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- July 10, 2008 - HealthEdge Partners With IGI to Implement Award-Winning HealthRules Product Suite
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Software innovator and market expert join forces to deliver revolutionary new software to healthcare payors
Burlington, MA (PRWEB) July 10, 2008 -- HealthEdge, the leading provider of next-generation claims and benefit administration, business intelligence and portal solutions for healthcare payors, today announced that it has partnered with Infotech Global (IGI) to deliver its patented, award-winning HealthRules product suite to the market. IGI's certified HealthRules deployment engineers will provide a full range of services to HealthEdge clients including system installation, configuration, testing, training, data conversion and project management.
"We are currently experiencing an unprecedented level of demand for the HealthRules product suite," remarked Rob Gillette, CEO of HealthEdge. "We are excited to add the IGI team, with their deep domain expertise and outstanding technical integration experience, to our list of premier partners. We are looking forward to working with IGI to deliver our next-generation products to the market."
"IGI is focused on helping payor organizations realize their technology goals," stated Arthur Kapoor, CEO of IGI. "Our strength is in leveraging the outstanding capabilities of our consulting team and the many years of experience that we have in both healthcare operations and in healthcare technology to help organizations of all types and sizes achieve success. We are excited to partner with HealthEdge, and we are looking forward to helping their customers maximize their investment in the HealthRules technology platform."
About HealthEdge
HealthEdge offers health plans, TPAs, PPOs and insurers of all sizes unique software products that position them for success. Payor organizations are able to pursue innovative, new strategies focused on increasing revenue, decreasing costs and improving the quality of healthcare. HealthEdge provides HealthRules®, a next-generation, patented software platform for core administrative processes, business intelligence, and web self-service. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
About IGI
Infotech Global is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives. IGI has developed a niche set of solutions and connectors that allow trading partners to leverage IGI's domain expertise to assist in their implementation of systems. IGI's implementation services are packaged to reflect their business philosophy, which is to build their practice around their customers' business, rather than engaging a customer with a prescribed set of solutions. IGI draws upon a wide range of IT skills and industry expertise to tailor an optimal solution that meets their customers' business workflow needs.
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- April 21, 2008 - IGI becomes certified Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with Intel for its SOA Expressway software
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See Intel’s official press release below for more details:
INTEL ANNOUNCES SOFTWARE THAT CONNECTS HEALTH NETWORKS, ENABLING KEY DATA SHARING IN CLINICAL SETTINGS
New Software will Help Healthcare Providers Reduce Integration and Interoperability Costs and Improve Care
WORLD HEALTH CARE CONGRESS, Washington, Apr. 21, 2008 – Intel Corporation today announced the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, a software solution that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. This new software solution will allow healthcare providers to be more easily connected to one another so that they can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.
Until now, the sharing of patient information between healthcare network participants has been hindered by the steep costs and complexities of proprietary data and integration services. Based on Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare offers a cost-efficient solution to this problem by providing an efficient and scaleable way to translate, process and connect any data format across a healthcare network.
In addition, Intel has created an ecosystem of validated Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that provides best-of-breed capabilities to deploy a complete health network powered by the Intel® SOA Expressway. Current validated ecosystem vendors include Initiate Systems, Apelon Systems, Infotech Global (IGI), Oracle and Red Hat. The services provided by these vendors include enterprise master-patient index, controlled medical vocabulary translation, clinical patient portal applications, and operating system support. The validated ecosystem helps complete the next-generation SOA architecture for healthcare data interoperability. The new solution has been successfully piloted with several healthcare providers, including at a hospital network in Shanghai, China.
“Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare solved a very difficult hospital integration scenario for us.” said Shen Ping, General Manager of Health Services Division at Wonders Information Co, the systems integrator deploying the Shanghai health network. “We were surprised to see that it was able to meet our performance requirements for daily synchronization of nearly a million hospital records in a short amount of time.”
Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare provides the performance of a hardware appliance in a software form factor that offers native message acceleration for rapid data exchange, workflow management, and translation to enable data exchange to and from any original format. This advance in software is an example of how technology can help improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs by streamlining information flow.
