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December 16, 2011 - CEO of IQware invited as a speaker at the Northern Ohio InfraGard Members Alliance meeting
October 5, 2011 - IQware selected by the Ohio Hospital Association to provide software for their data warehouse and analytics project
September 12, 2011 - Dr. Steve Belovich invited to speak at the Heritage Foundation's private event "Cyber Security Briefing"
IQware's CEO, Dr. Steve Belovich presented "Firewall Fairy Tales and Other Scary Stories" at the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) 2011 Annual Industry and Technology Issues Conference
David Croslin is conducting a seminar at the Nance College of Business at Cleveland State
David Croslin joins IQware as CIO/CTO
IQware captures attention in the blogosphere
IQware article featured on July/August 2010 online version of ComputerTalk magazine
David Croslin joins the IQware team
IQware attends Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing's Pharmacy Services, Technology and Automation Trade Show
IQware presents Worldwide Webinar to Hewlett Packard and EDS personnel
IQware, Inc. and Granite Gate Corporation have signed a Reseller Agreement and Shareholder Agreement
IQware Marketing has been approved for membership in the National eHealth Collaborative
Discount Drug Mart Deploys IQware MTM At Wooster Pharmacy
December 16, 2011 - CEO of IQware invited as a speaker at the Northern Ohio InfraGard Members Alliance meeting
The Cyber-security of mission-critical systems is a growing national concern. IT systems and infrastructure that have been deemed secure are being hacked at alarming rates using very sophisticated and opportunistic methods. State-sponsored cyber attacks are also increasing in both frequency and severity.
This detailed presentation will underscore the relevance of IT security history, what we learned from the past and where critical IT system engineering design and deployment errors were made. Dr. Belovich will explain current IT vulnerabilities, why traditional "add-on" defense methods do not work and how IT deployment decisions made in the past significantly impact our "go forward" security options.
Dr. Belovich's presentation will demystify prevalent hacking methods, analyze prevailing IT security policy issues, and lay out a road map to intelligent, immediately-relevant effective policies, and practical cyber-security solutions.
About Northern Ohio Infragard Members Alliance
The InfraGard Program began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996 as a collaborative between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the private sector cyber professionals in the information technology industry and academia.
InfraGard announces Chapter Meeting Security Summit where Dr. Belovich is presenting Fighting and Winning the New CyberCrime War
October 5, 2011 - IQware selected by the Ohio Hospital Association to provide software for their data warehouse and analytics project
Cleveland: IQware's patented software technology (US #7,322,028, others pending) has been selected by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) to support their data warehouse and analytics project.
Amy Andres, Vice President of Data Services stated, "Our goal is to provide our member
hospitals high quality data analysis and reporting tools, most importantly for the purpose of
improving the quality of patient care."
Dr. Steve Belovich, CEO of IQware, Inc and inventor of the IQware patented architecture
stated, "IQware is the only architecture that can integrate data from any application and allow access to the appropriate stakeholders in a truly secure manner. IQware is the "glue" needed to achieve an efficient and secure Exchange of Health Information. Security is rising to the top of the list of concerns for administrators in healthcare".
Andres also noted that "Based upon the changing environment influenced by healthcare reform, our data processing requirements are now weighted towards increased flexibility, rapid application development cycles, and clinical staff level involvement in system configuration. Of course system and process security is tantamount. The security and interoperability of IQware's architecture is unique and has significant potential value to OHA."
Dr. Belovich also stated, "We are very pleased to have been selected by the Ohio Hospital Association as the platform for their data warehouse and analytics project. The IQware Master Data Management technology will allow the implementation of OHA's data and quality improvement vision. The combination of IQware's rule-based architecture and the proven security of HP OpenVMS running on mission-critical HP Integrity systems offers OHA a powerful solution to contain cost while providing the best service levels to their member hospitals."
