Archive for the ‘TECHNOLOGY & TELECOM – Market Sector’ Category

Team-member NVision wins contract from NOAA

by MBJ Staff Published: March 14,2013

Tags: contract, federal agency, geospatial, mapping, meterology, technology, Weather

HANCOCK COUNTY — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a team, including NVision Solutions Inc., a contract to provide technical support services for the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). Signed during NVision’s third fiscal quarter of 2013, the contract has a performance period of four-years and ten-months (including four one-year options). NVision’s subcontract [...] [...]

State to get nearly $115K in settlement with Google

by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013

Tags: attorney general, computer, Internet, law, lawsuit, legal, settlement, state government, technology

JACKSON — Mississippi will receive $114,995 from Google Inc. as part of a settlement with the Internet giant over the collection of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks around the world. The state’s share of the payment was announced Tuesday by Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood says the settlement is the [...] [...]

Trustmark selects CONIX’s anti-fraud solution

by MBJ Staff Published: March 11,2013

Tags: bank, banker, banking, computer, finance, financial institution, fraud, software, solution, technology

JACKSON — Trustmark National Bank has added CONIX Systems Inc.’s Fraud Detective solution to the bank’s payment processing operation. Manchester, Vt.-based CONIX says Fraud Detective helps banks and payment processors reduce both risk and cost by improving the speed and accuracy of identifying payment fraud across payment channels. “Trustmark has systematically implemented payment alternatives for [...] [...]

Naval office chooses geospatial firm for mapping

HANCOCK COUNTY — Geocent has been selected to provide Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) the ability to display its forecasted ocean weather data and observations of current ocean weather data on a geospatial map so that it can be viewed on tools such as Google Earth and other Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) based map viewers. The [...] [...]

Auction of SemiSouth’s assets to be held next month

STARKVILLE — Heritage Global Partners (HGP) and The Branford Group will hold a webcast auction sale of late model silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor manufacturing assets and testing equipment of SemiSouth Laboratories in April. The global webcast auction is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on April 4. A full listing of the items up for [...] [...]

DRA, UMMC bringing telehealth center; to create 200 jobs

JACKSON — A new telehealth delivery and education center will provide Mississippians with access to affordable, quality health care as well as expand medical training to providers, according to a joint news release from the Delta Regional Authority and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Center leaders estimate that the new Mississippi Delta Healthcare Workforce [...] [...]

Solar company agrees to develop hot water systems

GULFPORT — Solar America Corp. has executed a memorandum of understanding with Solar Energy Labs Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., a developer of solar hot water solutions. Solar America and Solar Energy Labs will collaborate on incorporation of Solar America’s Solar Power Station technologies into Solar Energy Labs Intellement photovoltaic hot water system. “The opportunity to [...] [...]

Alternative fuels company ending all R&D, selling land

NATCHEZ — Rentech Inc. says it plans to mothball its alternative-energy product demonstration facility in Commerce City, Colo., and end all related research and development activities, which will mean cutting 65 employee and contractor positions by mid-year. CEO D. Hunt Ramsbottom says the company intends to focus instead on opportunities for more immediate profitability. Rentech [...] [...]

Baptist chooses IDS solution to cut billing, revenue cycle

by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013

Tags: billing, computer, hardware, health, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, revenue, software, technology

JACKSON — Medical Practice Solutions (MPS), a division of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems Inc., has selected technology from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based IDS to expedite billing and tighten the healthcare system’s revenue cycle. AbbaDox Charge Capture gives physicians the ability to record and immediately submit patient care charge details directly to billing departments, according to a [...] [...]

Telecom spends $975M in state over last two years

by MBJ Staff Published: February 26,2013

Tags: capital investment, cellphone, communication, phone, smartphone, technology, telecommunication, telephone

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T invested nearly $975 million in its Mississippi wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G LTE mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks, according to a release from the telecommunications company. AT&T has made more than 145 wireless network upgrades in [...] [...]

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