design, development, calibration, and psychometric services to print
production, distribution, scanning, scoring, reporting, and data analysis.
Questar also offers customized online testing services to schools and
educational entities in the K-12 market. For further information, visit
www.QuestarAI.com or call 800-800-2598.


SOURCE Questar Assessment, Inc.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Questar Assessment, Inc. (www.QuestarAI.com), a leading educational assessment provider for states, school districts, and higher education institutions, recently appointed student assessment IT and Operations leader Dennis Anest as Senior Vice President of Technology and Operations. In this newly created role, Anest will be responsible for technology and operational initiatives to position Questar for successful and sustainable growth as they continue to adapt to a changing business climate and new technology requirements.

"With more than 20 years of experience in IT and Operations, Dennis has an excellent record of drawing on his understanding of systems and processes from IT, operations, and customer perspectives and leveraging that knowledge to deliver outstanding customer solutions, reduce costs, and accelerate growth in the K-12 assessment market," said Roy Lipner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Questar. "We're very excited to have Dennis on our team."

Most recently, Anest served as the Executive Director of Production Management at ETS, where he was responsible for providing subject matter expertise and leadership for operational and IT growth in the delivery of end-to-end K-12 services. Anest facilitated and coordinated project teams to ensure the on-time delivery of large operational projects.

Previously, Anest held the position of Vice President of Scoring Operations at Riverside Publishing, where he was responsible for orchestrating the start-up of Riverside's Scoring Operations Center. He also served in numerous senior management positions at Harcourt Assessment, where he was responsible for executing the development and implementation of its Scoring Center and associated IT systems.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Coleman College and an MBA degree from St. Mary's University.

About Questar Assessment, Inc.

Questar Assessment, Inc., is a leading educational assessment provider for states, schools, and school districts. Headquartered in Minnesota and New York, Questar offers comprehensive custom assessment services -- from large-scale statewide assessment programs to smaller-scale alternate, modified, and English language proficiency assessments. Questar provides complete, end-to-end services designed to address all aspects of assessment from test design, development, calibration, and psychometric services to print production, distribution, scanning, scoring, reporting, and data analysis. Questar also offers customized online testing services to schools and educational entities in the K-12 market. For further information, visit www.QuestarAI.com or call 800-800-2598.

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying they wanted to make sure Oracle was committed to developing Sun's rival open-source database software MySQL.

EU approval is now the main stumbling block for the US$7.4-billion deal which has already been cleared in the U.S. by the Department of Justice.

The European Commission now has 90 days — until Jan. 19, 2010 — before it makes a final decision to clear the deal or block it. It often presses companies to make changes that eliminate antitrust worries, such as selling off parts of their business.

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said Thursday that regulators needed to examine the effect of a deal "when the world's biggest proprietary database company proposes to take over the world's leading open-source database company."
She said the EU executive wanted to check that customers won't see less choice or higher prices as a result — and was keen to make sure that open-source software continues to rival larger companies that develop their own code and don't share it with others.

EU officials said they plan to look closely at Sun's MySQL database, an open-source product that is popular among Web-based companies. They claim that MySQL will increasingly pose a threat to Oracle's market-leading database software as it adds features and attracts more customers.

EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said a key issue for regulators "is the extent to which open source software developers would be able to continue to develop products based on the open source MySQL database."

Officials also said they would examine "Oracle's incentive to further develop MySQL as an open source database" because it was important that customers are able to choose between open source and proprietary software.

"In the current economic context, all companies are looking for cost-effective IT solutions, and systems based on open-source software are increasingly emerging as viable alternatives to proprietary solutions," Kroes said. "The commission has to ensure that such alternatives would continue to be available."

Todd said the EU was merely matching the U.S. in launching an in-depth investigation into the takeover. However, the EU will not join the Department of Justice in looking at other developers' access to Sun's open-source web programming language Java.

"We've looked closely at the effects on the development of Java and we don't have any competition concerns there," he said.

Todd stressed that the EU will use coming weeks to weigh up "serious doubts" about the deal — but that it could pass EU scrutiny unhindered.

"Clearly one possible outcome would be that the commission's concerns, on the basis of the in-depth investigation, would prove to be not well-founded, in which case we would be able to clear the deal," he told reporters.

The alternative — if the EU finds that its worries are justified — would be for the companies to offer remedies to soothe those concerns, such as selling off MySQL or making binding commitments so that rival developers could still base software on MySQL code.

The EU described the database market as "highly concentrated" with the three main proprietary software companies — Oracle, IBM and Microsoft — controlling some 85 per cent of the market by revenue.

Peter Alexiadis, a partner at the Brussels office of law firm Gibson, Dunn&Crutcher LLP, said he was surprised that the EU was taking a different tack from the U.S. on the deal.

"If ever there was a case for the U.S. and the EU seeing eye to eye, I would have imagined that this was an appropriate one," he said, saying he was "hard pressed" to see how the deal would strengthen Oracle's position in a global and very varied database market.

