Clients

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management and InEnTec push plan to vaporize Portland trash
July 26, 2010
Waste Management, the nation's largest waste services provider, is planning to deploy an advanced plasma gasification unit at the Columbia Ridge Landfill in Oregon. The proof-of-concept facility, using InEnTec's technology, will create useful byproducts by vaporizing 25 tons of trash daily.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital plans Taurus 2 test flight with extra money
July 22, 2010
Orbital Sciences, developing a new Taurus II rocket and Cygnus spacecraft to provide supplies to the International Space Station, may add an additional test flight with additional government funds for the COTS program, which relies on private enterprise to support the country's human spaceflight endeavors.

GlobalFoundries
Chip plant taking big leaps
July 21, 2010
GlobalFoundries' investment in its Malta, New York facility has reached $6.5 billion, with the company's recent Fab 8 expansions providing a boost to the region's economy and status as a hub for high technology.

Mahindra Satyam
World Cup's sleight of hand
July 18, 2010
Mahindra Satyam is providing the "invisible hand" of the FIFA World Cup, having built and now operating the event's first-ever centralized IT infrastructure.

GlobalFoundries
Extreme ultraviolet is the answer says Global Foundries
July 15, 2010
Gregg Bartlett, Global Foundries' SVP of Process Technology and R&D, addressed the SEMICON West 2010 audience with his vision for the chip industry. GlobalFoundries is moving ahead with 28nm microprocessor technology in the near term and investing heavily in new technology that will enable ever-smaller components.

GlobalFoundries
Globalfoundries plans production EUV by 2015
July 14, 2010
Pushing the limits of chip manufacturing technology, GlobalFoundries is planning to install a production extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tool in the second half of 2012, with volume production beginning in 2014. This technology can take processor components down to the 13nm scale, far smaller than current electronics.

Orbital Sciences
Military Looks to Small Satellites as Costs for Large Spacecraft Grow
July 2010
With large, complex satellite programs going over budget and suffering from delays, the military is beginning to understand the value of smaller, simpler systems. Orbital Sciences' Barry Beneski sees a trend toward small- and mid-class system using tested and commercially available technology, which he believes provides higher value for many types of mission.

Orbital Sciences
Extreme Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Makeover!
June 30, 2010
Orbital is repurposing decommissioned “Peacekeeper” intercontinental ballistic missiles into rockets for communications and scientific satellites. The company will soon launch the first space-bound four-stage rocket, Minotaur IV, which will carry a satellite to track debris in space.

Mahindra Satyam
Mahindra Satyam inks deal with Africa's Direct Channel Holding
June 30, 2010
Mahindra Satyam has entered into a business process outsourcing partnership with Africa's Direct Channel Holding Ltd, which will help Direct Channel to expand its services across Africa quickly and without adding extensive overhead in its new locations.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital Urges NASA To Hold Orion Lifeboat Competition
June 25, 2010
NASA plans to repurpose the Orion spacecraft into an emergency life boat for astronauts aboard the International Space Station, but Orbital Sciences believes it could provide a better value if NASA opened the project up to a competitive bid.

Orbital Sciences
NASA Chooses Orbital Sciences to Launch Its Carbon Observatory Satellite
June 23, 2010
Orbital Sciences has been selected to launch a satellite that will make the first space-based measurements of carbon dioxide emissions. This program will launch a small satellite that can provide crucial data on emissions and inform scientific knowledge and policy decisions.

Mahindra Satyam
Firms set their sights on social networking sites
June 22, 2010
Finding social marketing a cost-effective to connect with customers, many large firms are turning to IT companies such as Mahindra Satyam to help implement infrastructure that harnesses the potential of these new platforms.

Mahindra Satyam
Mahindra Satyam Reveals the Challenges Involved in Managing the 2010 FIFA World Cup
June 22, 2010
TMC sat down with Dilbagh Gill, the head of Mahindra Satyam's sports division, to talk about the challenges of implementing the first ever centralized IT system for the FIFA World Cup.

Mahindra Satyam
Fighting fit & running
June 21, 2010
CEO C.P. Gurnani, well aware of the challenges of reestablishing Mahindra Satyam in the global market, is working tirelessly to keep customers happy and grow the company's capabilities as it prepares for the results of financial restatements later in 2010.

Mahindra Satyam
Shock! Indian Team Found at World Cup
June 18, 2010
Mahindra Satyam, the official IT services provider for the FIFA World Cup, has a team of 130 in South Africa to manage everything from ticketing to transportation to organizing 250,000 staff.

Mahindra Satyam
Mahindra Satyam gets major brand boost through World Cup
June 13, 2010
Mahindra Satyam is positioning itself as a global brand through its support for the FIFA World Cup, both through an unprecedented sponsorship and through its creation of the event's first centralized IT system.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management's Far Out Trash-to-Energy Plans
June 10, 2010
Through investment in new technology, Waste Management CEO David Steiner is taking steps to transform the nation's largest waste services provider into a nimble, environmentally sustainable company. This process includes deploying tested systems, such as waste-to-energy facilities, and partnering with innovative early-stage technology providers, to generate more value from the materials WM handles every day.

Orbital Sciences
Pegasus Chosen To Loft NASA Science Satellite
June 9, 2010
NASA has chosen Orbital Sciences to launch a scientific telescope in December 2012 under a $40 million contract. Orbital will use its air-launched Pegasus XL rocket to propel the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS) satellite into orbit, where it will make detailed measurements of the flow of energy and plasma through the sun’s atmosphere and heliosphere.

Waste Management, Inc.
How To Burn Trash For Power
June 9, 2010
In a companion piece to his article in the print edition, Forbes' Jon Fahey examines the benefits and challenges of combusting non-recyclable waste to generate power.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital has success with two-stage booster
June 8, 2010
Orbital Sciences marked the successful inaugural launch of its Orbital Boost Vehicle, a two-stage, ground-based interceptor booster developed for the Missile Defense Agency intercept program. The two-stage booster system is designed to offer the military more flexibility in countering potential missile threats.

Orbital Sciences
Four Companies to Watch in the Brave New Commercial Space Mission Era
June 8, 2010
Orbital Sciences is the most mature of the "new space" companies, ventures that are creating creative ways for customers to access and even live in space. Making systems to protect astronauts from a faulty rocket and a new commercial system to haul life-supporting cargo to the International Space Station, Orbital takes an innovative approach to developing its programs.

Orbital Sciences
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Fires Past Record for Speed Change
June 8, 2010
The Orbital Sciences-built Dawn spacecraft, which incorporates innovative Xenon propulsion, has just set a new record for speed under its own power. En route to an asteroid for research, the craft is now traveling nearly 10,000 miles per hour -- or more than 4 kilometers per second.

Mahindra Satyam
Satyam to invest big in key verticals, eyes new markets
June 8, 2010
With the company's recovery phase nearly complete, Mahindra Satyam is looking to generate more revenue by building capabilities in new technical areas, pursuing customers in the health care sector and providing more services to emerging markets, such as South America and Japan.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management sees dollar signs in our organic waste
June 7, 2010
Waste Management's Tim Cesarek, managing director of the company’s Organic Waste Solutions Group and Organic Growth Group, talks about how the company is investing in new technology to turn organic waste, such as food scraps and yard waste, into valuable products in an environmentally sustainable way.

Mahindra Satyam
Satyam to Service 2010 World Cup
June 7, 2010
Mahindra Satyam has developed the IT backbone to manage the entire 2010 FIFA World Cup, the largest sporting event in the world. This is FIFA's first-ever centralized IT system, which will manage everything from communications to ticketing to event logistics.

Zimmer
Zimmer introduces a cephalomedullary nail system
June 7, 2010
Zimmer recently introduced a new type of screw to help patients receiving hip implants recover more quickly and avoid common problems with femur bone recovery.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences lands satellite deal with Azerbaijan
June 1, 2010
Orbital Sciences Corp. has signed a contract with the Republic of Azerbaijan to design, build and deliver a commercial communications satellite based on its STAR-2 platform. It will be the 31st STAR-class spacecraft to be ordered by customers and Azerbaijan’s first national satellite.

Definiens
Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Selects Definiens Software For Liver Toxicology Study
May 28, 2010
The Hamner Institutes, based in North Carolina, will use Definiens software to develop an application that automatically analyzes images of liver tissue slides. By automating the analysis, the Institutes will be able to gather data more quickly and reliably, enabling them to better understand the effects of potential cancer-fighting compounds.

Mahindra Satyam
Mahindra Satyam Looks to Growth
May 27, 2010
One year after an accounting scandal that threatened the company's existence, Mahindra Satyam is maintaining the loyalty of its largest customers and is developing new services for the fast-growing telecommunications and mobile devices sector. CEO C.P. Gurnani reviews his team's success and looks one month out, when the company will issue its first financial statements since 2009.

Zimmer
Zimmer Holdings Opens New Training Institute
May 2010
Zimmer recently opened a new training facility in New Jersey to help clinicians and surgeons hone their skills with orthopedic implants. The Zimmer Institute at TMT is the company’s first full-time BioSkills training center outside its headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana.

Orbital Sciences
Minotaur launches from VAFB
April 23, 2010
Orbital Sciences' Minotaur 4 rocket, made in part from retired Peacekeeper missile stages, successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket carried an experimental payload, a hypersonic vehicle known as HTV-2, designed to fly at 20 times the speed of sound.

Waste Management, Inc.
Pepsi's Plan to Make Litter Green
April 22, 2010
In a bid to improve recycling for containers outside the office or home, Pepsi and Waste Management are teaming up to install thousands of "reverse vending machines" across the country, providing consumers with a new way to recycle on the go.

Waste Management, Inc.
PepsiCo Plans Recycling Initiative
April 22, 2010
In a new program, PepsiCo and Waste Management aim to recycle at least 400 million containers annually by putting thousands of "reverse vending machine" kiosks in busy places such as gas stations and shopping centers, and offering incentives for each container consumers recycle.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital's Medium-Sized Gamble
April 12, 2010
Following the acquisition of General Dynamics' satellite business unit, Orbital Sciences is positioned to better serve government customers, who are moving away from large, complex satellites toward more responsive and affordable medium-sized space systems.

Waste Management, Inc.
WM makes progress on waste-to-energy strategy
April 8, 2010
Waste Management is investing in numerous new technologies, including gasification and organics processing, to recover the resources in the materials it handles every day.

Waste Management, Inc.
AHA Endorses Waste Management
April 8, 2010
Citing its comprehensive suite of services to manage the waste streams of health care organizations, including recyclables, medical waste, sensitive documents and other materials, the American Hospital Association has endorsed WM Health Solutions as an ideal service provider for the healthcare sector. Notably, the the company also offers database services to help providers better manage and reduce their waste streams.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital, General Dynamics close on division sale
April 3, 2010
Orbital Sciences has completed its purchase of the satellite business unit from General Dynamics, an acquisition that will add some 325 new employees and a 135,000-square-foot space systems manufacturing facility, helping Orbital better serve the needs of government customers.

Ricochet PR
Do small communications agencies need a specialty to be successful?
April 1, 2010
Ricochet founder and CEO Todd Aydelotte argues that successful small communications agencies should specialize to truly understand their clients' businesses and culture.

Definiens
High Volumes No Problem
April 2010
Aerial and satellite remote sensing technologies are producing more and more data, making managing and interpreting this information a challenge. Definiens employs object-based image analysis software to automate manually intensive processes, making it possible for organizations to produce detailed geographical analysis in a cost-effective and timely manner.

Waste Management, Inc.
Georgia Power, Waste Management sign 10-year landfill deal
March 30, 2010
Georgia Power and Waste Management inked a 10-year deal on one of the largest landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the Southeast, a plant that will provide Georgia residents with 6.4MW of renewable electricity.

Orbital Sciences
New private space freighter has solid backing
March 16, 2010
Orbital Sciences, responsible for supplying the International Space Station with cargo when the Shuttle retires, has a unique blend of experience and entrepreneurship.

Orbital Sciences
General Dynamics acquisition a boon for Orbital Sciences
March 7, 2010
Orbital Chairman and CEO David Thompson describes how his company's acquisition of the General Dynamics satellite business unit will strengthen Orbital's ability to serve the military and civilian government.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital Sciences to buy General Dynamics' satellite unit
March 5, 2010
Orbital Sciences is purchasing the Advanced Information Systems business unit from General Dynamics. The acquisition will help Orbital continue to serve government customers with a new medium-class satellite platform.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital buys General Dynamics' spacecraft business
March 4, 2010
Orbital Sciences is acquiring a satellite manufacturing business unit of General Dynamics, a deal that will provide it with new opportunities to serve military and civilian government customers.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management looking for strategic acquisitions in 2010
March 4, 2010
Waste Management COO Lawrence O'Donnell outlined the company's plans to add $250-$350 million in revenue this year thanks to acquisitions, many of which will be“tuck-in” purchases that complement existing operations.

Waste Management Inc.
S4 Energy plans plasma gasification facility
March 3, 2010
S4 Energy Solutions, a joint venture between Waste Management, Inc. and InEnTec LLC, announced plans to develop its first plasma gasification project at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, OR. This is the first project announcement since the venture was launched in May 2009.

Orbital Sciences
Wi-Fi in the Sky
March 2010
Under the oversight of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Orbital Sciences is developing a system to enable satellites to share data while in orbit, essentially creating a space-borne version of the Internet.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste-to-Ethanol Venture Attracts Investors
February 24, 2010
Waste Management announced its investment in the Montreal-based company, Enerkem, to develop waste-to-fuel gasification technology.

GlobalFoundries
For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones
February 22, 2010
GLOBALFOUNDRIES VP of Marketing, Jim Ballingall, discusses new details on their leading-edge System-on-Chip (SoC) platform technology for powering the next generation of wireless products and applications.

Orbital Sciences
Orbital sees bright future for Orion launch abort system
February 18, 2010
Though NASA has canceled the Constellation program in favor of new commercial programs for low Earth orbit human spaceflight, Orbital Sciences is continuing to develop its launch abort system, which could be incorporated into future space vehicles.

Oribital Sciences
Invest For Space Shuttle's Swan Song
February 9, 2010
Orbital Sciences is one of three companies likely to see an increase in business from the retirement of the space shuttle and the 2011 NASA budget, which calls for private development of the next human space vehicle.

Waste Management Inc.
The CEO Wears Coveralls
February 5, 2010
Waste Management debuts in a CBS series highlighting executives performing front-line work in a bid to better understand its workforce and operations.

Orbital Sciences
Space to thrive
February 4, 2010
NASA is tapping Orbital Sciences and a handful of other private companies to help it meet its new strategic direction for human spaceflight.

Waste Management Inc.
"Undercover Boss" a valentine to workers, management
February 1, 2010
In the first episode of the new CBS reality series, Waste Management President Larry O’Donnell goes on the front lines of his company’s operations to learn how to improve its operations and employee satisfaction.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management's New Way of Managing Waste: Speed Composting
January 25, 2010
Waste Management has invested in Harvest Power, a small venture-backed firm to develop projects that process organic waste into methane-rich biogas and compost.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management to invest in Harvest Power
January 25, 2010
In an effort to generate more value from the waste it collects and disposes of, Waste Management is investing in Harvest Power. The two companies will develop organics composting and digestion facilities to create energy and nutrient-rich compost.

Orbital Sciences
Darpa Pursues On-Orbit Networking
January 7, 2010
Orbital Sciences is working with DARPA to build a new type of satellite that can communicate with other space systems. This system should enable satellites to share data and functionality, essentially creating an Internet-like network as they orbit hundreds or thousands of miles above the Earth.

Waste Management Inc.
Trash To Gas: Landfill Energy Projects Increasing
January 5, 2010
Waste Management is leading a growing trend of harnessing energy from waste. Its most recent project, at the Altamont Landfill in California, is powering hundreds of fleet vehicles with LNG made from landfill gas.

Environmental Power
Cutting Through The Hype Around “Green”
January 4, 2010
Environmental Power’s business unit Microgy is one of several companies harnessing biological processes to create commercially viable biofuels.

Agendia
Report: Cost Cutting Top Healthcare Industry Concern
January 4, 2010
Cutting costs will be the “overarching theme” for the healthcare industry in 2010, according to a report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC’s Health Research Institute. Late last month, the Food and Drug Administration cleared the breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint for use in patients of all ages.

Agendia
Cancer Detection Test Gets FDA Clearance
December 29, 2009
MammaPrint, a locally produced test for breast cancer recurrence, has received broad federal approval for use on more patients. This clearance, which permits Agendia to market the test for women older than 61, will help in the ongoing dialogue with healthcare providers and payers.

Agendia
Agendia Hoping Fourth FDA Clearance for MammaPrint Convinces Payors
December 23, 2009
Agendia has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market their breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint for women older than 61. Agendia hopes that this latest FDA clearance for MammaPrint will build a stronger case in support of the reimbursement and use of the test.

Agendia
Agendia, Genomic Health Present New MammaPrint, Oncotype DX Data at Breast Cancer Symposium
December 18, 2009
Agendia presented data at the 2009 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showing that women 65 years or older who are deemed ‘low risk’ for breast cancer recurrence by MammaPrint have promising survival rates. Agendia also presented data indicating the need for more aggressive treatment for node-positive cancer patients who are classified as ‘high risk’ by MammaPrint

Waste Management Inc.
Sex and Trash and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Waste Management Joins Live Nation in Recycling Sponsorship
December 8, 2009
Waste Management and Live Nation have partnered to boost recycling at 66 Live Nation venues nationwide, an effort to raise the profile of recycling and improve concertgoers’ experience.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management of Tennessee offers tips for green holiday season
December 7, 2009
With Americans throwing away on average 25% more trash during the holidays, Waste Management of Tennessee is providing tips to help residents green their celebrations and waste fewer resources.

Orbital Sciences
In 2010, The Civilian Space Industry Finally Takes Off
December 6, 2009
Orbital Sciences is one of a handful of companies poised to provide commercial services for human spaceflight. With the upcoming Shuttle retirement, these private companies are in a position to provide the United States with much-needed space access.

