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August 12, 2003 (No.
6)
Nashville TECHNOLOGY News and
Events
Summary supported by NTC Sustaining
Sponsor:
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &
Berkowitz, PC;
Edition Sponsor: Oracle
Corporation.
The week ahead in Nashville:
Registration early-bird discounts end Aug.
18, for NTC's "Overall Security 2003," Nashville
Convention Center, being held Tuesday, Aug. 26th. Speakers
include execs from ITAA, AIG, TN Homeland Security, Cable
& Wireless, HCA, FBI, Akonix, SANS, Praemunio, NIST, CTG
Healthcare Solutions, HMD, Willis, Microsoft and others.
Latest Agenda, details here.
Through Aug. 13, dozens of high-tech
businesses (as well as Corrections Corp., et al) are
exhibiting at Opryland Convention Center for the American
Correctional Association's Congress of Correction. From
Internet and Linux to Locks, CCTV to interComs, Telecom to
Training, Security to Surveillance. Link, here.
The CAD work forNashville's Schermerhorn
Symphony Hall should be 50%
complete by Friday, Aug. 15, according to Paul Scarbrough,
Principal, Akustiks Inc. of
Norwalk, CT; and, Hall construction bidders should get their
first packages in October. Concerts begin in 2006. Scarbrough
told NTC this week that Grozier's Scale Modeling software has
been used by Akustiks (to test the Hall's design); the Hall's
design team employs a Trane tool for
coping with air-handling system noise; and, Insul software
helps isolate sound in the design. The goal? Take every
structural seam, every audience trait into account, to create
the quietest possible space, affording the Symphony conditions
for achieving its greatest "range of expression." Please check
your winter coat, so sound-dampening outerware cannot rob the
room of sound. Tech also shapes Hall's lighting, flooring,
seating.
The Faculty Innovation Profile Project
website is up, promoting exchange of tech and related ideas
with commercial potential. Expect site expansion, September.
FIPP involves Vanderbilt University, Carnegie Fdn., Columbia,
U. Texas, MIT, Northwestern, Penn. State, Texas A&M.
Details at FIPP.
News summary:
Internap Network Services partners with
Speakeasy for Nashville T-1 market, here.
Knoxville-based InRAD uses NIST grant to
for "Automated Knowledge Discovery Systems" that enable U.S.
industry to mine government data to develop competitive
consortia. Knoxville News Sentinel, Aug. 11, here.
Asurion CEO Bret Comolli will address the Oct.
29-30 "NETWORK Showcase of Business & Technology,"
Oct. 29-30, according to announcement by co-hosts Nashville
Technology Council and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Asurion has marketing, operations and call center in Davidson
County. For more on Comolli, click here
(select Management & Board). For more on NETWORK, here.
21e CEO Rick Davis seeks $6 million for new
online network in '04. SESAC
CEO Bill Velez is reported informal advisor. Nashville
Business Journal, 8-8/14, p. 1, here.
RCA Label Gp. parent BMG uses Moviso
to get entertainment to phones. Moviso, here.
BMG, here.
The Oct. 22 agenda calls for keynote
address by Governor Phil Bredesen, plus eight speakers, during
the State of Tennessee OIR's Information
Services Conference in Nashville;
conference, here. OIR RFPs,
here.
Nashvillian Ken Perry's Bulldog IT gives
healthcare providers better access to info, Tennessean, 8/7,
here.
Nashville's American Learning Solutions
and Memorial University-Newfoundland allows RNs to obtain a
Bachelor of Nursing degree online, Aug. 4, details, here.
Nashville Post magazine (Aug 03, p. 8)
reports Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) may be
secondary target for Discovery Life Sciences Fund (Vanderbilt,
MDS Inc., Clayton Associates), which concluded first-round
funding in June, raising $1.5 million, with plans to secure
$75 million to $100 million in second fund. Chris McKinney, VU
director of tech transfer/enterprise development, told NTC
this week the fund's partners are "busy charting the course
for the fund on a larger scale," (and no web presence has not
yet been established for DLSF). McKinney says his point-person
for DLSF is Tom Noland. VU Tech Transfer background, here.
