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InformaticsMaryland conference draws 230

Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, by Steve Berberich

Doing business in the Information Age depends on informatics, the science of gathering, analyzing and using data.

And in this region, the vast informatics systems of 70 different federal agencies have a lot to do with how companies do business, according to Steve Walker, managing partner of Walker Ventures, a venture capital firm in Glenwood.

That�s why Walker put together the first InformaticsMaryland conference Tuesday in Linthicum. The event drew 230 information technology leaders from government, universities and business.

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