Shavlik buys Gibraltar Software
Roseville-based Shavlik Technologies, a security software and services provider, acquired the technology and related assets of Gibraltar Software, Inc., an automated patch management technology supplier for cross-platform networks. The addition of Gibraltar Software technology allows Shavlik to offer customers patch management for networks running on non-Microsoft platforms including Solaris and Red Hat Linux. This provides an extension to Shavlik's existing product line of automated patch management solutions designed for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
City of Minneapolis picks e-government provider
Dublin, Calif.-based Accela Inc., a maker of government enterprise management products, announced today that Minneapolis, Minnesota is adding Accela's KivaCitizen to the city's existing land management system.
KivaCitizen will allow the city to offer many of its government services via the Internet. In the near future, citizens and business will be able to apply for permits, schedule inspections, check project status, pay fees, or submit comments on-line.
Target chooses IBM for mainframe work
Target Corp. has chosen International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to manage its mainframe computers for the next decade. The Minneapolis-based retailer will pay only for the IT services it uses through an on-demand pricing model, according to a statement released by IBM. The deal continues an existing arrangement Target has with IBM that expires in the near future. It will have no impact on staffing at the retailer.
ADC sells part of digital loop business
Eden Prairie-based ADC Telecommunications Inc. has agreed to sell some of its digital loop carrier business. The assets, which accounted for about $23 million in 2003 revenue (about 3 percent of ADC's total revenue) will be acquired by a unit of the Dutch company Kardan and an unnamed purchasing group.
Medtronic distributes cardiac data software
Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. has begun distributing the latest edition of its software that organizes data generated by cardiac devices. officedepot.com
The Paceart System offers healthcare providers a way to organize data from cardiac devices and information on a particular patient's heart rates.
The new 2004 First Edition expands the accessibility of data by providing an electronic interface, making it possible for the system to connect to a wide series of healthcare information systems, Medtronic said in a press release.
State software companies rank among largest
Ten Minnesota companies have been included in Software Magazine's annual list of the world's 500 largest software companies. Lawson Software Inc. in St. Paul placed highest on the list, at number 70. ADC Telecommunications Inc., based in Eden Prairie followed at 81, and Digital River Inc., Eden Prairie, placed at 201. The other companies were: Stellent Inc. (228), Insignia Systems Inc. (318), ROI Systems Inc. (329), Firepond Inc. (333), HighJump Software (351), Corvu Corp. (367), and NetPerceptions Inc. (444). The rankings for 2003 are based on fiscal 2002 software and services revenue.
Minnesotans like filing online
A record number of Minnesotans filed their 2002 federal income tax returns electronically, the Internal Revenue Service said. The IRS received 1,297,016 electronic individual returns for 2002, up 16 percent from the previous year. Nationwide, e-filing rose 12.9 percent for 2002 returns. Most electronically filed individual returns were submitted by tax professionals, a total of 924,654 for tax year 2002. Individual taxpayers filed 258,941 returns online using tax preparation software. The self-preparers included 113,421 returns submitted through the IRS' telephone filing system.
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