"If the commission goes down the path of defining narrow database markets, they might be going down a path they may regret," he said. "There is plenty of competition in the middleware space, and that should shut down that line of argument."

Oracle's bid for Sun marks new territory for the company, turning it into a one-stop technology shop, like IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

It is already expanding aggressively outside its core database software business by moving into business applications and will start making hardware if the Sun deal goes through. Sun is the world's No. 4 maker of computer servers, which power websites and corporate back offices.

Unisys to Compete for a Broad Range of Task Orders Worth up to $500 Million
BLUE BELL, Pa.--(Business Wire)--
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a contract to Unisys
(NYSE:UIS) to compete for task orders under the Centralized Operations,
Maintenance and Management Information Technology (COMMIT) contract. Under the
indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, Unisys will compete to
provide information technology operations and maintenance services to support
the IT systems FEMA - a new Unisys client - relies upon to respond to crisis
situations such as natural disasters or acts of terrorism.

The contract, capped at $500 million over five years, supports FEMA`s goal of
modernizing its Information Technology Division and accelerating its ability to
quickly field IT services supporting the systems used to manage the agency`s
emergency response efforts, public alert process, asset visibility, finances and
other aspects of its mission.

Unisys, one of five companies awarded a COMMIT IDIQ contract, will compete for
task orders to provide a range of services to FEMA, including end user support;
applications and network operations support; software configuration; software
sustainment; hardware installation, maintenance, and operations support; and
technology refresh for FEMA network assets.

"We appreciate this opportunity to work with FEMA and look forward to building a
strong relationship and becoming a valued member of their team. This contract
enables Unisys to build on our role of providing IT services to the critical
agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security," said Tom Conaway,
vice president and managing partner, Homeland Security, Unisys Federal Systems.

"This contract will give FEMA an efficient and flexible vehicle to obtain
support services for the systems it needs to conduct its critical mission," said
Martin Mackes, partner, Homeland Security, Unisys Federal Systems. "We welcome
the opportunity to provide to FEMA the expertise obtained throughout our long
history as a provider of IT services to the federal government and to assist the
agency in its mission to protect the nation from disasters and acts of
terrorism."

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. We provide a portfolio of
IT services, software, and technology that solves critical problems for clients.
We specialize in helping clients secure their operations, increase the
efficiency and utilization of their data centers, enhance support to their end
users and constituents, and modernize their enterprise applications. To provide
these services and solutions, we bring together offerings and capabilities in
outsourcing services, systems integration and consulting services,
infrastructure services, maintenance services, and high-end server technology.
With more than 26,000 employees, Unisys serves commercial organizations and
government agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit
www.unisys.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements rely on assumptions and are
subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from expectations. In particular, under IDIQ contracts there
is no guarantee that any contract recipient will be awarded any task order.
Further, because agreements with government agencies are terminable before the
end of their terms and are subject to the availability of appropriated funds
there is no guarantee that any task orders will be awarded by the government or
that any awarded task orders will continue for their full term. Additional
discussion of factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

RELEASE NO.: 0903/9018

Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and
products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.



Unisys
Brad Bass, 703-439-5887
brad.bass@unisys.com
or
O`Keeffe & Company
Mary Tobin, 503-658-7396
mtobin@okco.com

SHANGHAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - China's total telecom revenue reached 1.4 trillion yuan ($205 billion) in the first seven months of the year, a 12.2 percent rise over last year, the country's Ministry for Industry and Information Technology said.

The number of net new mobile phone users for the first seven months was 61.4 million, reaching a total of 703 million users, while the number of fixed line users fell 12.4 million in the period, the ministry said late on Wednesday.

As a percentage of total revenue for the sector, mobile phones contributed 59.4 percent, up 4.46 percent from last year, while data services, fixed line and long distance calls made up 40.7 percent.

Beijing reshuffled the country's telecoms industry last year to create three full-service carriers, pitting China Telecom (0728.HK) and China Unicom (0762.HK) against China Mobile (0941.HK), the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers.

Adding to the more intense competitive environment following the reshuffle, the three carriers will spend a total of $58.5 billion through 2011, building their 3G networks. ($1=6.830 Yuan) (Reporting by Melanie Lee, Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

(EquityBites Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Information Technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) said on Wednesday that Implanet, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices, has selected IBM's sensor technology as the foundation for BeepN'Track, Implanet's new service that traces the movement of its products.

With this use of this IBM technology, financial terms of which were unavailable, Implanet will now be able to trace its products, including knee and hip implants, across its supply chain to hospitals.

The company's BeepN'Track service uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to track medical devices from Implanet to hospitals. The information stored on the tags is gathered by IBM's WebSphere Sensor Events software and transmitted to IBM's InfoSphere Traceability Server software.

Description:
Plans and carries out duties related to Web/Information Technology Development. Job Responsibilities: Test the site for functionality in different browsers and at different resolutions. Decide on how images and other material will be digitally optimized and presented for the web. Write web pages in a combination of codes, such as hypertext mark-up language (HTML), Javascript, Actionscript, ColdFusion, Java, Perl and Flash, or using code-generating programs, such as Dreamweaver. Produce a design that will be attractive to the target user, has a logical navigation system and has all the features required. Enhance and maintain the companies intranet, hardware and software. Build and maintain databases. Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians on the assessment of computing needs and system requirements. Evaluate the organizations technology use and needs. Manage backup, security and user help systems.