Tennessee Technology Centers' students
will benefit from Tenn. Lottery, Tennessean, 8/10,
here.
Merger? Competition may benefit
customers, as PeerMark and Xceligent battle on mix,
price and margins in the market for commercial information
exchange (CIE) services and research. Nashville Post magazine
(p. 28, Aug 03). Peermark, here.
and Xceligent, here. March 2003
City Paper story on rivalry, here.
Internet-driven political "meetups"
popping-up in middle Tennessee, 23A, 8/10, Tennessean,
here.
Computer-technology camp for college
students results from NSF grant grant to Vanderbilt
Engineering ISIS
institute, UC-Berkeley, Univ. of Memphis, Tennessean, 8/9, 6B,
here. Related
story, here.
Flight simulator "Bluemax" visits
Adventure Science Center, The City Paper, 8/8, p. 26, here.
BellSouth data network service outage,
The Tennessean, 8/6, p. 6B, here.
iPayment buys Card Payment Solutions, Inc. (BW
8/6). The Tennessean, 3E, 8/7, here.
The City Paper, 8/7, here. Also:
Nashville Post magazine (p. 12, Aug. 03) reports
iPayment CEO Greg Daily denies iPayment pursues
merchant-portfolio revenue stemming from pornsite operations.
Microphonics searches for new CEO, as
Gayle departs, 8/6. The City Paper, here.
Tennessean, here. Nashville
Business Journal, 8/8-14/03, here.
TSU
program with IBM, Sun gives students leg-up on JAVA, Nash.
Business Journal, 8/8-14, here.
PENCIL Partner Dell Computer staff delivered
school supplies to Paragon Mills Elem. School, Tennessean,
P.3, DAM, not on web. PENCIL partners history, here.
State of Tennessee relies on eGovernment by
NIC for online tax payments, BusinessWire 8/6, here.
Equinox Information Systems (Nashville)
snags Tampa's Z-TEL for Protector 10 fraud product, here.
TSU announces grant to study minority
representation in science, engineering, Tennessean, 8/6,
p1 DAM. Minority Sciences & Engineering Improvement
program, studies why some HBCUs are better at graduating
sceintists and engineers. Click here.
Nashville Business Journal, 8/8-14/03, p. 19.
"CBTS" or Cincinnati Bell Technology
Solutions is now the identity for Nashville staff of
former Broadwing Technology Solutions, after sale of
Broadwing Communications, The City Paper, p. 22, 8/8, not on
web. CBTS has offices in six cities. Broadwing was bought by
CIII Communications, LLC, a j.v. majority-owned by Columbia,
Md.,-based Corvis Corporation and minority owner Cequel III of St. Louis.
HCA eMar meds admin introduced at
Centennial MC, Nashville Med. News, Aug 03. Available via
link.
Med language SNOMED CT for e-systems
developers, Nash. Med. News Aug 03, here.
NHSIA, here.
Also of
interest:
Nashville Post magazine reports HCA's
termination of its Millennium Accounts Receivable System
(MARS) project, notwithstanding "sunk costs" in software
development, was an unusually smart and agile move for a large
company. HCA found a better solution in moving hospitals'
nonclinical processes through shared-services model, Nashville
Post, p.16, Aug 03. HCA's May 03 MARS announcement, here.
