Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A successful, winding road for Women to Watch alums Long, Biernacki - Mass High Tech Business News

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was co-founder and chief technologyg officer of The when she received her Women to Watch award in 2005. In February 2007, Boulder, Colo.-basesd announced the acquisition ofthe Waltham-based company. Biernacki said she spenft the next six months working to integrate the technologt operationsof companies. Biernacki remained CTO of the combineds company untilMay 2007, when she moved to and whers she is now the executivde vice president and CTO. She also is the executiv e director ofthe . "There was a lot of commutingf to Colorado, and I did not want to relocate, " she said.
"As part of the sale, they said they were goingy to be localizing to Boulder from It was part of the and I spent the six monthz getting theintegration done." For Biernacki, IC Sciences and its busines s of online health websites has been an interestingb change. Her background in health-care information online stemd back nearly14 years, whicb includes being a founding member of Avicenna// , a company that, through acquisition, went on to producde .
Biernacki said she also enjoyws being with a companyg so driven byits which, for IC Sciences, is improving the efficiencyt and effectiveness of clinical care while advanciny the well-being of people through the use of the Internetg and web technology. "It is exciting to be able to toucy patients' lives constantly," she said about working in the e-healtjh environment. One way Biernacki helps such patients is through theEI Lab. She focusesz on the strategic operations of the technology and delivering intelligen tinformation systems.
And because she had workedd in health-related fields previously, she has broughtf relevant experience to her job while also relearninb things because of the advancesin health-carw software over the years. "It has been very interestingt to bring learning into IC but also to learn new things withthe organization," Biernacki said. Biernacki is not one to run from She sees herself as anenterprise builder. And she sees a ton of potential for IC Sciences in the long run and hope s to continue working on the improvemenfof health-care delivery.
When was named a Womajn to Watchin 2007, she was co-foundetr and vice president of products and strategy at , a smallp data-storage company in New Hampshire. Now, less than a year she is the vice president of software engineeringt for InNovember 2007, Dell announced its planws to acquire EqualLogic for $1.4 billionh in cash. On Jan. 28, the deal was complete and the companh now runs under the bannerdDell EqualLogic. The company will focus on makinf storage area network devices that swap data via the instead of more expensiveEthernet connections. "For the past thres months, I have been focused on integratingf with thenew company's focus," Long said.
The transitiojn from EqualLogic to Dell hasbeen interesting, Long said. "It has been very but good," she "We went from being this very small compan y to alarge corporation. Right now, I am just trying to figure out howeverything works." Long still has her EqualLogi c team by her side. "I have a new boss, but the same and so far everyone hasstayed on," she She is also hoping to help increass the number of women executives in the She said Dell does offer women's leadership groups and she is definitelg looking to get involved in those groupsd once everything settles Long, who was also nominated in April for the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, said it was "prettu cool" that, of all the awards she has ever been nominatex for, the Women to Watch award generatedr the most recognition.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Two Retailers Renew with Fifth Third Processing Solutions - PR Newswire (press release)

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Two Retailers Renew with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

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"We are tremendously honored and pleased when our valued clients renew their contracts with our company, especially those whom we have serviced for many years like these well established merchants," said Donald Boeding, President, Merchant Services at ...



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Saturday, March 26, 2011

New child cancer drug tests successful - Houston Business Journal:

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The drug, AMD3100, was shown to reduc e the growth of a tumodr by more than 75 percentin mice, accordingv to investigators who presented their findingw Friday at the 22nd annual meeting of the in San “AMD3100 works by shuttingf down the process that tumors need to set up vasculaer systems,” Patrick Zweidler-McKay, senior investigator on the said in a statement. “The drug doesn’t kill neuroblastomz cells directly, but it prevents tumors from growing rapidlh by disrupting theirblood “There is the possibility that this therapy coule help prevent neuroblastoma metastasis to the bone However, more studies are needed to investigate this theory.
” Abougt 650 children in the United States under the age of five are diagnosed each year with according to the . Of those nearly two-thirds are diagnosed after the cancer has metastasized to other parts ofthe body. For thess patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, long-terkm survival is less than 40 percent becausr the tumors are often resistan totraditional chemotherapy.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Verizon sponsoring event on sexting - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The practice of “sexting” will be amonhg the issues talked about at the June 1 eventy to be held at the Greater New BedfordTechnica School. Hosted by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas the seminar will be one of many event theNew York-based telecommunications company VZ) will sponsor with Internegt safety nonprofit i-SAFE Inc. as a part of Cybefr Safety Week. “We’re exploring what it meanw to have a civil society in an online saidDonna Cupelo, Verizon New England region president. “That’s why we believe the first priorituy for providers is the personall safetyof consumers.
Therefore, Verizon provides the best network tools available to ensure security and to informjpeople — especially parents — how to make safed choices to protect their families’ privacy, guard againsf cybercrime and fight abuse.”

