Overview
The Arnold School of Public Health Research Center is Innovista’s inaugural tenant. Collexis is a private software developer that has worked extensively with the University. Loccioni Group, an Italian firm specializing in precision measurement technology, represents Innovista's first international tenant.
The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management--a joint University-BlueCross BlueShield of S.C.-IBM venture--will create a center for business IT innovation. Relocating their businesses to Innovista and also participating in the consortium are Columbia-based information technology firms TM Floyd & Company and VC3.
These public-private partnerships are the cornerstone of Innovista and will be reflected in both of the research district’s first two developments, Horizon Center and Discovery Plaza.
TM Floyd & Company: Count on its expertise
TM Floyd & Company's consultants have been known to work on-site with clients for years. That kind of commitment--and a combined 1,250 years of experience--make it a leader in information technology, particulary in insurance software.
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VC3 won't settle for second-best
A home in Innovista will put technology services provider VC3 closer to potential clients and a recruiting pool of the
the University of South Carolina's "best and brightest" technology graduates.
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Consortium will cultivate IT talent
The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management is a unique partnership among the University, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and IBM to support business information technology needs and nurture the next generation of IT workers.
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Loccioni Group is precisely the right tenant
Loccioni Group's global footprint finally makes it mark in a U.S. location. Loccioni provides engineering services in measurement and testing for measurement systems, quality control, automation, information and communication technology, and service.
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Columbia-based Collexis, a developer of high-tech searching software, will occupy Horizon II, a facility for private researchers, when it opens in fall 2008. Collexis' patented Fingerprint technology creates a smarter, faster, more efficient searching interface for data in research areas such as alternative energy, medicine, health sciences, law, and business.
Public Health’s new home
The Arnold School and its nationally recognized research faculty opened the new Public Health Research
Center in October 2006. The five-story $22 million building covers 104,860 square feet and incorporates
sustainable design features of the U.S. Green Building Council.
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University, private researchers across disciplines
Experts in one of the University’s core research areas, Future Fuels™ and alternative
energies, will have a strong presence at Horizon I. Discovery Plaza will be the central location
for biomedical research -- with University researchers in Discovery I and private researchers in Discovery II.
While the University has developed several key research strengths—environmental sciences, software and technology, nanotechnology, and health sciences in addition to biomedical and alternative energies such as hydrogen fuel cells—Innovista and its facilities will host researchers and businesses from a variety of disciplines and industries.
Innovista Partner Amenities
Private companies in Innovista will have access to a range of benefits beyond research facilities.
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