Believe it or not, there’s plenty of activity going on in Pittsburgh’s tech industry right now. We have some links to some pretty exciting headlines. Haven’t seen any of this in the traditional media yet. Techburgher likes giving you news right off the grill, flame-broiled!
ClearCount’s SmartSponge Named IDEA Award Finalist
ClearCount Medical Solutions, an innovator of patient safety solutions for the operating room, said its SmartSponge® System received a finalist award under the Medical and Scientific category of the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs). The award was submitted in conjunction with product development consultancy Bright Innovation. The SmartSponge System is the first and only system to build the highest level of accuracy into both counting and detection of surgical sponges. Individual sponge validation and continuous monitoring allows the system to both count and detect surgical sponges, improving safety, efficiency, and overall operating room performance. Learn more.
Vivisimo Partners with Taxonomy Expert WAND
Vivisimo, a leader in enterprise search, signed a technology partnership with taxonomy specialist WAND, Inc. The agreement enables Vivisimo to offer WAND taxonomies to customers, expanding the conceptual search capabilities of Vivisimo’s recently introduced Velocity Search Platform™ 7.0.
“For customers looking to add taxonomies to their enterprise search strategy, Vivisimo’s partnership with WAND provides compelling advantages,” said Stacy Monarko, product marketing manager for Vivisimo. “WAND’s comprehensive taxonomies integrate well with Vivisimo’s industry-leading search to give users powerful options for exploring their own content.”
Launched in October, Velocity 7.0 introduced a new method for delivering conceptual search, empowering users with explicit tools for expanding or refining their search parameters. Vivisimo’s conceptual search includes a new user interface to give users direct control to fine-tune queries and personalize their search to meet specific information goals. Get the whole story here.
GSP’s Rich Overmoyer to Present at Green Jobs Expo
National “green jobs” expert and director of GSP Consulting’s Economic Architecture division will be a featured speaker at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs national conference on Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Washington D.C. Overmoyer will present “Realizing the Green Jobs Opportunity” at 4:20 p.m., which highlights the potential impact Green Jobs can have on every community. During the session, Overmoyer will provide attendees with a tool kit that goes beyond the “buzz” of Green Jobs and explains how communities can seize the opportunity. With previous experience ranging from Green Jobs to Green Markets and from Energy Independence to Green Building, GSP Consulting has been at the forefront of supporting efforts for the rapidly-developing green economy nationwide.
