Vangent to improve DOD health system

Vangent has been awarded a $6.85-million deal to provide an improved healthcare procurement system for the US Defence Department, reports Washington Technology.

Vangent will replace the Defence Department's current procurement system with an integrated software and hardware solution called Prism.

Prism will be configured to address contract management processes, which are governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Contract life cycle management provider I-many has opened a centre of excellence at its new expanded facility in Philadelphia, US, states Earth Times.

I-many hopes to obtain access to some of the greatest minds in the technology industry to drive improvements in its contract and revenue management technology.

Kevin Kilroy, president and CEO of I-many, says: “This move is part of our global growth strategy to increase competitiveness, grow revenues and performance as we enter a new chapter in our company's history.”

DocuSign, a provider of electronic signature solutions, has struck a deal with Acteva to implement the solution DocuSign for Salesforce, to accelerate its contract management process, says Your Story.

Acteva had sought a solution to streamline its manually intensive contract management practices and provide visibility into its sales processes.

According to Acteva, DocuSign for Salesforce has reduced the time to create contracts by one-third and has accelerated the contract signing process from 48 hours to 15 minutes.