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Founding Chairman Terry Howerton steps down, grew ITA from inception to 700 corporate members

SurePayroll, Inc., a leader in providing easy online payroll to more than 35,000 small businesses nationwide, was named a finalist today in five categories in the internationally recognized Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program.

MModal Inc.(nasdaq/gs:MODL), a leading provider of clinical narrative capture services, Speech Understanding(TM) technology and clinical documentation workflow, today announced that it has entered into a strategic reseller and development relationship with Allscripts MDRX +0.65% for its speech and language understanding technology, which will be available in key solutions for Allscripts clients across all ambulatory and acute-care platforms.

Allscripts is taking a leading role in facilitating the delivery of the best possible care to patients with cardiovascular diseases through sponsorship of the Allscripts Million Hearts Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Challenge.

There are few bigger buzzkills than dealing with bruised automobiles.

Armed with $9.5 million in fresh venture capital, Talia Mashiach wants Eved to transform the event-planning industry by taking suppliers online in a cloud-based platform.

The Internet is the broadest, most targeted, immediate and pervasive media channel ever created.

Groupon Inc. has partnered with Chicago-based SmartDigital, a technology company that makes interactive touchscreen kiosks, to offer daily and location-based deals through terminals in heavily trafficked areas.

Technology spending in K-12 education varies widely across the country, as some districts reap the benefits of grants and parental donations, while others tap local, state and federal funding.