To find out more about the Ohio Hospital Association go to: http://www.ohanet.org and for
IQware go to http://www.iqware.us
September 12, 2011 - Dr. Steve Belovich invited to speak at the Heritage Foundation's private event "Cyber Security Briefing"
Dr. Steve Belovich, CEO of IQware, will present "Cyber Security: How to Fight and Win the New War". The presentation will explain why common IT security approaches will not work and will present practical solutions and intelligent policies that can be successful.
Dr. Belovich's presentation will include the history of IT security, what was learned and where mistakes were made. He will explain why we are currently vulnerable from an IT standpoint, why traditional defense techniques cannot work and how IT deployment decisions made in the past significantly affect our "go-forward" options today. He will also cover the personnel, technical managerial and economic issues that affect the cyber battlefield.
An awareness of the history of IT security and cyber warfare is essential to understanding the real IT security problems and developing practical, effective solutions. These real-world solutions are the basis for defining and implementing relevant and useful cyber security policies.
This comprehensive presentation will also:
- provide a "SitRep" of the cyberwar battlefield and identify vulnerable systems
- address cyber security fallacies and the limitations of traditional IT security technology and network defense approaches
- discuss prevailing hacker methods
- present a secure architecture
- define and present useful, realistic policies
- and much more.
IQware, a leading software company in master data management, has developed, patented (US Patent #7,322,028, others pending) and deployed a "disruptive technology" MDM system. IQware's innovative software platform is secure and virus-immune, HIPPA compliant, rule-based, and interoperable. IQware can be deployed via a non-intrusive installation; there is no need for an expensive overhaul of existing IT infrastructure. IQware is an ideal solution for hi-availability applications where security and operational continuity are essential.
Download Dr. Belovich's Cyber Security Briefing presentation.
January 28, 2010 - IQware's CEO, Dr. Steve Belovich presented "Firewall Fairy Tales and Other Scary Stories" at the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) 2011 Annual Industry and Technology Issues Conference
Dr. Belovich covered the three basic hacking steps (footprinting, scanning, and enumeration) and explained why common network defense mechanisms do not (and cannot) work. He also covered proper approaches to medical data security and what can be done to protect it.
Download Dr. Belovich's engaging presentation from the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy website.
January 27, 2011 - David Croslin conducted a seminar at the Nance College of Business at Cleveland State
David Croslin, CIO/CTO of IQware Marketing and former Chief Technologist at Hewlett-Packard conducted a seminar on innovating the future and the relevant corporate culture issues that can help-or hinder-innovation.
David Croslin is a sought after speaker in technical and business areas worldwide. He is also the author of the just published Prentice-Hall book "Innovate the Future: A Radical New Approach to Innovation."
September 28, 2010 - David Croslin joined IQware as CIO/CTO
IQware Delivers Immediate Innovations as U.S. Health Care Industry Feels Extreme Pressure to Evolve
According to globally recognized futurist and innovation expert David Croslin, few circumstances drive innovation faster than being in a state of war. The U.S. health care system is now in a state of war. Consumers, government regulators and enterprises are demanding change; otherwise, alternatives will be created and the current system will be shoved aside.
Four major events are creating a timeline that the existing health care system must meet in order to survive:
1. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform) passed in March 2010 will create an alternative health care system if the current one cannot evolve.
2. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Funding) provides $37B to kickstart the evolution but acts as both a carrot with rewards and a stick with penalties.
3. The ICD-10 coding standard for medical records was passed by the United Nations in 1994 yet the U.S. has largely not deployed it. Current regulatory requirements will force its adoption.
4. There are growing demand for accountability and increased penalties for noncompliance under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as well as for data breaches involving protected health information (PHI).
These regulatory barrages on the current health care system are forcing change within an environment that has tremendous inertia against change. Change is risky and expensive, and evolving incorrectly will affect more than revenues - it will affect lives.
