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NASHVILLE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
(NTC)
News of Nashville
Technology
Wednesday, January 14, 2004 (No.
25)
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Next edition: January 28,
2004
UPFRONT:
The State of Tennessee's
long-anticipated, multi-year statewide Premise Wiring
and Cabling Services contract, valued in its first year
at an estimated $7 Million, seems likely to go to
Black Box Network
Services(SBC Project
Number 529/000-06-03).
State Building Commission on Jan. 8 approved State
Architect Mike Fitts' recommendation that the "best
evaluated proposal" was from Black Box Network Services,
a Pittsburgh firm with more than 20 years' midstate
presence, with offices in Murfreesboro, Nashville. The
award could happen as early as Friday, Jan. 16th.
A TN Economic & Community
Development spokesman told NTC yesterday that E&CD
may be within two weeks of selecting its first Director
of Technology, the leader who will be charged with
promoting Tennessee's tech resources and other duties.
Job description, here.
CLARCOR Inc.'s relocation to Nashville from
Rockford, IL, means that Pete Nangle, VP - Information
Services & CIO, will soon relocate to Nashville,
which he has often visited. CLARCOR's IT operations are
decentralized globally, but Nangle says his relatively
small headquarters tech staff will manage worldwide core
functions, including E-commerce, payroll, finance, and
security. CLARCOR release, Jan. 8, here. Nash. Bus. Journal, Jan. 8, here.
Associated Press via Knox. News Sentinel, Jan. 10, here.
Chamber/Governor's release, Jan. 8, here.
Tennessean, Jan. 9, here. The
City Paper, Jan. 9, here.
Jeff Duncan, Louisiana
Pacific Corp.'s VP-CIO, has begun
his relocation to Nashville. He's the only IT staff
member that LP currently plans to relocate from
Portland. For background on this corporate headquarters
move, see Oct. 7 news summary.
Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz
says unique licks will fuel market for digital
guitars, Associated Press via Knox. News Sentinel,
Jan. 10, here. Gibson site, here.
Former Advocat exec Rinne offers Career
Imaging's vid-embedded resumes for jobseekers, Nash.
Bus. Journal, p. 1, Jan. 9, here.
Metro
Schools IT resources
grow stronger: Nashville's
public schools expect to turn on the district's new
Library Management System, now being implemented by
The Library
Corp. (Inwood, WVa.) by the end of
February. TLC got the assignment in October. At the same
time, 4GL School
Solutions (Towson, Md.) is preparing for
a pilot this spring with participating Metro teachers,
who will be provided support for development of
individualized education plans (IEPs). Meanwhile, Chancery (BC
Canada) continues to implement the massive Student
information and management system for Nashville's Metro
Schools; and, Metro's high schools are expected to use
SMS for registering students for the 04-05
schoolyear.
This Friday brings Nashville's 2nd
Wildcard of the winter, when student-entrepreneurs
participate in a special round of the prestigious
national Venture Capital Investment
Competition; teams are from
Arizona, Georgetown, Georgia, Notre Dame, Purdue, Wake
Forest. Visit the Wildcard page here, or
write Owen GMS host team member Doug Owen here.
GOVERNMENT:
Later today, the State's data-entry
services RFP
03-110 is likely to
produce a best-evaluated proposer from among bidders:
Knoxville Computer Corp.; Office at Home Enterprises
Inc. (OffSite Works); AST Medical Services/Internet
Medical Billing Services; Health Data Inc.; The Data
Entry Company (TDEC); Genesis Inc.; Empower Facility
Services. A note regarding the notification of bidders
may be posted this morning here.
On Monday (1/12), Gartner
Inc. learned it had been
identified as the best-evaluated proposer responding
to Tennessee OIR's RFP 317.03-109 for IT research and advisory services.
Other bidders were Forrester Research, META Group,
Jupiter
Research.
Monday, also, the State's salient
Powerbuilder RFP 03-111
attracted bids from PowerObjects, Inc.; Sybase;
Drexel Technical, Inc.; Computer Aid, Inc.; HCL
Technologies (Mass.), Inc.; Digital Fusion Solutions,
Inc.; Comforce; SCB Computer Technology, Inc.; KBM;
Zycron Computer Services, Inc.; Majestic Systems
Integration, Inc. Evaluation expected this
week.
Metro Schools seeks a technology
partner to manage employment applications; questions
on RFP due by Friday; bidders conference Jan. 20,
proposals currently due by Feb. 7. RFP 03-180.
Metro Nashville's RFP 03-168 for an
array of IT services has an amended deadline for
proposals: Jan. 26, RFP here.
