Emerson set to Acquire Avocent for $1.2 billion

InformationWeek.com has reported that Emerson is planning to acquire Avocent for $1.2 billion. The purchase will enable Emerson to offer total infrastructure management solutions to data center customers.

Emerson's Network Power unit offers data center solutions including: power systems, energy management and precision cooling. Avocent provides a mix of data center hardware, software and embedded technologies. The companies see the combination as a "powerful combination," according to Avocent CEO Mike Borman.

David N. Farr, Emerson Chairman, CEO and President said in a statement: "Combining Avocent's technologies, relationships and installed base with Emerson's power and cooling presence allows us to offer a more compelling solution to our data center customers' most pressing challenge -- energy efficiency."

St. Louis-based Emerson Electric Co. reported data center-related revenues at about $2.6 billion of its total $25 billion in FY 2008 sales. The company is set to acquire Avocent Corp. for $1.2 billion (22 percent more than Avocent stock's last closing price).

Click here to read the full story on InformationWeek.com.

Dell will offer EMR solutions to help doctors and hospitals make the digital transition

Dell announced this week that it is rolling out a package of hardware, software and support to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records (EMRs). EMR adoption is one of the key aims of current government health care reform initiatives, most notably the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) whose goal is to have fully electronic records for every American by 2014.

The goals of reducing costs and error in health care have been long-sought with EMRs, but so far systems have fallen short and the cost and complications around adopting electronic systems have prevented many doctors and hospitals from bothering to "upgrade" from paper records.

Dell’s EMR solution is supposed to remove these barriers from EMR adoption -- allowing either the hospital or Dell partner to host the solution, and including Dell hardware and third-party applications in one package. Providers who use this (or other) solution to transition to electronic records would be eligible under the ARRA to receive bonus payments.

Adopting EMRs is a big part of current health reform efforts, yet those who have adopted them without properly supporting them with other health IT systems have found that they are largely subject to many of the same pains experienced with paper records - human error; incomplete, inconsistent and untimely records; and lack of communication across the continuum of care.

While this is a somewhat different topic, it's worth mentioning that supporting EMRs with advanced data capture technologies to ensure that the data is accurate, reliable and timely is a worthwhile investment for those considering (or who have already adopted) electronic medical records.

For more information on automatic data capture solutions to support EMR systems, contact our RFID team, or visit our Health Care RFID Web site.

Study: 2 in 3 IT Managers budgeting for cloud computing

A newly released study by Applied Research, West finds that 66 percent of IT managers have already dedicated budgets for cloud computing, and 71 percent expect their cloud computing budgets to increase over the next two years. 250 IT managers of enterprise-level companies were surveyed by phone in the study on enterprise adoption of cloud computing, sponsored by F5 Networks.

Eighty-two percent of respondents said that they are involved in a trial, implementation or use of public clouds, while 83 percent reported being in one of these phases with private clouds.

For more information on the findings of the study, see this Information Week article on the topic.

Contact Dynamic about a 15% discount on Windows 7 Professional upgrade licenses

The Windows Team Blog announced this week that the company is offering discounts for businesses to upgrade to Windows 7.

Effective Sept. 1, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010:

15% discount on Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade licenses.

"If you have an active Software Assurance agreement or purchase one with your Windows 7 Professional upgrade licenses or new PCs with Windows 7 Professional, you can deploy Windows 7 Enterprise," states the blog.

Upgrade discounts are available from Vista or XP Professional.

Contact Dynamic to take advantage of this discount or to learn more.
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