PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Technology Council, in cooperation with IBM developerWorks (IBM’s resource for developers) is hosting a seminar, 8-10 a.m., July 23 at New England Institute of Technology in Warwick. The seminar, part of the RITEC "TechAM" program, will cover trends in enterprise application integration (EAI) and business-to-business (B2B) applications that many organizations are implementing to take advantage of the Internet.
Jack Sommer, executive director of RITEC, said the seminar will help local professionals enhance their knowledge of Web-services technology.
Daniel Halle, who handles IBM regional developer community events in the Northeast, said the seminar will introduce Web services at a practical level and show how they are being used by real customers for EAI and B2B applications. The seminar also will cover how Web services fit emerging technologies such as grid computing and connecting wireless devices, he said.
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Lifespan named a "Most Wired" hospital by magazine
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan, the not-for-profit health system that includes Rhode Island, Miriam, Newport and Bradley hospitals and New England Medical Center, was named as one of the country’s "most wired" health networks by Hospital and Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association.
The award is given annually to 100 hospitals and health systems, based on surveys of their use of high-tech communications. Lifespan’s Internet-based communications technologies include its Lifelinks IT system, a physician-order management system and use of handheld personal digital assistants. The components – part of a six-year, $50 million investment in a new, clinical-information system – were launched last year in an effort to improve patient safety and operational efficiencies.
Lifespan president and CEO George Vecchione said the systems have provided medical professionals with quicker, more convenient access to patient information, while at the same time maintaining patient confidentiality. Lifespan’s system connects all of its hospitals with physician offices and homes.
URI biotech initiative to get federal funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) announced last week that a House subcommittee approved $500,000 for a biotechnology initiative at the University of Rhode Island for the next fiscal year.
URI recently established a biotechnology initiative that involves the hiring of new faculty and the creation of core curriculum for genomics, transgenics, imaging, and bioinformatics to support the addition of molecular capabilities to the research and educational programs of the existing faculty. URI has been identified as the site to conduct innovative research, create new products and train students for employment in the biotech industry.
The funding still is pending action in the Senate and final approval by a conference of House and Senate Appropriations Committee members. If approved, the funding would be included in the Department of Agriculture’s budget for fiscal 2003, which begins Oct. 1.
Colorado tech firm wins RI contract
BOULDER, Colo. – The Rhode Island Department of Corrections awarded Boulder, Colo.-based BI Inc. a three-year contract for technology to supervise probationers, parolees and low-risk prisoners who are released to community supervision. BI, which provides offender-monitoring and supervision technologies, has had the contract for the past decade.
As part of the contract, BI will supply the department with HomeGuard 200, its offender-monitoring system that tracks the absence or presence of an offender in the home through use of an ankle bracelet and transmitter. Other services include Sobrietor, BI’s remote alcohol-testing device that remotely monitors an offender for alcohol use, and JurisMonitor, a radio-frequency system to prevent domestic violence.
Amgen-Immunex deal complete
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Amgen Inc. announced July 16 that it completed its $11.1 billion acquisition of drug maker Immunex Corp., which is in the process of building a $500 million, 500,000-square-foot facility in West Greenwich to produce its blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel. Another 450,000-square-foot facility has been retrofitted and is set to begin producing Enbrel next year, following regulatory approval.
The acquisition is not expected to affect plans for the West Greenwich operations, officials from the companies said. By the time the new facility is operational, targeted for 2005, Amgen expects to employ 700 people at the site.
Log On America files for bankruptcy
WILMINGTON, De. – Log On America, the Providence-based Internet service provider, filed for bankruptcy protection July 12 to eliminate $10 million in debt. The company, which had announced its intent to file on July 8, listed assets of $4.31 million and debts of $16 million in a Chapter 11 petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
(Compiled from news reports and releases.)