Definiens
Visage Imaging, Definiens form partnership
December 3, 2009
Definiens, an enterprise image intelligence company, and Visage Imaging have entered into a partnership to jointly develop and market oncology solutions for the clinical and preclinical imaging domain. The companies said that the partnership allows the Munich-based Definiens to utilize the Visage CS enterprise visualization application in its forthcoming Definiens LymphExpert Version 2.0.

Waste Management Inc.
Tracking a trail of trash in the Pacific Northwest
November 28, 2009
MIT and Waste Management are tracking thousands of pieces of trash in Oregon, providing insight into where waste ends up and raising awareness for the need to efficiently dispose of unwanted items.

GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries Woos Customers With Expansion Plans
November 12, 2009
ATIC’s acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor and its plans to integrate the company with GLOBALFOUNDRIES positions the young chip maker to win more customers in the coming months.

GlobalFoundries
ARM helps Globalfoundries outline ecosystem plans
November 6, 2009
GLOBALFOUNDRIES is creating an ecosystem of high technology partners, including vendors and research institutes, to succeed in an increasingly complex design and production environment.

Definiens
Leveraging automation to analyze image data
November 1, 2009
Moving away from pattern recognition-based systems, image analysis for histopathology has embraced new software that is able to handle large volumes of images, recognizing biological features based on their associations with neighboring cells. The Definiens software, with its user-friendly interface makes image analysis accessible to pathologists with little or no computer programming experience.

Waste Management Inc.
Securing Strategic Investors
November 2009
Waste Management, Terrabon and Valero have formed a partnership that will develop advanced biofuels from organic waste. Waste Management’s experience with waste procurement and handling will ensure Terrabon’s system is able to scale up its operations and commercialize as smoothly as possible.

Definiens
Imaging in Cancer Outcome Predictions
October 30, 2009
An increase in the number and variety of image acquisition devices has led to a proliferation of image data. However, analysis of these images is labor-intensive and inherently subjective, leading to bottlenecks in workflows. Platform-independent applications, such as Definiens Enterprise Image Intelligence Suite™ that enable automated, rapid identification of protein biomarkers and other structures of interest in heterogeneous tissues facilitate expedited diagnostics and enable translational research.

GlobalFoundries
Globalfoundries Open House
October 26, 2009
On Saturday October 24, GLOBALFOUNDRIES held a community open house for its Fab 2 construction project in Malta, NY. Nearly 300 community members attended the event, which showcased the size and scope of the $4.2 Billion Fab 2 microchip fabrication plant.

Agendia
The Good News About Bad News
October 23, 2009
For women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, whether or not to have chemotherapy has been a tough call. MammaPrint can make the decision clearer by analyzing the genetic profile of a tumor and rate the risk of recurrence from low to high.

Definiens
The Image Analysis Challenge
October 20, 2009
As imaging data becomes an integral part of translational research, there will be a need for image-analysis systems that are intuitive and accessible to researchers, while also capable of handling input from multiple modalities. With this in mind, Definiens has developed image-analysis applications for medical imaging and life sciences to enable researchers to process imaging data from all common imaging modalities.

Agendia
Biotech Beachhead: Genetic Drug, Testing Cos. Drawn Here by Workers, Location
October 5, 2009
To accelerate sales and laboratory operations in the United States, Agendia has opened a 3,500 square-foot U.S. headquarters in Huntington Beach, CA. Although Boston and the California Bay Area have historically been the hot seats of the biotech industry, Agendia is launching a new trend by making roots in Orange County.

Waste Management Inc.
Making Waste a Part of the Solution
October 1, 2009
Podcast host Stephen Lacey explores two ways Waste Management is recovering the resources in waste to generate energy. First, he visits an innovative project where Waste Management’s landfill gas is powering much of the University of New Hampshire’s campus. Later, he talks with Jeff Surma, CEO of the gasification company S4 Energy Solutions, which plans to employ plasma gasification to dispose of specialized waste streams.

Definiens
CAD Surpasses Limits of Lymph Node Imaging
October 2009
This review establishes the need for more accurate and sensitive lymph node imaging techniques. Definiens LymphExpert™, an image analysis application recently introduced by Definiens, streamlines the analytic process by simultaneously combining images while providing both volumetric and quantitative information.

Agendia
Molecular Advances in Early Breast Cancer
October 2009
Genomic-based diagnostic tests are helping cancer specialists to plan more effective treatments for women with early stage breast cancer. Tests such as Agendia’s MammaPrint objectively determine the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence, and thereby can better inform the decision to add chemotherapy to a tamoxifen regimen.

Volcano Corp.
Screening for Hidden Artery Lesions May Stop Next Heart Attack
September 24, 2009
Repeat heart attacks might be preventable with extra screening to detect less visible plaque buildup in arteries, a study of new imaging technology suggests.

Waste Management Inc.
Following Trash and Recyclables on Their Journey
September 16, 2009
Waste Management and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have teamed up on an innovative program, Trash Track, to tag 3,000 common pieces of garbage using with radio trackers in an effort to better understand what happens to our waste.

Waste Management Inc.
Powering Up with Landfill Gas
September 14, 2009
Starting this fall, UNH will be getting 85% of its heat and electricity from landfill gas provided by Waste Management’s nearby Turnkey landfill. The project, called Ecoline, is an example of an innovative renewable energy project that helps to reduce the University’s operating costs and boosts its environmental credentials.

Husky
Husky commissions lifecycle assessment for PET packaging
August 31, 2009
In response to environmental concerns, Husky Injection Modeling Ltd has commissioned Allied Development Corp. to conduct life cycle analysis studies of PET packing. Husky, based in Bolton, Ontario, is the largest maker of injection presses to mold PET performs, and hopes the assessment will educate the public on the environmental effects of manufacturing PET bottles. The lifecycle analysis will aim to determine the environmental footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of manufacturing and transporting PET relates to other packaging materials.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management invests in waste-to-fuel process
August 26, 2009
Waste Management has increased its investment in Terrabon LLC, which specializes in waste-to-fuel conversion technology that makes high-octane fuel from organic waste. Waste Management will help Terrabon secure organic waste streams that the company will use to produce high-octane gasoline from a technology that converts biomass into organic salts.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste-to-Fuels Startup Terrabon Hauls in Waste Management Investment
August 26, 2009
Waste Management has invested in Houston-based Terrabon, a startup company pursuing a commercially viable green gasoline made from organic waste. Waste Management joins Valero Energy, who invested in the startup in April. The size of Waste Management’s investment was not disclosed.

Agendia
New Lab Player Launches in Breast Cancer Market
August 10, 2009
Agendia Inc enters the breast cancer market with its proprietary assay MammaPrint, which evaluates 70 genes to predict a patient’s odds of breast cancer recurrence. The company recently opened a CLIA-licensed laboratory in Huntington Beach, CA and expects to collaborate with local pathologists to improve the ability of oncologists to select the best therapy for their patients.

GlobalFoundries
New York Rolls Dice on Semiconductors
August 4, 2009
GlobalFoundries, a collaboration between the chip maker Advanced Micro Devices and an Abu Dhabi investment group, has just broken ground on a new $4.2 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in the small town of Malta just south of Saratoga Springs. With unemployment in New York at a 26-year high, the state has invested more than $1 billion to build the plant, making it the largest public-private venture in state history. The project will create more than 6,000 jobs and generate approximately $300 million in employee earnings.

EmbracingMedia
Targeted Ads Go Local B’Cast Route
August 3, 2009
Spokane, Washington-based EmbracingMedia is offering targeted ad capability and advanced viewing data to local broadcasters around the country. Cowles Communications will launch the service next year at its KHQ-TV affiliate in Spokane to help stations and advertisers draw more accurate audience profiles of who's watching what programs when.

GlobalFoundries
Signs of Economic Hope
July 24, 2009
A unique public-private partnership in Malta, New York is bringing jobs back to a region that has been hit hard by the economic downturn. GLOBALFOUNDRIES, working with the state of New York, has begun construction on a $4.2 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant that will bring 1,400 immediate jobs to the area and 5,000 total jobs once the project is completed.

GlobalFoundries
New Factory Seen as Boon for Upstate
July 24, 2009
GlobalFoundries broke ground on a $4.2 billion plant in Malta, N.Y. that will manufacture advanced microprocessors and will be the most advanced facility of its kind in the world when completed. With the new factory as an anchor, state and business officials say they can attract more investment to the area, building a cluster of businesses and academic centers that could ultimately rival Route 128 outside of Boston or North Carolina’s Research Triangle.

GlobalFoundries
Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer
July 24, 2009
Development has begun on a $4.2 billion chip plant in upstate New York and is expected to bring 5,000 new jobs to the region at a time when the national unemployment rate stands at 9.5 percent, its highest level since 1992. The state of New York laid the groundwork for this project with its investment in nanotechnology and engineering to establish a well educated workforce and alternative to established manufacturing hubs in Asia. The GlobalFoundries facility will be the most modern chip fabrication plant in the world once completed.

GlobalFoundries
Despite downturn, AMD supplier starts $4.2B plant
July 23, 2009
Sunnyvale-based GlobalFoundries Inc. and its competitors in the chip industry are investing billions into manufacturing plants even as the country finds itself in the middle of the recession. Recently spun out of AMD, GlobalFoundries has begun work on a $4.2 billion chip plant in upstate New York that will establish a U.S. presence in the global semiconductor manufacturing industry.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano Announces Worldwide Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Lumen Biomedical for Xtract™ Thrombus Aspiration Catheter
July 2009
Volcano Corporation will be the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Lumen Biomedical Xtract™ Thrombus Aspiration Catheter. The device has been cleared by the FDA and is CE marked for use in coronary vessels, as well as some peripheral vascular applications; it is immediately available in the US and Europe.

Volcano Corp.
Interview with Volcano executive Vince Burgess
July 2009
Volcano Corporation will be the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Lumen Biomedical Xtract™ Thrombus Aspiration Catheter, a diagnostic tool the company says will compliment its IVUS and virtual histology tools. Vince Burgess, VP of Marketing, discusses the latest developments in the Volcano portfolio, including fraction flow reserve, intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography and virtual histology.

Ascent Corp.
Ascent building second Chicago-area data center
May 29, 2009
Ascent Corp has announced it will spend $100 million to develop a second Chicago-area data center, scheduled for completion by the end of 2009. The facility, once completed, will offer customers the option to operate in a wholesale co-location environment and house their information in data suites independent of other tenants.

Waste Management Inc.
Converting Garbage into Fuel
May 27, 2009
Waste Management and InEnTec announced a joint venture to commercialize InEnTec’s plasma-gasification technology. The core technology of waste gasification has been proven but large scale commercialization has to date been impractical without a cost-efficient means to collect and feed waste. Waste Management will fund the venture, S4 Energy Solutions, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make the technology economically feasible and bringing waste gasification one step closer to large scale commercialization.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management Steps Into Gasification Technology
May 22, 2009
Waste Management Inc has entered into a joint venture with InEnTec Ltd to create a new entity, S4 Energy Solutions LLC, which will develop plasma technology to convert waste into fuels, chemicals and electricity through a gasification process using synthetic gas, or syngas. The venture is Waste Management’s first foray into gasification technology. S4 Energy Solutions will initially focus on medical and other segregated waste streams, both commercial and industrial but plans to eventually process municipal solid waste.

Ascent Corp.
Ascent Plans $1B Data Center
May 21, 2009
Ascent Corp. is planning a 250,000-square-foot, $1-billion data center a year after the company's completion of a neighboring 707,000-square-foot, $500-million data center for Microsoft. The new data center, dubbed CH2, will be a multi-tenant facility providing fully customizable data center suites with options of shipping and receiving docks, entrance doors, and branded lobbies.

Ascent Corp.
Microsoft consumes Chicago data center
May 20, 2009
According to reports, Microsoft will purchase a 707,244 square-foot data center facility based in the Chicago suburb of Northlake from Ascent Corp. Concurrently, the St. Louis-based data base solutions provider will begin work on a 250,000 square-foot facility, also in Northlake, to be completed by the end of the year. The new facility will have access to the same power and connectivity capabilities and offer fully customizable, turn-key suites.

Volcano
Volcano, Lumen align for thrombus aspiration catheter distribution
May 20, 2009
Volcano, a developer of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, has formed an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement to initiate the formal launch of the Xtract thrombus aspiration catheter, manufactured by the Plymouth, Minn-based Lumen Biomedical.

Ascent Corp.
Ascent Building Second Chicago Data Center
May 19, 2009
Data center solutions provider Ascent has begun development on its second Chicago-area data center, CH2. The new data center is being developed in close proximity to Microsoft's Northlake Data Center, CH1, the purpose-built data center developed by Ascent last year. The CH2 data center features a unique delivery model, Dynamic Data Center Suites that was originally developed for CH1 prior to Microsoft taking sole occupancy of the facility.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano to sell Lumen Xtract thrombus aspiration catheter
May 19, 2009
Volcano Corp will be the exclusive worldwide distributor of the Xtract thrombus aspiration catheter, manufactured by Lumen Biomedical. The deal will give Volcano a second-generation aspiration catheter to complement its IVUS and VH IVUS imaging tools and will allow the company to better server the interventional cardiology community.

Ascent Corp.
New data center planned for suburbs
May 18, 2009
St. Louis-based Ascent Corp. plans to build a 250,000-square foot datacenter by the end of the year which will accommodate up to a dozen tenants, most likely Internet companies, trading firms or banks. The new center, which could cost $1 billion when fully built out, will offer “suites” that allow tenants to have their own entrances, receiving docks and customized layouts as well as the ability to self-manage or outsource operations.

Waste Management Inc.
Trash Has Role in Energy Plan, Waste Management Says
May 11, 2009
Waste Management and other companies push for their waste-based energy to be part of the Obama Administration’s plans to greatly increase renewable energy production. Though there is potential to significantly expand waste-based energy both through waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy technology, the industry may be shortchanged as Washington develops long-term rewards for alternative fuels.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano Defies Downward Trend in Imaging Market With 24% Q1 Sales Growth
May 11, 2009
San Diego-based firm, Volcano Corporation reported a 24% sales growth in spite of recent weaknesses in imaging system demands.

Ciba
FDA should test sunscreens’ effectiveness vs. skin cancer
May 11, 2009
With healthcare spending representing nearly 16 percent of our nation’s GDP, there is little question that healthcare reform is a serious issue to most Americans.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich launches new RNAi screening tool
May 4, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich released MISSION® esiRNA, a super-pool of hundreds of gene-specific siRNA that eliminate the trial and error approach of identifying a single siRNA for gene knockdown and ensures minimal off-target effects.

Sigma-Aldrich
Gene-specific siRNA pool launched by Sigma
May 1, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich’s esiRNA, pooled siRNA platform, enables researchers to knock down genes rapidly and cost-effectively, providing an effective technology that will facilitate RNAi research for a broad base of scientists.

Agendia
New Test Helps Cancer Patients
April 21, 2009
Breast cancer patients have a new tool in the fight against the disease called MammaPrint. Spokane, Washington’s Rockwood Clinic is one of ten centers in the world participating in a trial study for the FDA-approved test developed by molecular cancer diagnostics company, Agendia. MammaPrint can determine how likely breast cancer will recur in five to ten years post-surgery. Dr. Renu Sinhu at the Rockwood Clinic relies on the test to tailor individualized and appropriate treatment for her patients.

Volcano Corporation
Huennekens: Obama Effectiveness Proposal: A tool for finding faster, less expensive medical solutions?
April 20, 2009
In this Op-Ed, the CEO of Volcano Corporation addresses President Obama’s comparative effectiveness initiatives and discusses the need to reduce our nation’s reliance on standard procedures that lack efficacy and are high in cost. Focusing on treating the right patient at the right time with the right method is crucial to improving patient outcomes and lowering health care spending in the U.S. Comparative effectiveness research may show that increasing reimbursement for diagnostic tools that improve patient care, such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and fractional flow reserve (FFR), may be costly at the outset but will save the health care system billions of dollars in the long term.

Waste Management Inc.
New Recycling Facility Opening in Surprise
April 9, 2009
A new regional recycling facility in Surprise, expected to be operational by next summer, will be a "single-stream" recycling operation, which allows customers to dump their recyclables into one bin. This leaves the sorting of glass, aluminum, paper and other materials to magnets and optical scanners, making recycling easier for residents.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management Sees Growth Turning Trash to Energy
April 9, 2009
Waste Management, the largest U.S. waste company, is in talks to build waste-to-energy plants in China as part of an long-term sustainability program that would double its revenue from power generation.

Waste Management Inc.
Recycling plant on the way in W. Valley
April 9, 2009
Waste Management has broken ground on a 65,000 sq-foot recycling plant in West Valley, Arizona. Public officials say the new plant will make recycling easier and more convenient for customers, leading to greater participation and higher revenues for the city. The facility will be able to process approximately 150,000 tons of recyclable per year, is expected to be completed next year and will bring in an additional $100,000 into the city’s solid-waste fund.

Sigma-Aldrich
India Has Shown Great Interest in Advancing the Science of Stem Cell Biology
April 8, 2009
Dave Smoller, President of the Research Biotech Business Unit of Sigma-Aldrich, fields questions from BioSpectrum India on his perspective of the growing stem cell research market given President Obama’s lift of the ban on funding of US stem cell research.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management, Tropicana Launch National Recycling Initiative
April 3, 2009
Chicago-based Tropicana and Waste Management of Houston have launched a national initiative to increase the number of juice and milk cartons for recycling. Waste Management will be accepting juice and milk beverage cartons at all of its recycling processing facilities across the country. The initiative will kick-off the long-term goal of increasing beverage carton recycling to every community across the nation.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste-to-Energy Plant Construction Picking Up Steam
March 13, 2009
Local governments are showing increased interest in having waste-to-energy (WTE) plants process their trash and produce electricity. The plants address both waste disposal and renewable energy standards needs, making them attractive to municipalities.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich Buys Chilean Distributor
March 13, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich acquired Sigal Ltda, its primary distributor in Chile to establish Sigma-Aldrich Quimica Ltda. Sigma’s expansion in Chile is part of the company's plan to accelerate growth in Canada, Asia Pacific and Latin America to 25 percent of corporate sales by 2010.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma Capitalizes on Stem Cell Ban Reversal
March 12, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich announced the development of its Regenerative Medicine Group, which will develop products and research protocols for the growing stem cell research market.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma Aldrich May Get a Boost
March 11, 2009
The day after President Barack Obama reversed a ban on most public funding for embryonic stem cell research, Sigma-Aldrich announced the development of its Regenerative Medicine Group for stem cell research and product development.