Croslin understands the limitations of the current U.S. health care system to evolve. Without a dramatically different approach, the existing IT infrastructure will not be able to meet the regulatory mandates or take advantage of the rewards offered by stimulus funding.
Croslin has joined IQware as CIO/CTO, stating: "IQware's patented technologies allow a completely different approach to how IT departments and systems evolve. The U.S. health care system desperately needs a way to become innovative overnight. IQware's foundational systems provide this innovative, evolutionary platform without incurring the traditional risk, complexity and expense. The ability to create unique solutions in record time that deliver secure and highly customizable and targetable applications is unique to IQware."
August 16, 2010 - IQware captures attention in the blogosphere
Dr. Steve Belovich's Infosec Island blog post articles,
"Software Engineers vs. Programmers", and
"IT Security History and Architecture" (Part 1)
(Part 2) (Part 3)
(Part 4)
(Part 5),
are gaining attention
in the blogosphere. Join the discussion.
Infosec Island is an online community for network and IT professionals who manage information, security,
risk and compliance issues.
August 16, 2010 - IQware article featured on July/August 2010 online version of ComputerTalk magazine
Dr. Steve Belovich’s article, "IT Security and Architecture: How Did We Get into This Mess?" was featured in the July/August 2010 online version of ComputerTalk magazine.
ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist has been covering technology and pharmacist issues for 30 years.
July 1, 2010 - David Croslin joins the IQware team
We are happy to announce the addition of David Croslin to the IQware team. David is a globally recognized technology and business leader and is joining IQware as a consultant effective July 1st. David has led product and market innovation in global companies including his roles as Chief Technologist at Hewlett-Packard and Chief Product Architect at Verizon Business. David has acted as a trusted advisor to the executive teams of some of the largest companies in the world and has been instrumental in driving sales and evolving products for accounts valued at over $2B annually. David has twenty-five patents.
David is the author of the recently released Prentice-Hall book, Innovate the Future: A Radical New Approach to IT Innovation. In the six weeks since its release, the book has received praise from across highly diverse industries including telecommunications, electric utilities, venture capital, children's creativity, education and many others. Some of the executives that have read or are reading Innovate the Future include the CIO of AT&T, the CTO of Alcatel-Lucent and the CSO of Rogers Communications. David has been invited to speak on innovation at major global events including the Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) in Riyahd in Jan, 2011. Previous speakers at the GCF include Bill Gates, Michael Dell, the President of the World Bank, Tony Blair and many others.
David's book is not like other books on innovation. It is not an analysis of historical case studies. Innovate the Future focuses on the future and provides a framework on how to deliver disruptive innovations and how to consistently deliver the best product with the highest transformative value to the customer.
We have been in discussions with David for the past 6 months. As stated above he has been busy finishing up a book. We contacted David to congratulate him on the release of his book and he stated "I'd rather be working with IQware." We asked him why IQware and he responded as follows.
"Software development and software products have largely evolved into commoditized markets driven by low labor rates and long time to market windows for custom features. This commoditization creates an environment of incremental innovation where products evolve slowly and markets and the competitors within those markets begin to stagnate.
In order to gain additional market share and to quickly enter new markets it is critical that companies be able to develop a 'good enough' foundational product that can then be quickly restructured and targeted at niche markets both large and small. This allows for economies of scale while at the same time delivering customized solutions. This further creates market disruptive innovations, such as the iPhone, that can completely shift or destroy older markets overnight.
I feel that IQware has created the perfect vehicle for shifting virtually any market from an incremental innovation model to a disruptive innovation model. The ability to create unique solutions in record time utilizing a foundational toolset that delivers secure and highly customizable and targetable applications is unique to IQware. IQware shifts software, product and market development from a technology based world into a business rules based world. IQware provides the ability to dynamically adjust a live application in real time based on desired modifications derived from an aggressive, highly competitive business model allowing companies to immediately respond to market changes and customer needs.
