Ahead of the Bell: Services sector reading

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- Ahead of the Bell: Services sector reading
- WellMed Selects ikaSystems’ Full Medicare Process Automation and …
- Research and Markets: Global Market Forecast Model of Documents …
- Alterian Content Management Puts Websites Back into the Hands of …
- Market Resolve Appoints Elizabeth Burns Executive Director of …
- Power Medical Interventions Inc. Announces Executive Management …

Ahead of the Bell: Services sector reading
CNNMoney.com 
services sector is expected to fall following a drop in its sister manufacturing index to the lowest level in 26 years. Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters predict the Institute for Supply Management a trade group of purchasing executives will report Wednesday that its services index fell to 42 in November from 44. If the services reading falls as predicted it will be the lowest reading since the composite index was introduced in January. (An earlier version of the services report was introduced in 1998. )Any reading above 50 signals growth while a reading below 50 indicates contraction.

WellMed Selects ikaSystems’ Full Medicare Process Automation and …
MarketWatch 
Dec 03 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –WellMed Medical Management Inc. an award-winning senior-focused healthcare company headquartered in San Antonio Texas has entered into a multiyear agreement with ikaSystems a premier provider of enterprise-level Web-based technologies for healthcare payer organizations. WellMed will license ikaSystems’ full ikaEnterprise for Medicare suite of applications for Medicare process automation and intelligence management allowing the company to dramatically enhance administrative efficiency while better integrating and sharing information for medical management purposes. WellMed has two primary lines of business: a physician-owned practice management company operating more than 30 medical clinics and the Physicians Health Choice Medicare Advantage HMO that leverages the practice management company’s medical risk management model. WellMed and its affiliated companies serve approximately 77000 insured members and patients mostly Medicare-eligible seniors throughout Texas along Florida’s Treasure Coast and in the Las Cruces New Mexico area and will use ikaEnterprise for Medicare across most of this population. “When we looked at all the available options in the market two characteristics really distinguished ikaSystems’ offerings” said Bill Connolly senior vice president of Shared Services for WellMed. “First ikaEnterprise is clearly designed to address the needs of complex Medicare offerings and second no other company offers the same integrated end-to-end functionality from pre-sales through medical management and every process in between.

Research and Markets: Global Market Forecast Model of Documents …
MarketWatch 
researchandmarkets. The Documents & Records Management market forecast model provides a comprehensive assessment of software revenue opportunities in this market across various geographies and verticals. The model provides market forecasts from 2008 through to 2013. This Interactive Model helps vendors service providers and market followers gain a comprehensive view of the market size and growth prospects. The model provides forecasts of license revenue opportunity across various verticals and geographies. The model is the most complete guide providing technology-spend data in the DRM space with over 2500 data points across various industries and regions to enable informed strategic and tactical decisions.
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Alterian Content Management Puts Websites Back into the Hands of …
MarketWatch 
The company already works with 15 partners including Axcicom Clearlight Digital and Bullseye and has signed up more than 30 end users to Alterian Solutions. “For years organisations in Australia and across the globe have turned to Alterian’s award-winning integrated marketing platform to improve their customer engagement and profitability” said David Eldridge Chief Executive Officer. “With true customer engagement increasingly dependent on providing the right content at the right time Alterian’s solutions for content management and execution for websites corporate intranets extranets and social media channels fit the needs of marketers and communications professionals today and in the future. Alterian’s WCM solutions are scalable empowering enterprise-level organisations (Enterprise Edition) and small- and medium-sized businesses (Corporate Edition) alike. The platform’s user-friendly interface equips organisations with a flexible collaborative solution designed with the business user in mind. The desktop application allows for simple drag-and-drop website creation and management with administrative oversight. Ultimately Alterian Content Management allows an organisation’s digital communications channels to be managed by business people not the IT department.

Market Resolve Appoints Elizabeth Burns Executive Director of …
MarketWatch 
She is currently based at Market Resolve’sBoston MA office. About Market Resolve Market Resolve offers customized end-to-end solutions tailored for thefull range of diverse challenges faced by financial service organizations –issues of compliance process workflow and documentation. The company’smanagement consulting services provides operational reviews and assessmentsas well as implementation solutions and its proprietary software WorkforceDirector(R) gives organizations from start-up to an S&P500 the ability todevelop manage and execute against organizational controls. AdditionallyMarket Resolve’s collective experience sets it apart from other firmsaffording the company and its customers access to the most qualified resourcesin the industry. SOURCE Market Resolve.

Power Medical Interventions Inc. Announces Executive Management …
MarketWatch 
Effective December 26 2008 Mr. John Gandolfo will be resigning from his position as Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons. Gandolfo will continue to maintain a close relationship with the Company in an advisory role through a portion of 2009.

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