Nature often punishes monocultures, and an all-young person team may be a kind of monoculture. The mature person knows where the pitfalls in the trail lie, having traversed it before. Language skills in particular can weigh...
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In answer to your question about why some hospitals aren't making progress, @David Carr, I'd say the answer is organizational roadblocks, not technology. It's interesting, I think, that Lakeland (a Stage 7 institution) made...
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^This is a good reminder of how necessary it is to know your audience.
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The dynamics of open source software have always seemed at odds to me. Is there any opportunity to align with a very established organization like the IEEE or the IETF to get some objective oversight? I know the IEEE is...
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The old guy brings the voice of experience, even when the young guy or gal doesn't want to hear it.
What else does the old guy bring to the table? What about the old broad (not to leave her out)?
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We mostly asked about project management strategies. The architectural specifics are hard for anyone outside of the project to know in great detail, although this is an interesting resource: http://www.civicagency.org/2...
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The development team and IT managers need to reach full agreement on how PaaS will be implemented on top of IaaS, as companies convert their data centers to private cloud. Some of the real gains of private cloud flow out...
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Interesting that some hospitals seem not to be making progress, according to HIMSS measures. What do you suppose is holding them back?
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Whoopty, don't even get me started on display screens! That's one case where "better" is truly subjective. I plug my very expensive laptop into an old monitor because I just can't deal with Apple's Retina displays. What...
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Yes, short-sighted vendors won't play along but experienced vendors know that lock-in via their own de facto standard usually doesn't pay off in the long run. If the technology in question is significant/important, eventually...
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Wow, a positive comment about the DMV! Glad to know they've got something on the ball in your state.
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The advent of the smart phone as a personal computing device, capable of hosting patient-selected applications, is going to change all this. It provides a direct link that was missing before. The patient is also used to...
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While social networking is undoubtedly a big deal for consumer focused businesses, I think we'll keep seeing these sorts of meltdowns from social media coordinators being fired from businesses they just aren't needed in....
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Ironically the display I just upgraded too is far worse than my main one. Grabbed an Oculus Rift and it's barely 720p, but it's still blowing my mind.
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Yes, technology moves faster than standards bodies, but no one who knows what they are doing attempts to standardize an area that is changing rapidly. CAMP, which you mentioned, is an attempt to standardize the management...
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How many tasks at your job do you now handle by a quick instant message that used to require a phone call or face-to-face discussion? How many meetings have been replaced by just posting information to a website where people...
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Is the use of tech in this context becoming commonplace, or is it still rare?
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Do you have any concern about doctors feeling they can't be as frank and honest in notes that might be seen by patients? That is, as opposed to notes for only their own use and that of other doctors. What about the case...
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This article makes a good point about the storage difference between the Pixel and the new Acer. I wonder if storage will be more important than speed/power. Kurt notes that people increasingly use a smartphone as their...
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The tweet pushing scones after the Boston bombing shows why social marketing efforts need checks and balances. Also, people of different ages will have different reactions to things. Different sense of humor. Different...
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I agree with everyone who's pointing out that vendors aren't going to play along, and I would add a question about the relevance of "standards bodies" today, in an age where technology is moving so much faster than standards...
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InformationWeek December 2013 Special IssueHybrid cloud standards promise a more open future, free of inflexible ties to vendors.
Multicloud Infrastructure & Application Management
Enterprise cloud adoption has evolved to the point where hybrid public/private cloud designs and use of multiple providers is common. Who among us has mastered provisioning resources in different clouds; allocating the right resources to each application; assigning applications to the "best" cloud provider based on performance or reliability requirements.
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