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- EHR Unreadiness: Only a small percentage of physicians planning to apply for Meaningful Use funds have e-health record systems capable of achieving most of the requirements. .
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Mindjet Connects Vision, Action In Social Platform
May 21, 2012
Following up on last year's acquisition of Cohuman, Mindjet creates a social platform that excels at letting users visually map out plans, then collaborate to get work done.
Charlie Miller Makes iPhones Better By Attacking Them
May 21, 2012
Apple products have gotten a lot more secure over the years, and Dr. Charlie Miller is one reason why. He is the leading authority on the vulnerabilities and exploits of Mac OS and iOS and has won awards in the field. How did he get to this place and what matters to him?
Telemonitoring Helps Pharmacists Manage Patients' Hypertension
May 21, 2012
Patients who monitor their blood pressure at home and enlist pharmacists to help manage their care see improved results.
EMC World: Storage News Wrap-Up
May 21, 2012
EMC announces upgrades to Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, Isilon, Data Domain, Isilon storage arrays and appliances, and new management software at EMC World 2012.
Is iPatch Tuesday In Apple's Future?
May 21, 2012
iOS devices are all over the enterprise. Security threats against them might or might not exist, but they are certainly possible. The only responsible course of action for Apple is to make its update process transparent and predictable.
Tech Pioneer Mystery Unsolved | EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage
May 21, 2012
Web-Based Insurance Exchanges Attract $1 Billion+
May 21, 2012
Recent federal investments in state health insurance exchanges bring total grant funding to more than $1 billion. Needed next: strong security.
CIA's View Of Mobile, Internet Use: By The Numbers
May 21, 2012
Here's what the CIA sees as the use of mobile phones completely outpaces use of the Internet.
Cloud's Tough Enemy: Chargeback Pushback
May 21, 2012
Chargeback has always been hard for IT, but cloud computing forces the issue. At the same time, pushback from business users continues.
9 Lessons From Utah Data Breach
May 21, 2012
Breach of unencrypted data affected 28% of the state's residents; one in 10 had Social Security numbers stolen. How can you avoid such an epic fail?
Yahoo Divests Half Its Alibaba Stake For $7.1 Billion
May 21, 2012
Deal gives Yahoo a cash injection while positioning Chinese Internet company for possible IPO.
Yahoo ResuMess: The Trouble With Entitlement Culture
May 21, 2012
The resume drama for Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson had a quiet player: a corporate culture that seeks fairness but produces employees who feel entitled. Here's what his successor, and all managers, must know about that problem.
Cable Giants Open 50,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots
May 21, 2012
Five cable companies, including Comcast and Time Warner, have agreed to let subscribers roam freely on Wi-Fi networks operated by one another.
Yammer, Chatter, Tibbr Ranked Top Social Activity Streams
May 21, 2012
Forrester Research ranks the leaders in a market segment that excludes social intranet portal players like Jive Software.
SAP Swallows Sybase, CEO John Chen's Role Uncertain
May 21, 2012
Sybase will be an SAP brand, not a separate subsidiary, in an integration that eliminates the longtime Sybase CEO's current role.
EMC's Gelsinger Talks Cloud Storage, Pricing Pressure
May 21, 2012
Before kicking off this week's EMC World conference, EMC president and chief operating officer Pat Gelsinger spoke with InformationWeek on automation, the roles EMC will and won't play in cloud storage, and more.
4 Ways Facebook Can Woo SMBs
May 21, 2012
Facebook's ad revenue depends largely on the combined pool of smaller advertisers. Here's what the company can do to better serve SMBs.
5 IT Budget Presentation Do's And Don'ts
May 21, 2012
Strong presentation skills can be an important advantage when negotiating projects with your company's senior execs. But leave the Mr. Cool act at home.
Open Source: Why Are You Still Waiting?
May 21, 2012
Open source technology has pervaded government IT. The private sector must follow, because of cloud, agility, mobility, and the wild card: teenagers.
Social Collaboration: A Work In Progress
May 21, 2012
Improving collaboration continues to top executive priority lists, so let's revisit whether they're "teasing out" the right tools and techniques.
Next Valley View: Cloud, Baseball IT, And More
May 21, 2012
Tune in May 23 for the next episode of our live Web TV series, including chats with execs from Framehawk and Cloudability, plus Bill Schlough, CIO of the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.
Machines Make Cell Phone Calls To Each Other!
May 21, 2012
The world is secretly full of embedded cellular applications. It's called M2M for mobile-to-mobile, and it leads to new efficiencies for everything from the office coffee machine to the burglar alarm.
Sailing Mystery Unsolved: Court Declares Jim Gray Dead
May 19, 2012
Highly respected researcher Jim Gray contributed to relational database development and early big data projects. More than five years ago, he and his sailboat disappeared near the Farallon Islands.
Jumping Into Tibbr Social Collaboration With Both Feet
May 18, 2012
IT services firm CGI skipped the pilot project and launched Tibco's Tibbr to 31,000 users at once.
Oh, Facebook, Why Can't I Quit You?
May 18, 2012
Facebook sells your addiction to advertisers, hoping to make a buck off your personal information. Will you wake up in time to kick the habit, or do you "like" the security risks of blurring the line between personal and professional?