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AMERICANS CONTINUE TO DIE FROM PREVENTABLE INJURIES.
An estimated 200,000 Americans will die needlessly from preventable medical mistakes and hospital infections this year, according to "Dead By Mistake," a wide-ranging Hearst national investigation, . . .

NURSES TO BENEFIT FROM NEW CMS NEVER EVENTS RESOURCE AREA.
Elsevier, a world leader in healthcare and medical publishing and online solutions, today announced the availability of a new online tool within Mosby's Nursing Consult designed to help nurses preve . . .

PARASCRIPT WINS ONLINE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION COMPETITION.
Parascript, LLC, Boulder, Colo., the image analysis and pattern recognition technology provider, today announced that its SignatureOnline was awarded best performance for online signature verificati . . .

TECHSTREET, SIGNS NEW PACT TO DISTRIBUTE NEMA STANDARDS.
Thomson Reuters, Ann Arbor, Mich., has announced that Techstreet (www.techstreet.com) has signed an agreement to distribute standards from the Association of Electrical and Medical Imaging Equipment . . .

CA ERWIN DATA MODELING SUITE NAMED TO SD TIMES 100.
CA (NASDAQ:CA), Islandia, N.Y., has been named to the prestigious SD Times 100 based on product innovation and continued leadership in the software development community with its CA ERwin Data Model . . .

SENSAGE UNVEILS CLOUD-BASED EVENT DATA WAREHOUSE OFFERING.
SenSage, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has unveiled its latest event data warehouse software, SenSage 4.5, bringing the full power of unlimited, elastic storage and processing to cloud- based event d . . .

HEALTHDATA LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF WEB-BASED PORTAL.
Billian's HealthDATA(TM) has launched the latest version of their web-based Portal. The HealthDATA Portal provides anytime, anywhere access to extensive information on healthcare organizations. The . . .

BLUEPHOENIX COMPLETES IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX), a leader in value-driven IT legacy modernization solutions, has announced that it has completed a major IT modernization project for Export-Import Bank of the U . . .

72% OF AMLAW 100 FIRMS NOW USE COMPULAW RULES DATABASES.
CompuLaw LLC, Los Angeles, Calif., publisher of calendar/docket matter management software with built-in court rules databases, has announced that 72% of AmLaw 100 firms now rely on CompuLaw court r . . .

SHOWCASE TECHNOLOGY ACQUIRES ASSETS OF KIOSK LOGIX.
Showcase Technology, Torrance, Calif., (formerly Showcase Business Centers), the leader in providing automated Internet, copy, FAX and scan services, recently announced that it has acquired Kiosk Lo . . .

LOGLOGIC LAUNCHES DATABASE SECURITY MANAGER.
LogLogic, San Jose, Calif., the log management leader, has launchedLogLogic Database Security Manager. The solution is the first database security product to provide deep database activity monitorin . . .

CA UNVEILS DATACOM RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT R12.
CA (NASDAQ:CA), Islandia, N.Y., has unveiled CA Datacom(R) r12, a new version of its high-performance/high-availability relational database management system that helps customers cost-effectively sc . . .

CONTINUENT LAUNCHES TUNGSTEN EASY SUITE FOR MYSQL.
Continuent, Inc., San Jose, Calif. a provider of commercial open source solutions for continuous data availability, advanced database replication and scale-out solutions, has launched a suite of Con . . .

VERTICA ANALYTIC DATABASE 3.0 DEBUTS AT TDWI.
Vertica, Chicago, has announced a major release of the Vertica Analytic Database at the TDWI Conference with new performance, analytic and security features designed to make it the analytic data man . . .

QFORMA LAUNCHES NEW DATABASE TO FIND MEDICAL EXPERTS.
Qforma, Santa Fe, N.M., an advanced analytics and predictive modeling company, is launching a new quarterly health feature called "Most Influential Doctors," or MID, presented by USA TODAY. The firs . . .

CAS LAUNCHES FREE WEB-BASED RESOURCE "GENERAL CHEMISTRY".
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society and the most comprehensive and authoritative source of chemical information, has launched a new, free, web-based resourc . . .

XENNEX RELEASES GENECARDS 3.O BETA.
Xennex, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has announced a major leap for GeneCards(R) with the release of Version 3.0 beta, available at http://www.genecards.org/v3. Qforma, Santa Fe, N.M., an advanced anal . . .