Agendia
Genetic Tests May Reveal Source of Mystery Tumors
March 10, 2009
For oncologists, determining the primary origin of cancer is crucial to their diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic designs; for patients, the knowledge can assuage fears and aid in treatment decisions. New genetic tests, such as Agendia’s CupPrint, which correctly classifies 64 percent of unknown tumors, are reducing the number of previously unclassified cancers. One patient who received two different and unsuccessful chemotherapy regimes credits CupPrint for accurately diagnosing her with pancreatic cancer. These tests may offer doctors a new way of diagnosing and treating cancer.

Zimmer
Indiana town thrives as orthopedic manufacturing capital
March 9, 2009
In spite of the recent economic downturn, the orthopedic industry�”largely based in Warsaw, Indiana�”is thriving as baby boomers increasingly seek replacement hips and knees to maintain an active lifestyle. Chief scientific officer and senior vice president for Zimmer’s research and development, Cheryl Blanchard, notes that this segment of the population has an expectation that they will remain active in sports and shouldn’t live in pain, unlike their parents did.

Zimmer
Targeted Info Could Help Reduce Racial Disparities In Knee Implants, CDC Says
March 9, 2009
A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes increasing racial disparity in knee replacements among white and black Medicare patients. The report supports the theory that improving cultural competency and trust between providers and black patients will bridge the gap. In the hopes of overcoming the disparity, Zimmer, a leading knee replacement maker, launched the program “Back in the Groove,” which aims to educate the black community about osteoarthritis and joint replacement through marketing and grassroots events.

Ciba
Bright Future: As warm weather approaches, W reports the latest news in sun protection
March 2009
When it comes to skincare, we live in an age of quick fixes, from serums that promise to plump wrinkles on contact to injections that can erase a pimple within 24 hours. But there are some things that still take time. Officially defining, once and for all, how U.S. sunscreen makers must test and label their products is, apparently, one of those things. The FDA has been attempting to finalize a monograph, or set of rules, governing UVA and UVB sunscreens since 1978.

Sigma-Aldrich
Your Favorite Gene Powered by Ingenuity
March 2009
Sigma-Aldrich launched Your Favorite Gene™ powered by Ingenuity, a Web-based biological search portal where scientist can model experiments within a content-rich environment of relevant biological and chemical information.

Waste Management Inc.
Trash Goes High-Tech
February 26, 2009
Companies around the world are trying new technologies to recover resources in municipal solid waste. Waste Management, for example, is developing a new type of landfill to recover more of the resources in garbage. The company has already turned six of its landfills into “bioreactors,” in which air and liquid is circulated in the landfill. Not only does this speed the creation of recoverable methane, it also reduces the volume of garbage, increasing the capacity of each landfill by up to 35%.

Orbital Sciences
Satellite Will Track Carbon Dioxide
February 23, 2009
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Orbital Sciences prepared for the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), a small satellite that uses 3 spectrometers to analyze atmospheric carbon dioxide. The OCO’s measurements are designed to help scientists better understand the Earth’s carbon cycle and will provide crucial data to improve climate models. The spacecraft and the Taurus rocket were both built by the Orbital Sciences Corporation of Virginia.

Orbital Sciences
NASA's New Satellite Aims to Solve a Climate Change Mystery
February 23, 2009
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Orbital Sciences combined efforts to develop the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), designed to study the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “The OCO will be able to determine how many CO2 molecules are in a slice of the atmosphere based on how much infrared light has been absorbed,” explains Mike Miller, vice president of science & technology programs at Orbital Sciences. The satellite’s research will enable scientists to determine what parts of the planet are responsible for emitting large amounts of carbon dioxide.

Orbital Sciences
Can NASA's New Climate Detective Find the Missing Carbon Dioxide?
February 23, 2009
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Orbital Sciences are launching a unique observatory dedicated to finding missing sinks of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is one of Orbital Sciences’ Earth science satellites that are designed to be built quickly and at a low cost, in order to execute missions quickly in response to pressing scientific inquiries. “By reusing the bus and many of the same engineers, Orbital could cut the development time down to two years for a commercial satellite and three years for a more complex NASA mission,” says Mike Miller, vice president of science and technology satellite programs for Orbital Sciences.

Waste Management Inc.
Waste Management To Build 55-MW Waste-to-Energy Plant in Maryland
February 4, 2009
The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA), in conjunction with the Frederick and Carroll Country Department of Public Works officials, has selected Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., as the preferred vendor to construct and operate a new, regional waste-to-energy facility that will serve the solid waste disposal and energy needs of Frederick and Carroll Counties. The projected completion date for the facility is 2014. The project is expected to employ 1,000 workers. Once completed, Wheelabrator expects to employ approximately 50 full-time employees to operate the plant.

Waste Management
Supplier Chosen for Proposed Md. Waste Incinerator
February 3, 2009
Regional officials in Frederick and Carroll County, Maryland have chosen Wheelabrator Technologies, a unit of Houston-based Waste Management Inc., to build and operate a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator. Wheelabrator Technologies would construct the $332 million complex pending project approval by the Frederick County and Carroll County governments over the next two months. By 2014 the incinerator could be ready to burn up to 1,500 tons of trash daily. It would produce up to 55 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 60,000 homes.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich Partners with Ingenuity to Add Pathway Exploration to E-Commerce Site
January 30, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich today launched Your Favorite Gene™ powered by Ingenuity, a Web-based biological search portal for exploring and modeling dynamic gene-based biological chemical content.

Volcano Corp.
St. Jude Blood Meter May Help Doctors Limit Use of Heart Stents
January 15, 2009
A blood-flow meter called a fractional-flow reserve meter reduced the need for stents in patients with clogged arteries and boosted survival rates, providing doctors a new way to assess the severity of the blockages, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found. The measurement offers cardiologists objective evidence to determine if a stent is needed, said Morton Kern, a cardiologist at the University of California, Irvine and a spokesman for Volcano Corp., which makes a blood-flow meter.

Volcano Corp.
Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment
January 14, 2009
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care. Fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures occurred when doctors used a blood-flow testing wire, such as one produced by Volcano Corp., to more accurately determine when stents are needed, the study found.

Volcano Corp.
All You Ever Need to Know about Cardiac Imaging
January 12, 2009
Volcano, which started as an intravascular ultrasound company, is transforming itself into a company that offers a full complement of imaging, assessment and therapeutic services associated with cardiovascular disease. Their latest acquisition of Axsun Technologies will help expand their imaging platform in the cath lab.

Sigma-Aldrich
Seppro Tech Buy Adds to Sigma-Aldrich’s Protein-Depletion, Antibody Product Lines
January 8, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich acquired Seppro depletion products from GenWay Biotech Inc. that will enable scientists to measure more precisely the expression of protein biomarkers from a range of mammalian and plant biological samples.

Sigma-Aldrich
Seppro Tech Buy Adds to Sigma-Aldrich’s Protein-Depletion, Antibody Product Lines
January 8, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich acquired Seppro depletion products from GenWay Biotech Inc. that will enable scientists to measure more precisely the expression of protein biomarkers from a range of mammalian and plant biological samples.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich Buys Technology from GenWay Biotech
January 6, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich bought Seppro protein depletion technology and a library of 700 avian-derived antibodies from GenWay Biotech Inc.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich Buys Technology from GenWay Biotech
January 6, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich bought Seppro protein depletion technology and a library of 700 avian-derived antibodies from GenWay Biotech Inc.

Agendia
Agendia Presents Data Supporting Predictive Claim For Breast Cancer Dx
December 17, 2008
At the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Agendia presented data indicating that its MammaPrint breast cancer recurrence test is able to both gauge recurrence and assess the efficacy of chemotherapy. Agendia’s chief competitor, Genomic Health has a similar test but unlike Genomic Health’s Oncotype DX, MammaPrint is predictive of both estrogen receptor+ and estrogen receptor - patients and is supported by FDA clearance, noted Richard Bender, Agendia’s Chief Medical Officer.

In a separate announcement at the symposium, Agendia explicated data from a trial that suggests MammaPrint can correctly assess the status of HER-2+ patients, who have often been mis-categorized as low risk for recurrence.

Agendia
MammaPrint Microarray Test Identifies Breast Cancer Patients
December 15, 2008
MammaPrint, Agendia’s DNA microarray test, has demonstrated proficiency in identifying a subgroup of patients with a 90%, 10-year survival rate in early breast cancer tests. MammaPrint has also been shown to identify some patients previously mis-categorized as being low risk HER2+. Agendia’s assay is the first in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assay to gain FDA clearance.

Agendia
MammaPrint Predicts Response to Cancer Therapy
December 15, 2008
Agendia’s diagnostic test has demonstrated proficiency in predicting the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy�”a common therapeutic given to women before breast surgery. A recent study explored the link between the pathological complete response rate (therapeutics’ effectiveness) and data from MammaPrint. Results from the study indicate that Agendia’s tool can aid physicians as they work to determine treatment plans and gauge the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence.

Agendia
MammaPrint Identifies Low Risk HER2+ Breast Cancer
December 15, 2008
Agendia’s DNA microarray gene expression profiling test, MammaPrint, can identify patient subgroups with good clinical outcomes in HER2+ early breast cancer. The test has been successful in identifying traditionally miscategorized low risk HER2+ patients and has proven to be a powerful tool for differentiating between patients at high and low risk for recurrence.

Agendia
New Testing Methodology For HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Reveals That Not All Patients Are At Risk for Reoccurrence
December 12, 2008
One particularly aggressive form of breast cancer is HER2-positive, caused by the over-expression of the HER2 gene. Agendia has developed MammaPrint, a new testing methodology for assessing the risk of recurrence in breast cancer patients. Current treatment guidelines classify all HER2-positive breast cancer patients at high risk of relapse and recommend Herceptin and chemotherapy. However, a study using MammaPrint found that 16 percent of these women do not need any treatment at all, and some HER2-positive women are actually low risk for recurrence. In addition, MammaPrint can predict which tumors will respond to chemotherapy.

Satyam Computer Services
Chilly Nights, Close Encounters, and the Economic Elephant in the Room: Management World Orlando
December 10, 2008
This year’s TMF Management World event in Orlando, Florida showcased a number of companies and global members across the converging industries of telecom, cable, media and the internet. Satyam Computer Services, one of the attending companies, touted significant growth in just a few years within a number of different verticals, standing now at $2.3 billion in revenue. Satyam’s Senior Executive in the CSO office, Alpna Doshi, relayed her advice at the conference that during a time of re-evaluation amid an economic downturn, convergence is key.

Waste Management Inc.
City's pursuit of alternative fuel vehicles is nothing new
December 8, 2008
Waste Management continues its search for cleaner, more efficient fuels by testing a line of hybrid collection trucks in Fort Worth.

Waste Management Inc.
Landfills turn rotting garbage into energy
December 7, 2008
The gases emitted by a slew of Ohio landfills are being incorporated into the natural gas pipeline for a fiscal and environmental balance.

Environmental Power Corporation
Wisconsin Boasts Most Manure-to-Energy Projects
December 6, 2008
A growing number of farms are installing anaerobic digesters to extract usable methane from organic wastes.

Sigma-Aldrich
Cell Signaling: ChIPping Away at Gene Expression
December 5, 2008
New advances in chromatin immunoprecipitation technology make it a promising means of observing the processes associated with gene expression.

Definiens
CAD May Boost Lymph Node Detection
December 4, 2008
A system prototype detects enlarged lymph nodes with improved accuracy over human readers alone.

WellPoint Inc.
Creative solutions from Wellpoint, AstraZeneca and Wet International Inc.
November 24, 2008
500 health benefit managers received glass sphere enclosed ecosystems from WellPoint as part of a strategic direct-mail marketing campaign. WellPoint developed the “EcoSphere” campaign to show that health insurance does not need to be complicated. The complex and delicate nature of the ecosystem mirrors the health system, which Anthem Blue Shield Blue Cross health programs are designed to simplify. The packages also included a letter from a sales representative that provides health tips and a link to a microsite offering suggestions on how benefits managers can help keep their employees healthy.

WellPoint Inc.
Newly Out of a Job? Here's How to Replace the Health Benefits
November 20, 2008
Current unemployment numbers are the worst they’ve been since the 2001 recession. The hardship for those who have lost their job is often exacerbated by the loss of health benefits. Using Cobra to retain employer coverage is an option for people who find themselves without health benefits; however, Cobra is quite expensive. Buying an individual plan has become an affordable alternative, with big insurers such as WellPoint, offering a slew of individual packages; government-funded plans may also be an option. Regardless of the plan, securing coverage is essential, as certain legal protections can be revoked from those who go uninsured.

WellPoint Inc.
Retooling Wellness
November 17, 2008
In response to demands from large employers eager to lower employees’ medical costs, major insurers are expanding their wellness programs. Member Health Index and 360º Health, two of WellPoint’s wellness programs, have yielded significant cost savings and have reduced hospital stays by 10 percent. Joan Kennedy, Senior Vice President at WellPoint, explains that programs are designed to aid employers who are interested in reducing costs and helping their workers live healthier lifestyles. Kennedy went on to say that wellness programs are an effective means of reducing overall costs.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Management World: ‘Cleaning House’ a Back-Office Priority as Capex Spending Slows
November 17, 2008
This year’s TM Forum Management World event addressed the need for companies to improve back-office operations to overcome slowed capex spending as a result of the economic downturn. Alpna Doshi, Satyam’s Senior Executive in the CSO office, advised companies to examine their existing infrastructure architecture and determine whether it is being effectively utilized and leveraged, as well as to continue delivering new services to stay afloat in today’s competitive environment.

Platform Computing
Platform Fires Discount Cluster Tools Into Schools
November 17, 2008
Platform Computing announces Platform HPC Academic, a high-end product bundle aimed at addressing the needs of colleges and universities. William Lu, Director of Marketing for the government and education markets at Platform Computing, discusses the product and its benefits for serious schools who are working on a leaner budget.

Platform Computing
InfoWorld 100
November 17, 2008
Platform Computing and partner Red Bull Technology have been selected for the 2008 Infoworld 100, recognized for one of the most innovative IT solutions of the year. The two companies have successfully constructed and implemented a high-performance computing environment geared toward accelerating Red Bull's CAD and engineering processes, resulting in faster and more aerodynamic Formula 1 racing cars.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint to Launch Medical Tourism Pilot Program
November 12, 2008
An estimated 1.5 million Americans are expected to head abroad for major health care next year. WellPoint Inc. will launch a pilot program in Wisconsin that sends patients to India for nonemergency care. WellPoint subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin will set up the medical care and follow up in addition to covering travel and lodging costs for both the patient and a companion.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Rain CII Carbon Reduces Turnaround Time by 25% Using CCPM
November 12, 2008
Satyam Computer Services reduced plant turnaround time for Rain CII Carbon, a leading global producer of calcined petroleum coke, by 25%. Satyam’s approach, based on the Theory of Constraints, decreased plant shutdown time from 23 to 17 days, which allowed Rain CII to produce an additional 3,650 tons of calcined petroleum coke.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano's Surgery Aid Sales Rising Since Move
November 6, 2008
Volcano reported a profit in the third quarter Wednesday, up from a loss in the same quarter a year ago. While many medical-device companies scramble for cash to stay afloat in a tight economy, Volcano has been selling an increasing number of its vision systems in a market that expanded by 20 percent. “We feel like we've got a lot of momentum entering the fourth quarter and 2009,” Chief Executive Scott Huennekens said in a conference call with investors.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano swings to profit in Q3
November 5, 2008
Volcano Corp. swung to a profit and increased revenue by 40 percent in the third quarter. The company said revenue growth was driven by increased demand for intravascular ultrasound system machines and catheters.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Street Signs
November 3, 2008
Concerns about the weakening economy and the negative effects of the credit crisis are causing companies around the world to try to cut costs. Chairman Raju of Satyam Computer Services, an IT services provider, explains how the outsourcing company gained a 28% revenue increase despite the economic downturn. According to Raju, companies continue to seek value-added services on a global basis, providing significant growth opportunities for companies in the IT outsourcing industry.

Waste Management
Recycling CFLs
November 2008
Waste Management recently launched an online service called Think Green From Home, which makes it easy to safely recycle household waste such as CFLs and batteries.

Volcano Corp.
Detecting Vulnerable Plaque
November 2008
IVUS enhanced by virtual histology is one technology advancing the search to clearly identify vulnerable plaque inside arteries, which puts patients at risk for heart attacks. Volcano’s proprietary VH IVUS helps differentiate the four plaque types: fibrous, fibro-fatty, necrotic core and dense calcium. “The Volcano Virtual Histology System is the most advanced technology available today that allows us to assess vulnerable plaque,” said Dr. Joseph Puma of New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital.

Volcano Corp.
Point-Counterpoint: The Role of IVUS
November 2008
Cardiologists Gary Mintz, MD, and Jean Marco, MD share their thoughts on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), its utility in routine practice and the impact that this imaging modality has on procedural outcomes.

Volcano Corp.
Growing Against the Odds: Once Only a Software Company, Volcano Corp. Turned a ‘Four-Letter Word’ into its own Stronghold in the Medical Device Marketplace
October 29, 2008
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry selected Volcano Corp. as an Outstanding Original Equipment Manufacturer for 2008. While other companies are experiencing meager boosts in the stent and catheter industry, one of the newest players, Volcano, is flourishing. Volcano’s intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) platform is helping not only to understand how to better treat diseased arteries but also to make sure the treatment targets the right location.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Rain CII Carbon Reduces Plant Turnaround Time by 25 Percent
October 27, 2008
By implementing a solution based on the Theory of Constraints, Satyam Computer Services enabled Rain CII Carbon, the world’s leading producer of calcined petroleum coke, to reduce its planned maintenance downtime by 25 percent �“ enabling an additional week of production time it would have otherwise lost.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
News Briefs 10/22/08
October 22, 2008
Daniel Krause is named the new head of US business development for Satyam Healthcare. He was formerly employed by SciHealth.

