‘Information Systems and Information Technology’ Archives
Technology Drives 2010 National Scout Jamboree
FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, the latest advancement in communication was the manual telephone switchboard. Now, as the BSA celebrates its 100th Anniversary this week at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, modern technology is helping assure this week's event is fun and [...]
State of Florida Selects Upp Technology’s IRMS for Statewide Pharmaceutical Management
DOWNERS GROVE IL & TALLAHASSEE, FL - UPP Technology, a leader in emergency preparedness and response solutions, announced Tuesday that the state of Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Statewide Pharmaceutical Services has selected the IRMS 360 Enterprise solution suite in a hosted environment to manage the state's pharmaceutical [...]
Goverment entities finally start working together to promote wireless medical technology
According to a story in "The Hill", a Washington D.C. based blog, the FCC and the FDA are joining forces to promote the use of wireless technology within the health care arena. According to the article "FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg signed a memorandum of understanding and released a joint statement of [...]
Google Voice…. I like it!
I have been using Google Voice for about the past three months, and even though the tool seems to still need some work, I have to say that I like it a lot. There are a number of reasons to like Google Voice (GV), such as the single number that I can give out to ring all my numbers. It integrates well with the nexus one phone, and can be used [...]
Cisco… the latest tablet vendor???
Rumors that have been running around Silicon Valley the past few months that Cisco Systems Inc. plans to sell a tablet computer. On Monday Cisco confirms those rumors by unveiling it's latest whiz-bang! According to a Cisco announcement on Tuesday the new device will be called Cius, and will be targeted at business customers. For [...]
Cloud Computing – 5 reasons why not!!
Understanding there is a lot of hype around Cloud Computing technology being the latest savior (a new, or repackaging of an old, technology that comes up on the radar and it seems to become the rage) for IT and business, you hear a lot of hype and rhetoric from the technology pundits and evangelists touting all of the virtues of Cloud Computing. [...]
Monday Briefs!
It's official: the IEEE 802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet standard has been ratified by the IEEE! Orlando Florida - Orlando Health has just signed an agreement with HCD to build the organization's Enterprise Data Warehouse which will be the primary repository for clinical, financial, operational and research data. Official approval [...]
Allscripts and Eclipsys to Merge
CHICAGO & ATLANTA, Jun 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, information and connectivity solutions for physicians, and Eclipsys (NASDAQ: ECLP), a leading enterprise provider of solutions and services for hospitals and clinicians, today announced a definitive [...]
InComm Buys Coinstar’s E-Payment Business
Atlanta-based InComm acquired Coinstar Inc.’s e-payment business for $40 million. The deal included a prepaid product portfolio including approximately 400 individual prepaid card products from more than 65 unique issuers in a variety of prepaid segments, including wireless, long distance telecom, branded retail gift, financial services and [...]
SAP to Acquire Sybase, question is WHY?
SAP is acquiring fellow business software company Sybase for $5.8 billion in an all-cash offer. Why? Most likely to compete against their rival Oracle. I find this all very funny considering for years SAP sales and technical staff have always recommended Oracle and the primary DB platform. Oracle was always the first platform that SAP built it's [...]
Buggy McAfee update whacks Windows XP PCs
CNET Article - McAfee's popular antivirus software failed spectacularly on Wednesday, causing tens of thousands of Windows XP computers to crash or repeatedly reboot. A buggy update that the company released early in the day turned the software's formidable defenses against malicious software inward, prompting it to attack a vital component [...]
Cloud Computing Recap: Public Versus Private and Potential Legal Risks
The March/April issue of Baseline Magazine features several articles about the benefits and risks of choosing either public or private clouds. These include potential legal risks, security and many other considerations. Has your company considered the options? Cloud Computing: Public Versus Private Options Business and technology managers may [...]
New Google Doc’s Unvieled…..
Yesterday Google hosted nearly 400 CIOs and IT professionals from around the world at Atmosphere, their inaugural event at the Googleplex. One of the highlights was the presentation about the improvements to Google Docs. Google is, at least very quickly catching up to Microsoft in features and functionality, at least with the ones I [...]
Friday Blurbs…. April 9th, 2010
Search Numbers - The March U.S. search share numbers are out. During march Google dropped nearly half a point to 65% which is unusual as it generally goes up! However, Yahoo gained a tenth of a point, which is not significant and Bing continues to slowly gain higher number with 2 tenths increase to 11.7%. However, according to [...]
HHS Gives $267 million in grants for more regional extension centers.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday awards for more than $267 million to 28 non-profit organizations to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers. The following is a list of Southern NPO's which received grants. University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL - [...]