PIXMANIA.COM CHOOSES MYTHINGS AS TARGETING VENDOR.
Having successfully delivered a significant increase over non- customised online ads, Pixmania.com, London, has selected MyThings to manage and deliver the company's behavioural targeting ad campaig . . .

SERVRIGHT ACQUIRES DATA BUSINESS SYSTEMS' CONTRACT DATABASE.
Alexandria, Va. Steve Ridenhour, CEO of ServRight, the leading North American vendor-independent technical services provider, has announced the company has completed the purchase of the service cont . . .

PYADES UNVEILS NEW IMAGE DATABASE TECHNOLOGY "SIMAPIC".
Until now image databases had a decisive disadvantage compared to conventional databases: the images could not be allocated specific search parameters without additional work. Searching for images h . . .

EPA PRESENTS RESULTS FROM CALIPER LIFE'S TOXCAST SCREENING.
Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALP), Hopkinton, Mass., a provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, has announced that the United States Environmental Protec . . .

ORACLE LAUNCHES "SALES READINESS INITIATIVE" FOR PARTNERS.
Continuing its commitment to build business with partners, Oracle has announced the Sales Readiness Verification initiative for Oracle partners in North America with proven expertise in Oracle(R) Fu . . .

TOP FIVE PITFALLS WHEN SECURING RETAIL CARDHOLDER DATA.
Cloakware Inc., Vienna, Va., the provider of proven software solutions for securing consumer and enterprise digital assets, has identified the top five pitfalls that the retail industry needs to be . . .

ACCESS MICROSOFT EXCEL SPREADSHEETS FROM WINDOWS MOBILE HANDHELD.
SYWARE, Inc., Cambridge , Mass., a leading developer of intuitive database tools for business and personal productivity, has extended its popular database development software, Visual CE[1] and mEna . . .

SPRESI REACTION DATABASE JOINS SYMYX REACTION DATABASES.
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX), Sunnyvale, Calif., has announced that the SPRESI structure and reaction database from InfoChem GmbH is now available to chemists via the Symyx Isentris(r) da . . .

ACCESS SYMYX METABOLIC DATABASE VIA SYMYX ISENTRIS.
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX), Sunnyvale, Calif., has announced that the latest release of the Symyx Metabolite database- the largest and most comprehensive collection of drug metabolism d . . .

KX EXPANDS INTO ASIA.
Kx Systems, Palo alto, Calif., a leader in high-performance database and timeseries analysis, has opened an Asian office to headed by Chris Burke. Chris has many years' experience in IT, where his . . .

CLOAKWARE WARNS TO RE-EVALUATE DATACENTER SECUIRTY.
In light of major security breaches, Cloakware Inc., Vienna, Va., the provider of proven software solutions for securing business and digital assets, is cautioning large organizations to re-evaluate . . .

CHINA EDUCATION ALLIANCE UNVEILS "360 EMPLOYMENT DATABASE".
China Education Alliance, Inc. (OTC:CEUA) (BULLETIN BOARD: CEUA) ("China Education Alliance"), a leading distributor of educational resources, offering high quality programs and training both throug . . .

PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTION ADDED TO MORNINGSTAR DIRECT.
Morningstar, Inc., Chicago, (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, has launched its latest version of Morningstar Direct(SM), a Web-based global research platform tha . . .

SECOND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY.
A second former State Department employee pleaded guilty to illegally accessing hundreds of confidential passport application files, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Crimin . . .

COMPANIES JOIN FORCES TO SAVE ONE MILLION TREES.
Three Internet-based companies have started a campaign to save 1 million trees in 2009. PerfSpot, Yovia, and the Privacy Council have created a new type of opt-in marketing registry that consumers c . . .

MARC RECORDS CONVERSION COMPLETE FOR NEWARK LIBRARY.
Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL), providing conversion services and software to publishers, industry, government, libraries and documentation developers, has announced the completion of a majo . . .

SOLANO COUNTY LIBRARY PROVIDES INFORMATION TO WEATHER ECONOMY.
Solano County Library, Fairfield, Calif., is offering several financial programs to inform the public on the current financial climate, and provide information and tips for weathering present econom . . .