Requirements:
High school graduate or equivalent (Required). Major and/or coursework in Information Technology or related field (Required). Bachelor/Masters Degree in Graphic Design and/or related field (Preferred). Experience and Skill Requirements: Exposure to Website and Information Technology Development. Knowledge of HTML JavaScript, ASP ActiveX and/or other web technologies. Experience installing and configuring software products such as Outlook, MS Project, Dreamweaver, SQL Server, and MS Access. Web/Database programming experience is preferred. Previous experience in Graphic Design (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).

Black Data Processing Associates and WorkForceDiversity.com have named Lilly the best company in America for blacks in the IT industry

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that it has been given the Epsilon "Star of Highest Magnitude" Award and has been named the best company for blacks in technology by the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) and WorkplaceDiversity.com. The Epsilon Award is given annually to the top company in the nation that promotes a workplace and environment that supports the advancement of African-Americans in the information technology industry.

"We are thrilled and honored to have received this award," said Michael Heim, senior vice president of information technology and chief information officer, at Lilly. "This award is proof that Lilly has made, and will continue to make, choices that support our dedication to diversity and ultimately offer better solutions for our employees and patients."

Lilly received the Epsilon Award at the BDPA's annual national conference which was held this month in Raleigh, North Carolina. The first pharmaceutical company to win top honors, this was the fourth consecutive year Lilly was listed as one of the top companies for blacks in technology.

According to the BDPA, a company must attract and recruit the most talented employees, clients and customers as well as realize positive financial results to be considered for this award. Eligible companies also submit a survey related to workforce and supplier diversity within the organization.

About Lilly

Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers - through medicines and information - for some of the world's most urgent medical needs. Additional information about Lilly is available at www.lilly.com.

About BDPA

The BDPA was founded in 1975 by Earl A. Pace, Jr. and the late David Wimberly after the two met in Philadelphia to discuss their concerns about minorities in the data processing field. Today, BDPA is a global member-focused organization that serves the professional well-being of blacks in the IT industry. BDPA remains committed to excellence and providing a wide spectrum of resources to members, corporate sponsors, businesses, educational institutions and the community. The organization is a catalyst for professional growth and technical development for those in the IT industry.

About WorkplaceDiversity.com

WorkplaceDiversity.com is the source for diversity talent. The first career web site for companies that want to recruit experienced diversity candidates, a leader in the sourcing industry combines leading technology with diversity and career information, job boards, staffing and executive search. WorkplaceDiversity.com enables experienced diversity talent to find open positions at companies that support diversity, and to obtain information and resources that will help them attain their career goals.

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- China said supplies of dysprosium and terbium, minerals needed to make hybrid cars and televisions, may be inadequate for its own needs, adding to concerns that the largest producer of rare earths may further cut exports.

China, accounting for more than 90 percent of global rare- earth output, “may not have enough supply” of the two minerals as demand increases, Wang Caifeng, deputy director-general of the raw materials department at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said today.

Surging production of hybrid cars and music players such as Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius and Apple Inc.’s iPod have driven up demand for rare earths. China has cut export quotas to shore up prices and ensure domestic supplies, though there will be no ban on exports of the elements, Wang said today.

“The rest of the world has become a little concerned” about possible export bans from China, said Judith Chegwidden, managing director at London-based Roskill Information Services Ltd, an industry research group. “Dysprosium is increasingly used in permanent magnet motors in hybrid cars like Prius or wind turbines. Demand is growing fast.”

China has about half of the world’s reserves of rare earths, a range of more than 15 elements such as scandium and lanthanum. The government started to curb output and exports in 2006 as prices dropped, and Zhao Shuanglian, deputy chief of China’s Inner Mongolia province yesterday said the country may stockpile elements in a strategic reserve.

That could force companies to broaden their search for other suppliers.

Toyota Alternatives

“We’re always exploring alternative procurement sources,” said Paul Nolasco, a spokesman for Toyota, declining to comment specifically on China’s policy. Neodymium, a type of rare earth, is used to make the electric motor of its Prius car, he said.

Chinese exports of rare earths fell 35 percent to 34,600 metric tons in 2008 from 53,300 tons in 2006, according to Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co., which owns the largest rare-earths mine. The company was yesterday tasked to take over smaller rivals in Inner Mongolia to strengthen control over supplies.

“Demand is growing in areas of military defense, missiles, electronic information and green energy,” Wang said at a conference in Beijing. “Modern society can’t do without cell phones and televisions.”

China needs 70,000 tons of rare earths a year, she said. China cut 2009 output quotas of rare earths by 8.1 percent from a year ago to 119,500 tons, the Ministry of Industry of Information and Technology said May 18.

