Cerner Corporation (NYSE: CERN) is an international IT corporation in the healthcare inustry with more than 7,800 employees. As of June 2006, approximately 1,900 associates in the United States and 300 associates in India were involved full-time in the software development aspect of the company. Cerner has more than 6,000 clients worldwide. Cerner was founded in 1979 by Paul Gorup, Cliff Illig, and Neal Patterson. The corporate headquarters is located in North Kansas City, Missouri. Its products include Millennium e-Booking, which is providing a code base for Choose and Book.