TN State Finance and Administration
seeks comments on the State's
RFP and bidding processes; see invitation for
comments here, due before February 3.
MISSING OUT ON
BID-NESS?Tennessee IT
contracting and purchasing actions are always underway,
somewhere. E.g., Computer Voice Stress Analyzer services
(205-1645) went to National Institute for Truth
Verification (NITV); Wincati CI-3 call-center support
purchases (-1642) went to Sawtooth Technologies. Other
recent actions: Call Management IS services (-0506), to
Applied Digital Solutions; PDA Systems and Peripherals
(-0611), to Pomeroy Computer; Palm PDA purchases
(-1576), to Ergonomics Group and SAI Corp. Note:
Wireless Communications Devices bids (-1910) will open
Jan. 15, while Thin Client bids (-1619) will open Jan.
30th. Use RFP/ITB-monitoring links provided below, and
check back issues of this news
summary.
Humble, Shipkowski says Homeland
Security grants will be easier to get for Mid-Tn
counties buying technology, communications, equipment,
training, Tennessean, Jan. 10, 1B, here.
TennCare fraud not widespread,
according to interpretation of ChoicePoint and other
analyses, Tennessean, p. 3B, Jan. 13, here. See also NTC news summary of Jan. 7 for
more on ChoicePoint work, here.
Tennessee House of Representatives will
present some legislative sessions via streaming
video, NashvillePost.com, Jan. 12; link to House
video, here.
TN Atty Gen Summers challenges TRA's
allowing BellSouth tariffs to go into effect without
hearings, Tennessean, 3E, Jan. 10, here. BellSouth seeks local-service rate hike,
Chattanooga Times Free Press, C1, Jan. 10, (sub and
search) here. U.S.
Supreme Court ruling favors Regional phone companies,
Commercial Appeal, Jan. 14, scroll down here. Wall
Street Journal, Jan. 14, (sub) here.
IBM-Dollar General sales and purchases
apparently questioned by SEC, Tennessean, 1E, Jan. 10, and 6E, Jan. 9. Nash.
Bus. Journal, Jan. 9.
Dollar General statement.
IBM Statement here.
Federal grand jury continues probe of
Sundquist-era contracts, including technology
services, Tennessean, 4B, Jan. 8, here. AP via Knox. News Sentinel, Jan. 9,
here.
Reporter notes Metro Government's web
site has no easily navigable page for public-meetings
schedules; but, between the Metro site here and the Metro 3 government-access
television page here, you can
find most meetings, Tennessean, Jan. 11, 19A, scroll
down here.
New Department of Safety Title and
Registration User System (TRUST) will facilitate car
titling statewide, Tennessean, 4B, Jan. 9, here.
IRS employees in Nashville will be
eliminated through back-office consolidation at
Memphis, other centers, Tennessean, Jan. 9, 4B,
here. Related: Memphis Commercial Appeal,
here. IRS
restructuring, Washington Post, here.
Rep. Bart Gordon says President's space
agenda seems "logical, affordable, doable,"
Washington Post, Jan. 10, here. Gordon's earlier elevation to ranking
Dem on Space-Science Committee, release here. More on
Gordon's committee rise, Tennessean, scroll columns
Jan. 11 &
Dec.
21.
SAIC will serve Huntsville, other NASA
installations under $826 Million contract, NASA
here.
GAO advises rescinding EDS
contract, Jan. 6, Washington Post, here.
Don't put Internet into hands of any
government, Tennessean editorial, Dec. 29, 10A,
here.
Friends of Radnor Lake employ GIS
technologies to preserve Radnor Lake State Natural
Area, Tennessean, 1B, Dec. 27.
VENTURES / ENTERPRISE:
Save the date: Nashville Capital
Network's program on raising
outside capital, Wednesday, Feb. 18, will feature
discussion by well established entrepreneurs, investors
and service partners. For further details, write Sid Chambless, NCN executive director. 5:30 p.m.-7:00
p.m., Averbuch Auditorium, Owen GSM, Vanderbilt.
Stites & Harbison absorbs Larson
& Taylor intellectual property firm in
Alexandria, Va., Nash. Bus. Journal, P. 1, Jan. 9,
here. Stites release, here.
Southeast Capital Partners, formerly
TennesSeed Fund, succumbs to shortage of capital,
Rogers of Tech2020 vows to stay in the venture-capital
field, Knox. News Sentinel, Jan. 12, here.
Private Business Jan. 19th shareholder
vote, Tennessean, Dec. 30, here. Private Business inks ClubCorp for
inventory analysis/planning, NBJ, Jan. 8, here. Related
story, Tennessean, Jan. 9, here.