Sigma-Aldrich
Running with Magic Scissors
October 21, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich launched its CompoZr platform of zinc finger nuclease reagents, the most precise method for editing the genome.

WellPoint Inc.
Build a Better Health Care System, Win $10 Million
October 15, 2008
WellPoint, the nation’s leading health benefits company, has teamed up with the X PRIZE Foundation to offer a $10 million prize for the best plan to improve quality and lower the cost in American health care. The finalists in the competition, which is similar to the X PRIZE partnership that resulted in a 100 mpg car, will see their ideas tested in WellPoint’s state plans. Prize-winning solutions could create “incentives for providers, or incentives for patients to take better care of themselves,” WellPoint’s Chief Strategy Officer Brad Fluegel said.

WellPoint Inc.
$10 million prize for solution to healthcare problems
October 15, 2008
WellPoint, Inc. and the group behind the first manned private space craft, the X PRIZE Foundation, will develop a contest featuring a $10 million prize for the group that comes up with the best solution for lowering costs and improving quality of healthcare in America. WellPoint will test the finalists’ ideas in their state markets, and they anticipate it will take a few years to adequately measure the results.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
India Enlists Technology Know-How In Effort to Improve Its Service Sector
October 14, 2008
Indian technology companies are working with the government to modernize the country’s infrastructure in response to public frustration about outdated services. Satyam Computer Services, one of India’s largest technology companies, is designing a new rail system for Hyderabad as well as a “Dial 108” response center in Jaipur, which acts as a 911-type hotline. Satyam programmers designed the response computers, state-of-the-art ambulances and other components of the Dial 108 system which has served as the country’s main emergency service for recent attacks and natural disasters.

Waste Management
Waste Company Developing Municipal, Private Landfill Projects
October 8, 2008
Waste Management Inc. is expanding its work in developing landfill gas energy to include partnerships with private and municipal landfill owners.

Waste Management
Waste Management Expands Landfill Gas Program
October 2, 2008
Waste Management Inc. announced that it plans to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country's untapped landfill gas resources.

WellPoint Inc.
Resolution Health, J. Hopkins Partner to Expand Clinical Rules
October 1, 2008
Johns Hopkins Medicine will apply its expertise in 23 clinical specialties and subspecialties of Resolution Health’s data analytics-driven rule sets used for identifying actionable opportunities for care intervention. The relationship will enable Resolution Health to go beyond evidence-based medicine and improve their ability to identify opportunities accurately based on existing guidelines, said Earl Steinberg, MD, president and CEO. Identification of members in the early stages of chronic conditions and getting them into a program and engaging them early delivers a two-fold benefit �“ improving the quality of their lives and reducing healthcare costs.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Satyam and Relware form Partnership
October 2008
Satyam Computer Services Ltd., a global consulting and information technology services provider based in Hyderabad, India, and RelWare, a Michigan-based producer of Web-based solutions for healthcare, have joined forces to implement, customize, train and provide professional services in support of RelWare’s OneRecord solution.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Why the Bailout Failed and Ideas for Fixing Wall Street and its IT
September 29, 2008
In light of the current financial crisis, banks are searching for ways to increase operational efficiency and cut costs. The financial services industry is in need of a shared services framework and common set of goals to effectively handle risk measurement and management. Satyam’s Global Head of Financial Services, Anil Kumar, discusses the federal government’s Wall Street bailout plan and IT efficiency models he is developing for derivatives handling, wealth management, and legacy modernization.

Cantel Medical Corp.
Pandemic Flu Panel Seeks to Prepare Businesses
September 22, 2008
Cantel Medical will be leading a workshop titled "Pandemic Planning - How to Survive a Pandemic Emergency" at the 2008 National Safety Council Congress this week. Matt Conlon will be joined by Lisa Koonin, CDC, and Glen Mudd, Louisville Water Co., to discuss the impact of a flu pandemic on businesses and detail the measures that should be taken, so that companies and organizations are prepared should an outbreak occur.

NTRglobal
25 Must-See New Products At Interop NY
September 15, 2008
NTRglobal’s newly launched SaaS platform, NTRadmin, is featured in CRN’s “25 Must-See New Products At Interop,” an annual feature that showcases emerging tech trends. NTRadmin is highlighted for its innovative use of bots, customizable programs that automate IT tasks, saving time and cutting costs for customers.

Volcano Corporation
The 'Ultra' Artery Test
September 13, 2008
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), a technological breakthrough that first made waves almost a decade ago, is now making headlines because of its ability to give a comprehensive assessment of a person’s cardiovascular health. The diagnostic tool has become a staple at cardiovascular screening sites, both because it is relatively inexpensive to operate, and it is capable of screening all or part of the patient’s vascular system. IVUS, which provides color-coded maps of an individual’s arterial plaque levels, is being lauded by doctors as a tool that trumps the once heralded angiogram technology.

WellPoint Inc.
Many Hispanics Still not Insured
September 12, 2008
In Texas, local officials have recognized that a potential healthcare crisis looms as the state’s Hispanic population grows. Despite being at high risk for many diseases, Hispanics are less likely to obtain healthcare coverage than other minority groups. Area health centers and universities have been working to educate the Hispanic population about their healthcare options and improve health outcomes. Asked to comment on the prevalence of certain health problems among Hispanics, Grace Ting, director of health-services for the national health-benefit company, WellPoint, said, "some of it is genetic and diet, but some of it comes down to access.”

Cantel Medical Corp.
Flu pandemic Workshop to be Held Tomorrow
September 11, 2008
The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce is hosting a four-hour workshop designed to educate businesses about how to prepare and respond should a flu pandemic ever occur. The event is being sponsored by Cantel Medical, a Little Falls-based company.

Platform Computing
Cloud Computing Drives CERN's 'Big Bang' Project
September 11, 2008
With the successful initiation of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists are hopefully on their way to understanding the birth of the universe. However, the project might never have gotten off the ground without the help of cloud computing technology from Markham, ON-based Platform Computing. CEO Songnian Zhou discusses the necessity of Platform’s technology to the project and how organizations and business can look to the CERN LHC as an example of cloud computing done right.

NTRglobal
Interop: Network Management For SMB
September 8, 2008
Interop 2008 showcased a number of network management products targeting SMBs. Lluis Font, CEO of NTRglobal, and Andre Angel, President and CEO of NTRglobal North America, discuss the company’s new Software-as-a-Service platform, NTRadmin and its customizable bots that enable the automation of a broad array of IT tasks.

Volcano Corporation
Lp-PLA2 Yields Mixed Results for Glaxo as Coronary Plaque Stabilizer
September 4, 2008
At a recent European Society of Cardiology congress, GlaxoSmith Kline unveiled its Lp-PLA2 research. The study revealed that darapladib, an Lp-PLA2 inhibitor, can prevent the expansion of the necrotic core, a region present in the hearts of Atherosclerosis patients. The hope is that darapladib will become a reliable method of plaque-stabilization, reducing cardiovascular risk in Atherosclerosis patients.
During the IBIS-2 phase of the study, researchers implemented Volcano’s virtual histology intravascular ultrasound technology, which generated images of diseased vessels from inside the artery and provided data on plaque composition and deformability.

Volcano Corp.
Volcano's VH(R) IVUS Technology Used In Imaging Study Of GlaxoSmithKline's Novel Investigational Compound, Darapladib
September 3, 2008
In IBIS-2 (Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study), Volcano Corporation has shown that VH® IVUS can be used to observe compositional changes of atherosclerotic plaques correlated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). IBIS-2 was conducted to explore the therapeutic effects of darapladib, an Lp-PLA2 inhibitor, in treating CVD. Scott Huennekens, President and CEO of Volcano, believes that this technology could be an essential assessment tool in the development of novel drug candidates.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Launches Women’s Health Campaign
September 2, 2008
Leveraging an April acquisition, WellPoint has launched the Women's Health and Wellness Action Campaign, which employs data analytics and computer telephony technologies to identify and notify members who have not undergone timely cancer screenings. Dr. Charles Kennedy, WellPoint’s VP of Health Information Technology, is quoted regarding the benefits of the newly launched program.

Cantel Medical
Physicians Need to Plan for Disasters Assuming They Will Happen
August 27, 2008
Physicians need to plan for disasters assuming that they will happen and be aware that emergencies do not always come in the form of a fire, earthquake, or flood. Matt Conlon, Vice President of Market Development for Cantel Medical, is quoted about the urgency of preparing for disasters such as pandemic flu and the potentially devastating effects on the U.S. economy and healthcare system.

Ecovation
Effluent Problems, Energy Costs Spirited Away
August 20, 2008
In late June, Ecovation officially opened two pioneering facilities employing its Mobilized Film Technology (MFT) at the Simi Winery in Sonoma, CA, and Maker's Mark distillery in Loretto, KY. The systems will serve as models for other wineries and distilleries in the industry.

Platform Computing
Building the ecosystem: Citrix and Platform Computing
August 18, 2008
Platform Computing’s partnership with Citrix brings together both companies’ deep understanding of the need for a fully developed IT ecosystem incorporating products and services that take raw technology and turn it into business solutions. Each of the suppliers brings a different “excellence” to the table - Platform’s proven leadership in the High Performance Computing world and Citrix’s competitive edge in virtual machine software for industry standard systems - and together they can offer their joint customers powerful solutions.

Platform Computing
Platform Manages Virtual Environments
August 12, 2008
Platform Computing’s VM Orchestrator 4 (VMO) program will help businesses manage virtualization deployments, optimize computer resources and remove performance bottlenecks. The program offers XenServer customers an agile virtual environment management solution that helps them make the most of their XenServer deployment.

Waste Management
LG, Waste Management Launch Electronics Recycling Program
August 8, 2008
LG Electronics USA Inc. and Waste Management Inc. are launching a recycling program that promises to have dropoff sites open across the country by September. At least 160 sites are planned, and the goal is to have a recycling center within 20 miles of 95 percent of the U.S. population.

WellPoint Foundation
WellPoint Foundation Awards $2.5 Million to CoverMe Foundation
August 5, 2008
WellPoint Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the health benefits company WellPoint Inc., awarded the CoverMe Foundation a $2.5 Million grant. The grant will help CoverMe identify and assist uninsured individuals in finding healthcare coverage.

Platform Computing
Platform Computing Announces VM Orchestrator 4
August 4, 2008
Platform Computing has partnered with Citrix® XenServer™ and Singapore Computer Systems Ltd to further develop the Singapore National Cloud with Platform’s new Platform VM Orchestrator (VMO) 4, which provides faster delivery of virtual computer environments to end users while optimizing resource utilization, availability, and power consumption. Jingwen Wang, Vice President Products of Platform Computing, highlights the main advantages of the company’s new virtualization technology.

Sigma-Aldrich
Metahelix Teams-up with Sigma Aldrich for Plant Biotech Initiatives
August 4, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich has partnered with Metahelix Life Sciences for a plant biotechnology research initiative. Metahelix will assist in developing applications data for Sigma-Aldrich's plant bioscience product line and provide expert technological guidance.

Waste Management
Waste Management Teams With LG
August 4, 2008
Houston-based Waste Management has launched a national e-waste recycling program with LG Electronics USA. Customers can drop off their unwanted electronics at the 160 eCycling centers and can expect to have a center in all 50 states by September.

Environmental Power Corporation
Power from Cow Poo Heats Homes
August 1, 2008
Environmental Power’s Huckabay Ridge facility in Stephenville, TX will generate enough renewable biogas from the waste of 10,000 local dairy cows to power 11,000 homes.

Waste Management
LG Electronics Pairs with WM for Free Gadget Recycling
August 1, 2008
LG Electronics is launching its electronics take-back program this month in partnership with Waste Management Inc. at 160 locations throughout the country. It will offer recycling sites in all 50 states by September.

Waste Management
WMI, LG Partner on Electronics Recycling Program
August 1, 2008
Waste Management Inc. and LG Electronics USA announced the start of a nationwide electronics recycling program. Developed by WM Recycle America LLC, the recycling program is being launched this month in 160 locations across the country, and is expected to include recycling sites in all 50 states by September.

Definiens
Automating the Image-to-Knowledge Conversion Process
August 2008
Researchers at Definiens have created a multidimensional image analysis platform, Definiens XD, with the ability to automatically compare images from different modalities, in-vivo and in-vitro data, 2-D and 3-D images over time, and 2-D images to 3-D structures in a consistent and reproducible manner. The XD software is specifically targeted at addressing the growing need for multidimensional image analysis tools in the healthcare industry, according to Wolfgang Rencken, EVP of technology and products at Definiens.

Unicare Health Plan of Kansas
School Vaccinations, More Offered at Fair
July 30, 2008
UniCare Health Plan of Kansas, an operating subsidiary of WellPoint Inc., sponsored a health fair entitled, “Celebrate Your Children, Celebrate You” with the help of local community organizations. At the health fair, uninsured children received free sports physicals and back-to-school vaccinations

Environmental Power Corporation
Biogas Project Advances After $7 Million Bond Sale
July 28, 2008
Grand Island has sold $7 million in bonds to help finance a project at the JBS Swift beef processing plant that will generate enough renewable natural gas, via anaerobic digestion of the plant’s waste, to offset 25% of its gas purchases.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Receives Funds for Anaerobic Digestion Project
July 24, 2008
Environmental Power received an allocation from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee for up to $26.1 million to support the financing of its Bar 20 renewable natural gas (RNG) project, which will produce 601,000 MMBtus of RNG per year via the anaerobic digestion of manure.

WellPoint Inc.
Electronic Prescribing Provision Hailed by Docs
July 21, 2008
Proponents of healthcare information technology are cheering the passage of the e-prescribing provisions under the Medicare Bill, while some question whether its series of bonus payments go far enough. Charles Kennedy, vice president of health information technology at WellPoint, comments that while the bonus payments may not be enough to drive widespread adoption, they could be coupled with a number of other incentives-laden programs.

WellPoint Inc.
Incentives Expected to Spur Docs to E-prescribe
July 17, 2008
Experts predict that under the new Medicare measure offering doctors financial incentives to go high-tech, more U.S. doctors will prescribe drugs electronically. Dr. Charles Kennedy, Vice President of health information technology for WellPoint Inc, offers his thoughts on whether the incentives are sufficient for doctors to assume the cost of software and training.

Volcano Corporation
BNN Speaks with Scott Huennekens, President and CEO, Volcano
July 16, 2008
Scott Huennekens, President and CEO of Volcano Corp, discusses the advantages of using VH IVUS to characterize plaques and reduce thrombosis resulting from improper stent placement. He also discusses future growth plans and Volcano’s partnership with GlaxoSmithKline.

Waste Management
WM Now Offers CFL, Battery Recycling to Households
July 16, 2008
In its first direct-to-consumer offering, Waste Management Inc. has launched an online service, thinkgreenfromhome.com to recycle universal household waste, including compact fluorescent lamps and batteries.

Waste Management
Waste Management launches CFL recycling program
July 16, 2008
Waste Management Inc. launched a new online service, ThinkGreenFromHome.com, for the recycling of universal household waste such as compact fluorescent lamps and batteries via a prepaid mail-in service.

Waste Management
Waste Management Launches ThinkGreenFromHome.com
July 16, 2008
Waste Management has launched www.thinkgreenfromhome.com, a Web site for recycling household waste such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), batteries and eventually other electronics. Through the site, consumers can order prepaid postage kits to ship the items to recycling centers.

Waste Management
WMI Introduces Residential CFL Recycling Program
July 16, 2008
Waste Management, Inc. launched a new service for recycling household waste, including compact fluorescent lamps. The program, called ThinkGreenFromHome.com, offers consumers mail-in solutions to safely store and recycle heavy metal containing household devices, as well as resources to encourage household sustainability.

Waste Management
Waste Management launches CFL recycling program
July 16, 2008
Waste Management Inc. launched a new online service, ThinkGreenFromHome.com, for the recycling of universal household waste such as compact fluorescent lamps and batteries via a prepaid mail-in service.

Waste Management
Would You Pay to Recycle Your CFL Bulbs and Batteries from Home?
July 15, 2008
Waste Management’s thinkgreenfromhome.com Web site will give consumers the option to order a special safe bulb recycling box with prepaid postage capable of holding up to 15 CFL bulbs.

Volcano Corporation
Determining Heart Attack Risk
July 9, 2008
ABC7 featured VH IVUS in a story about the benefits of intravascular ultrasound for early heart attack detection. Dr. Joseph Puma from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York was featured.

Ecovation, Inc.
Ecovation Installs Proprietary Technology at Distillery
July 8, 2008
Ecovation Inc., a division of Ecolab Inc., has designed and built a proprietary whole stillage treatment facility at the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky to effectively recycle its waste streams and generate biogas via anaerobic digestion for renewable energy for its boilers.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich, Metahelix partner on plant biotech
July 8, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich Corp., which supplies chemicals to research laboratories, has announced its partnership with Metahelix Life Sciences in Bangalore, India to receive data and applications support for its plant biotech program.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich, Metahelix partner on plant biotech
July 8, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich Corp., which supplies chemicals to research laboratories, has announced its partnership with Metahelix Life Sciences in Bangalore, India to receive data and applications support for its plant biotech program.

Ecovation, Inc.
Guiltless Green Bourbon
July 4, 2008
Maker's Mark, the bourbon maker, has flipped the switch on an innovative waste-to-energy project at its Loretto, KY distillery.

Volcano Corporation
Improved IVUS Systems Changing Cardio Care
July 3, 2008
Dr. Riley Foreman from Cooper Clinic praises VH IVUS for its ease of use and for its assistance in “iffy cases”. Dr. Tom Conley of North Little Rock uses VH IVUS on all patients because he believes its intravascular images provide a more accurate picture of the size of the vessel, which allows stents to be sized more appropriately than with angiography alone.

Ecovation, Inc.
Distillery Recycles Waste to Create Methane-Rich Biogas
July 2, 2008
Ecovation has created energy from organic distillery waste at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Kentucky. Acquired by Ecolab in February, Ecovation specializes in generating green energy from organic wastes created by distilleries and wineries, and other businesses like paper mills and dairy producers.

