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Symphony Technology Group Announces Sale of AlphaImpactRx to IMS Health

Today, Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced the closing of the sale of AlphaImpactRx, a leading provider of primary research and analytics-based insight for biopharmaceutical and consumer health companies to IMS Health, a global information and technology services company serving the healthcare industry. AlphaImpactRx’s complementary offerings, capabilities and technologies will be integrated into IMS Health to…

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SPH Analytics Awarded CMS Interim Vendor Approval for OAS CAHPS

SPH Analytics, a leader in action analytics, announced their interim approval by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) to administer the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) survey. This approval will allow SPH Analytics (SPHA) to begin survey administration in January 2016. Final approval is contingent…

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MSC Apex Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award

MSC Software Corporation today announced that MSC Apex, the company’s next generation simulation platform, was named an R&D 100 Award Winner. This accolade demonstrates MSC’s commitment to developing innovative engineering simulation software to help product manufacturers and researchers advance their product designs with higher confidence and at less cost. The R&D 100 Award recognizes the…

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SPH Analytics Selects Clinical Architecture’s Semantic Normalization and Natural Language Processing Technologies to Provide Next Generation Solutions

Semantic Interoperability and NLP Capabilities Are Key to Serving the Rapidly Changing Healthcare Market With Superior Action-Analytics Speed, Precision, and Economics Clinical Architecture, the leading innovator in healthcare terminology management technology, announced today that SPH Analytics (SPHA) has selected Clinical Architecture’s solutions to extend the capabilities of its next-generation healthcare analytics platform. Clinical Architecture’s Symedical®…

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Connexity Acquires Hitwise from Experian

Expands platform to include Hitwise AudienceView audience segmentation and marketing planning tools Los Angeles (December 14, 2015) Digital marketing company Connexity, Inc. today announced that it acquired Hitwise, a leader in large-scale online clickstream data collection and consumer behavioral analytics. Hitwise will operate as a division within Connexity. Hitwise’s broad, audience-based insights into consumer online…

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Symphony Technology Group Acquires Simmons from Experian

Adds to its innovative cross-channel consumer research and multi-media measurement portfolio Palo Alto (December 14, 2015) Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG), today announced that it has acquired Simmons, a leading consumer research company for more than 60 years. Known for its National Consumer Study (NCS), Simmons measurement of consumer preferences, attitudes and media…

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Ventiv Technology and Hyatt Receive 2015 Risk Management Award From CIR Magazine

Ventiv Technology, a global leader in claims, risk and safety technology solutions, and global hotel chain Hyatt were jointly named a winner at the sixth annual Risk Management Awards, hosted by CIR (Continuity, Insurance & Risk) Magazine last month in London. The Ventiv-Hyatt collaboration was named the winner in the “User Implementation” category, recognizing the…

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Symphony Advanced Media CEO Charles Buchwalter to Explore Measurement Challenges at TV of Tomorrow Conference

Symphony Advanced Media, the leading data technology and research firm that passively measures integrated cross-media consumption, today announced that its president and CEO Charles Buchwalter will speak at the TV of Tomorrow (TVOT) conference, which is being held at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street in New York, New York, Thursday, Dec. 3. Buchwalter…

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Symphony Health Solutions Announces New Source of Business Audit Powered by IDV®

Symphony Health Solutions, a provider of high-value market research, analytics and technology solutions for life science manufacturers, researchers, payers and providers, today introduced PHAST™ Source of Business, the latest audit in the next generation PHAST Powered by IDV® online market analytics solution. PHAST Source of Business provides insights into behaviors of patients who are new…

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