Nashville's PuzzleVision offers "The
American Presidents," DVD-based interactive historic
trivia, Tennessean, Jan. 12, here.
Tarver at helm, LBMC launches eHealth
Solutions, Nashville Medical News, p. 3, Jan. 04,
scroll through here. Related, scroll Nov. 25 summary, here.
Salix Ventures leads $8.6 million
investment in Ancillary Care Management, p. 3, Nash.
Bus. Journal, Jan. 9, here.
Council Ventures relocates to 2d Avenue
from AmSouth Center, Nash. Bus. Journal, Jan. 9,
here.
More funding to Essent, The City
Paper, Jan. 9.
PARTNERSHIPS, DEALS, APPOINTMENTS,
RECOGNITION:
Metro's Stratford High School IT
Academy (SITA) is helping to groom
Nashville's next generation of IT professionals,
thanks to partnership with CITE and support of National Science
Foundation. SITA offers concentrations in networking,
hardware and cabling technology (CISCO), Web design,
Networking Operating Systems. The Academy's inauguration
party is Jan. 22, 7 p.m., Stratford High School, 1800
Stratford Ave. (37216), maps here. For
more info, write Newt Rowland, here.
Nashvillian Lori Jones has been tapped
to serve in a new post, director-information technology
for Bridgestone Diversified Products, headquartered
near Indianapolis. She previously served as
manager-E-commerce for Nashville-based
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire. As of Jan. 9,
no decision had been announced regarding whether or not
Jones' former E-commerce job here would be filled.
Related broader article, Tennessean, Jan. 9, p. 6E,
here.
Sheryl Myers has joined NotifyMD as
vice president-marketing and business development,
Tennessean, 4E, Jan. 11, scroll here.
Paul Johnson named business analyst at
SmartDM, release Dec. 22, here. Nash. Bus. Journal, p. 13, Jan. 9.
Tennessean, Jan. 11, 4E, scroll here.
Mary Beth Crowe, a certified
programmer/web-component developer, joined Healthcare
Management Systems Inc., supporting marketing/sales,
Tennessean, scroll here.
Avondale Partners LLC hires eight,
Nash. Bus. Journal, Jan. 8. Tennessean, Jan. 9 scroll here.
Judy Girard, formerly president of the
Food Network, is relocating to Nashville to lead the
Nashville-based Shop At Home network, also owned by E.W.
Scripps Co. Release, Jan. 12, here.
EAST / WEST TENN &
REGION:
Jim Phillips will depart leadership of
FedEx Institute of Technology at University of
Memphis, tells NTC he's looking at private-sector
leadership opportunities in both new and existing
ventures. Related story, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jan.
10, here. Earlier Information Week recognition of
Phillips' national influence, here. Knox.
News Sentinel item, Jan. 12, here.
Clarity (Plantronics)
hearing-technologies maker chooses Chattanooga over its
California site, Jan. 12, release here.
Knoxville's Direct Integration
Specialists opens office in Chattanooga,
Chattanoogan, Jan. 12, here.
Bechtel's IT mover-and-shaker Fred
Wettling loves the Oak Ridge/ORNL region, Knox. News
Sentinel, Jan. 12, here.
Knoxville's Regal Entertainment Group
selects Fujitsu Transaction Solutions for POS, Jan.
12, release here.
NextWave
Learning is the new
name of the Chattanooga-based firm previously known
as abccomputerlearning.com, all of which remains a
business of Market Analysis & Research Systems, LLC,
(MARS). Times Free Press, G2, Jan. 11, here.
First Tennessee's First Horizon
Merchant Services unit buys DirectNet loyalty and
gift-card system from POS/ware, Commercial Appeal, Jan.
13, scroll here.
FedEx economist sees strong '04 for
economy, but higher long-term unemployment,
Commercial Appeal, Jan. 14, here.
RESOURCES:
OFFSHORING: America's IT execs view
offshoring with alarm, push new Computer Systems Policy
Project, San Jose
Mercury News, Jan. 8, here. the
executives' report, here and
background on the CEO alliance, here. SJ Merc-News
columnist expresses cynicism, SJ Merc News, Jan. 9,
here.
HIGH TECH INITIATIVES: Baltimore lures biotech. New
York puts $620 Million into breeding
tech jobs. Utah
invests $470 Million to have 'best fiber-optic net' in
the nation.
MICROSOFT security patches released
yesterday leave questions, Washington Post, Jan. 13,
here.
