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Mitch Wagner

'Beacon' Communities Need Track Record For Feds' IT Funds
Communities will need a proven track record if they're looking to receive funding to become health IT "beacons" under a federal program to set up models of meaningful health information usage. Communities qualifying for inclusion in the program must demonstrate that they're already embracing e-health records an electronic health information sharing.

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Ed Hansberry

Major Palm Announcement At CES?
Palm has started sending out invitations to the media for an event they are hosing at the 2010 CES show in Las Vegas. In 2009 they launched WebOS to much fanfare and launched the Pre nearly six months later. What could they be announcing at the 2010 show?

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Serdar Yegulalp

Open Source Minus People Equals Zero
Open source has a life of its own, to be sure. But without warm bodies in the driver's seat, there's no more going on than with any other program that has no human component.

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Jonathan Feldman

End User Devices: The M&O Balance
I finished up a few months of research last week on an InformationWeek Analytics report about new paradigms that organizations can use for end user devices. Some of that research made its way into an article for InformationWeek, where one reader commented that she wouldn't want to work at a place where maintenance & operations were not a priority. Well, sure. But it's about balance, and neither M&O bloat nor M&O starvation is something to be proud of.

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Jonathan Salem Baskin

Fake Steve Versus AT&T, Oh My!
A blogger who calls himself "Fake Steve Jobs" wants disgruntled iPhone users to organize into a flash mob to cripple AT&T's 3G network at noon on Friday. AT&T has responded. It's all much ado about nothing.

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Nicole Ferraro

Italy vs. Internet
Italy's interior minister says the government may censor social-networking sites for instigating violence against Prime Minister Berlusconi

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Tracey Hughes

Here's to the First Responders!
We admit to throwing around some pretty charged terms in a loose fashion. Sometimes we forget that not everybody is drinking the koolaid. We [assume] that words like paradigm, architecture, and model mean the same thing to everyone. Of course we are wrong (what they say about 'assume' is still in effect).



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IBM Rational Tools Aid Smart Device Makers

Rational development tools help manufacturers build software that powers smart devices, which have complex systems and software requirements.

Global PC Market Returns To Growth

IT spending will gradually pick up in upcoming quarters, IDC says.

BBN Lands $81 Million Army Contract

The lab will carry out pure research in networking, and will be responsible for transitioning new technologies to the Department of Defense.

Microsoft Amalga Unifies Health Records

A post-acute care facility is using Microsoft Amalga to build internal apps that coordinate healthcare information between multiple internal organizations.

FTC Won't Seek Intel Breakup

Commission says it will not attempt to force chipmaker to divest business units.


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Bob Evans

Global CIO: Oracle-Sun A Bad Deal? Only A Fool Would Say That
Oracle buying Sun is bad business, says Motley Fool, but that analysis is simply, well, foolish. Here's why.

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Global CIO: The CIO's Christmas
A holiday poem, with apologies to Dr. Seuss.

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Rob Preston

Down To Business: The 'Jobs Summit' And The Role Of Government
Policy makers don't 'create' IT and other jobs without introducing a ton of waste. They do best when they grease the skids of output and trade.

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Art Wittmann

Practical Analysis: 802.11 -- The Blu-Ray Of Wireless
While useful, 802.11n is unlikely to be game-changing technology in most enterprise settings.

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Alexander Wolfe

Wolfe's Den: Intel CTO Envisions On-Chip Data Centers
Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at the chip giant, talks about the explosion of multicore processing, bringing security to cloud computing, and processor-based networking.

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Fritz Nelson

Full Nelson Video: Cisco's 'Health Presence' Showcase
Cisco is applying its telepresence to healthcare in a compelling effort to lower costs and serve its employees, but it's also a bid to show a tangible business idea beyond its relentless messaging.

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Chris Murphy

Global CIO: General Motors CIO On 4 Essential IT Skills
He'd like to hire people with all 4 into the new GM. But how can IT pros get this broad experience?

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Brian Gillooly

Global CIO: Building A Brand Takes IT Flexibility
There are fundamental differences in how marketing and IT see their roles, and the world. And it's bad for a company's brand when the CIO and marketing execs don't get along.

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