Reducing Risks Maximizing Returns From HIPAA 5010 Transition
Healthcare is a complex ecosystem with "many-to-many" interactions among payers, providers, clearinghouses, and employers. An enormous amount of data is exchanged between...
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Data Protection Strategies Using Replication
[ Source: Sunbelt Software ]
September 2009-Businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on continuous access to stored data and as a result, storage usage is growing at an unprecedented rate. As the number of mission-critical servers and storage resources grow, so does the importance of protecting against service interruptions that can threaten an organization's ability to provide access to key data.
There are a number of strategies that can be employed to protect important data, and each has strengths and weaknesses. ....
Comparing Secure Mobile Workforce Solutions: Research in Motion BlackBerry vs. Microsoft ActiveSync
[ Source: Microsoft ]
October 2009-In today's mobile work culture, corporate staff - from executive to individual contributor - work beyond the boundaries of the traditional office environment. To support this concept, many organizations are adopting mobile solutions for these employees, who expect not only access to information, but full participation in business from any location whenever it is required. What is the best solution for your company? What options are there?
This paper analyzes key user experience features ....
Virtualization for midsize businesses: reduce cost, improve service and manage risk
[ Source: IBM ]
October 2009-As data mounts, small and midsize businesses cope with a sprawling and often costly infrastructure. This paper shows how these businesses can benefit by implementing a virtualization strategy. A well-executed strategy can result in fewer, better-utilized servers, rapid provisioning of servers, affordable business continuity, and more streamlined, efficient management.
When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations
[ Source: WatchGuard ]
October 2009-Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time – not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution.
Building Your IT Staff: Essential Experience and Skill Sets for Tomorrow’s Challenges
[ Source: SkillSoft ]
August 2009-Today's IT departments must be true business partners, actively engaged in serving internal and external customers, and aligned with company goals. IT leaders discuss how educating and training IT professionals for leadership leads to high-performance, business-savvy tech teams.
Cloud Computing Implementation Frameworks and SOA
[ Source: Fiorano Software ]
November 2009-Today's enterprise environment is rapidly changing. The disparate mix of operating systems, applications and databases for businesses and organizations increasingly characterizes the IT system landscape, exacerbated by consolidation across nearly all industry sectors. Service-agnostic cloud computing and frameworks to efficiently harness, provision, launch, debug, and manage distributed services virtualized across the enterprise poses both, a great challenge and an opportunity to streamline business operations.
As enterprise applications and technologies grow in complexity and ....
Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare
[ Source: 3Com ]
September 2009-To significantly improve the delivery of healthcare, an impressive arrange of new technology solutions are being introduced daily. 3Com designs solutions that deliver unique price/performance value, reduce complexity to facilitate healthcare delivery and ensure security to protect investments, resources and information.
In this case study, learn how 3Com can help you enhance patient care by maximizing business continuity, security, and productivity.
Is an Energy-wasting Data Center Draining Your Bottom Line?
[ Source: Eaton ]
November 2009-An unforgiving economic climate has left many organizations struggling to sustain (or restore) profitability. Many of them reacted to the downturn by restructuring, trimming back R&D and marketing, and laying off employees. All of these moves leave a company in a vulnerable position when the market rebounds, which it inevitably will.
Meanwhile, huge potential savings are sitting, untapped, right in the company’s data center.
Data center energy costs as a percent of ....
A CISO's Guide to Application Security
[ Source: Fortify ]
November 2009-Security breaches are expensive. They cost time, effort, remediation, and reputation restoration. Many IT decision-makers tend to focus their security efforts almost exclusively at the network perimeter. They overlook the software applications that run their day-to-day agencies. These applications are often packed with Social Security numbers, addresses, personal health information, or other sensitive data.
Focusing on security features at both the infrastructure and application level isn’t enough. Organizations must also consider flaws in their ....
Buyers' Guide to Endpoint Protection Platforms
[ Source: Sophos ]
November 2009-Discover how you can leverage endpoint security and data protection to provide simplified cross-platform security, centralized management, and control of devices, apps, and network access.
RSS Mobile Reader
[ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
May 2009-
The RSS feed reader is a J2ME MIDP application that is able to read most RSS feed versions. RSS is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other content like blogs and news. The data is stored on the mobile device and updated on request. It supports most encodings. RSS is a family of Web-feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and pod casts. An RSS ....
4G And Its Evolution
[ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
May 2009-
This paper focuses on 4G -- its features, initiatives, architectures, business models, specifications like physical and MAC layer, channel access, error control coding, and OFDM. Higher-layer issues, like mobility, congestion, and QoS are also discussed.
Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) In Healthcare: Wi-Not Wi-Fi?
[ Source: Awarepoint Corporation ]
August 2009-
CIOs must ask some very important questions to appraise the cost and value of Wi-Fi-based RTLS: Are you really using existing infrastructure? What is the cost (in time and expertise) for on-going maintenance of Wi-Fi RTLS? How will Wi-Fi RTLStraffic affect your network? The “just add water” story Wi-Fi marketers publicize loses steam in real-world applications. Once you’ve optimized your Wi-Fi infrastructure for RTLS, you will need extensive location planning of highly trained individuals to ....
