CoverOregon was meant to be a a National demonstration for the potential of Obamacare, leveraging decisions at the heart of the Oregon Health Plan which was a major success of Governor Kitzhabers first two terms. What...
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@Gigabob Was there something about Cover Oregon that made it more complex than other state projects that did incorporate some off-the-shelf software as a starting point? Also not clear what you're saying about Sheehan:...
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Modernization is the world I live in every day, with customers both in the large government and corporate arenas. This article is right on, as is your point above. The only people really interested in keeping...
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Sheehan's post and focus joins several other from the Repulican side of the aisle that were viewed at the time through the polarizing lense of National Health Care Politics. If we accept Rep Sheehans perspective it...
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I believe that the "update" that was being spoken of in the article was the 2002 Standard for the language. There is another release of the standard pending and should be finalized this year. So we will have...
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That both Oregon's ineffective management under Carolyn Lawson and Oracle - her chosen partner - share blame for this debacle is not for debate. Assinging singular blame to either party in a marriage of this intimacy...
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You points are very valid and have been in play for years though many firms have failed to realize the benefits of such actions. I have spent over 20 years adjusting automated tasks to reduce down time and improve...
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Gen. Lord makes some great observations here on how hard and how costly it can be to modernize legacy systems. The amount of time and investment that it would take to overhaul some of the government's massive old systems...
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As much trouble as the federal health care exchange experienced, it's growing evident that the majority of states that participated in the federal exchange are probably better off than states like Oregon and Maryland that...
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@Alison that's an excellent point. Who has a greater need than a huge retailer with both physcial stores and an online presence?
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Carolyn Lawson did give an interview to the Oregonian defending herself professionally. Cover Oregon: Carolyn Lawson, departed IT director, says she's been unfairly scapegoated http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf...
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If she fought for better security and was shot down, then it seems unfair. If security was low on her radar, then she was part of the problem that allowed hackers to break into the company and damage its sales and image....
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I am surprised a company as large as Target did not have a chief security officer. A CIO doesn't need to have hands-on experience with technology; they should know how an organization can use technology to differentiate...
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Seems like insurance exchange sites are fraught with problems. Let's not forget Minnesota's MNsure site, which tripped up IBM earlier this year. There, too, there's question as to whether the problem lies with the vendors...
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There is plenty of blame to go around to plenty of people and organizations, including Oracle. While it's easy to point fingers months later, from hundreds of miles away, it's infuriating to once again see taxpayers' money...
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BTW, shortly after I filed this story, I did receive a brief note from Aaron Karjala, CIO of Cover Oregon, who said, "We are still actively partnered with Oracle to continue delivery of the exchange technology. We have...
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Sheehan's perspective is interesting, but does it seem credible to you that Oracle could be completely blameless in this mess? I can imagine that poor direction from state project managers might have gotten the project off...
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To put the cloud customer adoption in perspective, Salesforce.com (a $3 billion business) grew around 30% in 2013. Workday, a much smaller ($470 million) business grew around 70% in 2013. Kirill Tatarinov said the Microsoft...
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