“Intel developed the SOA Expressway for Healthcare as a platform that can be used with a wide variety of existing IT environments in order to provide world-class integration regardless of the specific electronic medical records and other software platforms used at individual healthcare facilities,” said Girish Juneja, Director of SOA Products at Intel. “We also leveraged the SOA architecture to drive down costs, which has enabled Intel to offer our solution at prices comparable or below other solutions in the market.”
In order to make the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare as versatile as possible, Intel designed it as a flexible product offering that can stand alone as the gateway to and from a community health information network or may be bundled as part of an ISV solution.
About Intel
Intel® Software provides resources, technologies, products and services developers need to create innovative products and industry-leading software solutions designed to run best on Intel platforms.
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom, blogs.intel.com, and www.intel.com/healthcare.
About Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI)
Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI) is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives such as: Electronic Health Records (EHR), trading partner connectivity to Health Information Networks and Exchanges, and the National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Index. We have developed a niche set of portal solutions and connectors for the Healthcare Industry that allows trading partners to leverage our domain expertise to assist in their implementation of revenue cycle and clinical transaction systems. Our ORBIT® portal, exchange and framework has been adopted by health care entities including: health plans, system vendors, healthcare providers and hospitals.
Our implementation services are packaged to reflect our business philosophy, which is to build our practice around our customers' business, rather than engaging a customer with a prescribed set of solutions, we draw upon a wide range of IT skills and industry expertise to tailor an optimal solution that meets our customers' business workflow needs.
IGI is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey and can be contacted for more information at 800-444-0278, info@igiusa.com, or visit our website at www.igiusa.com.
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- March 10, 2008 - IGI has signed a Consulting and Software Development Services Agreement with HealthEdge.
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HealthEdge, Inc. provides health plans, TPAs, PPOs, reinsurance carriers and insurers of all sizes with unique software products to position them for success. With patented, next-generation technology, HealthEdge enables payor organizations to pursue innovative, new strategies to grow revenue, decrease costs and improve the quality of healthcare. The initial project that IGI will develop is to provide reporting system analysis and development. HealthEdge, Inc. provides health plans, TPAs, PPOs, reinsurance carriers and insurers of all sizes with unique software products to position them for success. With patented, next-generation technology, HealthEdge enables payor organizations to pursue innovative, new strategies to grow revenue, decrease costs and improve the quality of healthcare. The initial project that IGI will develop is to provide reporting system analysis and development.
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- February 29, 2008 - IGI's ORBIT® portal receives GETI certification for its Medpay module
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IGI received Gold/Silver certification from Global E Telecom, Inc. (GETI) for electronic check processing through the Fastcheck Network host specifications on the ORBIT® portal. IGI recently enhanced the ORBIT® portal, Medpay module, to allow automated check payment. IGI programmed a check reading device which connects to the USB port of the desktop. Checks can be swiped through the reader and the data auto populates into the portal entry screen, thus eliminating data entry errors and increasing productivity.
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- February 24, 2008 - Infotech Global Inc. exhibiting its solutions and services at HIMSS08
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Orlando, Florida welcomes the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 24 – 28, 2008, at the Orange County Convention Center. Some 25,000 healthcare industry professionals and 900 exhibitors are expected to attend and learn more about cutting-edge technology and innovative healthcare solutions designed to improve patient care.
Infotech Global Inc.(IGI) will be on the HIMSS exhibit floor at booth # 3788. IGI has been a participant at HIMSS events over the last couple of years. IGI will demonstrate its specialized services and capabilities in the healthcare domain as well as software engineering expertise.
The annual HIMSS conference in the U.S. ranks as one of the largest healthcare IT and management systems gatherings in the world. IGI will showcase its healthcare IT solutions at the booth (# 3788) to assist customers in identifying the right solution for their individual healthcare setting. IGI Staff will be available to discuss the services with interested customers so that they better understand the IT needs and how IGI can assist them. IGI will also showcase how it has delivered software projects using Agile Development methodologies using an onsite-offshore delivery model.
