WAYNE, Pa., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- InterComponentWare (ICW) announced today the formation of ICW Labs, a Silicon Valley based R&D organization focused on deepening ICW’s use of leading technology as part of its eHealth solutions. ICW Labs will be headed by Thomas Odenwald, veteran SAP technology leader and visionary.
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The new ICW Lab is chartered with expanding the ICW eHealth solution set, which delivers fully interoperable, secure and reliable communication of medical data and associated information throughout the US. The new organization will work in tandem with the ICW product management team also located in San Mateo, CA. ICW’s European development teams, operating from company headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, have been very successful in implementing eHealth solutions for all participants in the delivery of healthcare.
Odenwald brings extensive experience to his new post. At SAP, Odenwald held strategic positions such as founding director of SAP Labs India and was responsible for integrating cutting edge technologies such as open source, Green IT, Semantic Web, RFID and Sensor Networks into the SAP portfolio.
Jeremy Coote, CEO of InterComponentWare Inc., comments on the value ICW Labs will bring to the company’s US efforts: “Our European colleagues have moved quickly and with notable success into the eHealth marketplace. Having a dedicated Lab, headed by Thomas Odenwald and tasked with addressing country-specific needs, will increase our ability to share ICW’s innovative technologies and extensive eHealth experience within the US.”
About InterComponentWare
InterComponentWare (ICW) is a leading international eHealth specialist with networking solutions for creating a longitudinal view of patient information available at the point of care. Among other things, ICW develops and distributes software and hardware components for networking solutions for hospitals and resident physicians, the personal electronic health record LifeSensor, and the health care IT infrastructure of electronic health cards. ICW is a major participant in the national electronic health card initiatives underway in Germany, Austria and Bulgaria. ICW has locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the USA and Bulgaria.
CONTACT: Anne Marie Heil of InterComponentWare, Inc., +1-610-933-8065,
Fax, +1-480-247-5402, anne.marie.heil@icw-global.com, or Dirk Schuhmann of
InterComponentWare AG (ICW), +49-0-6227-385-133, Fax, +49-0-6227-385-199,
dirk.schuhmann@icw-global.com
Web site: http://www.icw-global.com/