Oracle Sales Consultant
Mark Rabne told the Aug. 7th NTC Tech Round Table that Oracle
Collaboration Suite addresses the problem of employees
having "too many places to look for" e-mail, voice mail,
files, conferencing, and other functions. "Employees have
really become the point-of-integration for all the
applications that IT has thrown at them." Rabne and AdviseX
partner Chris Karl gave the NTC gathering an overview of OCS
2.0 capabilities and some hints about 3.0 (tentative March '04
release). Rabne explained Oracle Collaboration Suite delivers
a "universal in-box" and has "the only real-time calendar on
the market"; voice/text translation and search; and, OCS
"migrates organizations from costly proprietary voicemail
services to the OC Suite." The team mapped Oracle's approach
to integrated virus scanning and security, wireless
connectivity, reducing use of e-mail for file-sharing, and
more. Asked how small a customer can be and still qualify for
the $60/person license, Rabne responded, "One." Following the
evening presentation, Rabne told NTC, "Oracle application
staffers are continually balancing a list of required feature
enhancements and will eventually uptake the Oracle
Collaboration Suite in a future version of the E-Business
Suite." During the presentation, Rabne had mentioned
development of applications in response to Sarbanes-Oxley and
HIPAA mandates among priorities vying for development
resources. Analysts' upgrades of Oracle, Adobe lifted
stock market, NY Times, Aug. 12, here. Oracle, here. Also, Infoworld, here. Loc. Oracle contact,
here.
Been
there: "Paperless office" lecturer found himself with
lawyers in a community auditorium, with no prior arrangement
for I-net connection, NashvillePost.com (sub), here.
Related, TN Bar Assoc., here.
TV News Archive digitization, 8/8: The
City Paper, here.
The Tennessean, p. 5B, 8/8, not on
web.
Healthstream statement shows push toward
web-based Learning Center, 7/29, here.
HealthStream earnings, Tennessean, 7/30, click. Elsewhere:
WebMD seeks capital for acquisitions? NY Times, 8/8, here.
Tennessee Mat Company (Nashville) cited as
Epicor B-Connect EDI solution user, Rel. 8/4, here.
Resources
TN cities' economic development: Nashville
emulates Memphis' Downtown initiative? Tennessean, Aug. 10,
here.
Marketing Chattanooga - Chattanooga Area Chamber asks
execs' views in image survey, here.
Technology replacement, upgrade a major
factor in capital spending, NY Times, 8/10, here.
As Telecom rebounds, eyes are on Cisco,
New York Times, 8/10, here.
Cisco 4Q results, here.
Ernest & Young "Reboot" study (Nov.
2002), by Stephen Almassy, Global Vice-Chair, Technology,
Communications, Entertainment, Ernest & Young, here.
How to survive and thrive amid
retrenchment.
Widespread dissatisfaction with tech
support, CNN, 8/8, here.
Thomas offers advice on outsourcing medical
billings (column), Nash. Med. News, Aug 03, soon, here.
Videogames: After 21 years, Disney issues
"TRON," the game, CNN, 8/8, here.
Experiment shows "six degrees of separation"
in cyberspace, too. CNN, Aug. 8, here.
Computer Associates', other companies'
governance ranked, City Paper, 8/7, p.15. Related, here.
Patent wins creator $30 mil from eBay,
Wash. Post, 8/7, click.
Also:MercExchange, here.
Scheduled:
(Aug. 14) Intellectual Prop. Basics,
Boult Cummings Conners Berry, PLC and Williamson Works, click.
(Aug. 14) AITP Chapter Meeting - Sheraton
Music City Hotel - Certification Testing, Kevin Williams,
Transcender Corp. Contact Mary Simpson, 615-367-8083, msimpson@genesco.com,
or click.
(Aug 15) Global Trade Opportunities for TN
Business, Opryland, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce,
Opryland Hotel, 7:30a-Noon. Free, but registration strictly
required. Click here.
(Aug. 15-17) Chattanooga Software
Symposium, JAVA, Chatt. Convention Center, click.
(Aug. 15 Deadline) TN Tech. Development
Corp. calling for ven-cap proposals for 7th Annual TN
Venture Forum, Nov. 17-18, Chattanooga. Due by Aug. 15.
Presenters will be announced week of 9/29. Visit, here.