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- October 1, 2007 - IGI signs a Consulting and Software Development Services Agreement with Voicare
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Viocare Technologies, Inc., a leader in developing tools that assess, monitor, and generate personalized feedback for managing patients’ dietary and physical activity habits has contracted with IGI to offer outsourced technology development services. The initial project that IGI will develop involves re-engineering web-based applications to create a tighter workflow and common functionary between the services. The toolsets are used to analyze diet and activities based on questionnaires and nutritional consultation visits. In addition, the two companies will partner to co-market the Viocare Wellness program and the IGI ORBIT® Portal solution to employers and healthcare organizations.
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- September 26, 2007 - The 2007 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference
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The 2007 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference being held at Chicago, Illinois from September 23 through September 26, 2007 is co-sponsored by Infotech Global Inc. (IGI). The conference themed "Breezing through EDI in the Windy City" is being hosted by the BCBS of Illinois. NPAG is a national event and is attended by senior executives from various BCBS Plans, their affiliates and partners from across the country. IGI has provided healthcare payer, provider solution vendors and other solution providers cost effect solutions for over a decade now our participation is in continuation to our effort to build and establish a leadership role in this domain.
During the conference, IGI will showcase tools, solutions and case studies of how our teams have reduced cost burdens on healthcare companies by leveraging our expertise and execution capabilities. Some of the solution case studies that will be demonstrated will include leading edge implementations for new and emerging concepts in the healthcare domain. IGI will also showcase its software engineering and development capabilities including how clients have engaged our agile teams to offer cost efficient solutions to their customers.
This event will be attended by key members of IGI's healthcare and software solutions practice.
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- May 14, 2007 - IGI Co-Sponsors 16th Annual WEDI National Conference
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Baltimore, MD (May 2007): Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) is a co-sponsor for the 2007 16th Annual WEDI National Conference held from May 14th to May 17th at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. This year, industry experts will provide key information and case studies on current issues in the healthcare industry. Topics will include HIPAA Implementation, including Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy and Security; Interoperability issues; Health ID Card; EHRs; and RHIOs.
The conference will kick off with a pre-conference event entitled "Mastering Healthcare Identifiers: Provider, Patient and Plan Identifiers for HIPAA and Beyond". The conference also includes a special post-conference workshop entitled "How CORE Certification Is Changing Eligibility Transactions".
In keeping with the theme of the conference IGI is featuring its ORBIT® solutions framework aimed at Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. The ORBIT® framework consists of many customizable modules for Payer-Partner connectivity; these can be retrofitted to meet specific client requirements. IGI will also feature case studies of several projects that it has undertaken and successfully delivered for healthcare companies.
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- February 25, 2007 - New Orleans, (February 2007) : Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) will participate in the HIMMS 07, the Annual Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition.
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of human health.
In keeping with the theme of the conference IGI is showcasing its modular solution - ORBIT® solution aimed at Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. ORBIT® consists of many customizable modules for Payer-Partner connectivity; these can be retrofitted to meet specific client requirements. IGI will also showcase case studies of projects that it has undertaken and successfully delivered for healthcare companies.
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- Phoenix, AZ (November 2006)
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Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) is pleased to particpate in the 2006 WEDI Fall Conference held from November 6-9, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ. The conference held at the Hyatt Regency, addresses front line issues of primary concern to the healthcare industry. Industry experts provide key information and case studies on issues such as: HIPAA Implementation, including Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy and Security; Interoperability issues, EHRs; and RHIOs.
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- IGI co-sponsors the Sabrix User conference in Berkeley, California, September 19-21.
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IGI is pleased to announce that it will be one of the corporate co-sponsors of the 2006
Annual Sabrix Users Conference in Berkley, CA.The Claremont Resort & Spa is the site of this year's event. The conference attracts users from across the US to come and understand new developments in the product, Tax implementation, federal and international tax changes. IGI, one of the partner sponsors, is also sponsoring the Wine Tasting event on September 19 as part of the pre-conference activities. Various speakers will cover topics such as, tax, products and services, technical, and strategic business process topics. Sabrix will offer specific customer roundtable sessions and a fun excursion event so attendees can network with others with similar interests.
