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Windows 8: 8 Things SMBs Should Know
Microsoft released the beta version of its much-revamped operating system for PCs and tablets. Here are some key facts for smaller companies.
Top Considerations For Cloud EHR Buyers
Cloud computing offers a speed ramp into the electronic health record highway. But don't overlook critical questions about security, performance, say legal experts at HIMSS.
Facebook Revamps Pages For Businesses
"Sponsored stories," along with premium ads, now eligible for distribution in the Facebook newsfeed. Check out this and five other key changes.
Harris Scraps Secure Public Cloud Service
Large government contractor shutters cloud computing service and $200 million data center, less than a year after opening.
Look Beyond Meaningful Use Stage 2
Physicians and institutions must accept new reimbursement models and greater patient control, says healthcare CEO at HIMSS.
IBM Layoffs Exceed 800, Workers Say
IBM cut employees in its outsourcing and server manufacturing units, among others.
5 Keys To U.S. National Mobility Strategy
Security, device support, and applications development are tough issues that agency CIOs must address as they hurry to put smartphones and tablets into more employees' hands.
DARPA, MIT Research A Self-Healing Cloud
Researchers aim to develop a cloud computing environment that could immediately recognize and fend off a cyber attack, much like the human body fights a virus.
IBM Cuts More Than 250 U.S. Jobs
Layoffs include senior project managers in Big Blue’s IT outsourcing unit.
SF Symphony CIO: Facebook Or Tweet From Your Seat
On the third episode of Valley View, hosts David Berlind and Fritz Nelson interview San Francisco Symphony CIO Michael Skaff about how he's keeping one of the City's leading non-profit organizations on the bleeding edge.
Feds Offer Agencies Guidance On Cloud Implementation
As agencies adopt cloud services, a new report helps set some guidelines around SLAs, security, and privacy.
Hadoop Behind Metamarkets' Data Science-as-a-Service
Business Intelligence startup Metamarkets aims to take "BI in the cloud" one step further.
4 Ways SMBs Can Score With Gamification
Small and midsize businesses are well-positioned to take advantage of gamification. Here's some expert advice on how to use the growing trend to get closer to your customers.
Does The Cloud Keep Pace With Moore's Law?
The cost "advantages" of infrastructure-as-a-service aren't always real or long term.
Chambers Reinventing Cisco, Or Recycling Tactics?
CEO John Chambers says Cisco will transform, as upstart and established vendors attack its traditional strongholds. Take a close look at what's new and what's not in his strategy.
Meaningful Use Update: Submit Once, Get Double Credit
Stage 2 Meaningful Use electronic health records incentive program would let providers also get credit toward Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting System.
TelyHD Brings Skype To Your TV
Android-based TelyHD connects your TV to the Internet to enable Skype video calling, photo sharing, and other features.
Chart.io Seeks To Shake Up BI
Startup's cloud-based business intelligence solution takes on
entrenched on-premises BI providers.
Why Google Plus Is Better For Business
Google social and mobile global marketing director Rikard Steiber comes to the set of InformationWeek's Valley View to explain why businesses should use Google Plus to engage their customers.
All The Tech News Fit To Parody
Fritz Nelson rounds up a month's worth of headlines and YouTube video worthy of ridicule.
Digital Migrants And A Stark Economic Future
Why we'll see a very tough transient labor market for a couple of decades, with slowing or declining economic growth.
Security In The Borderless Enterprise
Mobile, cloud, and social technologies have blurred enterprise security borders. Look for a thorough examination of that reality at the RSA conference.
HHS Proposes More Security On Healthcare Mobile Devices
Encryption would have stopped many of the patient data breaches caused by lost smartphones, laptops, and tablets, said Stage 2 Meaningful Use proposal.
What Salesforce.com Results Say About Oracle Battle
Salesforce.com keeps furthering its reach into more corners of its customers' operations. The competition has noticed.
GAO: First Responders Broadband Network Lacks Crucial Features
GAO report says network, which just got $7 billion in funding, lacks many key voice capabilities, forcing use of current system for another 10 years.
