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Business/Financial

Harris Acquires Small Firm In Healthcare IT Space

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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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Harris Corp. [HRS] yesterday said it has acquired Patriot Technologies, LLC, a small firm providing healthcare information technology, imaging and enterprise software solutions to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Harris said that Pennsylvania-based Patriot has about 100 employees and will become part of its Healthcare Solutions business unit, which currently serves the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services. Harris, like other companies in the federal IT market, is positioning itself…

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