Waste

Terbium is a silvery-white metal used to make alloys and phosphors used in lamps and TV tubes. Other rare earths include neodymium, which is also used in mini hard drives in laptops and headphones in Apple’s iPod. Yttrium and europium are used to generate red on color TV and computer monitor screens.

China is also tightening control of mining for rare earths because it can lead to “serious pollution,” Wang said. To mine a ton of the material could lead to 2,000 tons of dirt and waste, she said.

The Asian country is also encouraging producers of minor metals to export processed products rather than raw materials to increase the value of shipments, said Liang Shuhe, deputy head of foreign trade at the Ministry of Commerce.

Minor metals include antimony, magnesium, zirconium, mercury and bismuth, according to the Minor Metals Trade Association. China’s Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co. is Asia’s largest producer of molybdenum, used to harden steel.

“The majority of China’s minor metals exports remain in the raw material form,” Liang said at the conference. “We encourage exports of high value-adding, high-end products instead of the raw materials.”

TelcoTV Asia '09 - Execs From More Than 40 Chinese & Asian Operators to Attend
Along With Government Officials as Part of Shanghai's Annual Technology Week
Campaign
Representatives from carriers such as Jiangsu Telecom, Guangdong Telecom, and
Shanghai Teleocom to attend, joining Shanghai ministry officials, as well as
leading video exhibitors such as ZTE and Microsoft




SHANGHAI, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TelcoTV Asia 2009
(www.telcotvasia.com; www.telcotvasia.cn ), jointly hosted by Shanghai
Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & Television (SCRFT) and
Shanghai Economy & Information Technology Commission (SHEITC), announced that
representatives from more than 40 Chinese and Asian regional operators will be
attending the show, which will be held October 13-14 in Shanghai, China.

Many of the telecom and cable operators that have confirmed they are attending
the event, either as speakers or audience members, have launched their IPTV,
mobile video, and online video services in the past 12 months. The Chinese
operators in attendance will include Jiangsu Telecom, Guangdong Telecom,
Heilongjiang Unicom, Shanghai Telecom, and Hangzhou WASU. They will be sharing
technology topics as well as business model issues together with the leading
IPTV and communications suppliers such as ZTE, Ericsson, Microsoft, and
Motorola. The on-site attendee number is estimated to reach 300.

TelcoTV Asia is part of the Shanghai Municipal Government's city-wide
campaign, Software and Information Services Technology Week, involving 10
events in the same week from October 11-16. This government program includes
extensive Chinese media exposure, press conferences, and attendance from a
variety of governmental departments during the TelcoTV Asia event.

"TelcoTV Asia will be an important part of the Shanghai government's program,"
said Arron Xu, Associate Director of Light Reading China. "We are bringing
some of the communications industry's top speakers and players together during
this week. As for TelcoTV Asia, we get great exposure and government
involvement in our program by participating. This relationship is important as
LR China builds its industry presence in China and continues to grow its
operator audience."

For more information about the event, please contact:

Arron Xu
Associate Director, Light Reading China
Email: axu@lightreading.com.cn
Tel: 86-21-6278 7488#8501

Lucy Green
Account Director, North America
Email: green@lightreading.com
Tel: 1-949-223-3630


About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading online
media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide
communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology
and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media
sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research
arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive
communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100
markets around the world. Light Reading produces almost 20 targeted
communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet
Expo London, The Tower Summit at CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused
one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light
Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as
a unit of TechWeb.

About TechWeb
TechWeb (www.techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology
media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology
decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected
and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than
13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our
communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0,
Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light
Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The
Financial Technology Network; and the market-leading, award-winning
InformationWeek, TechNet, MSDN, and Wall Street & Technology magazines.
TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation
performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services.
TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly connections

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)
United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services
company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers
together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do
business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities,
from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from
farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in
more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the U.S. include
CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI,
TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock
Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $2.5 billion.


SOURCE Light Reading

Shanghai Municipal Government Awards Dragon Capital Group's Subsidiary for
Technology Achievement

Shanghai Yastand Information Technology Company, Ltd. Developed the
Technology for Shanghai North Gas Company, Limited


SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Dragon Capital Group Corp.
(OTC: DRGV), a leading holding company of emerging high-tech companies in
China, announced today that its subsidiary, Shanghai Yastand Information
Technology Company, Limited ("Shanghai Yastand"), has received an award for
technology achievement from Shanghai Municipal Government for developing a
city gas pipeline risk assessment system. In addition, Shanghai Yastand has
renewed its agreement with Shanghai North Gas Company, Limited to fully
implement the pipeline risk assessment system which monitors Shanghai North
Gas's 5,280-kilometer underground gas pipelines in north metropolitan areas of
Shanghai.
The new risk monitoring system will allow Shanghai North Gas Company to
monitor any potential breakdown in the underground gas pipelines by detecting
gas leakages without the need for additional expenses and works. The new
system will provide tremendous economic and environmental benefits by
detecting early stage gas leaks enabling quick repair responses to
significantly reduce gas losses. Shanghai Yastand developed this system in
2005 and obtained copyrights from National Copyright Bureau of China in 2006.
Chairman and CEO, Lawrence Wang, stated, "We are very excited about the
potential of this technology which we intend to market to numerous
metropolitan areas in China. We believe there is a vast untapped market for
this technology and we intend to aggressively pursue this opportunity. We
intend to actively market our system and technology in over 2,000 metropolitan
areas in China in the next few years which could have a substantial positive
impact on our company's operating results should we prove to be successful."