Ecovation, Inc.
Ecolab & Maker's Mark Install Waste-to-Energy System
July 1, 2008
Ecovation collaborated with Maker's Mark to design, build and operate the waste stream treatment system that will enable the Maker's Mark Distillery to significantly recycle its waste stream and generate renewable energy.

Wellpoint, Inc.
WellPoint taps Ricochet PR as AOR
July 1, 2008
After working together for the past two years, WellPoint, Inc. named Ricochet PR as its first agency of record. Earlier this year Ricochet helped WellPoint launch its Zagat physician-rating tool.

Environmental Power Corporation
Sizing-Up Anaerobic Digestion
July 2008
Biomass Magazine talks with Rich Kessel, Environmental Power Corp. CEO, about his thriving business model and how it could become the standard for others who want to convert waste into energy via anaerobic digestion.

Volcano Corporation
New Equipment Detects Blockages in Heart
June 25, 2008
Cardiologist, Dr. Daniel Cassavar discusses the benefits of IVUS for differentiating arterial plaques and assessing the associated risk of those plaques.

Environmental Power Corporation
Renewable Natural Gas Plant to Open in Dublin
June 22, 2008
On June 11, Environmental Power Corp., a leader in the renewable bioenergy industry, held groundbreaking ceremonies for its Rio Leche Estate renewable natural gas facility in Dublin, Texas. The facility is expected to generate 635,000 MMBtu of RNG per year, the energy equivalent of 4.5 million gallons of oil.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano Announces Acquisition of Novelis, Inc.
June 20, 2008
Volcano Corporation acquired Novelis, Inc. with the intention of adding the acquired company’s Forward-Looking Intravascular Ultrasound (FLIVUS) technology to the Volcano integrated platform. Scott Huennekens, president and chief executive officer of Volcano, explains the market potential for Novelis's products and the medical promise this technology offers.

Ecovation, Inc.
Inventing Water's Future
June 19, 2008
Ecovation, a New York water-filtration start-up, develops energy-efficient water treatment systems for food and beverage companies, increasing the yield of water produced for every unit of water consumed.

CellPoint Connect AB
Review of CellPoint Flamingo Music Earphones
June 17, 2008
The Flamingo Music won the 2008 CES Award for innovative design and engineering. Its unique EarClick technology provides superior fit and is extremely light-weight.

Environmental Power Corporation
Groundbreaking Held for Biogas Plant
June 12, 2008
On Wednesday, Environmental Power Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new renewable natural gas facility in Dublin, Texas.

CellPoint Connect AB
Gadgetell Review: Cellpoint’s Flamingo Sport Headphones
June 12, 2008
CellPoint’s Flamingo Music headphones feature the unique EarClick system to ensure a comfortable and secure fit for all ear sizes. The product provides excellent sound quality while permitting some outside noise to pass through for traffic safety purposes.

CellPoint Connect AB
iPod and iPhone Accessories
June 12, 2008
CellPoint’s Flamingo Music headphones are a comfortable alternative to the standard Apple brand ear buds that accompany the iPod and iPhone. The Flamingo Music headphones are also more power efficient and provide significantly better sound quality than stock ear buds.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Corporation Inaugurates Rio Leche Facility
June 12, 2008
Microgy, a subsidiary of Environmental Power, will construct a new manure-to-methane facility capable of producing 635,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas per year.

CellPoint Connect AB
Review: Flamingo Sport EarClick2 Earphones
June 10, 2008
CellPoint’s new Flamingo Sport EarClick2 ear buds provide superior sound quality, enabling users to hear song notes and details that are inaudible with traditional headsets. The ear buds also permit users to hear some outside noise, eliminating the feeling of disorientation that is sometimes felt with noise-isolation headsets.

CellPoint Connect AB
The EarClick Fit
June 9, 2008
The Flamingo Music headset won the 2008 CES Award for innovative design and engineering. Its unique EarClick technology provides superior fit and phenomenal sound well worth its price.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power to Launch Second Manure-to-biogas Project in Texas; Enough Energy to Power 11,000 Homes, Replace 4.5 Mgy of Fossil Fuel
June 6, 2008
Environmental Power plans to open a second manure-to-methane plant in Dublin, TX to produce 635,000 MMBtu of pipeline-grade renewable natural gas annually.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Plans Second Texas Plant to Convert Animal Waste into Fuel
June 4, 2008
Environmental Power will begin construction on a new facility in Dublin, TX to convert local dairy cow manure into purified natural gas.

Environmental Power Corporation
Second Bio-gas Plant Planned for Erath Co.
June 4, 2008
Microgy, a subsidiary of Environmental Power, will be breaking ground in Dublin, TX for a facility that will turn the manure from 10,000 dairy cows into enough renewable natural gas to heat 11,000 homes.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Taps Ricochet Public Relations
June 4, 2008
WellPoint, the nation’s largest health benefits company, named Ricochet Public Relations its Agency of Record. WellPoint’s VP of Public Relations attributes the company's successful relationship to Ricochet’s ability to blend with the company’s internal team and corporate culture.

WellPoint, Inc.
Breast Cancer Patients: Quality of Care Uneven Racially
June 2, 2008
A recent study released at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology by WellPoint Inc. shows disparities between quality of care between patient demographics. The study concludes that African-American women with low stage breast cancer are not as likely to be treated in comparison to Caucasian women and that culturally sensitive interventions must take place in order to increase the detection of breast cancer in African-American women.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Taps Ricochet as Its Seven-figure AOR
June 2, 2008
WellPoint, Inc. has named Ricochet PR its first Agency of Record after working with the company for two years. WellPoint’s VP of PR highlights Ricochet’s six-week company-specific employee training program as a motivating factor in hiring Ricochet to run its account.

JumpTV
JumpTV Chooses Ricochet for Media Relations Campaign
June 2, 2008
JumpTV selected Ricochet PR to provide media relations services to the company after a competitive bid. Their work started May 15, 2008.

WellPoint, Inc.
Helping Employees Reach Their Full Potential
June 2008
An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a combination of core services provided by Anthem Blue Cross which assists employees with balancing their lives, both at home and work. EAP packages lower employee stress and behavioral conditions from their healthcare concerns by providing consultations, training for behavioral and job performance concerns, confidential and timely problem assessments, along with several others in order to improve overall employee health and performance.

Environmental Power Corporation
Calf. Corp. Gets Financing for Renewable Gas Projects
May 29, 2008
Environmental Power Corp. received $65.35 million in financing from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee for two renewable natural gas projects in California.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Launches Mobile Provider Directory
May 29, 2008
In May, WellPoint Inc. launched a mobile version of its online provider directory for its 35 million members. The mobile version of this online directory is designed for use on cell phones and PDAs providing member’s with convenience and quick searches when it comes to choosing and locating physicians. The release of the mobile directory is a result of WellPoint’s dedication to customers’ experiences and further incorporates the healthcare industry and WellPoint Inc. into e-commerce.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Launches Mobile Provider Directory
May 29, 2008
In May, WellPoint Inc. launched a mobile version of its online provider directory for its 35 million members. The mobile version of this online directory is designed for use on cell phones and PDAs providing member’s with convenience and quick searches when it comes to choosing and locating physicians. The release of the mobile directory is a result of WellPoint’s dedication to customers’ experiences and further incorporates the healthcare industry and WellPoint Inc. into e-commerce.

CellPoint Connect AB
Hottest Gadgets for Summertime Fun
May 29, 2008
The Flamingo Music was included in this reviewer’s “Hottest Gadgets for Summertime Fun” slideshow and video podcast. According to this review, CellPoint’s Flamingo Music earphones do not fall out or require users to force them into their ear canals, as is the case with other ear buds. Rather, they attach securely and comfortably to the outside of the ear with a resizable clip-on attachment.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano Acquires Novelis for Forward-Looking IVUS Technology
May 22, 2008
Volcano announced its acquisition of Novelis Inc., a privately-held company with proprietary forward-looking IVUS technology. Volcano plans to file for appropriate U.S. and international approvals on the first of several devices developed with Novelis technology during 2009, and begin commercialization of a stand-alone imaging console in the second half of 2009.

Platform Computing
Why HPC Is Flying High
May 22, 2008
While x86 still dominates the majority of the data-center hardware market, High Performance Computing (HPC) is becoming the fastest-growing sector of IT worldwide. Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing, details the evolution of current data centers and their need to be more cost and energy efficient, while still able to deliver powerful Web services.

Volcano Corporation
Rancho Cordova's Volcano Corp. acquires Massachusetts Company
May 20, 2008
Volcano Corporation announced its second major acquisition in the last six months, purchasing Massachusetts-based Novelis Inc. for $12 million. Volcano’s CFO discusses the company’s plans for submitting the newly acquired technology for FDA approval.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano acquires Novelis for $12 million
May 20, 2008
Intravascular ultrasound developer (IVUS) Volcano Corporation acquired Novelis Inc. for approximately $12 million. Novelis' proprietary forward-looking intravascular ultrasound (FLIVUS) technology platform is expected to build upon Volcano's existing product line to expand Volcano's position in interventional medicine and the interventional cardiology market.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano Acquires Novelis for $12 Million
May 20, 2008
Volcano’s acquisition of privately-held Novelis Inc. will provide the company an opportunity to incorporate forward-looking IVUS capabilities into its existing s5i integrated platform.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano Acquires Novelis for Forward-Looking IVUS Technology
May 20, 2008
San Diego-based Volcano Corporation acquired Novelis Inc. this week under the terms of a $12 million agreement. Volcano will incorporate Novelis’ forward-looking ultrasonic imaging catheter with integrated RF ablation into its existing product line.

Platform Computing
Platform Computing Makes Cluster Management Land Grab
May 20, 2008
Platform Computing, with the release of its new cluster management suite Platform Manage, is poised to become a major player in the High Performance Computing (HPC) Management Software sector. CEO Songnian Zhou discusses his outlook on the market and Platform’s position as key vendors began to consolidate , especially in light of the company’s acquiring of the newly re-branded Scali Manage.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Expands Care Comparison to California
May 19, 2008
Care Comparison is available to members in Los Angeles, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Santa Clara counties. Because cost information is facility specific, members can compare the differences in cost among hospitals and get information on how often facilities perform each procedure.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross Brings Online Hospital Cost-Comparison Tool to California
May 19, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross is making available to 1.8 million members in six California counties a new online cost-comparison tool with hospital information about 40 different medical procedures.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross Adds California Hospitals to Cost Tool
May 19, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross has added hospitals in six California counties to its online cost-comparison tool covering 40 medical procedures.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross Brings Online Hospital Cost-Comparison Tool to California
May 19, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross announced Monday it is making its new online cost-comparison tool available to 1.8 million members in six California counties. The tool, piloted in Ohio last September, will provide members with hospital information about 40 different medical procedures.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Expands Care Comparison to California
May 19, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross members in six California counties can now review the estimated cost of medical procedures performed at local hospitals online. The new online cost-comparison tool was unveiled Monday in California.

Platform Computing
In Time of Need, Banks Look to Smarter Computing
May 19, 2008
Platform Computing’s CEO Songnian Zhou discusses the company’s position in the financial market in light of the creation of Platform’s Financial Business Unit. The new Platform initiative focuses on technologies that reduce real-time analytics processing, such as cloud computing, as well as ways to reduce the cost and energy consumption of processors for financial firms.

CellPoint Connect AB

May 17, 2008
This feature-length review of the Flamingo Music highlights the headset’s comfortable and secure fit, high-quality audio performance and unique accessories design.

CellPoint Connect AB

May 16, 2008
The Flamingo Music is the optimal headset for running and other athletic activities. The Music’s unique EarClick feature enables the ear buds to stay secure and comfortable, even when used in rainy weather.

CellPoint Connect AB

May 16, 2008
The new Flamingo Music headset is listed first in this reviewer’s "Gadgets of the Week" column. The headset, which is described as feeling weightless and barely noticeable, is customizable and easy to secure.

Environmental Power Corporation
Mars to Tap Gas Emissions to Power Plant
May 16, 2008
Microgy, a subsidiary of renewable energy firm Environmental Power, will turn beef waste into biogas from JBS Swift & Co’s meat packing plant in Nebraska.

Volcano Corporation

May 14, 2008
The first human procedure using Volcano’s Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) was completed successfully by Dr. Patrick Serruys. Volcano’s OCT imaging catheter will complement the company’s existing line of IVUS catheters and pressure guidewires used for coronary imaging and lesion assessment.

Volcano Corporation
Debating IVUS for Routine Clinical Use: Can Optimizing Stent Placement With IVUS Improve Clinical Outcomes?
May 14, 2008
A Volcano-sponsored panel composed of both proponents and critics of intravascular ultrasound debated the use of IVUS in patient procedures at EuroPCR in Barcelona. The article highlights that IVUS appears to be more effective and accurate than traditional angiography.

Waste Management, Inc.
Linde, Waste Management to Convert Landfill Gas Into LNG
May 13, 2008
Waste Management and Linde Group plan to build a $15 million plant in California to convert landfill methane gas into LNG to fuel 300 trash trucks and recycling collection vehicles.

Volcano Corporation
Volcano Corp. pays $12M for Novelis Inc.
May 12, 2008
Volcano Corporation paid $12 million in cash for Novelis Inc., a private company specializing in ultrasonic technology for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Volcano plans to incorporate Novelis' technology into its own intravascular ultrasound equipment, used by doctors to diagnose cardiovascular disease.

Volcano Corporation

May 8, 2008
The first human procedure using Volcano’s optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging catheter was performed successfully by Dr. Patrick Serruys. Dr. Serruys discusses the flexibility of Volcano’s integrated IVUS platform and the potential benefits OCT may have on the cardiology field.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich, RNAi Consortium Validating Clones for Second Phase of Effort
May 8, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich is participating in the second phase of The RNAi Consortium to create the world’s most comprehensive and validated shRNA library.

WellPoint, Inc.
New Hampshire Blue Gives Doctors Access to EHRs via Mobile Phones
May 8, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire announced physicians will now have access to patients’ electronic health records via mobile phones as an expansion to its e-prescribing program. Proponents comment that this potentially life-saving innovation gives healthcare providers ‘real time’ patient information.

Volcano Corporation

May 7, 2008
The use of intravascular ultrasound during angioplasty and stent placement improves the safety and outcome of the procedures. A local cardiologist explains how IVUS works and what patients should know about the tool.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire Announces Unique Enhancement to its ePrescribing Program
May 7, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire has launched an innovative program designed to give physicians ‘real time’ access to medical records and medical histories for their Anthem patients. The recently enhanced ePrescribing program can even alert physicians to potential dangerous drug interactions virtually anywhere they can receive an internet signal.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Announces Acquisition Of DeCare Dental
May 7, 2008
WellPoint, the nation’s largest health benefits company announced the acquisition of Minneapolis-based DeCare Dental. The President and CEO of WellPoint’s UniCare and Specialty businesses discussed the link between poor oral health and serious medical conditions and the necessity of integrated health benefits plans.

CellPoint Connect AB

May 5, 2008
This review of the Flamingo Music focuses on the headset’s EarClick feature and highly recommends the ear buds for athletic activities. The review also discusses the high quality audio of the ear buds.

CellPoint Connect AB

May 5, 2008
This Flamingo Music review describes the headset as the most comfortable set of ear buds on the market and details a number of the headset’s features that make it optimal for active users.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management to Use Landfill Gas to Power Trucks
May 5, 2008
Houston-based Waste Management Inc. and the Linde Group, a global natural gas producer and distributor, will build a plantto purify and liquefy landfill gas at the waste disposal company's Altamont site near Livermore.

Waste Management, Inc.
Landfill Gas to be Used to Run Garbage Trucks
May 5, 2008
A new joint venture between Waste Management and Linde will produce fuel from garbage to power garbage trucks. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore in California will produce up to 13,000 gallons a day of LNG.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Plans Second Texas Plant to Convert Animal Waste Into Fuel
May 4, 2008
Environmental Power will begin construction on a new facility in Dublin, TX to convert local dairy cow manure into purified natural gas.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management To Fuel Altamont California Area Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural Gas
May 3, 2008
A large-scale project to better manage garbage and recyclables in a California will be undertaken by Waste Management and Linde North America. The project - the first of several across the State - will create the world’s largest facility to convert landfill gas into clean vehicle fuel.

Waste Management, Inc.
People Update
May 3, 2008
Waste Management Recycle America, promoted Matthew Coz to vice president of growth and commodity sales, leading the company’s business development, eCycling, commodity sales, brokerage, and international recycling development initiatives.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management Opens New Single-Stream Facility
May 2, 2008
Waste Management has opened a regional single0stream recycling facility in Newark, N.J. that will be capable 11,000 tons of mixed recyclable materials per month.

Waste Management, Inc.
WM Recycle America Upgrades its Newark, N.J., Facility
May 1, 2008
Waste Management has upgraded its recycling facility in Newark, N.J., with a single-stream sorting system. The $4 million investment at the St. Charles Street Materials Recovery Facility will enable the facility to process 11,000 tons of material each month.

Waste Management, Inc.
Recycling Plan: One Can for All Materials
May 1, 2008
Sorting recyclables will become much easier as Waste Management converts its Newark waste processing facility for single-stream recycling, eliminating the need for separate containers for different wastes.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Mobilizes Provider Directory
May 1, 2008
WellPoint has redesigned its provider locator tool to run on cell phones and PDAs. The new tool provides patients with a physician’s phone number, address, and even driving directions to facilities.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management Recycle America Announces Appointments
May 2008
Waste Management Recycle America announced the appointment of Matthew Coz as vice president of growth and commodity sales. Coz, who previously served as vice president of business development, has over 20 years experience in the industry, working the last nine years at WM Recycle America.

Waste Management, Inc.
Methane to Power Vehicles, Not Pollute Air Methane to Power Vehicles, Not Pollute Air
April 30, 2008
Waste Management, North America's largest garbage hauling company, announced plans to turn methane gas from the Altamont Landfill into a transportation fuel for their fleet of garbage trucks.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Announces Acquisition of DeCare Dental
April 30, 2008
WellPoint’s acquisition of DeCare Dental, an administrator of dental benefit plans, stands to enhance their ability to offer dental products that balance affordability and access. The President and CEO of WellPoint comments the acquisition builds on their goal to provide affordable, high-quality dental benefits to members nationwide.