Moberly of Knowledge Protection
Strategies (Memphis) says business must protect
information assets, Memphis Bus. Journal, Jan. 12,
here.
Nashville songwriters feeling
file-sharing leaves them "on the Titanic," mention,
New York Times, Jan. 5, here.
___________________
IT'S BACK!
The NTC & WilliamsonWorks TECH AFTER HOURS, Tuesday,
Jan. 27th, 2004- Franklin
Marriott Cool Springs, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Join NTC's
most popular business networking and exhibit event.
Register now to establish your company's presence in
this high-energy gathering of tech execs. The details
are right here!
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Monitoring Metro and State Requests for
Proposals and Bids
State of Tennessee:
Tennessee Lottery, here.
Lottery procurement policies, here.
Capital Projects Management,here.
University of
Tennessee:
University of Tennessee purchasing, here. UT
contracts list, here.
TN Board of Regents IT Contracts, here.
Cities/Counties:
Metro Nashville/Davidson County, here.
City of Memphis, here. Shelby
County, here.
City of Chattanooga, here.
Scheduled
Events:
(Jan. 15) InfraGard of MidTN: Andy
Bedlack, Wackenhut Security on "Physical Security,"
Belmont's Massey School of Business, 4th floor. 2-4
p.m., details here.
* (Jan. 16) Wildcard round of the
national Venture Capital Investment Competition at
Owen Graduate School of Management.
* (Jan. 20) President George Bush,
State of the Union
Address.
* (Jan. 22) Stratford High School IT
Academy inauguration. See Partnerships,
above.
(Jan. 27) Tech
After Hours networking event
returns, Jan. 27th! Cohosted by NTC/WilliamsonWorks,
Cool Springs Marriott, from 4:30 p.m. Events details,
here. Exhibit info, write here.
Registration, here.
(Jan. 27) NE Tennessee Technology
Council annual meeting, 8 a.m., Kingsport, details
here.
Speaker: James Human, Data Solutions Mgr., Verizon
Wireless.
* (Jan. 27) Martin Luther King
Celebration Lecture, Vanderbilt School of
Engineering, Dr. Lonnie Sharpe Jr., Massie Chair of
Excellence, Tennessee State Univ. re: need for more
minority students in engineering, science, mathematics.
"Turning yesterday's dreams into Tomorrow's realities,"
4 p.m., Featheringill Hall, Room 134, 400 24th St. S.,
VU campus.
* (Jan. 27) Women in Technology of
Tennessee(WiTT): Members- and prospective
members-only luncheon to discuss planning and related.
For info, write Colleen Grissom or
call (615) 876-6699.
(Jan 28) - East TN Tech Council,
Alan Hammersmith, CIO at CTI Molecular Imaging, "Taming
Killer Projects," details here or
contact marlow@tech2020.org
or (865) 220-2020.
(Feb. 2) Tennessee Governor Phil
Bredesen's "State of the State
Address."
* (Feb. 5) NTC Tech Roundtable,
Presenting: David DeBusk, AVP-IT Strategy at BMI,
University Club, Vanderbilt.
(Feb. 12) AITP Nashville -Implementing
Enterprise Wide Software, Neal Ashmun - Gallagher
Financial Systems, Sheraton Music City Hotel, details
here.
* (Feb. 18)Nashville Capital
Network panel
discussion on raising capital will include
established entrepreneurs, investors and service
partners. For further details, write here. 5:30 p.m.-7:00
p.m., Averbuch Auditorium, Owen GSM, Vanderbilt.
(Feb. 25) East TN Tech Council,
Jeff Wadsworth, Director of Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., details or
contact marlow@tech2020.org
or (865) 220-2020.
(March 4) NTC Tech Roundtable,
University Club, Vanderbilt.
(March 11) AITP Nashville - Field
Trip,Tennesse Titans, Russ Hudson, IT Director,
Sheraton Music City Hotel, details here.
(April 1) NTC Tech Roundtable,
University Club, Vanderbilt.
(April 8) AITP Nashville - Starting
Your Own IT Business, Bob Chaput - American
Technology Group, Sheraton Music City Hotel, details
here.
* (April 13-14) Clinical IT Bootcamp,
Vanderbilt Center for Better Health, details here.
(May 6) NTC Tech Roundtable,
University Club, Vanderbilt.
(June 1-3) Tennessee Valley Corridor
Summit,
Knoxville.
(June 3) NTC Tech Roundtable,
University Club, Vanderbilt.
(2004) Owen GSM Vanderbilt University,
Executive Programs Calendar here.
Nashville Technology
Council
For information about Nashville Technology
Council programs, services and sponsorships:
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