About Dragon Capital Group Corp.

Dragon Capital Group Corp (Pink Sheets: DRGV) is doing business in China
through its subsidiaries. Dragon was established to serve as a conduit between
Chinese high-growth companies and Western investors. DRGV functions as an
incubator of high-tech companies in China, offering support in the critical
functions of general business consulting, formation of joint ventures, access
to capital, merger acquisition, business valuation, and revenue growth
strategies. DRGV has developed a portfolio of high-tech companies operating in
China. For more information about DRGV, please visit
http://www.dragoncapital.us

Safe Harbor Statement

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statements". Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any
statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results,
performance or achievements, and may contain the word expressions of similar
meaning. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual
results and financial position to differ materially from those included within
the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, including those relating to the Company's ability to grow its
business. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and
reported results should not be considered as an indication of future
performance.

SOURCE Dragon Capital Group Corp.

Dragon Capital Group, Investor Relations, Gary Liu, (954) 363-7333, ext. 318

MCLEAN, Va.--(Business Wire)--
KnowledgeBank, Inc., an award-winning consulting firm providing human capital
management and organizational effectiveness solutions, has launched the 19th
annual Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies. The
survey provides the most comprehensive information regarding competitive
market-based salary and incentive data, salary adjustments, cash and equity
incentive plans for executives and technical professionals, and trends in human
resource practices and employee benefit plans.

Technology firms are invited to participate by completing the survey
questionnaire no later than October 2nd, 2009. The data input form is located
atwww.knowledgebank.us.com; respondents can download the survey and return the
completed form to surveysubmission@knowledgebank.us.com. Participating companies
receive a free copy of the summary results in November. Non-participants may
purchase the results for $400.

The survey is dedicated to serving the needs of small-to-medium size technology
companies, including information technology and service firms, interested in
obtaining competitive salary and incentive bonus rates for 35 benchmark jobs,
ranging from the Chief Executive Officer to Programmer Analyst, Senior Software
Developer, Network Engineer/Technician, and Tech Support/Customer Specialist.

"We expect to exceed our 30% growth rate in the number of participating
companies this year. Given current economic conditions, we believe the results
of this year`s survey will provide vital compensation, benefits and HR practices
information for our participants in these challenging times," said Steve
Rosenthal, Vice President & Compensation Practice Leader for KnowledgeBank.
"Last year, amid rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in the latter part of
2008, the survey showed a rapid decline in salary budgets, with many companies
offering no increases at all after many years of average salary increase budgets
of 4.5%. With some experts predicting a gradual improvement in the overall
economy in the next twelve months, this year`s survey will open a window into
the plans of regional technology companies plans for 2010."

The survey is co-sponsored by the following regional technology councils and
other membership-based organizations that serve technology firms throughout the
Mid-Atlantic region. The co-sponsors include:

Eastern PA Technology Council
Fredericksburg Regional SHRM
Greater Richmond Technology Council
Hampton Roads (VA) Technology Council
New Jersey Technology Council
New VA Corridor Technology Council
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Pennsylvania Bio
Small & Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum
Southern Piedmont Technology Council
Technology Council of Central PA
Washington Area Compensation and Benefits Association
West Virginia High Technology Consortium

Key Results and Findings from the 2008 - 2009 Survey

The 2008 - 2009 survey collected data from 143 firms with total employment of
72,811 and incumbent pay data for 13,878 employees. The survey respondent median
revenue was $5.7 million and the median staff size was 24 employees. Nearly
three-fourths of responding companies had annual revenue less than $20 million.
Average actual salary adjustments were 4.2%, with 2009 projected average salary
adjustments of 4.5%.

KnowledgeBank conducted a "pulse" survey in January of 2009 due to the
unprecedented changes in economic conditions in the 4th quarter of 2008 to
capture changes in projected 2009 salary increase budgets. Overall projected
salary increase budgets for 2009 were reduced from 4.5% reported in
August/September to 2.8% in January 2009. Additional findings included:

* Six out of every 10 companies planned on reducing their 2009 salary increases.

* 32% of the companies that reported no change in their revised 2009 projected
salary increases already were projecting 0% increases.
* 40% of the companies that reduced their 2009 projected salary increases
reduced them to a projected 0%.
* 37% of all companies that participated in the "pulse" survey were projecting
no salary increases for 2009.
* Several companies reported that they were reducing salaries by approximately
10%.

About KnowledgeBank

KnowledgeBank`s Compensation Practice serves a diverse range of clients in the
commercial, nonprofit and government sectors, including technology, professional
services firms, government contracting, software, finance, healthcare, real
estate, retail, law, life sciences, manufacturing and construction.

