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VA Project Combines Electronic Health Records with Genetic Data
In an effort to advance genetic medicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a project that links a patient’s genetic information with the medical history stored in his or her electronic health record, according to Government Health IT news. The goal is to uncover how and what genetic variations can make people more susceptible…
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Can Apple Thrive Without Steve Jobs?
Ten years ago, give a week or two, Steve Jobs returned to Apple Computer, the company that he had co-founded in the now-hazy garage beginnings of the personal computer era. The company was a fiscal, organizational and technological mess. Under Jobs’ leadership, the company has regained a solid, if still small, foothold in the industry,…
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Agilysys Sells Distribution Arm to Arrow
Distributor Agilysys announced Jan. 2 that it will sell its distribution business, KeyLink Systems Group, to competitor Arrow Electronics, leaving its solution provider practice, Agilysys Enterprise Solutions Group, as one of the largest VARs in the land. Agilysys will use the proceeds from the $485 million sale (expected to be about $340 million after taxes)…
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Analyst Predicts Eightfold Increase in New Storage Capacity by 2013
Data storage analyst and consultant Coughlin Associates will reveal a survey report Jan. 6 at the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas that predicts an eightfold increase in new digital storage capacity and the doubling of storage-related revenues over the next six years. The Atascadero, Calif.-based firm’s 130-plus-page, fourth annual report on data storage and…
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States Hope to Reap Rewards from Wireless Contract
The Western States Contracting Alliance has put into place a wireless purchasing contract designed to save money for states and localities across the United States. In a new contract that went into effect Jan. 1, WSCA has developed a contracting vehicle that can be used by states, cities, counties and other municipal entities to get…
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Microsoft’s ‘Enchanted Office’ Comic Touts Ribbon
Microsoft is using a Web-based comic strip to try to reach a broad set of consumers and convince them that they can benefit from the new Ribbon-based user interface found in Office 2007. While much of the hype leading up to the consumer release of the 2007 Office system later in January has focused on…