CellPoint Connect AB

April 29, 2008
This review of the Flamingo Music explains the headset’s EarClick feature and describes it as a comfortable, active lifestyle earpiece.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management to Make Vehicle Fuel From Landfill Gas
April 29, 2008
Waste Management Inc announced its plans to open the largest-ever facility to turn landfill gas into liquid natural gas, which will then be used as vehicle fuel in its California trucks.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Launches Mobile Provider Directory
April 29, 2008
Indianapolis-based WellPoint has launched a tool that may represent the next frontier for health insurers, a mobile provider directory. Specifically designed for use on mobile devices, WellPoint’s SVP and CEO discuss the driving forces behind this innovative initiative.

Waste Management
Waste Management Announces Executive Appointment
April 23, 2008
Waste Management named Matt Coz vice president of business development for its Recycle America subsidiary.

Waste Management
The 'Green' Way to Dump Electronic Junk
April 21, 2008
Waste Management is planning to aggressively expand its electronics recycling initiatives by partnering with Sony Electronics. Together they plan to open 1,000 locations within 20 miles of 95 percent of the population.

Waste Management
There's Electricity In That Garbage
April 18, 2008
Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., the waste-to-energy subsidiary of Waste Management, has bid on half a dozen new projects in the last year and expects another six projects this year. Wheelabrator processes garbage into fuel for use in electricity development.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Buys Firm to Add Patient Care Safeguard
April 17, 2008
WellPoint bought Maryland-based Resolution Health to analyze data for the company. The Indianapolis insurer says the information will help prevent major medical problems that can develop when patients don't receive proper care.

WellPoint Inc.
Insurer Plans Drug Safety-Alert System With FDA
April 17, 2008
A subsidiary of the Indianapolis-based health insurance giant WellPoint announced earlier this week that it will develop a drug safety-alert system in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Harvard University, the University of North Carolina and the University of Pennsylvania.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Developing Drug Safety Monitoring System
April 15, 2008
WellPoint Inc is developing a system that will use its 35 million-member database to monitor and help identify potential safety problems of approved medicines. WellPoint's Safety Sentinel System is being developed in collaboration with U.S. health regulators and other government and academic institutions. It should be able to uncover health risks that crop up once drugs are being used by the general population more quickly than the FDA, doctors or drugmakers.

WellPoint Inc.
Insurers, FDA Team Up to Find Problem Drugs
April 15, 2008
WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest insurer, in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration, plans to announce Tuesday the launch of one of the first real-time drug-surveillance systems. Starting early next year, the insurer will systematically scan the medical information of more than half of its 35 million members to look for hidden patterns or spikes in medical problems that might be linked to certain medication or combination of drugs in real-time.

WellPoint Inc.
Drug Safety Monitoring for the 21st Century
April 15, 2008
The FDA will contract with WellPoint, the country’s biggest private health insurer, to monitor and mine the company’s massive patient database for signs of drug safety problems, the WSJ reports.

Waste Management
Sony, Waste Management Tout Minn. CE Recycling
April 14, 2008
Waste Management and Sony Electronics reported that its two day electronics recycling drive in the Twin Cities area collected four million pounds of unwanted electronics.

Waste Management
Electronics Recycling Effort Collects 4 Million Pounds in 2 Days
April 14, 2008
The two-day, multi-site electronics recycling drive in the Twin Cities collected 4 million pounds of unwanted electronics. More than 42,000 consumers participated in the recycling drive, making it the largest such event in state history.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint, FDA Collaborate on Tracking Drug Safety
April 14, 2008
WellPoint and the FDA have agreed to work together to create a real-time drug-surveillance system to look for hidden problems that may be related to medications or combinations of drugs, and report them as they happen. Under the terms of the agreement, WellPoint will scan medical data on more than half of its 35 million members.

WellPoint Inc.
Anthem Product Suite Targets Early Retirees
April 14, 2008
WellPoint Inc.'s Anthem National Accounts has introduced a suite of health plans for large employers' early retirees. The group-based products target pre-65 retirees who are ineligible for Medicare and include traditional preferred provider organization options as well as consumer-driven health plans, including health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.

Waste Management
It's Free, So Recycling Event Draws Throngs
April 12, 2008
Waste Management’s two day recycling drive processed wastes from thousands of consumers dropping off several million pounds of electronics waste.

Waste Management
Company Offers Green Initiatives for Recyclers
April 12, 2008
Waste Management is meeting industry and consumer demand for recycling services.

WellPoint Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross Won't Pay for Medical Treatment Errors
April 11, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross will no longer pay Silicon Valley hospitals for inexcusable errors or so-called "never events," such as a surgery performed on the wrong body part or patient. But the policy isn't about saving money; it's about saving lives, claims the state's largest health benefits insurer, formerly known as Blue Cross of California.

CellPoint Connect AB

April 11, 2008
In this Bluetooth headset roundup, the Flamingo Classic is described as comfortable and stylish. The Flamingo’s EarClick wearing technology keeps the headset from interfering with eye glasses, earrings, or long hair and the headset is available in a wide array of colors.

Platform Computing, Inc.
CFD Software Helps Create More Aerodynamic Formula 1 Cars
April 11, 2008
Red Bull Technology partnered with Platform Computing, who will provide integrated grid computing systems to help Red Bull's engineering team design faster Formula 1 cars for F1 team Red Bull Racing. By leveraging Platform’s High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure software to significantly increase their computer-aided design and engineering processes, Red Bull Technology engineers can develop better car designs sooner, and ultimately improve performance on the track.

Waste Management
Long Lines for e-Recycling Event Despite the Weather
April 11, 2008
Despite the sleet/snow mixture in the Twin Cities Friday morning, turnout was strong for Waste Management's free E-recycling event.

Waste Management
Metro Area Electronics Recycling Set for Weekend
April 8, 2008
Waste Management, Recycle America, Best Buy and Sony Electronics Inc. will hold an electronics recycling event over the weekend. Event organizers are expecting the event to be “the largest in Minnesota history.”

Waste Management
Free Electronics Recycling, Take 2
April 8, 2008
Just in time for spring cleaning, Waste Management and Sony are working together to offer a free recycling event. The event will span five sites across the Twin Cities area.

Waste Management
Twin Cities / Recycle Electronics for Free During 2-Day Event
April 8, 2008
Waste Management and Sony Electronics are teaming up for a two-day electronics recycling event that is predicted to be the largest of its kind ever held in the Minnesota. Minnesota is among the few states with laws requiring mandatory recycling of e-waste.

Volcano Corporation

April 8, 2008
A local cardiologist discusses his use of IVUS to determine appropriate heart treatment, optimize stent placement and ensure better outcomes for patients.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Refuses to Pay for Medical Mistakes
April 8, 2008
WellPoint Inc. is changing its provider reimbursement strategy to withhold payment for certain medical errors. The new strategy will save patients and employers money since it does not permit in-network hospitals to bill them for such errors.

WellPoint Inc.
Hospitals Paid to Improve
April 7, 2008
Two San Luis Obispo County hospitals have taken part in a different kind of pay-for-performance health-care program: one that rewards the entire hospital for quality care.

Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo have renewed contracts with Anthem Blue Cross to include the Quality-in-Sights Hospital Incentive Program, or Q-HIP.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Joins ‘Never’ Crusade
April 7, 2008
The nation’s healthcare reimbursement system evolved a step further as WellPoint, the nation’s largest insurer, announced last week that it would stop paying for medical errors that are the most preventable.

Waste Management
Get Ready for Another E-Junk Tsunami
April 4, 2008
Waste Management, Sony Electronics and Best Buy will host what may be the largest electronics recycling drive in the Minneapolis area April 11 & 12.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint to Stop Reimbursement for "Never" Events
April 3, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross will not reimburse hospitals for serious but preventable medical errors. WellPoint Inc., parent company of Anthem Blue Cross, announced that it is extending the new policy to its 14 state plans as part of an effort to improve patient-care quality.

WellPoint Inc.
WellPoint Stops Paying for Never Events
April 3, 2008
Health insurer WellPoint has taken a stand that most other U.S. insurers are likely to follow: It has announced that it, in coming months, will no longer pay for care resulting from serious medical error.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Changes its Name
April 2, 2008
Blue Cross of California adopted the trade name “Anthem Blue Cross.” Consumers first began hearing the Anthem Blue Cross name when the company introduced an advertising campaign throughout the state on March 23.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Launches Program to Curtail Medial Errors
April 2, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross in California announced steps that it said are aimed at reducing serious medical errors at its hospital network. The policy is aimed at ensuring that members not be charged if surgery is performed on the wrong body part, surgery is performed on the wrong patient or the wrong surgery is performed on the patient.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint to Stop Paying for ‘Never Events’
April 2, 2008
WellPoint, the nation’s largest insurer by membership, is following in the footsteps of the CMS and other health plans in announcing it will no longer pay for serious medical errors. Starting later this year, the Indianapolis-based insurer won’t pay for three adverse events: foreign objects left in patients after surgery, operating on the wrong patient and operating on the wrong body part.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint to Refuse to Pay for Medical Mistakes
April 2, 2008
WellPoint Inc. is changing its provider reimbursement strategy to withhold payment for certain medical errors. The reimbursement modifications, which involve preventable adverse events as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Quality Forum, will be implemented in phases and be modified and expanded.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Won’t Pay for ‘Never Events’
April 2, 2008
WellPoint announced it’s not going to let it or its 35 million members in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans across 14 states be charged for a handful of the most egregious mistakes, or what health policy people have dubbed “never events.”

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Blue Cross Won't Pay for Hospital Goofs
April 2, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross announced that it will stop footing the bill for some of the most egregious medical errors, such as surgery performed on the wrong organ or patient. The idea is that if health providers have to eat the costs of their mistakes, maybe they'll make fewer of them, and with a financial pressure to reduce errors, the expected result is improved quality of care for patients and lower costs.

Waste Management
Have an Old Computer or TV? Recycling Drive Coming Soon
April 2, 2008
The ambitious electronics recycling drive by Waste Management and Sony Electronics is scheduled for two days this month, April 11th and 12th in the Minnesota Twin Cities area. Expected to be the largest electronics recycling drive in Minnesota history, Waste Management and Sony Electronics will conduct the drive at five separate locations providing free electronics recycling to local Minnesotans.

Environmental Power Corporation
Northern California Utility Draws on Renewable Natural Gas
April 2, 2008
PG&E will soon be increasing its supply of renewable natural gas through Environmental Power's anaerobic digesters at its Huckabay Ridge facility in Stephenville, Texas. The facility began full commercial operation in January and is expected to produce 635 billion Btu of natural gas per year which is equal to about 616 million cubic feet. The natural gas is currently being delivered to the Lower Colorado River Authority, but as of October, it will be delivered to PG&E under a 10-year contract.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Corp. Moves to Tarrytown
April 2, 2008
Environmental Power moved its headquarters from Portsmouth, N.H., to Tarrytown. The company relocated its staff to be closer to New York financial centers to seek funding for the production of new plants throughout the country.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Takes Anthem Name
April 1, 2008
Blue Cross of California will now be known as Anthem Blue Cross.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Changes its Name
April 1, 2008
Blue Cross of California changed its name Tuesday to Anthem Blue Cross, the same name its parent company Wellpoint Inc. calls its insurance products in other states. Blue Cross’ California affiliate and subsidiary companies will also use the Anthem name.

Waste Management
Waste Management, Sony Partner on Free Recycling Event
April 1, 2008
Waste Management and Sony Electronics are partnering for a two-day, five-site electronics recycling drive which is expected to be the largest electronics collection event in Minnesota’s history.

Ecovation
Anaerobic Gas and Cash
April 1, 2008
Evocation’s Mobilized Film Technology for wastewater treatment has proved to be both a green and lucrative form of generating renewable energy from wastes, especially during a period of increasing energy costs.

Environmental Power Corporation
Environmental Power Ramps Up
April 2008
Environmental Power announced that its Huckabay Ridge Facility in Stephenville, Texas, reached full capacity production levels of pipeline-quality natural biogas this late January. This is the largest facility of its kind in North America, taking manure from 10,000 cows and processing it to produce pipeline quality methane.

CellPoint Connect AB

March 30, 2008
This review describes the Flamingo as comfortable, easy to use, and stylish. It also recommends the headset for its excellent sound quality and effective noise-cancellation, as well as its long battery life.

Sigma Aldrich
Sangamo Study Shows Its ZFP Technology Can Rapidly Generate Knockout Cell Lines Charlotte LoBuono
March 28, 2008
Sigma Aldrich and Sangamo’s findings, published in the March 21 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that ZFN-containing cell lines are important tools in pharmaceutical research and therapeutic product development.

WellPoint, Inc.
Hospital Quality Program
March 26, 2008
Blue Cross of California launched a hospital quality incentive program. Blue Cross will tie a hospital’s payments to its ability to meet performance benchmarks in patient safety, outcomes, and patient satisfaction.

Sigma-Aldrich
Building Characterization
March 26, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich announced an exclusive partnership with Atlas Antibodies to distribute Prestige Antibodies�”developed by the Human Proteome Resource�”a line that consists of 1,800 antibodies, with many more to come. Sigma-Aldrich is calling the Prestige line “the most highly characterized library of antibodies on the market.”

Platform Computing, Inc.
IBM, Platform Team on High-Performance Solution
March 24, 2008
Platform Computing and IBM have partnered on a high-performance solution for investment banks to increase their computational speeds for complex applications while reducing power consumption and space requirement in the data center. The solution, Symphony for the IBM Blade Center with Cell Broadband Engine, is the only service-oriented software that supports compute-intensive risk and analytical on IBM’s speedy Cell architecture.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Starts Pay-for-Performance Program for Hospitals
March 20, 2008
San Ramon Regional Medical Center, a Tenet HealthCare Corp. hospital in the East Bay, is one of 23 California hospitals where Blue Cross of California has introduced a new pay-for-performance program, called Q-HIP.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Starts Pay-for-Performance Program for Hospitals
March 20, 2008
Blue Cross of California has introduced a new pay-for-performance program in 23 hospitals in California. The Quality-in-Sights Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP) measures hospital performances based on looking at certain benchmarks in areas including patient safety, outcome and patient satisfaction.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross of California Starts Pay-for-Performance Program for Hospitals
March 20, 2008
Community Hospital of Los Gatos is one of 23 California hospitals where Blue Cross of California has introduced a new pay-for-performance program. The Quality-in-Sights Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP) measures hospital performances based on certain benchmarks in areas including patient safety, outcome and patient satisfaction.

WellPoint, Inc.
Calif. Hospitals Join Blues P4P Program
March 19, 2008
Twenty-three hospitals in California are participating in Blue Cross of California’s new inpatient pay-for-performance program. Called Quality-in-Sights Hospital Incentive Program, or Q-HIP, the program allows hospitals to earn a score based on patient safety, clinical processes and outcomes, and then earn adjustments to their inpatient fixed-payment rates.

CellPoint Connect AB
Bluetooth Headsets
March 14, 2008
The demand for Bluetooth headsets is rapidly growing, opening the door for companies both small and large to capture a slice of the market. This article discusses some of the challenges faced by companies in the industry, and features an interview with the CEO of CellPoint during which he describes his company’s tactics for standing out in the crowd and his thoughts on 2008 headset trends.

Platform Computing, Inc
HPC on the Fast Track
March 14, 2008
High Performance Computing has become an integral element of car design in Formula 1 Racing. As Red Bull Racing’s grid has grown, engineers in its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) department turned to Platform Computing’s workload manager LSF to merge the clusters into one virtual system, enabling users to share compute resources and design more aerodynamic racing cars.

Waste Management
Council Weighs Incinerator Proposal
March 7, 2008
Hawaii County’s Finance Committee will continue to discuss the proposal for the Wheelabrator WTE plant through next week.

Waste Management
Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plan Would Extend Landfill’s Life
March 6, 2008
The re-routing of trash to the WTE plant in Hilo could extend the use of the remaining landfill in Hawaii County.

Waste Management
Incinerator Will Cost $125.5M
March 5, 2008
The proposal for a WTE incinerator costing $125.5 million was approved by the county council.

Waste Management
$128.4M to Burn Trash
March 5, 2008
The Hilo WTE incinerator, developed by Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., will cost $125.5 million plus $2.9 million yearly to run.

Waste Management
Garbage to Energy Plant for Big Island
March 5, 2008
One of the most expensive public works projects was awarded to Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., a Houston based company. The $125 million facility will be designed built and operated by Wheelabrator and will burn 230 tons of trash a day, generating 3.5 megawatts of electricity.

Environmental Power Corporation
Electricity Ultimately Comes from Manure
March 4, 2008
PG&E will recieve natural gas from BioEnergy Solutions' manure-to-gas facility on Vintage Farms in Fresno in addition to the company's contract with Microgy.

Environmental Power Corporation
Something in the Air
March 4, 2008
BioEnergy Solutions opened a facility at 5,000-cow Vintage Dairy near Fresno. The project is estimated to provide enough gas for 1,200 homes.

Environmental Power Corporation
California Cows to Supply Renewable Gas Energy
March 4, 2008
PG&E unveils a system that collects methane from manure at a Fresno County dairy farm and refines it into biogas, which flows into a natural gas pipeline for utility use. Microgy is mentioned as another company, contracted with PG&E in 2006, with similar manure-to-natural gas facilities.

Environmental Power Corporation
PG&E Starts Getting Gas from Manure
March 3, 2008
BioEnergy Solutions’ pipeline opens, running from a manure-to-gas facility at Vintage Dairy, a Fresno-area farm. The gas produced will be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric, which has set a goal to acquire 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020. Microgy is also mentioned in the article as thermophilic digester of manure along with two other manure-to-gas companies, Ze-Gen and Onsite Power Systems.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Going to Extremes for a Competitive Edge
March 3, 2008
Financial Services institutions are going to new levels to gain even the slightest competitive edge in speed and performance in their IT infrastructure. Platform Computing’s Financial Services Market Director Martin Harris discusses Symphony for the IBM BladeCenter with Cell Broadband Engine, which takes advantage of the speed provided by IBM’s Cell architecture to accelerate portfolio-simulation applications, especially around pricing and risk analytics.