KnowledgeBank is an award winning provider of human capital management,
organizational effectiveness and consulting services to the commercial,
nonprofit and government sectors. The company provides solutions in compensation
and benefits, organization assessment and development, strategic planning,
change management, performance management, employee engagement and retention,
workforce planning, leadership development, coaching, training, compliance,
human capital consulting and interim HR leadership. KB was selected by Inc.
magazine to its list of fastest growing companies in America in 2007 and 2008,
and has been recognized by Washington SmartCEO Magazine as one of the fastest
growing companies in the Greater Washington region for the past three years.

Editor`s note:For more information about KnowledgeBank, Inc. please visit
www.knowledgebank.us.com.





KnowledgeBank, Inc.
Media Contact:
Angela Suarez, 703-725-6716
asuarez@knowledgebank.us.com

xpedx Expands Print Technology Offer, Deepens Collaboration with Printers of
All Sizes

CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- xpedx and Ryobi, PRINT 09 Chicago, McCormick
Place Booth 1221

Highlights:

-- Unveils new innovation, technology, business services to North
American
commercial, in-plant and specialty printers at PRINT 09 Chicago, Sept.
11-16


-- Large, diverse offer of equipment and services -- covering every
aspect
of a printer's business


-- Live equipment demos, details on custom programs for printers



xpedx(R) spent this year expanding its offer with the equipment and services
North American printers have asked for. It's all going to be shown and
discussed in the company's largest-ever exhibit at PRINT 09 in Chicago, booth
1221.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061016/NYM035LOGO)

The company will demonstrate two new six-up and eight-up RYOBI(R) presses that
produce short-run color, specialty print and package printing. Ryobi's new
LED-UV curing unit, also demonstrated, substantially cuts power costs and
speeds print job completion.

xpedx will also demonstrate and discuss ways printers can become more
efficient and enter profitable new markets with job estimating tools,
pre-press software, bindery and mailing equipment from top manufacturers.

In addition, services for mid-size and large printers including inventory
management, kitting and fulfillment -- as well as specialized expertise on
everything from print shop efficiencies to new market opportunities -- will be
spotlighted.

"Printers are deepening ties with their most important suppliers to become
stronger and more profitable," said Steve Bowden, newly appointed executive
vice president of sales and marketing for xpedx. "xpedx provides the
services, equipment, supplies and collaborative support that printers need
now."

xpedx serves small, mid-size and large commercial printers, specialty and
package printers, high-volume/data center printers, in-plant printers and
publishers from more than 230 locations across the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
xpedx has a large network of experts in every aspect of print production,
print management, information technology, packaging and facility maintenance.

Here is what xpedx is demonstrating and discussing with printers at PRINT 09:

-- Prepress. Efficient prepress is essential today. The xpedx booth
will
demonstrate and discuss how workflow and color management technology
such as Kodak Prinergy Connect, Agfa:Apogee X Prepress, Xitron Xenith
Sierra, Epson 9900 with SpectroProofer and EFI Colorproof XF v4.0 can
help add value and efficiencies to printers' businesses.


-- Press. xpedx is the master distributor of Ryobi-branded presses and
peripherals in the U.S. and now Canada. The 42-inch, eight-up RYOBI
1050-6 and the 31-inch, six-up 756G with power-saving LED-UV curing
will
make their North American debut at the xpedx booth. Both presses are
six-color and fully automated with maximum speeds of up to 16,000
sheets
per hour. xpedx and Ryobi say the presses will help printers
significantly reduce makeready times, maximize operating efficiencies
and expand into the package printing markets including flexo,
corrugated
and folding carton.


-- Post press, fulfillment and mailing. Bindery, finishing and mailing
services are rapidly evolving into high-efficiency profit centers.
xpedx will demonstrate a strong lineup of postpress equipment
including
the FMA UV coater, Morgana DigiFold 5000p, new Secap QuikJet 36
Addressing System with Jet 1 Dual Headed Tabber and the new C.P. Bourg
BSF document sheet feeder connected to the BME stitch/fold/trim
booklet
maker. xpedx will also discuss other equipment available in its broad
post-press offering.


-- Expansion of digital equipment offer. As digital print grows, so does
the xpedx digital printing equipment portfolio. The company is
highlighting its offer of the Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6501 digital
color press, supported by digital finishing technology from FMA, C.P.
Bourg, Morgana and Secap.


-- Innovation in print job estimating, bidding and purchasing management.
xpedx has teamed up with the industry's leading technology
providers to offer the first-ever integration of real-time paper
inventory and customer pricing in a print management system. Printers
who have tested it report that it significantly reduces time spent on
supplies procurement and management. It also enables them to quickly
obtain critical data such as stock availability and pricing, improving
the accuracy of print job pricing and bids.


-- U.S. printing company owners, managers now visiting new Cincinnati
print
tech center. The new, 11,000-square-foot xpedx Technology Center
features equipment and workflows from major suppliers including Ryobi,
Mitsubishi Imaging, Kodak, Epson, Secap, Xitron, EFI, Konica-Minolta,
FMA, Morgana and Agfa, as well as training, in a live print production
environment. Printers from around the U.S. visit the center to test
drive prepress, press and bindery equipment.