(Aug. 16) 'Let's Talk Computers' radio topics,
click.
(Aug. 20) - TN Biotech Assn - Life
Sciences Program speakers include U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, reps
from ORNL Tech Transfer, UT Research Foundation. At SAIC,
Knoxville, details, here.
(Aug. 22-23) Growing & Managing Biotech
Enterprise - Cert. Program, Owen/Vanderbilt, details.
(Aug. 26) 2nd Annual NTC/ISSA 'Overall
Security 2003 Conference', Nash. Conv.
Cntr., details click.
(Aug. 26) Women in Technology of
Tennessee, Dennis Fennessey, CIO, Deloitte &
Touche, details.
(Sept. 2-3) Governor Bredesen's Conference on
Economic Development, Nashville Convention Center. More
info, here. Note: Use
conference ID number: 277UTS
(Sept. 4) NTC Technology Round Table - Carter
Andrews, "Little Planet Learning: How an idea went global
from Nashville." Details, here.
(Sept. 10) Nat'l Assoc. of State Procurement
Ofcls, Hilton Suites, Nashville, includes e-procurement, here.
(Sept. 11) AITP - Sheraton Music City -
Trends in Software Design, Larry Boldt, Borland.
Details, here.
(Sept. 16-17) Winning with Technology,
8th Annual Tech'y Conf/Expo, Knoxville, Tech 2020, click here.
(Sept. 18) Music City Future 50 Awards,
Opryland, register here. 50 List,
Tennessean (7/20), here.
(Sept. 29) Six Sigma Leadership Workshop,
Owen GSM at Vanderbilt, details here.
(Oct. 1-4)
Biomed. Eng. Soc. in Nashville re bioinformatics,
bioengineering, details.
(Oct. 2) Tennessee Biotech Assn., Fall
Membership meeting, Nashville, details, here.
(Oct. 2) NTC Tech Round Table - Donna Hoffman
and Tom Novak, Co-Directors, Sloan Center for Internet
Retailing, Vanderbilt, discuss "Managing the Customer Chain:
From Theory to Practice." Hoffman, Novak will discuss Center
priorities, research findings. Round Table link, here.
(Oct. 5-7) TN Valley Corridor Summit,
"Putting Science, Technology to Work," Chattanooga, click
here.
(Oct. 14-15) "Mid-market Healthcare M&A
conference," Loews, Oct. 14-15. Visit, here and here.
(Oct. 16) AITP -Sheraton Music City - Solving
Small Business's IT Problems. Details, here.
(Oct. 22) State of TN, Infor. Systems
Conference, Nashville Public Library conf. center, here.
(Oct. 29-30) NTC / Chamber - Annual "NETWORK
Showcase of Business & Technology": Networking,
educational tracks -- more than 100 exhibitors already signed,
click.
(Nov. 5-7) Nashville Technology Council,
"Management Skills for IT Professionals," Jay Ress of TMA
Seminars, TN Economic Development Center, 8:30a-4:30p., click.
(Nov. 6) NTC Technology Round Table,
"Sarbanes-Oxley: Risk Assessment and IT responsibility,"
Steve Tisdell, Principal, Nashville Management Group,
register, here.
(Nov. 10-11) Innovation Strategy:
Identifying Barriers to Business, Owen GSM, Vanderbilt, here.
(Nov. 10-12) Healthcare Delivery Solutions
Congress, co-sponsored by NTC, for details, click.
(Nov. 17-19) TN Venture Forum, by TN
Tech. Development Corp., Chattanooga, details, here.
(Dec. 3-5) Tennessee Education Technology
Conference, details here.
(Dec. 4) NTC Technology Round Table, Richard
Rognehaugh, Deputy Commissioner - Office of Information
Resources, State of Tennessee, reception and dinner. Related
resources, here.
For information about Nashville Technology
Council programs, services and sponsorships:
For previous editions of "News of Nashville
Technology," click here.
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