Comparing Wi-Fi RFID And IR-RFID Real-Time Locating Systems For Use In Healthcare
[ Source: Versus Technology ]
August 2009-
Real-time locating systems (RTLS) are becoming mainstream in healthcare environments. Although currently there is only a 29% adoption rate, this number is expected to grow to nearly 70% by 2011. However, there are many different RTLS offerings as well as remarkable variation in the implementation processes, functionality, and long-term success with each system. This white paper explores the implementation costs between two popular RTLS solutions: Wi-Fi RFID (radio frequency identification) from Cisco and hardwired Infrared-RFID ....
A Mobile Software Quality Framework
[ Source: Lionbridge Technologies ]
February 2009-
Today’s mobile software companies face a daunting challenge: How can they achieve quality while getting to market swiftly? After all, speed is king in the mobile market. New technologies are constantly being introduced; new mobile device platforms are emerging at a prodigious rate; competitors are constantly “one-upping” each other in an ever-escalating arms race of new features and interfaces. The trade-off between speed and quality in mobile software development is an illusion--or should be. A ....
Improving Healthcare Delivery with Role-Enabled Communications
[ Source: NEC ]
September 2009-
Today, more healthcare IT organizations than ever are interested in implementing UC applications in a planned, cost effective manner. In order to meet their tremendous potential for improved healthcare delivery requires more than UC - it requires role-enabled communications. Download NEC's whitepaper to see how to deal with healthcare challenges.
Comparing Wi-Fi RFID And IR-RFID Real-Time Locating Systems For Use In Healthcare
[ Source: Versus Technology ]
August 2009-
Real-time locating systems (RTLS) are becoming mainstream in healthcare environments. Although currently there is only a 29% adoption rate, this number is expected to grow to nearly 70% by 2011. However, there are many different RTLS offerings as well as remarkable variation in the implementation processes, functionality, and long-term success with each system. This white paper explores the implementation costs between two popular RTLS solutions: Wi-Fi RFID (radio frequency identification) from Cisco and hardwired Infrared-RFID ....
Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) In Healthcare: Wi-Not Wi-Fi?
[ Source: Awarepoint Corporation ]
August 2009-
CIOs must ask some very important questions to appraise the cost and value of Wi-Fi-based RTLS: Are you really using existing infrastructure? What is the cost (in time and expertise) for on-going maintenance of Wi-Fi RTLS? How will Wi-Fi RTLStraffic affect your network? The “just add water” story Wi-Fi marketers publicize loses steam in real-world applications. Once you’ve optimized your Wi-Fi infrastructure for RTLS, you will need extensive location planning of highly trained individuals to ....
4G And Its Evolution
[ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
May 2009-
This paper focuses on 4G -- its features, initiatives, architectures, business models, specifications like physical and MAC layer, channel access, error control coding, and OFDM. Higher-layer issues, like mobility, congestion, and QoS are also discussed.
RSS Mobile Reader
[ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
May 2009-
The RSS feed reader is a J2ME MIDP application that is able to read most RSS feed versions. RSS is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other content like blogs and news. The data is stored on the mobile device and updated on request. It supports most encodings. RSS is a family of Web-feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and pod casts. An RSS ....
Re-engineering The Wireless Network In Healthcare
[ Source: Radiant Networks ]
July 2008-
The Radiant Networks StatAware Healthcare solution tracks equipment, medical staff, and patients to improve workflow, reduce costs, and increase satisfaction. The StatAware solution has combined the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Mobility Services Engine with AeroScout’s WiFi-based RFID tags and MobileView application to cost effectively automate asset management.
Norwegian Hospital Saves 500 Person-Years in Costs With Wireless Messaging Solution
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, wanted to become a patient-centric hospital by using a single, converged Internet Protocol network to improve productivity, decrease operating costs, and enhance integration. This organization is using Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004, to provide immediate access to patient information. St. Olavs Hospital production is expected to increase by 26 per cent by 2015, with only a 10 per cent increase in headcount. This increased efficiency represents a ....
Cable & Wireless Brings NHS Telecoms Spending Under Control
[ Source: Cable & Wireless ]
January 2008-
The Greater Manchester Collaborative Procurement Hubs primary objective is to streamline the relationship between NHS organizations and suppliers across the Greater Manchester area, with a view to boosting efficiency, focusing expertise and cutting costs. Business challenge was to provide new economies of scale, substantial cost savings, and a focus of central expertise for telecoms services to the Greater Manchester region of the NHS. Cable & Wireless solution implemented: Voice calls; Wholesale Line Rental; and Ongoing ....
Potential of RFID in the Pharmaceutical Market
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
RFID, short for Radio Frequency Identification, is a rapidly evolving technology that can dramatically improve operational efficiencies and customer service. RFID will fundamentally transform the way information about products, equipment, animals and even people is gathered and analyzed in real time, providing new business opportunities. To encourage widespread adoption of RFID technology, Microsoft is developing a layered RFID infrastructure and platform, using an open building block approach. This white paper describes for C-level executives and ....
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