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Hopkinton, Mass. - EMC Corp., a Hopkinton, Mass.-based information infrastructure solutions provider, announced that it has acquired American Fork, Utah-based Berkeley Data Systems Inc., a privately held provider of online information backup and recovery services. Berkeley Data Systems provides Mozy, an online subscription service for the protection of data that resides on desktops, laptops and remote office servers.

Conyers, Ga. — ImageRight, a Vertafore Inc. company, has acquired Computers by Design Inc. (CBD). CBD provides imaging and document management solutions for the insurance industry. CBD will function as the retail agency division of ImageRight.

Westlake, Ohio — Wilton, Conn.-based Wilton Re has signed a multi-million dollar administrative services agreement with Westlake, Ohio-based Antares Management Solutions and U.K.-based GeniSys Group.

Smithtown, N.Y. — Bank of Smithtown Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Smithtown, acquired all assets of Payne & Palmieri Inc., an independent insurance agency located in East Setauket, N.Y.

New York - New York Life Insurance Co. promoted Alexander Burbatsky to senior vice president in the corporate information department--giving him responsibility for all aspects of delivery of infrastructure services.

Houston — Stewart Information Services Corp. plans to merge its two related technology subsidiaries, Stewart Transaction Solutions and PropertyInfo Corp. Stewart expects the merger to be completed by Jan. 1, 2008.

New York - Empire BlueCross BlueShield launched its Empire Prism suite of health plans, the New York company reports.

Toronto — Camilion Solutions Inc., a Markham, Ontario-based provider of product development solutions and next-generation policy administration systems to the insurance industry, announced that accelerated business growth has necessitated a relocation of their corporate headquarters to a facility twice the size of their previous location.

Baltimore, Md. — Metastorm, a provider of business process management (BPM) software for organizational agility, innovation and governance, announced the acquisition of Proforma Corp., the leading provider of enterprise modeling solutions for enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA). Metastorm says the combined company will deliver an integrated enterprise software platform that unifies business strategy and architecture, process analysis and optimization, and managed human- and system-centric process execution.

Salt Lake City - To help benefit administrators improve payment accuracy and prevent unnecessary losses associated with fraudulent claims, Sandy, Utah-based HealthCare Insight LLC (HCI) formed a strategic alliance with EZ-CAP, the flagship product of Longwood, Fla.-based MZI HealthCare LLC (MZIHC), a provider of health plan administration software.