Technology

HHS to seek new extension for Medicaid computer system

Bob Sanders,

Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas wants to give Xerox Corp. more time to implement the state's new Medicaid Management Information System, that was originally supposed to be running at the end of 2007.But, Toumpas, promised, this…

Nov. 16 social media summit at SNHU

NH Business Review Staff,

The fourth annual "A-Ha!" Social Business Summit, an award-winning conference focusing on social media, will be held Friday, Nov. 16, at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Hosted by Epiphanies Inc., the summit will for the first time be available…

It's back: SEC's Cabletron case set for November

Bob Sanders,

Eric Jaeger, the former top lawyer and vice president at Cabletron Systems, may call on former Cabletron CEO Piyush Patel, former Cabletron chief financial officer David Kirkpatrick and Michael A. Skubisz, former CEO of a Cabletron spinoff company, to testify…

Bottomline execs got big pay raises in 2012

Bob Sanders,

The top three executives of Portsmouth-based Bottomline Technologies earned $5.2 million in compensation in fiscal year 2012 -- more than a 50 percent increase over 2011, the company disclosed in its proxy. The nine members of the board of the…

Ex-AeroSat CEO sues over 2011 firing

Bob Sanders,

AeroSat Corp., an Amherst-based company that makes antennas used in commercial aircraft to allow passengers to connect to the Internet and watch TV, fired its founder Michael Barrett last year and owes him at least $660,000, Barrett claims in a…

GTAT readies $175m 'war chest' bond issue

Bob Sanders,

GT Advanced Technologies plans to raise $175 million to $200 million in a rather complicated bond issue, the Nashua-based company announced Monday. GTAT will be using the proceeds to build its "war chest" - in the words of spokesperson Ryan…

Dyn acquires second firm in two weeks

NH Business Review Staff,

Manchester-based Dyn Inc. -- which ranked on the Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the country last year -- is continuing its growth with the acquisition of yet another company, its second acquisition in two weeks…

Monadnock Paper blazes a fiber-based 'plastic' trail

Kathleen Callahan,

Monadnock Paper Mills, one of the last remaining paper mills in New Hampshire, has been quietly building up a stable of high-profile national customers for its newly launched portfolio of sustainable, fiber-based plastic alternatives. Last week, the Bennington-based company announced…

Next Disruptivate! to take on health care, education

Kathleen Callahan,

Thought leaders and innovators who are working to disrupt the fields of education and health care are being sought as potential presenters at "Disruptivate! Goes Vertical," the New Hampshire conference that celebrates the practice of disruptive innovation. "Disruptivate Goes Vertical,"…