Any company deploying a product solution built on IQware can virtually overnight energize their market, maximally engage their employees and customers and disrupt the existing market status quo. IQware is in itself a highly disruptive technology that allows users of IQware to create new disruptive technologies."
David's desire to join IQware supports your belief in us and in our technology and adds to the credibility our marketing message.
Nov 1-3, 2009 - IQware attends Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing's (ECRM) Pharmacy Services, Technology and Automation Show in Atlanta
Thanks to the referral by Tom Coughlin, former CEO of Wal-Mart, we were given the opportunity to attend ECRM's Pharmacy Services, Technology and Automation Trade Show in Atlanta on November 1st through the 3rd. ECRM is based in Solon, Ohio and produces unique trade shows that allow a vendor to have multiple one on one meetings with buyers from retail operations around the country and Canada. ECRM is one of the most service driven organizations we have ever encountered. We met with 36 companies representing over 15,000 retail pharmacies. We have agreed to schedule full online demos of the IQware MTM system with each of them so they can include other members of their organizations. Of those companies 35 confirmed their frustration with their current Pharmacy Management System (PMS) and the alternatives available on the market. They all understood the value of a Pharmacy Management System being developed on the IQware architecture with its capability, flexibility and security. They are all looking for a better long-term solution. All agreed that the window of opportunity is the next 18 to 24 months and showed interest in the IQware approach to this solution. One of the major points of interest was the shelf life of any program developed on the IQware architecture and its built-in security.
August 20, 2009 - IQware presents Worldwide Webinar to Hewlett Packard and EDS personnel
On August 26, 2009, Dr. Steve Belovich, CEO of IQware, will present a webinar to a worldwide audience of HP and EDS personnel. HP and EDS personnel will learn how IQware's secure, patented (US Patent #7,322,028, others pending), rule-based, Master Data Management Software system together with HP's OVMS operating system will quickly and directly benefit their customers.
Changes in workflow will not disrupt business processes for companies utilizing IQware's intelligent Master Data Management System. IQware's "business process experts" will simply change the rules for controlling function and presentation and seamlessly deliver an application that promptly addresses the workflow changes. This unique flexibility eliminates the "traditional" and costly code/compile/test/debug software development cycle. Furthermore,
- IQware is hacker-resistant and immune to desktop viruses (uses a DoD C2/B2 platform)
- IQware is rule-based so it can be changed on-the-fly and without programming
- IQware is interoperable with existing, as well as emerging, technologies
- IQware is very high security with complete, tamper-proof audit trail and comprehensive reporting
HP, who is helping build awareness of IQware within HP and EDS, arranged this webinar as part of IQware's OpenVMS Partner and Business Partner arrangement with HP.
Bethesda, Maryland, July 1, 2009 - IQware, Incorporated and Granite Gate Corporation have signed a
Reseller Agreement and Shareholder Agreement.
These agreements make
IQware a significant shareholder in Granite Gate and provide Granite Gate
access to IQware's patented technologies for desktop-virus-immune and rule-based
software.
"Granite Gate is pleased to have IQware as a shareholder and valuable partner. These agreements form the basis of a unique and valuable product to address cybersecurity concerns of the nation. IQware's basic patent for secure rule-based computing, Patent US #7,322,028, others pending, is an integral component in Granite Gate's premier product, the Integrated Secure Cyber Solution. IQware provides a process for delivering secure business logic within our architecture," said Edward Merrill, President and CEO, Granite Gate.
"IQware views cybersecurity as the nation's most significant challenge. Granite Gate provides an effective conduit for delivering our security technology on a national and international basis. I am pleased to have the opportunity to be a shareholder and licensed partner with Granite Gate in the development and deployment of the Integrated Secure Cyber Solution," said Dr. Steve G. Belovich CEO, IQware.
