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Google To Lease NASA Land For Expansion
Search engine giant Google has struck a deal to lease 42.2 acres of land at a NASA research park near its Silicon Valley headquarters to build more offices.
The company will pay $3.66 million a year for the land at the Ames Research Center as part of a 40-year lease. The lease could be extended to 90 years.
Google, which now employs about 19,000, plans to use the land to build a campus of at least 1 million square feet. In addition to offices, the company plans to build sports facilities, dining and housing. NASA plans to use the proceeds from the lease for maintenance and improvements at Ames.
Drug Firm Cephalon Turns To RFID For Tracking
Radio frequency identification software (RFID) software provider OATSystems has been selected by pharmaceutical firm Cephalon to provide a system to track shipments, and integrate that information into the company's SAP infrastructure.
Cephalon, an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Frazer, Penn., has been testing RFID technology for the past three years, looking for ways to improve visibility into its supply chain and efficiency.
The company worked with OATSystems to extend its core SAP enterprise resource planning system to automate tracking and workflow processes for serialized product containers, advanced shipping notices, pick/pack/ship and handling.
Meredith To Deploy New Monitoring System
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Palisade Systems, a provider of content monitoring, filtering and data leak prevention software, says it has signed a deal with Meredith Corp. to provide internal monitoring of credit card information as well as Web activity and bandwidth usage.
Meredith, a media and marketing company based in Des Moines, Iowa, will deploy Palisade's PacketSure software. Meredith publishes 26 subscription magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, and Ladies' Home Journal, and also owns 12 television stations. In a statement, Dan Carlson, director of IT Security for Meredith, said the software will be used to protect the company's consumer database which contains more than 85 million names.
Compiled by Mel Duvall,
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