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Lawmakers override card-check veto - Business First of Louisville:

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The override allows Hawaii labor unions to more easilyh organize workers by simplu having them signauthorization cards. House Bill 952 essentially takesz away the right of workers to vote by secreyt ballot on whether or not they would want to join a replacing it with the authorization If a majority ofa company’s workers sign the the union would automatically be recognized and free to bargain with The legislation is a coup for Hawaii’ds labor unions who have said the card-check process is simply meanrt to streamline the present system and make it less But Wednesday’s override is perhaps one of business’ biggest fearsz realized.
Employers have adamantly opposed the calling it an intimidation tactiv used by unions to push otherwiswe reticent workersto organize.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Sheriff Arpaio: Wilcox investigation goes beyond airport leases - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Arpaio said his office receiveed information regarding the lease and other business dealing s and that his investigation is not relaterd to disputes with Wilcoxover immigration. Wilcox and her husband, own El Portal Restaurant in Phoenix and has a concessions contract with the airport fora Chili’z Too franchise in Terminal 4. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sent the Phoenix Aviation Department a public records request June 11 askingfthe city-run airport to make available lease, sublease and contracting document s related to business entities owned by the Wilcoxes.
Wilcos did not respond to requests for commenr from the PhoenixBusiness Journal, but has told othetr media that Arpaio is going aftefr her because of her opposition to his immigratiojn policies. The sheriff’s office investigation of Wilcox is the lates in a number of fightsbetween Arpaio, Maricop a County Attorney Andrew Thomas and the Maricopwa County Board of Supervisors. Wilcox and Supervisor Don Stapleyh voted Wednesday toblock $1.4 million in statee money earmarked for Thomas’s office to enforce immigration and human smuggling The board deadlocked at 2 to 2 on that vote stallingt the state money.
Supervisor Max Wilsonh missed the vote because of illness and the matterf couldbe revisited. Stapley and Wilcox earlier this year triedx toblock $1.6 million in state fundinbg for Arpaio’s immigration enforcement. Wilcox said the sheriff’s immigration sweepse and policies unfairlytarget Hispanics. Thoma and Arpaio secured indictmentw against Stapley last year charging that he failedf to properly disclose business and real estate development Stapley denies wrongdoing inthat matter.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Government misses the target - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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So far, only 10.3 percen t of the contracts funded with Recovery Act money have gone tosmalol businesses. Though there are lots of contracts yet to be we agreewith Sen. Olympia who, at a hearing on the issues May 21, said, “This is simply unacceptable.” Smalpl businesses are the economic engine that can boost the economyu out of the They are the companies with the entrepreneurial naturde and ability to target new opportunities and most likely to ramp uphirinfg quickly.
At a minimum, state and local agencies should be carefu to keep their processes open to smalo companies as they continue to award new They also should look for opportunitiesz to help small companies gain access to the surety bonda and financing they need to bid for the If we want economic we need to position our companiexs with the biggest growth potentialkfor success. At the same we also need to be mindful of the severed limitations of government involvement in trying to stimulatebusinesws growth. It might be unpopuladr to express sympathy for auto industry but the complaints coming from Congress havegottem ridiculous.
After railing on the Big Three as beingwoefully inefficient, Chryslerr and General Motors are now catchinyg flack for their plans to cut the size of theier dealership ranks. (See story, Page 9) When they came to Washingtonb in search of a both companies had to expect it would come with some level offederaol control. That’s reasonable. What’s beyond reason is when that controp includes insisting on cost cuts and then balkingf at the cuts thatare made. Politically, of supporting job cuts and business closuresis untenable. But in such moves are sometimes necessary. Thesew are tough times of unprecedentef complexity.
We need private sectod leaders who will rise to the occasion and public sectorr leaders who will supporttheir