About - Granite Gate delivers information-centric cybersecurity solutions. Its premier product is the Integrated Secure Cyber Solution that provides secure information sharing across networks and the Internet. Granite Gate also offers consulting services and computed-based training relevant to cybersecurity and their products. www.granitegate.us
Contact:
Bernie Corjay
bcorjay@granitegate.us
301-351-8099
April 20, 2009 - IQware Marketing has been approved for membership in the National eHealth Collaborative
As a public-private entity, the National eHealth Collaborative represents organizations from across the healthcare continuum that are invested in driving the adoption and efficient use of health information technology throughout the United States. IQware is joining the nation's healthcare and information technology leaders in working to improve the public's health and the quality, safety, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare by participating in the National eHealth Collaborative.
As a member of the National eHealth Collaborative, IQware will have the opportunity to:
- Identify breakthrough strategies to accelerate health IT adoption and interoperable use
- Participate in the development of a governance framework white paper for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)
- Provide expertise on policies related to an interoperable, standards-based electronic healthcare system
- Support the implementation of health IT through market-driven approaches
- Provide and share technical resources to accelerate health information technology interoperability
March 6, 2009 - Discount Drug Mart Deploys IQware MTM At Wooster Pharmacy
Discount Drug Mart (www.discount-drugmart.com), a leading drug store chain with over 67 stores in Ohio, will be deploying the IQware MTM system at its Wooster, Ohio location as the first location in a plan to roll out to other locations. IQware's patented (US #7,322,028, others pending), centrally-managed MTM system simplifies deployment, which allows Discount Drug Mart to seamlessly implement the system and rapidly identify patients who will benefit from MTM services. When changes in Federal rules and regulations are mandated in Medication Therapy Management, Discount Drug Mart will be poised to respond quickly using IQware's MTM system, staying steps ahead of the competition. Rather than having to re-architect, re-code, re-compile, re-test, and re-debug an application, a rule within IQware's centrally-managed MTM system can be changed that will take effect almost immediately to the deployed machines. IQware breaks the vicious, costly, and error-prone software development cycle. This saves Discount Drug Mart a lot of time and money.
March 6, 2009 - IQware's MTM Connects to Life Clinic's Automated Health Monitor
Life Clinic Health Management Systems, the world's leading supplier of commercial automated blood pressure monitors, health stations and health management systems has agreed to place one of their state of the art LC600 units at the Discount Drug Mart location in Wooster, Ohio. The unit provides the capability for biometric testing including measurement of blood pressure, heart rate, weight, body composition, body mass index and blood oxygen levels. The LC600 also supports the uploading of all popular personal health management devices such as glucose, activity and respiratory meters, all crucial in supporting wellness and chronic disease programs. The placement in the Wooster location coincides with the deployment of the IQware MTM system. IQware will provide an interface to the LC600 so that this vital information can be integrated into the Medication Therapy Management process.
January 22, 2008 - US Patent #7,322,028 awarded (others pending)
On January 22, 2008 US Patent #7,322,028 (others pending) was awarded for a "Method and System for Providing a Virus-Immune, Rule-Based Cross-Platform Software System" (click here for patent download) US #7,322,028 (others pending) both teaches and protects IQware's ability to act as both a standalone application and a rule based software development platform (click here for a detailed tutorial on Rule-based Software). The patent presents IQware's architecture as the preferred embodiment to reduce - and perhaps even eliminate - the need to pay for error-prone custom code development when developing an MDM application.
IQware solves the problem of the increasing cost of designing, building and deploying complex software systems. The traditional software development method is the endless "code-compile-test-debug" loop. This method produces inflexible, non-secure and unreliable applications. It also takes a long time, is error-prone and requires legions of expensive software engineers or programmers.
IQware does things differently. As the diagram illustrates, traditional software is expensive, time consuming and error-prone. IQware, in sharp contrast, uses rules to specify the system's behavior. IQware's method is a lot faster, better, less expensive and produces a better result. To learn more, click here for a detailed tutorial on Rule-based Software.