Many of the decisions leading up to the rollout -- like the requirement for full shopping cart functionality during browsing -- were made by HHS policy makers who didn't heed warnings by the techies (or didn't ask) how that...
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Agree completely. When the hammer I have does exactly what I need and does it well at a decent price, I don't need to run down to Sears to buy the "New and Improved!" model every year... especially if I'm going to have to...
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Hi Terry, Granted IT is not transforming the core of many (most?) business, espeically those that do not interact directly with consumers. Yes, if you are a B2B wire manufacturer that is still your core regardless...
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I'm not shocked to hear utilities using Windows 95 in critical grid machinery. I was discussing Internet of things strategy with a manufacturing CIO, and he said this is one thing that holds them back -- they have Windows...
In reply to: Win 95
In my opinion, what is driving this is the complete reliance on Off the Shelf applications where customization, at least in-house where it is cheaper, is not an option anymore. In the old days, pre-Y2K, any company with...
In reply to: Vanilla anyone?
Too bad Spires didn't have a seat at the table when HHS was making the strategic decisions that led to the failure of the Healthcare.gov rollout. It's hard to understand how a program of this magniitude had such paltry and...
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Hi Rob, Agreed - IT integration in vehicles is becoming perhaps the key issue in some ways. But the use cases I was thinking about (ran out of space) addressed business models. Think of how Tesla is selling direct vs the...
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I for one, have no doubt that drones will be commercialized at some point in the near future. But speculating about how they will be hacked is just plain silly right now.
In reply to: Droning on drones
Criminally ignorant? Dewey Beats Truman? Glad you're not prone to sensationalizing, either, UberGoober!
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We are still a long way from that ever being true in certain segments. At least the way you mean it with social media, mobile phone apps, sensors linked to Internet, etc. We are Mfgr which makes brass wire we sell to other...
In reply to: Not everyone is a digital business
Reliability, design, and horsepower (and price) still matter most to car buyers. I'm not sure that will change. But the IT-enabled entertainment, mapping, safety, and other "extras" will matter more and more. Car makers...
In reply to: Carmaker's Core Business
Kudos to the six AV vendors who responded to the Bits of Freedom request. As the for the silence from McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec and the other holdouts, it's deafening to say the least. At the very least,...
In reply to: Good news/bad news
Your comment would be valid if there was free and open bidding, but CGI was virtually hand-picked for the job, despite a less-than-stellar record on similar projects. Healthcare.gov was a big job, and not only does...
In reply to: Re: Bidding system
This is the stupidest, least informed headline I've seen this week. "Dewey beats Truman" pales in comparison. That at least could have happened when they had to go to press, but comparing adoption rates between...
In reply to: Congratulations!
I guess they know I'm a slightly above avarage runner for my age who mostly runs in NJ. They also know I don't use Nike shoes exclusively and sometimes track X-country skiiing. What more might they know? As for what I do...
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Every decent computer purchased in the past 5 years will run essentially anything you need to (except serious games) reasonably well; software isn't driving hardware purchases the way it did a decade or more ago. That's...
In reply to: Upgrade? Why?
This DEFINITELY has nothing to do with the fact that Apple pushed down iOS7 forcibly, whether users wanted it or not. Sure, they didn't HAVE to install it, but if it's taking up room that I can't get back, I may as well...
In reply to: Apple...
The data supporting this is far beyond the DOD snippet. Our academic output of STEM graduates is in decline and has been for more than 10 years while other countries are maintaining a steady stream, and in many cases...
In reply to: The government and study isn't perfect but to discount it is foolish and negligent
1. Nexus is not losing support in just one year. In a matter of a few weeks I managed to get my 4.4 update on my Nexus 4. Not to mention my wife and several of my friends. 2. Yes there is an issue with updates but that...
In reply to: Re: Android—always behind.
One of the serious problems with the HealtCare.gov website was the fact that it was outsourced in the first place, which then placed a $634 million price tag on the effort. Who ever heard of a web-site costing that...
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2014 Analytics, BI, and Information Management Survey
The desire to simplify data analytics and business intelligence has been gaining steam for years. But this year, interest in visual data analysis tools came to the forefront, and the use of Hadoop and NoSQL databases made slow but steady gains. While established companies like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and SAS are still the top dogs for BI and analytics, smaller and nimbler vendors like Tableau and QlikTech are forcing the giants to innovate.
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