KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services has announced its role in the opening of a $165m digital X-Ray mammography production facility in New York state.

The facility is headlined by a health equipment OEM and will manufacture and transfer its technology to healthcare facilities worldwide.

KDF, a New Jersey-based producer of batch-sputtering systems used in the manufacture of a variety of R&D and production formats, provided two 844i systems that support essential digital diagnostic radiography equipment.

KDF’s 844i systems are used in the development of digital X-ray diagnostic equipment. The radiographic equipment is aimed at improving the diagnostic process for breast cancer doctors and patients by providing digital images, while also providing instantaneous re-shoots.

The 844i is a large area, four-target, batch-sputtering system, designed for processing high-density interconnect, 300 mm semiconductor wafers, solar photovoltaic cells and flat panel displays.

Among other things, the system has remote PC accessibility allowing for software upgrades and file repair via an internet/Ethernet connection.

Sharp HealthCare, San Diego County healthcare system, has selected the Anakam Identity Suite to enable access for patients accessing Sharp’s new patient portal.

The Anakam Identity Suite is aimed at providing Sharp the assurance of ‘trusted access’ through a next-generation authentication platform that performs identity ‘proofing’ upon patient registration into the portal, and then delivers multi-channel two-factor authentication, without the burden of tokens or cards.

With the Anakam Identity Suite, Sharp seeks to improve the assurance that the right individual is accessing, viewing, updating, and consenting to information and functionality within the portal; and at the same time help Sharp reduce the risk of medical identity theft and fraud.

The WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a turnkey contract valued at several hundred million US dollars to deploy a new submarine cable network that will provide the first direct connection between Southern Africa and Europe.

Named the West Africa Cable System (WACS), this 14,000 km-long submarine network system is expected to bolster internet and other communications capabilities to and from the African continent.

The 11 parties that form the consortium are Angola Telecom, Broadband Infraco, Cable & Wireless, MTN, Portugal Telecom, Sotelco, Tata Communications, Telecom Namibia, Telkom SA, Togo Telecom and Vodacom.

WACS is expected to open access to faster connectivity to support IP-based services such as video applications for e-education and healthcare.

Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will provide connectivity between South Africa and Portugal. With a minimum design capacity of 3.84 Terabit/s, WACS will connect South Africa to the UK with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, and Portugal.

Ultimate Software, a provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, has announced that Regional Women’s Health Management selected UltiPro Workplace for its human capital management, recruitment, and time and labour management.

With 420 employees, New Jersey-based Regional Women’s Health Management had been using several different solutions provided by a payroll service bureau that were not integrated, so the company was faced with reporting challenges, duplicate data entry, and reconciliation issues.

Ultimate Software believes UltiPro Workplace will provide the organisation with a unified human capital management solution that allow it to manage its employees efficiently and strategically.

Metapass has announced the integration and deployment of its virtualisation-based, universal single sign-on (SSO) solution at healthcare provider Summit Pointe, one of the affiliates supported by Venture Technology Centre, of Battle Creek, MI.

Single sign-on gives computer users the ability to log onto multiple systems without having to authenticate with multiple passwords.

Users log on securely once and then access all other applications with a single click, increasing network security and user productivity.

Metapass Universal SSO is non-invasive and in addition to integrating universally with any and all target applications, it also connects without any infrastructure change to any LDAP directory, any SPML-compliant provisioning system, and authentication devices such as smart cards and biometrics, the company said.

Davita, a provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure, has launched the Davita Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Calculator for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

Available in over 50 countries in language specific versions for English, French, Italian, Spanish and German, the Davita GFR Calculator for iPhone measures kidney function by calculating a patient’s age, serum creatinine level, gender and race.

The company has informed that knowing someone’s glomerular filtration rate lets a physician figure out the person’s stage of kidney disease to help plan the treatment.

Health care professionals, or those who want to calculate a GFR, can download the Davita GFR Calculator from the Apple iTunes App Store for 99 cents.

Ericsson and pan-African operator Zain have built a green-powered site in a remote village in northeastern Kenya,  as part of the Millennium Villages project.

With the affordable mobile communication the site provides, the villagers of Dertu can make calls, access health services and education, Ericsson informed.

Using a combination of wind and solar power addresses the two key deterrents to building telecommunication infrastructure in remote areas: operating costs and power supply reliability, the company noted.

Bally Technologies,a player in slots, video machines, and casino-management systems, has entered into a long-term partnership with Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI), the official cancer centre for the State of Nevada and a provider of research, education, early detection, prevention, and patient care throughout the state.

Bally’s long-term partnership with the institute will involve company donations, an employee fundraising campaign, as well as education, early detection, and cancer-prevention services for the company’s approximately 1,300 Nevada-based employees.

Auto Injury Solutions (AIS), a provider of medical claim management tools for the auto insurance industry, has announced the launch of its provider transaction portal, Provider Desktop. The portal features the on-line capability for a New Jersey medical provider to create, submit and track status of pre-certification requests required under New Jersey’s Auto Insurance Cost Reduction Act (AICRA).

AIS offers both technology solutions and outsourcing services that provide clients with access to decision engines, claims processing automation, and professional services that are appropriate for each state/jurisdiction that allows such services.

 Warp 9, a provider of e-commerce platforms and services, has launched a business-to-consumer (B2C) site, VitaminRX.com, on the Warp 9 Internet Commerce System (ICS) platform.

The website features health supplements, sports nutrition, diet and energy, and other health products.

The site also features some of Warp 9′s more recent features including Suggestive and Directed Search, as well as a cart abandonment recapture programme.

As part of the site construction, the Warp 9 team integrated its ICS platform to VitaminRX’s APPS payment processing system and its ThreeSource fulfillment partner.