-- xpedx Stores and xpedxstores.com assist the small printer. xpedx
Stores
reps will be on hand to discuss specialized services and equipment for
small printers and franchise owners. xpedx has more than 125 stores
across North America and printers with frequent small orders are
rapidly
adopting xpedxstores.com into their business.


-- Specialized services for in-plants. xpedx understands that in-plant
managers today need to provide their managers with hard evidence of
effectiveness. xpedx consultants provide a comprehensive financial
analysis of an in-plant's business -- and how it compares to
outsourced print. Projections on operating efficiency and return on
invested capital are also provided to in-plant managers. xpedx will
discuss its new website for in-plant printers,
inhouseservices.xpedx.com, a new information sharing forum for
in-plant
facility managers and operators to help them expand into broader
marketing support services.


-- xpedx Canada expansion and Ryobi. xpedx Canada has announced an
agreement with Ryobi Ltd., to be the exclusive provider of
Ryobi-branded
presses and peripherals in Canada. Its recent acquisition of Gould
Paper Canada puts xpedx in major Western Canada markets. xpedx Canada
has also expanded xpedx.ca to include real-time pricing, inventory
availability and easy online ordering.


About xpedx

xpedx, a business of International Paper (NYSE: IP), is one of the largest
business-to-business distribution companies in North America. xpedx
distributes a wide variety of printing papers, graphics, packaging and
janitorial-sanitary maintenance supplies and equipment to printers,
manufacturers, retailers and high-traffic facilities across the U.S., Canada
and Mexico. It is the master distributor of Ryobi-branded presses and
peripherals in the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit xpedx.com.

Contacts: Lisa Jonas, xpedx business communications, 513-965-2938;
Press/Analysts: Erik Godchaux, Media Strategy Group, 608-256-4540.

Note: xpedx is a registered trademark of International Paper Company. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


SOURCE xpedx

IBM and Metropolitan Community College of Omaha Collaborate on First Green
Data Center Degree

ARMONK, N.Y. and OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced a collaboration with Metropolitan Community College (MCC)
in Omaha, Nebraska, to develop a first-of-its-kind green data center
management degree using IBM hardware, software and online skills training
resources. The two-year associates degree includes courses to help students
gain technical and business skills to prepare them for careers in the design
and management of energy efficient data centers.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

The new degree comes at a time when U.S. colleges and universities are
expected to lead the way in preparing the future workforce with innovative new
skills to help boost the economy. For example, in July, President Obama
launched the American Graduation Initiative, a 10-year, $12 billion plan to
provide community colleges nationwide with funding for new scholarships and
online classes for students, and to modernize aging facilities and
infrastructures.

As part of the new MCC degree, students have the opportunity to learn
virtualization and server consolidation, energy efficiency, business
resiliency, and security and compliance skills through a new, real-world
enterprise data center on campus. The center is built upon IBM Power Systems
servers running AIX, IBM i and Linux environments.

IBM technologies used in this program allow MCC to extend the degree to other
colleges through a virtual learning program. As a result, all courses in the
green data center management track will be offered online where remote
students can gain the same skills as those on campus including virtual access
to the physical data center itself.

MCC developed the curriculum with the help of the IBM Academic Initiative, an
innovative program that now provides nearly 4,000 colleges and universities
worldwide with no-charge access to online skills resources including tutorials
and courseware.

"IBM's Academic Initiative will further help ensure that MCC students are
developing technology skills that bring together computer science, engineering
and sustainability," said Tom Pensabene, Dean of Information Technology of
Metropolitan Community College. "We're seeing a dramatic increase in demand
here in Nebraska for specialists who understand how to help companies reduce
the costs associated with running an energy-intensive data center. Now, our
students are getting exposure to leading edge IBM technologies, increasing
their chances of being hired for jobs in this growing area."

Until now there has been no comprehensive, real-world learning environment for
students to get green data center skills at the undergraduate level.
Beginning December 2009, students can enroll in the new "Associate Degree in
Information Technology - Data Center Management" degree and take 36 credit
hours of courses including:

-- Hardware, Disaster Recovery, & Troubleshooting - Designed to teach
students how to identify and follow best practices when working with
hardware components and systems found in an enterprise environment.
Focus is on the hardware and software used to create a fault-tolerant,
redundant configuration that meets the requirements of a company's
Disaster Recovery (DRP) or Business Continuity Plan (BCP).


-- Introduction to Data Center Management - The student learns about data
center design, support, management, and maintenance while working in a
server environment. Topics also include daily operations of a data
center, such as monitoring power requirements and safety regulations.


-- Virtualization, Remote Access, & Monitoring - Introduces students to
both hardware and software methods used to implement virtualization
and
the server specifications required to implement it. Multiple vendor
solutions are explored.


-- Data Center Racks & Cabling - Introduces students to the basics of
rack and cabling infrastructure in a data center. Topics include
cabling
installation practices, management strategies, maintenance practices,
and certification.