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IGI will showcase its unique capabilities in this specialized area. IGI will also demonstrate the methodology and engagement models that we have successfully deployed with our customers. |
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- State-of-the-art
technology will enable physicians
and hospitals to process credit card
and ACH transactions via PMS integration
or Portal solutions. This technology
not only addresses the shift to private
pay revenue in the front office but
also post adjudication balances in
the back office -
DALLAS and SOMERSET (July
7, 2006) — TRANSFIRST
Health Services, Inc. a division of
TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC., a leading
provider of credit card processing
services and payment enabling technologies,
and INFOTECH GLOBAL, INC., (“IGI”),
a premier service and solution provider
to the healthcare industry serving
physicians, hospitals, system vendors
and payers, today announced a partnership
that will provide IGI customers with
credit card and ACH processing capabilities.
The partnership will link the TRANSFIRST
payment processing system to IGI’s
vendor, provider and payer applications
improving efficiency and work flow
in provider offices replacing archaic
stand alone POS systems. The partnership
will vastly improve efficiency in
handling co-pay and post-adjudication
payment from patients. Staff in the
physician’s office will benefit
from system wide access so critical
in revenue cycle management in collecting
patient balances in a post adjudication
environment.
The new service combines TRANSFIRST’S
processing capabilities for credit
card and ACH, manual and automatic
recurring payments, and custom reports
with IGI’s custom solutions.
Delivering either full integration
or Portal solutions IGI will add TransFirst
credit card and ACH processing to
its acclaimed product suite. Physician
or Hospital staff will have access
to credit card and ACH payment processing
anywhere within their facility or
wherever access to the internet exists.
“At IGI we recognized the current
shift in healthcare transferring financial
responsibility from payers to patients
has resulted in a need to deliver
sophisticated system wide solutions
to maximize revenue. Providers historically
have focused the majority of their
solutions to collecting third party
payment. With private pay approaching
35% of a provider’s A/R a greater
focus has been placed on collecting
from the patient,” states Arthur
Kapoor, IGI Founder and CEO. “At
IGI market intelligence is our forte
enabling us to deliver solutions which
increase cash flow and reduce costs”.
Christy Corey, President for TRANSFIRST’S
Health Services division explains,
“Our partnership is an example
of two customer centric organizations
listening to the market and delivering
state of the art technology which
addresses the growing trend of private
pay. Stand-alone products although
useful fall short in efficiency in
the complex environment of a healthcare
practice. We envision the same migration
path for credit card as eligibility
has taken in provider offices. The
same inefficiencies that plagued POS
eligibility solutions exist with credit
card. Through the power of the Internet
and IP solutions or full integration
healthcare providers will realize
productivity and work flow gains.
Healthcare has been lagging in certain
segments of technology especially
in the aspect of payment processing.
Business owners in food or home improvement
industries can process payments from
consumers via a fully integrated system
yet the most advanced healthcare system
is the world still utilizes stand
alone systems. We believe our newly
formed partnership with IGI addresses
this situation.”
About InfoTech Global, Inc.
Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) brings
several years of experience managing
large, complex IT projects for Fortune
1000 companies, as well as State and
Federal entities. We have established
a large repertoire of proven project
management practices for effective
and efficient solutions in a number
of verticals. IGI works with, and
not for, our Clients – the relationships
we build today will have a greater
impact to end-users who use technology
on a day-to-day basis. We provide
a broad range of services that reflect
a widespread demand in the IT marketplace.
Our services are packaged to reflect
our business philosophy, "We
build our practice around our customers'
business.” Rather than engaging
a customer with a prescribed set of
solutions, we draw upon a wide range
of IT skills and expertise to tailor
an optimal solution that meets our
customers' strict requirements. Established
in 1995, we have been handling on-site;
off-site and offshore software development
projects providing complete post development
system support and service. IGI has
its wholly owned offshore development
center in the second Silicon Valley
-- Bangalore, India. Our core competency
comprises of design, development,
and maintenance of software applications,
all within the guidelines of ISO 9001
standards. Transaction sets include
claim translation/submission, claim
status inquiry / response / ERA, eligibility
inquiry/response, referral add/inquiry/response/enrollment
and now credit card and ACH. The switch
processed both batch and real time
transactions. For additional information
about IGI please visit www.igiusa.com
or call Rey Wolfarth, Director, Marketing
at 732-652-1515.