Environmental Power Corporation
Offsets Market Evolving Slowly
February 27, 2008
With a voluntary U.S. cap-and-trade system evolving, some analysts believe Environmental Power will generate as much as half its revenue from selling offsets within a couple of years. However, skeptics don't believe a viable offset market can emerge in the absence of federal regulations.

Sigma-Aldrich
Deal Makes Sigma-Aldrich Exclusive US Antibody Supplier
February 27, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich has struck a deal with Atlas Antibodies that grants it distribution rights to Atlas' library of 1,800 antibodies which is expected to grow by several thousand per year.

Sigma-Aldrich
MorphoSys to Develop, Distribute Antibodies With Sigma-Aldrich
February 27, 2008
MorphoSys AG, a German biotechnology company partnered with Novartis AG, to design and distribute recombinant research antibodies with Sigma-Aldrich.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Platform Adds Cell Processor Support
February 25, 2008
Platform Computing’s latest version of Symphony, Symphony of Cell Blades, enables the seamless integration of IBM’s Cell BladeCenter technology into existing high-performance computing clusters.

CellPoint Connect AB
Wireless Headsets to Make Driving Easier
February 20, 2008
The nX6000 is included in the publication’s recommendations for high quality hands-free devices to use while driving.

Environmental Power Corporation
America Looks to Europe for Green Energy Technology
February 20, 2008
Biofuel companies in America, such as Microgy, Inc., are using technology from Europe in a bid to catch up with the rest of the world in green energy production.

Ascent Corporation
Energy Audits Explained
February 18, 2008
Data center power consumption is an increasing concern for many companies. In this podcast, the CEO and Chief Strategy Officer of Ascent Corp. discuss the process and benefits of conducting an energy audit to improve power efficiency in the data center.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich, Human Protein Atlas Unit to Sell 1,800 Antibodies Characterized by HPR
February 14, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich announced a partnership with the commercial arm of the Human Protein Atlas to market 1,800 highly characterized antibodies with the eventual goal of commercializing 22,000 antibodies by 2015. These new antibodies will be among the most highly characterized binding molecules on the market.

Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich, Human Protein Atlas Unit to Sell 1,800 Antibodies Characterized by HPR
February 14, 2008
Sigma-Aldrich is marketing the first 1,800 antibodies developed by the Human Protein Atlas, with a goal to commercialize one antibody for each of the 22,000 human proteins by 2015.

Waste Management
A Garbage Hauler Tidies Up Its Image
February 7, 2008
Waste Management is changing the way people think about what happens to their garbage through a broad marketing initiative known as “Think Green.” In addition to advertising in print and online, the company has launched an interactive web site, thinkgreen.com, and is designing a hands-on exhibit at Disney’s Epcot Center.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross Offers Physician Rating
February 4, 2008
The Zagat Survey online physician rating tool is currently available to Blue Cross of California members with a consumer-driven Lumenos health plan in the Los Angeles area. This is a pilot program to perfect the product for a statewide roll-out.

CellPoint Connect AB

February 4, 2008
This review of the Flamingo describes the headset as comfortable, lightweight, and fashionable. It also features a giveaway contest, where four FashionLedge readers will win their own Flamingo headset.

WellPoint, Inc.
Health Spending Scheduled for Exam
February 4, 2008
Dr. Sam Nussbaum, chief medical officer of WellPoint, states that the proposed California health care reform bill had major problems that would have resulted in increased costs to consumers. He suggests that costs could be lowered through public-private partnerships.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Official Addresses Healthcare Costs, Quality, Reform
February 1, 2008
Dr. Sam Nussbaum, executive vice president, clinical health policy and chief medical officer for WellPoint, discussed the company’s investments in programs that improve members’ health and care, and provide more information to empower consumers.

Environmental Power Corporation
Microgy Considering Projects in Colorado, Idaho
February 2008
Microgy recently approved two project agreements to build, own and operate renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities in Idaho and Colorado, as part of a joint effort with Cargill Incorporated.

Environmental Power Corporation
Construction Begins at Nebraska Bio-gas Facility
February 2008
Environmental Power recently broke ground for a new bio-gas plant at the JBS Swift beef processing facility in Grand Island, Nebraska. Microgy, a subsidiary of Environmental Power, will construct, own and operate the renewable energy production facility and sell its gas to JBS Swift pursuant to a 15 year purchase agreement.

WellPoint, Inc.
Maternity Depression Screening
January 30, 2008
Blue Cross of California announced the launch of its Maternity Depression Program, which provides depression screenings, education and support to recent mothers.

WellPoint, Inc.
Zagat, Blue Cross Team on Doctor Ratings Guide
January 26, 2008
Blue Cross of California has teamed up with Zagat Survey to allow consumers to rate their physicians online. Currently available to members in the Los Angeles area, the ratings are intended to help members choose a health care provider.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Big Iron's Breakthrough: HPC in the Enterprise
January 25, 2008
As it becomes increasingly affordable and accessible, a growing number of companies in the enterprise have begun to adopt high performance computing (HPC) technology from vendors such as Platform Computing.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Lehman, NYSE, CME, Forex Capital Pursue New Latency Killers
January 22, 2008
Financial services institutions such as Lehman Brothers, the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Forex Capital are all searching for the best solutions to minimize latency. By utilizing grid-computing solutions provided by Platform Computing, Thanos Mitsolides, SVP of Fixed Income Derivative Products, and his team at Lehman Brothers are able to minimize the delays in real-time market transactions.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross Launches Doctor Rankings
January 18, 2008
Blue Cross of California has announced a partnership with Zagat Surveys to allow Orange County patients to evaluate their doctors online.

CellPoint Connect
CellPoint Flamingo Bluetooth Headset Review
January 15, 2008
This review recommends the Flamingo as a stylish, comfortable headset and focuses particularly on the Flamingo’s audio quality, discreet design and patent-pending EarClick feature.

Volcano Corporation
Stent Makers Wage War Over the Heart
January 14, 2008
FDA approval of two new drug-eluting stents will significantly impact the stent market. Since drug coated stents continue to endure scrutiny for their link to blood clots, the study ADAPT-DES has been launched to determine the causes and cures of thrombosis. ADAPT will utilize Volcano’s intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter to detect impending blood clots.

WellPoint, Inc.
Group Transforms Lives with Free Surgeries
January 13, 2008
Blue Cross of California has partnered with the non-profit organization Fresh Start to provide free reconstructive surgery and related medical services to underprivileged Californians at a weekend event.

WellPoint, Inc.
Anthem Teams up with Zagat to Provide Members with Patient Feedback on Health Care
January 12, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut has partnered with Zagat to launch a new online physician rating system that will allow Anthem members to share their physician experiences with fellow members.

CellPoint Connect
Top new gadgets from CES 2008
January 11, 2008
This review and slideshow lists the top 30 hot new consumer gadgets displayed at CES 2008. CellPoint’s Flamingo headsets are included among the reviewers’ top 10 picks.

Ascent Corporation
How Microsoft is Going Green
January 9, 2008
The Northlake data center built by Ascent is a showcase of Microsoft's green initiatives. The facility, with its unique design and strategic location, is one of the most powerful and energy efficient data centers in the United States.

Ascent Corporation
Industry Expects Data Center Demand to Continue to Boom
January 9, 2008
The data center industry is thriving, and several St. Louis companies are frontrunners in the development and operation of these critical facilities. Ascent Corporation, selected in November to build a 500,000 square foot data center for Microsoft, is seeing stronger demand than ever before.

Platform Computing, Inc.
The Four Stages of Grid Adoption
January 8, 2008
Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing, chronicles the different stages of grid adoption companies navigate to leverage the capabilities and benefits of distributed computing.

CellPoint Connect
nXZEN nX6000 - ear piece with heavy duty noise cancellation
January 8, 2008
This review of the nX6000 notes the headset’s extreme noise cancellation capability and lightweight, comfortable fit.

CellPoint Connect
Live from CES: Cellpoint Announces Flamingo Stereo Bluetooth Headset
January 7, 2008
Prior to a formal review, Stephen Skarlatos posted specifications and images of CellPoint’s new Flamingo Stereo headset in his coverage of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.

CellPoint Connect
CES: CellPoint's Earbuds Stay Put In Your Ears
January 6, 2008
This review of the new Flamingo Music and Flamingo Stereo emphasizes the secure and comfortable fit of the headsets in comparison to traditional ear buds. The review includes a video interview that discusses the new headsets and demonstrates EarClick technology.

Agendia
Agendia Boasts Expanded Clearance, Reimbursement For Breast Cancer Test
January 4, 2008
Gene expression test maker Agendia will ramp up its U.S. marketing efforts after gaining expanded Food and Drug Administration clearance and Medicare coverage for its flagship MammaPrint breast cancer recurrence test.

CellPoint Connect
Holiday Gift Guide - Tech Talk
January 2008
This high tech gift guide includes the Flamingo Wired headset, a secure and weightless set of ear buds designed for active lifestyles. The gift guide is displayed in 20 Splash Magazines worldwide.

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Volcano Corp.
Comparative effectiveness needs reimbursement reform
January 2008
With the Obama administration advocating an investment in comparative effectiveness research, Scott Huennekens, President and CEO of Volcano Corporation, calls for such an investment to be supported with an overhaul of the current reimbursement system. Reform is necessary as the current system forces physicians and hospitals to do expensive, often unnecessary procedures with long recovery times rather than make use of available technologies that have been shown to improve outcomes, reduce costs, or both.

Volcano Corp.
West Coast-based Volcano opens East Coast HQ in Billerica
January 2008
Volcano Corporation, based in San Diego, CA, will open an east coast headquarters in the Boston suburb of Billerica after the company’s acquisition of Axsun Inc. Volcano plans to leverage the region’s strong engineering base as it develops its portfolio. The east coast headquarters will include open lab space, and develop a wide array of new technologies, including lasers, micro-machined manufacturing systems and other research tools.

January 2008

Ecovation, Inc.
Drying’s Not the Only Whey for Cheesemakers to Recapture Value and Save Some Green
December 28, 2007
Ecovation has had great success turning the whey stream from cheese plants into renewable energy.

CellPoint Connect
Dr. Nat’s Favorite Things Holiday Gift List
December 20, 2007
The Flamingo Bluetooth headset won a spot on Dr. Natalie Petouhoff’s popular holiday gift guide, featuring high quality tech products. The Flamingo’s award-winning innovative design and color options are featured.

Environmental Power Corporation
Plying Poop Power in Portsmouth
December 19, 2007
Environmental Power uses anaerobic digestion to turn animal wastes into renewable energy. Its new facility in Stephenville, Texas, is the first of several large-scale projects that will generate renewable natural gas.

CellPoint Connect
Flamingo HappyEar Bluetooth Fashion Headset Review
December 18, 2007
This review describes the Flamingo as a fashionable, sleek headset with user friendly features and notable sound quality.

Platform Computing, Inc.
New Platform Grid-Computing Release Eases Adoption
December 17, 2007
Platform’s latest edition of Symphony is grid computing software tailored for the financial services industry. The Symphony Developer Edition and online community for application developers are highlighted as features that will help investment banks and hedge funds put applications into production more easily.

WellPoint, Inc.
Blue Cross Offers Health Plan Aimed at State’s Uninsured
December 17, 2007
Blue Cross of California has launched SmartSense, an individual insurance plan aimed at meeting the needs of the state’s 7 million uninsured residents.

WellPoint, Inc
Good Deed Department
December 9, 2007
To give back to the community Blue Cross of California encouraged its employees to donate to local non-profits. The employees raised $4.1 million (including a 50% match from the Blue Cross of California Foundation).

CellPoint Connect
Holiday Gift Guide - Tech Talk
December 3, 2007
A list of quality tech products that make great gifts includes CellPoint’s Flamingo, an innovative Bluetooth headset which was awarded the CES design award for its unique look and comfortable fit.

CellPoint Connect
Go Cordless
December 3, 2007
Woman’s Day Magazine is offering five readers a chance to win a Flamingo Bluetooth headset.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Platform to Update Symphony
December 3, 2007
Platform has announced the launch of Symphony 4, a faster, more flexible and efficient grid computing platform tailored to financial services.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Platform Computing Lets Quants, Developers Quickly Put Apps On A Grid
December 3, 2007
The new Platform Symphony 4 grid computing solution has many benefits; including a unique metering feature that lets IT departments delegate computing resources to individuals, track server usage and precisely charge back the cost of compute cycles to the departments using them.

CellPoint Connect
The Flamingo: Strut Around in Colourful Bluetooth Headsets
November 30, 2007
CellPoint’s Flamingo Bluetooth headset is a more subtle option for users who are put off by bulky over-the-ear Bluetooth headsets. The headset has won several design awards and is offered in several colors.

CellPoint Connect

November 29, 2007
The Flamingo Bluetooth headset is highlighted for its unique look and comfortable fit.

CellPoint Connect
The Flamingo: Bluetooth Headsets for the Fashionable Set
November 29, 2007
Comfortable and stylish Bluetooth headsets are getting easier to come by, especially with the launch of CellPoint’s new Flamingo. This headset is easy to wear without looking or feeling awkward.

CellPoint Connect
Bluetooth Flamingo Review
November 28, 2007
This review recommends the Flamingo Bluetooth headset for its comfort, stability and sound quality, as well as unique operational features.

Ascent Corporation
Microsoft Plans Pair of 'Big Box' Data Centers
November 19, 2007
The new Northlake data center built by Ascent is slated for lease to Microsoft and will begin operating early next spring.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Red Hat is Ready for High-Performance Computing
November 14, 2007
Platform has formed a partnership with Red Hat to create more efficient and cost effective Linux-based HPC clusters that will be available at the end of this year.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Red Hat Turns to Platform for Linux Cluster Charge
November 14, 2007
Red Hat has developed a competitive HPC solution by integrating Platform Open Cluster Stack with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to carve out market share in a growing high performance computing space.

Platform Computing, Inc.
StatoilHydro Chooses Platform LSF and EnginFrame to Implement an Enterprise-Wide Computing Grid
November 12, 2007
When StatoilHydro had difficulty maintaining the computing infrastructure at its four Norway locations the company turned to Platform’s LSF workload management software to implement a single, enterprise-wide computing grid, providing engineers access to all computing resources across all locations.

Ascent Corporation
Data Centers Restoring Life to Fading Sites
November 8, 2007
As the United States’ third-largest city, Chicago’s need for data centers is at a premium. Energy efficient developers like Ascent are transforming old industrial warehouses into data centers for use by companies like Microsoft to gain a competitive advantage in the web services industry.

Ascent Corporation
Microsoft Spending $1 Billion on New Data Centers
November 8, 2007
The need to divide compute-intensive applications between data centers has caused Microsoft to invest hundreds of millions in new data center designs. Ascent has designed and developed the $500 million data center Microsoft will lease in Chicago.

Ascent Corporation
Northlake Lands Data Mega-Center
November 8, 2007
Ascent is building a $500 million data facility in Chicago to meet the growing needs of Microsoft. It will be the most powerful of Microsoft’s new data centers with the capacity to accommodate services for 500 million computer users each month.

Ascent Corporation
Microsoft Building $500M Data Center
November 7, 2007
St. Louis-based Ascent has begun construction on a 550,000-square-foot data center for Microsoft in Northlake, IL to meet the company’s growing demands of Internet services for consumers.

Ascent Corporation
Microsoft Invests 500 MLN in Illinois Data Center
November 7, 2007
Microsoft will lease a Chicago suburb data center from service provider Ascent, a developer of advanced data centers.

Environmental Power Corporation
Texas Plant Uses Dairy Waste to Make Natural Gas
November 5, 2007
Environmental Power’s subsidiary Microgy Inc. recently opened a waste processing facility in Huckabay, Texas. The facility allows local dairy farms to safely dispose of manure which had caused problems in the past when it seeped into the water table.

Platform Computing, Inc.
Gaselys to Finish Symphony Migration
November 5, 2007
Energy trading firm Gaselys, a joint venture between Gaz de France and Société Générale (SocGen), recently increased its grid computing capacity. The company is using Platform’s Symphony 3.1 to secure its computing resources and double the number of CPUs on the grid.

Volcano Corporation
New Study to Investigate Effects of IVUS on DES-related Stent Thrombosis
October 24, 2007
Volcano is sponsoring a $5 million study to determine the correlation of aspirin use to the onset of thrombosis and other drug-eluting stent complications and to what degree proper stent deployment using intravascular ultrasound prevents position related problems.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint, Zagat’s to Offer Ratings System for Doctors
October 24, 2007
WellPoint has partnered with Zagat’s to provide a ratings system for physicians. Patients will now be able to use the Zagat 30 point scale to rate the care they receive.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Doctors to Receive Zagat Rating
October 22, 2007
Just as customers can rate their experience at hotels and restaurants using Zagat’s 30 point scale, patients can now use a new system to rate their healthcare. Wellpoint’s new partnership with Zagat will give patients the added benefit of peer-to-peer sharing to help them make more confident healthcare decisions.

SAVVIS, Inc.
Secure Data Warehouses Rise Again in N. Virginia
October 15, 2007
The data storage industry was almost wiped out in the dot.com bust, but has found new life near Washington D.C. SAVVIS opened a $20 million facility to meet the need that has arisen with the resurgence of demand for secure data storage.

Platform Computing, Inc
4 Stages of Grid Computing
October 10, 2007
Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing, explains to Beth Schultz, New Data Center Editor why grid computing has been steadily gaining popularity across a myriad of industries.

SAVVIS, Inc.
Close to You
October 1, 2007
Reducing market data latency is a challenge the financial services industry has always faced. In response SAVVIS is rapidly eliminating latency issues by offering a means to co-locate and connect to servers of major exchanges.

Environmental Power Corporation
Green Power
September 26, 2007
Alternative energy sources are proposed to preempt the greenhouse gas cap set by California Governor Schwarzenegger for 2010. Environmental Power is highlighted since its digesters ensure a more environmentally friendly gas source.