U.S. Army Plots Bring Your Own Device Strategy
Army's aggressive mobile device plans include a BYOD policy, new
authentication tools, and mobile virtualization technology.
Chronology Of An Outsourcing Disaster
Austin Energy's deal with IBM for a new billing system has gone painfully awry, internal emails reveal, resulting in lost revenue for the utility and outraged customers.
Air Force Unit Cancels iPad Procurement
Special Operations Command had planned to acquire nearly 3,000 iPads to transfer paper-based flight information and technical manuals to an electronic format.
Feds Promise Flexibility In Meaningful Use, Stage 2
Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use rules regarding electronic health records will be finalized by midyear and take effect in 2012.
Is Cloud Computing A Global Market Yet? Nyet
Brazil, China, and some European countries have erected barriers to free flow of data, due to fears of U.S. domination of cloud market, says BSA.
Defense Dept. IT Reform Moves Forward
After announcing impending reforms in 2010, the military is beginning to shake up how it manages IT.
Wrike Adds Workload View To Project Management Software
Managers can view assignment distribution to make better use of employee resources, resolve scheduling conflicts.
iPad 3 Reports Suggest 8MP Camera
Spy shots of the Apple iPad 3 are hitting the Web fast and furious. The latest batch show off the camera, rear casing, and display panel.
ICD-10 Delay Worries Health IT Leaders
The train's already left the station for organizations that have been prepping for an October 2013 ICD-10 deadline, say health IT organizations and CIOs.
Nursing Information Officers: Newest Health IT Leaders
Onslaught of health IT initiatives brings a need for nursing
Informatics expertise, and a new breed of chief nursing information officers.
IBM Criticized Over Austin Energy Contract
Utility says billing system installed and maintained by IBM is overcharging some customers, while other residents aren't getting any bills at all.
Health IT Leaders Biggest Worry: Finding Qualified Staff
Hospital CIOs say their biggest concern is lack of qualified health IT professionals, not a lack of funding, HIMSS survey reveals.
Changes Planned For Meaningful Use Rules
HIMSS12 attendees were disappointed when details of Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules weren't revealed on Tuesday, and they were surprised to hear that changes will be made to Stage 1 rules.
Fed CIOs Try To End Duplicate IT Investments
DoD, DHS, and DoE have instituted new internal reviews and practices to help consolidate and modernize IT infrastructure, software, and other systems.
What One-Time Passwords Could Do For Mobile
Smartphones will soon be wallets. They're already corporate data repositories. And finally, Yubico lets us stop using static passwords to lock it all down.
3 Bring Your Own Device Risks For SMBs
Small and midsize businesses can reap real rewards from letting employees bring their own devices to work, but must also manage the dangers.
HIMSS Chief Predicts Dialed-Down Health IT Requirements
Government's Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements may get less stringent, based on lower than expected Stage 1 adoption, forecasts health IT group's CEO.
Veterans Affairs CIO Eyes Budget Increase
While spending for most federal IT groups will be flat in 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs seeks budget boost to improve access to electronic health records, telehealth, and mobile devices.
7 Ways To Toughen Enterprise Mobile Device Security
Smartphones extend the network perimeter like never before, but also give potential attackers new entry routes. Consider these get-tough strategies.
10 Steps To Smartphone Privacy
Smartphone owners, it's you versus bad guys and nosy apps. Follow these 10 tips to keep your data locked down.
Google Flouted iPhone Privacy Controls, Report Says
Search giant deployed code that allowed it to track the Web surfing habits of Internet users.
Inside Zynga's Big Move To Private Cloud
With private cloud, Zynga found it could do the same work it had been doing on Amazon EC2, but with one-third the
number of servers. Go inside the how and why of the move.
ICD-10 Tops Current Worries For Medical Practices
New medical coding scheme ranks above electronic health records, health reform in minds of doctors and practice managers, survey says.
HHS Delays ICD-10 Deadline
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responds to increasing pressure from AMA and others to reduce regulatory 'burden' from the new medical billing coding system.
GSA Prepares For Federal Mobile Push
General Services Administration simplifies federal procurement of wireless equipment and services, expands its smartphone use to iPhones and Android-based devices.
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