About TRANSFIRST
A premier provider of transaction
processing services and payment enabling
technologies, TRANSFIRST offers a
first-rate suite of products and services
and customized processing programs
uniquely tailored for the special
business needs of financial institutions,
independent sales organizations and
agents and its referral and reseller
partners. Through its in-depth industry
knowledge, partnership strategy and
innovative solutions, TRANSFIRST provides
a specialized approach to transaction
processing for healthcare providers,
public entities, online and other
non-traditional merchants, as well
as brick and mortar retailers. Founded
in 1995, TRANSFIRST is a market leader
in strategic mergers and acquisitions,
which has allowed the company to gain
significant market share and world-class
expertise in growing and profitable
industry segments. Built on a platform
of personal service, customer commitment
and flexible pricing, TRANSFIRST is
headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and
has operations facilities in Louisville,
Colo., Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Kan.,
Newport Beach, Calif., Milwaukee,
Wis. and Langhorne, Penn. Company
wide, TRANSFIRST currently processes
approximately $22 billion in annual
sales volume for more than 160,000
merchants and more than 965 financial
institutions. TRANSFIRST can be reached
at 1-800-745-2659 or at www.TRANSFIRST.com.
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Baltimore, MD (May
2006): Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) co-sponsored,
the 2006 15th Annual WEDI National Conference
held from May 22nd to May 26th, 2006
in Baltimore , Maryland. The conference
held on the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore,
Maryland addresses front line issues
of primary concern to the healthcare
industry. Industry experts provide key
information and case studies on issues
such as: HIPAA Implementation, including
Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy
and Security; Interoperability issues,
EHRs; and RHIOs.
The conference was
kicked off with two concurrent pre-conference
events. One will be an NPIOI Education
Forum, and the second a Health IT Certification
Pre-conference. The event will conclude
with a special post-conference session,
a CAQH CORE Educational Workshop.
In keeping with the theme of the conference
IGI showcased its ORBIT® solution
aimed at Commercial, National, Regional
and State Payers. ORBIT® is a Payer-Partner
connectivity portal which eliminates
the need for per member per month (PMPM)
or transaction fees.
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- April 2006 -
IGI Co-Sponsors 2006 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference and launches ORBIT® Napa Valley, CA
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The 2006 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference held at Napa Valley, California from April 2 through April 5, 2006 was co-sponsored by Infotech Global Inc. (IGI). The conference themed "EDI Uncorked: Beyond Administrative Transactions" was attended by senior executives from various BCBS Plans, their affiliates and partners from across the country. In keeping with the conference theme IGI launched its ORBIT® solution aimed at the Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. |
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The NPAG conference was hosted by Blue Shield of California and was geared toward EDI and Provider Education personnel who interface with providers and vendors. The conference featured Plan Share discussions, latest technology implementations, successful HIPAA implementation plans and breakout sessions that focused on a variety of specific issues.
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During the conference, ORBIT® emerged as the only Payer connectivity portal which eliminated the need for per member per month (PMPM) or transaction fees. The feedback received on ORBIT® was very promising with several Blue Cross Executives showing active interest in this unique offering.
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- March 2006 - IGI re-engaged by one of the most trusted On-Demand Access Provider Somerset, NJ
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IGI has been re-engaged by one of the World's most trusted On-Demand Access Provider. |
Expanding the existing relationship, our client decided to engage us for updating its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) application used for its customers. This application allows our client to clearly explain the benefits of deploying its infrastructure solution to their customers, thereby shortening the sales cycle and speeding deal closures. IGI has also been engaged to re-brand one of the websites for this client.
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- March 20, 2006 -
Edelman implements IGI's web based customer project tracking system
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Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm, has implemented Orbit® to monitor and track all requests/enhancements related to their EMAP project that recently kicked off. Orbit® will also allow management users access to on demand reporting to manage the development lifecycle and milestones of the re-engineering of EMAP.
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March 2006 - EDELMAN PICKS IGI
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Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm, has contracted with IGI to offer outsourced technology development services. The initial project that IGI will develop involves re-engineering a web-based application that analyzes media feeds from 3rd party media sources.
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