CMAI ANALYZES EVOLVING CHLOR-ALKALI MARKET DYNAMICS.
Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI), Houston, has announced the completion of the 2009 Chlor-Alkali Analysis, an annual global study covering the future outlook for supply, demand, production, c . . .

FORTENT JOINS IBM SAAS SPECIALTY PARTNER PROGRAM.
As the financial sector seeks to contain risk and rising compliance costs in the wake of unprecedented industry pressures, Fortent has joined the IBM Software as a Service (SaaS) Specialty to delive . . .

CRT SELECTS BANCTEC SOLUTIONS TO AUTOMATE LUNCHEON VOUCHERS.
BancTec, Inc., Paris, a global provider of advanced, high volume document and payment processing solutions and services, has announced that the French Centrale de Reglement des Titres (CRT) has depl . . .

SEI RELEASES 2009 FAS 87 DISCLOSURE ASSUMPTION RSEARCH.
Despite current market conditions and returns for 2008, plan sponsors should not drastically adjust Return On Asset (ROA) assumptions for 2009, according to SEI's 2009 update of an annual research s . . .

STARTUPSNETWORK.COM LAUNCHES DATAOPEDIA.COM FOR WEBSITE INFO.
Startups.com Network (http://www.startupsnetwork.com/) has launched Dataopedia.com (http://dataopedia.com/), a web service that provides the most complete information about websites available on the . . .

CLRN APPROVES CTB/MCGRAW-HILL'S WRITING ROADMAP.
CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monteray, Calif., a national leader in K-12 and adult education assessment solutions, has announced that its premiere Web-based classroom writing assessment solution Writing Roadmap . . .

PASSWARE EXPOSES PRIVATE DATA INDEXED BY WINDOWS SEARCH.
Passware, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., the expert in cryptanalysis, has introduceds a new evidence discovery solution for Windows Vista, XP, and Server 2003. Passware Search Index Examiner makes all . . .

EMC DRIVES INCREASE EFFICIENCY ACROSS ORACLE ENVIRONMENTS.
Customers of all sizes are looking to information infrastructure to help them cost effectively and efficiently store, manage, and protect data across their Oracle application, middleware and databas . . .

NEW WAY TO PREDICT LETHAL FLU OUTBREAKS.
WHO and CDC have stated that the predictive accuracy of their annual formulations for human influenza vaccines is "suboptimal" -- often correct less than 50% of the time, especially for seniors. Per . . .

REGSCAN UNVEILS NEW REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SERVICE.
RegScan, Inc., Williamsport, Pa., has unveiled its new, industry-leading regulatory compliance service, RegScan GCS 2.0. With new patent-pending technology and more than 15 new tools, RegScan has re . . .

FILEMAKER LAUNCHES BENETO 2 HOLIDAY PACK.
FileMaker, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., has announced the Bento 2 Holiday Pack, a fast and easy way to get organized for the holidays that's completely free! Download it now at http://www.filemaker.co . . .

CONTINUENT LAUNCHES TUNGSTEN SCALE-OUT STACK.
Continuent, Inc., San Jose, Calif., a leading provider of commercial open source middleware solutions for database replication and scale-out, has launched its Tungsten scale-out stack. Continuent Tu . . .

NUTRITIONDATA.COM UNVEILS "MY ND" ONE-STOP NUTRITION FEATURE.
NutritionData.com, New York, has created "My ND," a new feature that allows users to manage their own nutrition by giving them a one-stop destination for logging and tracking all of their personaliz . . .

DATA EXPLORERS LAUNCH STOCK MONITORING SERVICE.
Data Explorers has launched a new monitoring service (http://www.dataexplorers.com/rsm) covering all stocks with short selling restrictions recently applied by the SEC and FSA. These stocks now requ . . .

COREMEDIA PROVIDES ACCESS TO ECM MEDIA FROM COREDIRECT.
Entertainment Communications Network, Inc. (ECN) and COREMedia Systems, Inc. (CORE) have jointly announced that ECN's media services for advertising agencies are now directly available through CoreD . . .

MHA RELEASES RXPERTISE DATABASE CONVERSION UTILITY.
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA), Florham Park, N.J. the largest Alternate Site Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) in the country, has announced the immediate availability of a database c . . .