SAVVIS, Inc.
SAVVIS Links Exchanges, Traders with Low-Latency Hosting
September 24, 2007
SAVVIS introduces the lowest latency hosting with end-to-end infrastructure and a high-performance managed network, servers, storage and security.

SAVVIS, Inc.
SAVVIS Offers Connectivity to Exchanges Worldwide
September 23, 2007
SAVVIS offers connectivity to market data from more than 100 exchanges worldwide; OPERA data; access to two SIAC Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure nodes; and co-location proximity hosting for five exchanges, including the AMEX, BATS and PHLX.

WellPoint, Inc
Anthem Adds Medical Education in Halle Building for its Medicaid Patients
September 20, 2007
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield open a medical education center in the Halle Building in downtown Cleveland. The fifteen staff members hope to curb costs by educating people about preventative health and seeking a primary physician as opposed to visiting the emergency room.

Gennum Corporation
A Sound Solution
August 23, 2007
This review lists the Gennum nX6000 as one of its favorite products, highlighting its light and comfortable design, noise cancellation and reasonable price.

Platform Computing Inc.
Grid Computing: Term May Fade, But Features Will Live On
August 14, 2007
This feature about the future of grid technology discusses Platform Computing's software and its use by Lehman Brothers for its enterprise-wide grid and five-year effort to implement the sharing of hardware resources by its derivatives and mortgage groups.

Vocus, Inc.
Web 2.0 Reinvents the Press Release
August 8, 2007
This feature discusses the increasing importance of search engines to the distribution of news and Vocus’ purchase of PRWeb. PRWeb is a do-it-yourself press release website that offers customers a better web presence and a less expensive alternative to traditional news wire services.

Waste Management, Inc
Landfill Gas to Energy
June 28, 2007
In light of the limitation in reserves of fossil fuels, renewable energy is rapidly becoming a mandatory part of energy production. Waste Management is contributing to the availability of alternative energy resources by adding 60 new landfill-to-gas facilities over the next five years. The facilities convert carbon dioxide and methane gas, emitted naturally by waste, into electricity that can be stored or sold.

Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management to Convert Landfill Methane to Electricity
June 27, 2007
This feature discusses Waste Management’s plan to spend roughly $400 million over the next five years building facilities at 60 landfills to produce electricity from methane gas.

Waste Management, Inc.
UPDATE: Waste Management to Convert Methane to Energy at Landfills
June 27, 2007
Waste Management will spend approximately $400 million over the next five years building facilities at 60 landfills to convert methane gas to electricity. This feature discusses the ambitious renewable energy project and the income-adding opportunities it will provide.

Gennum Corporation
Bluetooth Comes to Senses
June 18, 2007
This review of Bluetooth headsets compliments the Gennum nX6000’s fit as healthier for the ears and stylish in addition to having great sound and being easy to pair.

Waste Management, Inc.
Garbage Trucks Spruce Up with Biodiesel
June 14, 2007
Waste Management’s use of B20 in Portland’s garbage trucks is cited in this feature about waste management companies switching to alternative fuel to cut soot and reduce toxic tailpipe emissions.

Volcano Corporation
Scrutiny of Stent Problems Turns to Doctors
May 29, 2007
This Personal Journal cover story discusses the ongoing debate over drug-eluting stents and their role in the formation of dangerous blood clots. The story highlights Volcano’s intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) equipment’s role in proper stent deployment to prevent blood clots and correlating sales.

Environmental Power Corporation
Combating Climate Change: Farming Out Global Warming Solutions
May 25, 2007
Environmental Power is cited as a supplier of biodigesters that use animal waste to produce methane based electricity in this feature about how changes to agricultural practice and forestry management could cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Rohm and Haas
Rohm & Haas Focuses on Water-Based Paints for Industrial Use
May 24, 2007
This feature discusses Rohm & Haas’ plan to produce a new products portfolio to reduce industrial use of solvent-based products that emit harmful fumes. The company is utilizing its $150 million research budget allotment for sustainability efforts to align with rising consumer demand to be greener.

Rohm and Haas
Rohm & Haas Boosts Green R&D Spending
May 24, 2007
Rohm and Haas invested half its $300 million research and development budget in technologies to help make environmentally friendly and effective industry products including more effective water-based acrylic paints, reducing formaldehyde content in household items and chemical gas emissions from coatings for bridges.

Gennum Corporation
Palm Treo 755p Hands-on Review
May 8, 2007
This blog review notes that the Gennum nX6000 Bluetooth headset pairs well with the Treo 755p smartphone.

Environmental Power Corporation
Renewable Portfolio Standards
April 26, 2007
There are currently 21 state renewable portfolio standards (RPS) underway in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage lawmakers to establish a national renewable energy standard. Biogas is discussed as a possibility.

Gennum Corporation
Three Cool Bluetooth Headsets
April 18, 2007
In this review of Bluetooth headsets, the Gennum nX6000 is praised for its unobtrusive size, sound quality on both sides of the connection and ability to filter out extraneous noise.

Platform Computing Inc.
Wall Street Style Power
April 16, 2007
This article was reprinted from Wall Street and Technology. After successfully capitalizing on software from Platform Computing, Citigroup is in the process of shifting its approach to high-performance computing by migrating its clusters to a large-scale grid.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Ties Bonus to Goals for Care
April 4, 2007
This feature discusses WellPoint’s decision to tie 5% of its employee bonuses to whether the company meets specific screening and treatment goals for its 34 million policyholders.

Volcano Corporation
When Stents Don’t Make Sense
April 2, 2007
Volcano’s intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is identified by BusinessWeek as a “technology to watch.”

Whatman Inc.
The New Food Fight
April 2007
Whatman is referenced as the patent holder of a new rapid pathogen detection filter used by the FDA to test foreign produce in this feature about the high-tech advances in food safety.

Environmental Power Corporation
Manure Power Goes Live in Texas
March 27, 2007
This feature discusses the introduction of Environmental Power’s manure-to-natural gas digesters in Texas, a milestone in the pursuit of making alternative energy sources more mainstream.

Volcano Corporation
New Stents Save Lives
March 27, 2007
The life saving procedure of stenting and the recent addition of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) have improved the success rate of the procedure.

Volcano Corporation
Medical Companies Take ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Into Heart
March 19, 2007
This feature explores how problems in the drug-eluting stent industry, including looming risks for blood clots, could mean more business for Volcano and its technology.

Platform Computing Inc.
Citigroup Moves to a Large-Scale Grid for High-Performance Computing
March 19, 2007
After successfully capitalizing on software from Platform Computing, Citigroup is in the process of shifting its approach to high-performance computing by migrating its clusters to a large-scale grid.

WellPoint, Inc.
Lipitor to Face More Pressure From Generic Cholesterol Pills
March 19, 2007
WellPoint announced it will offer its members four months of generic cholesterol drugs free. This announcement put further pressure on Lipitor and its already declining market share.

WellPoint, Inc.
Making Health Insurance Hip
March 19, 2007
This feature discusses WellPoint’s successful marketing of care plans to uninsured twentysomethings, resulting in 780,000 plans sold to the uninsured in the last two years.

WellPoint, Inc.
The New First Lady of Health Care
March 19, 2007
This profile on Angela Braly, the new CEO of WellPoint Inc and arguably the most powerful woman in Corporate America, discusses her market-oriented but nuanced approach to the politics of health care.

Volcano Corporation
Getting a Better Look at Volcano
March 15, 2007
This article declares Volcano as its daily pick in its series on non-pharma medical stocks. Volcano is a favorite because of its great partners including Johnson & Johnson and General Electric in addition to its growing market potential. There is an increased need for more accurate imaging inside arteries in light of the ongoing controversy over drug-eluting stents.

Platform Computing Inc.
Data’s Destiny
March 9, 2007
Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing and grid computing thought leader, is interviewed in this feature about financial institutions discovering the benefits of grid.

Volcano Corporation

March 6, 2007
Volcano CEO Scott Huennekens discusses the recent realization that doctors need intravascular ultrasound to visualize the inside of the arteries to ensure accurate stent placement and how this will drive sales for the company.

Gennum Corporation
Gennum nX6000 Bluetooth Headset
March 2, 2007
This review of the Gennum nX6000 Bluetooth headset notes the model’s excellent noise cancellation technology and comfortable fit.

WellPoint, Inc.
Top Lawyer at WellPoint is Selected as Next Chief
February 27, 2007
This feature discusses WellPoint’s announcement that its next chief executive will be Angela Braly, a lawyer chosen over more senior executives for her knowledge of public policy.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Announces Successor to Chief
February 27, 2007
WellPoint announces that retiring chief executive Larry Glasscock will be succeeded by Angela Braly, an executive vice president since 2005.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint's CEO Pick Surprises Wall Street
February 26, 2007
This article discusses WellPoint’s announcement to replace its CEO, Larry Glasscock, with Angela Braly, a former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. This appointment will make WellPoint the largest Fortune 500 company with a woman at the helm.

WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint Insider Promoted to CEO
February 26, 2007
WellPoint announces Angela Braly, a general counsel and public relations executive and an executive at WellPoint or one of its subsidiaries since 1999, will become the company’s CEO. Braly is identified as the only female CEO among the nation's 50 largest companies.

Volcano Corporation
How Growth Could Erupt at Volcano
January 29, 2007
This brief notes Volcano’s expected growth as a leader in the development of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters and devices for the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

Gennum Corporation
Sound Suggestion: Headset’s Two Microphones Make Calls More Clear
January 26, 2007
This reviewer puts the Gennum nXZEN headset at the top of his Bluetooth headset list.

Environmental Power Corporation
Manure Magic
January 19, 2007
Environmental Power is highlighted for its unique process of turning methane emissions into energy that would otherwise have been a source of pollution.

Platform Computing Inc.
Linux Magazine’s 20 Companies to Watch in 2007
January 18, 2007
The momentum garnered through Platform Computing’s new partnerships and projects in 2006 including its deal with Dell in which AMD processors are now officially supported as a component of Platform Computing’s Open Cluster Stack certification program led to this feature which notes the company as one to watch in 2007.

Environmental Power Corporation
Agriculture and Food Industry Waste to Energy
January 18, 2007
As an alternative to ethanol which has the capacity to degrade soil that will raise grain costs, Environmental Power is building numerous anaerobic digestion facilities which translate methane gas and carbon dioxide into natural gas and electricity.

Volcano Corporation
Stent Thrombosis: A Wake-Up Call?
January 11, 2007
This feature highlights Volcano’s integrated intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) system and its increased usage since recent data emerged regarding the causes of late stent thrombosis.

Gennum Corporation
GeekTech: The Geek’s Holiday Hardware Wish List
December 13, 2006
This reviewer tests the nXZEN VoIP Bluetooth headset and lauds the unit’s digital signal processing and noise cancellation technology.

Environmental Power Corporation
Cows Power Plan for Alternative Fuel
December 3, 2006
This feature on the growth of the renewable energy industry highlights Environmental Power’s process of converting animal waste into electricity and its recent deal with Cargill.

MAYA Design, Inc.
Allegheny County Maps Data to an Array of Services
November 13, 2006
This article discusses MAYA Design’s humanservices.net, a website for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services that uses MAYA’s Information Commons to provide a data warehouse that integrates a wide range of information and data types from thousands of Pittsburgh metro area service providers into a single, easily searchable repository.

GE Healthcare
Worries Mount Over Excessive CAT Scans
November 2, 2006
GE Healthcare’s device SnapShot Cine, which reduces radiation during cardiac CT scans by as much as 70 percent, is referenced in this Personal Journal cover article about the worries associated with excessive CT scanning.

SAVVIS, Inc.
CRM Provider Signs Utility Computing Pact with SAVVIS
October 25, 2006
SAVVIS’ three-year, multi-million-dollar utility computing deal as infrastructure host for Entellium, a role which includes computing, storage network and security services, is discussed in this article about data center and network operations outsourcing.

Environmental Power Corporation
Cargill to Assist Venture to Convert Manure to Methane
October 24, 2006
This article discusses Environmental Power’s technology and role as the supplier of anaerobic digesters used to convert livestock manure into methane gas for Cargill.

WellPoint, Inc.
Do It Yourself
October 24, 2006
WellPoint is listed as one of the health care providers making information available online for people to research health care options in this article about the current trend in consumer-driven health care.

Environmental Power Corporation
Arcane Technologies: Money to Be Made in Alternatives
October 23, 2006
This feature about the profound growth of the renewable energy industry identifies Environmental Power’s process of turning animal waste into methane as an effective method of producing electricity.

SAVVIS, Inc.
A Googleplex for the Rest of Us
October 17, 2006
This feature references SAVVIS and its relationship with software company Entellium as an example of new businesses competing in the data center industry with larger, established brand name companies.

Platform Computing Inc.
Lehman Aims for 10,000-CPU Grid
September 25, 2006
This article discusses Lehman Brother’s use of Platform Symphony to standardize existing computing grids onto the same platform in an effort to consolidate 10,000 CPUs into a single global grid.

Workbrain, Inc.
Retailers Using Their (Work)brain Power
August 21, 2006
Workbrain is featured in this article about retailers increasing profits by using workforce management software to get the most out of their workforce.

Deltek, Inc.
Software’s Big Fight Over Small Business
August 15, 2006
This article identifies Deltek as a major player in the software industry’s battle for the small and medium sized business market, "a fast-growing market segment for business applications vendors."

Logical Images, Inc.
Diagnoses at the Click of a Mouse
August 8, 2006
This feature showcases Logical Images’ VisualDx software that provides instant access to nearly 13,000 medical photos to help doctors diagnose more than 700 diseases, drug reactions and infections. The software also has new and rare diseases and symptoms related to bioterrorist attacks.

Deltek, Inc.
Deltek Systems Buys C/S Solutions
July 26, 2006
C/S Solutions Inc. is a producer of technology solutions that enable aerospace and defense contractors and government agencies to manage costs, schedules and risks for complex projects. Deltek announces its acquisition of C/S Solutions as a part of its overall strategy to expand its product portfolio.

Environmental Power Corporation
Tapping the Latent Power in What’s Left Around the Barnyard
July 4, 2006
This feature article identifies Environmental Power as leading the “brown energy” industry.

MAYA Design, Inc.
Brave New Policy: Babies in the Office
July 1, 2006
This article discusses MAYA’s new policy of allowing babies at work.

Deltek, Inc. & Panopticon Software
Dashboard: ERP Gains a Visual Advantage
July 1, 2006
Features Deltek and Panopticon’s strategic partnership to offer project managers an in-depth look into project profitability by layering data visualization tools layered over ERP software.

Environmental Power Corporation
The Scoop on Poop: Entrepreneurs Say Waste Need Not Be Wasted
June 26, 2006
This feature discusses Environmental Power’s effective and profitable process of extracting methane-rich gas from animal and food waste to produce electricity.

Platform Computing Inc.
Platform Computing Flexes Grid Software
June 21, 2006
This feature discusses Platform Computing’s release of Symphony 3, grid software designed for the financial industry that enables customers to better utilize compute resources through the management of multiple applications and the sharing of resources across a grid.

Logical Images, Inc.
Hospitals Try Image-Based Diagnosis System
June 4, 2006
VisualDX, an image based diagnosis system developed by Logical Images, is being piloted in 45 hospitals in Pennsylvania. The system will allow doctors to access detailed photos and text of 700 diseases and drug reactions that manifest on the skin to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients.

MAYA Design, Inc.
The Universal Genetics Database: Information Sharing in Genetics and Beyond
June 1, 2006
This byline discusses the creation of the first prototype of a Universal Genetic Database by MAYA Design and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

MAYA Design, Inc.
Is Your Iron Still On? Check Your Cell Phone
May 17, 2006
This article discusses the release of Home Heartbeat, an alert system developed by MAYA for Eaton that uses sensors to keep people connected to their homes.

Deltek, Inc.
Outsider to Become Chairman of Deltek
May 10, 2006
Feature article discusses CEO Kevin Parker’s succession of Deltek’s co-founder as chairman of the board and Deltek’s imminent growth.

GE Healthcare
The ‘Baby Face’ Phenomenon
May 9, 2006
Article discusses the benefits of GE Healthcare’s Voluson i sonogram system, a portable, laptop-sized, four-dimensional ultrasound machine, and its recent FDA clearance.

Panopticon Software
A Directory of Visualizing Tools
April 28, 2006
Panopticon software products are referenced as informational tools in this blog entry about the benefits of using treemaps for organizing data.

Deltek, Inc.
She’s Got to Move
April 1, 2006
This feature highlights Deltek as a competitor in the web-based professional services automation field.

OriginLab Corporation
New Viewer Promotes Collaboration
March 22, 2006
This article discusses Origin Viewer, a free application that promotes data sharing by allowing anyone without Origin to access data within an Origin project file.

Panopticon Software
The Big Picture
March 21, 2006
Panopticon is discussed as one of the leading providers of cost-effective and easy-to-use visualization software for financial service firms looking to make business decisions in real-time from data traditionally trapped in spreadsheets and large reports.

MAYA Design, Inc.
Going Ballistic
March 1, 2006
Mick McManus, CEO of MAYA Design, filled his office with 10,000 plastic balls to represent the number of emails he receives per week.

SAVVIS, Inc.
Federal Contracting From Scratch
February 20, 2006
This article discusses SAVVIS’ streamlined technology services for small and medium-sized contractors.

MAYA Design, Inc.
Everyday Gadgets Go ‘Smarting’ Off
February 10, 2006
This article highlights MAYA’s applications and services to integrate technology into everyday items. The reporter also discusses MAYA’s relationship with Eaton in developing Home Heartbeat: a system that uses wireless sensors to form an alert system between households and cell phones.

Gennum Corporation
Does It Work?: The Noise-Reduction Bluetooth Headset
January 17, 2006
This review tests the Gennum nXZEN noise-reduction Bluetooth headset at Grand Central Station.

Whatman, Inc
Assay: Protein Microarrays on Nitrocellulose Slides
January 15, 2006
This tutorial discusses how nitrocellulose-coated slides, such as Whatman FAST Slides, are becoming the slide type of choice for protein array applications.