-- Building a Secure Environment - Students explore methods to mitigate
vulnerabilities of Internet/Intranet applications while maintaining
web
servers and workstations based on installation. Discussion centers on
best practices and a variety of methods to build, test, and defend all
computers in the enterprise environment.


-- Applied Data Center Management - Students define project requirements,
researches issues, and designs a data center project that meets the
goals. Projects include all aspects of the Data Center such as
facilities, infrastructure, servers and security.


-- Networking Security - Provides students with the knowledge of network
security and the skills necessary to install, configure, manage,
monitor, and troubleshoot security services/servers on multiple
platforms in an enterprise environment. Security areas include DNS,
Web
servers, Encryption, IPSec, PKS, VPNs, and Network Address Translation
(NAT).


-- Data Center Internship - Provides students with the opportunity to
apply
his/her knowledge, learn new techniques, and get hands-on experience
managing a data center. Students work in the Information Technology
Data
Center on campus and access the data center remotely.



For the past 12 years, MCC has often ranked in the top 20 community colleges
nationwide for number of IT graduates, and the college's computer classes are
the mainstay of its offerings. One reason for their success is that Omaha is
one of only a few U.S. cities that sits at the intersection of both east-west
and north-south fiber optic networks -- attracting a large number of
communications and information services companies and putting IT-savvy
employees in high demand for data center jobs.

"IBM is proud to be a key partner in helping Metropolitan Community College of
Omaha develop the first program of its kind based on the transformational work
IBM is undertaking with clients and cities world-wide," said Jim Corgel,
General Manager of ISV and Developer Relations at IBM. "As companies look to
improve service, reduce cost and manage risk, students educated through MCC's
new program will be well-positioned for IT careers that help businesses
address these challenges."

MCC's data center is funded through a three year $1.8 million grant that MCC
received from the U.S. Department of Labor with the goal of increasing the
number of students in IT education.

For more information on the MCC data center management degree, visit:
http://staffshare.mccneb.edu/mccadc/.

For more information on IBM's Academic Initiative, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/academicinitiative.

Contact: Jennifer Clemente, IBM Software Group Media Relations, 919 418 6169,
jennic@us.ibm.com



SOURCE IBM

Trend Micro Deep Security allows server compliance across the historic NIST
800-53 recommended security controls.

CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro, in support of the
federal government's effort to build a unified information security framework
for both national and non-national security cyber systems, announced today
that the Trend Micro(TM) Deep Security(TM) solution helps comply with the
recently recommended security controls published by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST).

The recently updated document, NIST Special Publication 800-53, Recommended
Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, outlines
best practices in information security from United States Department of
Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civil agencies, and provides a broad and
comprehensive set of safeguards and countermeasures for information technology
systems.

IT departments of government agencies can include Trend Micro Deep Security,
which is designed to help with compliance with the security controls
recommended in the NIST 800-53 report, as a key component of their security
strategy. Trend Micro Deep Security is an advanced, host-based intrusion
defense system that brings proven network security controls, including
firewall and intrusion detection and prevention, down to individual networked
computers and devices servers, including virtual machines.

Trend Micro Deep Security for server and application protection helps
government agencies to comply with the NIST recommended security controls in
the following areas:

-- Access control
-- Audit and Accountability
-- Certification accreditation
-- Identification and Authentication
-- Incident response
-- Risk Assessment
-- System and communications protection

-- System and information integrity



"Trend Micro Deep Security enables federal agencies to leverage cloud
computing with the assurance that comes from certification for Evaluation
Assurance Level 3 Augmented (EAL 3+). The security levels this brings for the
virtual environment -- including VMware(TM) VMsafe(TM) integration --
addresses a gaping hole in current Access Control and IA tools for the virtual
computing environment. This is the only NIAP/EAL 3+ certified solution for
that large segment of the federal infrastructure. This solution reiterates our
choice of Trend Micro since 1998 as the leading technology company in the
security/IA space for the federal government," said Robert Deitz, CEO of
Government Technology Solutions, a Trend Micro solution partner focusing on
government markets.

"With cybercrime on the rise and computer espionage becoming a dark reality,
the U.S. government is making some challenging decisions in defending its
computer networks," said Darren Blank vice president of North America, Trend
Micro. "Trend Micro Deep Security, in support of the NIST 800-53
recommendations, provides greater protection for government and non-government
agencies against cyber attacks."

For details on how Trend Micro Deep Security helps with compliance with NIST
800-53, please visit:
http://us.trendmicro.com/imperia/md/content/us/flv/enterprise/endpointsecurity/sp03_fisma_090828us.pdf

Or Government Technology Solutions at www.gvTechSolutions.com

About Trend Micro:
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security,
focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and
consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing
integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity,
personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the
newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to
learn more about the latest threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions,
available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence
experts around the globe. Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend
Micro Smart Protection Network, a next generation cloud-client content
security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats. A
transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro's trusted
security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide. Please
visit www.trendmicro.com.



SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated