Phoenix, SunGuard partner for healthcare

Phoenix Health Systems, a national provider of healthcare IT, outsourcing, consulting and business process solutions, has entered into partnership with SunGard Availability Services, an information availability and IT services company, to deliver data and IT management solutions to the healthcare community, states redOrbit.

The companies say the partnership will provide healthcare customers with an affordable, complete end-to-end solution, combining Phoenix's experience in the hospital market with SunGard's managed services, advanced recovery, data centre and IT solutions.

Phoenix will be a marketer and manager of the services offered through the partnership to create a single point of contact for all of its clients; enabling healthcare providers to focus on their core competency, providing patient care, and not manage multiple vendors and IT systems.

Epicor Software, a provider of enterprise business software solutions, and IBM have joined to develop 'Epicor in a Box', reports CRM Today.

The solution is designed to provide small and medium-sized enterprises in the Mexican market with the latest IT solutions, optimise resources and increase productivity.

According to the companies, the solution includes a complete suite of components specifically selected to meet the needs of this market, including an IBM server loaded with Epicor's ERP solution, Epicor's configuration and deployment service, and technical support from the two companies.

The UK association for public sector ICT management, Socitm, has signalled its intention to increase its influence on public sector policy around ICT, efficiency and information management with the appointment of Martin Ferguson as its first head of policy, says PublicTechnology.net.

In this role, Ferguson will lead the development and promotion of Socitm responses to major issues such as the collection and management of personal data; approaches to sharing data across different agencies; the scope for resource saving through shared services, partnerships, outsourcing, self-service and flexible working; and the pan-government security vision.

He will also drive associated stakeholder engagement with central and local government, and the third and private sectors.