Mind2Marketplace

Mind2Marketplace holds an IT panel March 3, with execs from Bytes of Knowledge, Bondware, IBM, Microsoft and Rutherford County. Details here.

IBM veep on health IT

IBM's Mike Svinte, vp-healthcare, spoke with the NBJ's April Wortham about the importance of healthcare technology. Here are the notes.

HMS in IBM deal

Nashville-based Healthcare Management Systems is among four leading electronic healthcare records (EHR) providers that have joined IBM Global Financing, to offer new private financing for health IT purchases. Siemens, Lavender & Wyatt and SCC Soft Computer are the other firms. The IBM release is here.

UTC-IBM pact revealed

UT Chattanooga and IBM are putting the finishing touches on a partnership to first simulate aircraft turbines and, later, maybe enter into a longer-term partnership to leverage the Simulation Center resources in Chattanooga. The TFP reports.

'Smart' Chattanooga technology

An IBM sales exec based in Chattanooga cites schools, roadway traffic controls, airport security and other city infrastructure as needing upgraded information technologies to improve performance and quality of life. The TFP has it.

Noog hosts IBM economist

Phil Swan, Ph.D., chief economist for IBM and member of the President's economic council, will address Chattanooga leaders Thursday, Oct. 15, and will host a panel discussion of local business execs, discussing coping with the global economy. Chattanoogan.com reports.

SIGNiX signs partners

Chattanooga-based SIGNiX, which provides electronic signature capabilities, has inked deals with new channel partners to expand marketing. The new partners include Lotus and IBM. Chattanoogan.com.

IBM Speaker, Oct. 28

In Chattanooga, IBM transformation expert and business strategist Mark Cleverley will speak at UT-Chattanooga. Chattanoogan.com reports.

USPTO Director takes Commerce post

David Kappos (at left), a career IBM executive and IP attorney, and a product of UC-Davis and UC-Berkeley, was sworn-in today as deputy undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patents & Trademark Office. Kappos remarks at his swearing-in ceremony signal a strong embrace for improving USPTO operations and reducing backlogs and delays on appeals.

IBM flirts with ORNL

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that a senior IBM research executive is visiting Oak Ridge National Laboratory to explore opportunities for collaboration. The story's here.