Sisters of Mercy Health System will officially launch its new $60 million data center in Washington, Mo., on Monday.   Read More...

Once the heavy-duty electrical connections are completed, XIOLINK's new headquarters will open as the latest example of information technology businesses that are expanding downtown.   Read More...

The chip giant is paying a roughly 60 percent premium for McAfee to expand its presence in security services.   Read More...

Dell said Monday that it has agreed to buy 3PAR, a data storage company, for about $1.15 billion in cash, as the computer giant races to expand beyond its core P.C.-making business.   Read More...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the funding of 126 new Recovery Act broadband infrastructure projects that will create jobs and provide rural residents in 38 states and Native American tribal areas access to improved service.   Read More...

St. Louis software developer Asynchrony Solutions Inc. has been sold to Schafer Corp. for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

The Newberry Group Inc., a St. Charles IT services and security firm, recently acquired cmdLabs LLC, a Baltimore-based digital forensics and incident response company, for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

The state of Missouri awarded online travel firm Expedia an incentive package worth more than $7.3 million to help cement the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s planned expansion in Springfield, Mo., and the creation of up to 500 new jobs there.   Read More...

Tyco Electronics said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy ADC Telecommunications, a broadband equipment maker, for about $1.25 billion in cash, the latest in a spate of deals over the past two days.   Read More...

Boeing said Wednesday that it agreed to acquire privately held network security firm Narus for an undisclosed amount.   Read More...

Dell said Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Scalent, a privately held maker of data center software, for an undisclosed amount. Dell expects the deal to close in the current quarter, Reuters reports.   Read More...

Five Missouri-based firms are among Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT.   Read More...

Emerson Network Power is partnering with Panduit to incorporate its products into Panduit’s Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) system, the two companies said today.   Read More...

St. Louis has applied to become a test market for Google’s experimental ultra-fast fiber optic Internet service, and a PC World blogger thinks the Gateway to the West would be a good place to start.   Read More...

In a move to expand its defense electronics subsystems portfolio Curtiss-Wright Corp. has acquired Hybricon Corp. for $19 million in cash.   Read More...

Gold Mountain Communications LLC is adding 140 jobs and leasing an office at 1701 W. Sunshine St. in Springfield.   Read More...

Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it will invest 1 trillion yen ($11 billion), or about 70% of its capital expenditure over the next three years, on its "social innovation" businesses, which include its information technology and infrastructure-related operations.   Read More...

Savvis Inc. plans to buy Canadian IT company Fusepoint for $124.5 million.   Read More...

Monett-based Jack Henry & Associates Inc. is about to make its largest acquisition ever.   Read More...

Best known for its Quicken software, Intuit is moving further into the health care market through a new acquisition.   Read More...