In this week’s roundup of the hottest tech projects, we highlight IT activity across 19 Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies, including the rollout at Lowe’s of 42,000 iPhones to store employees that will be equipped to process credit and debit card transactions on the retail floor.
Information for this feature is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg and covers technology deployments, software implementations, and IT department changes across Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies. DiscoverOrg provides a constantly updated database of IT org charts and direct contact information on IT executives in Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies.
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IT Projects: The Inside Scoop (October 6, 2011)
Company |
Location |
Project/s |
Arizona State University |
Tempe, AZ |
In the midst of upgrading PeopleSoft from 8.9 to 9.0/9.1 for Campus Solutions and HCM. |
Citrus Valley Health Partners |
Covina, CA |
Chooses Allscripts Community Record powered by dbMotion to provide |
City of Baltimore |
Baltimore, MD |
Deploys Spot Reporters framework with the launch of Baltimore’s new mobile 311 application. |
Department of Homeland Security |
Washington, DC |
Insider hacking case reveals serious network security vulnerabilities. |
eHealth |
Mountain View, CA |
Releases mobile application that allows consumers to shop for health insurance using a smartphone. |
Express Scripts |
St. Louis, MO |
Todd Henderson, Senior Infrastructure Engineer, is in charge of moving |
Go Daddy |
Scottsdale, AZ |
Mass hack points surfers towards malware. |
Hallmark Cards |
Kansas City, MO |
Tony Marshall, Director Enterprise Architecture, is leading efforts in |
Lowe’s Companies |
Mooresville, NC |
Enhancing its website and deploying 42,000 iPhone 4 smartphones to store |
MidMichigan Health |
Midland, MI |
Chooses Allscripts Community Record powered by dbMotion to provide |
NOAA |
Silver Spring, MD |
New 54,000-square-foot data center with 16,000 square feet of raised |
OhioHealth |
Columbus, OH |
Developing desktop virtualization initiative. |
Providence Health and Services |
Renton, WA |
In process of transitioning from BMC Remedy ITSM Suite to CA Service Desk. |
Quintiles Transnational |
Durham, NC |
Organization is 90 percent virtualized using VMware. |
SAVVIS |
Chesterfield, MO |
Announces data center openings and expansions in five North American cities. |
State of California |
Sacramento, CA |
Technology Agency is being reorganized into two distinct sections that |
Walgreens |
Deerfield, IL |
Begins Walgreens 2.0 project, a multi-year initiative to enhance the |
Waste Management |
Houston, TX |
Equipping thousands of trucks with GPS-enabled touchscreen computers for |
Wellington Management Company LLP |
Boston, MA |
Developing a virtual desktop initiative for global users. |
Source: CIO Insight / DiscoverOrg (October 6, 2011).