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Carrots and sticks and EMRs

Carrots and sticks and EMRsThe carrots and sticks are not helpful from a Not-for-Profit standpointwhat about NP's that offer care? Since they dont pay taxes, they dont get any support in that sense. We know there are grants coming down the pipe for networks, but what about stand...

Tags: Strategic planning, Personal finance, HL7, EMR, Carrots

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

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No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Apple removed blood stains from Snow Leopard package

No, no ... no photoshop involved ...... some brave soul cleaned the Leopards mouth with a wet-nap ...LudoIt like lost a fight to Windows 7how else could they get it to be so docile for a photograph! :)I see you tossed in Windows7But you forgot Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton, Charles...

Tags: Apple Inc., Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Apple eyeing $1 billion North Carolina data center

Apple is reportedly plotting a $1 billion data center in North Carolina and legislators are overhauling their state's tax code to entice Steve Jobs & Co. to build there.  According to local TV reports, North Carolina's House has approved a tax overhaul in an effort to woo...

Tags: Data Center, North Carolina, Apple Inc., States, Miller, Data Centers, Taxes, Free Trade, Storage, Personal Finance, Hardware, Data Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Is dirt the new new thing?

Back to our roots? Literally and symbolically? I recently blogged about the White House kitchen garden. Turns out the MSM thinks this is part of a food revolution in America. Anything for a trend that has nothing directly to do with banking. Turns out even...

Tags: Food, Dirt, Mushroom Fan, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-22

News to know: Stimilus bill, Twitter Twestival, Microsoft stores, Netflix, Facebook value

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Andrew Nusca: Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill Sam Diaz: Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Retail, Personal Finance, Microsoft Outlook, Taxes, E-mail, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Carrots and sticks and EMRs

The danger is that community projects become community fiefdoms, dueling power centers driven by the ambitions of their vendors, and if rivalries are implemented in code then someone who moves from, say, Atlanta to Portland may have a long wait for their EMR data. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, EMR, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-12

More precious than platinum

More precious than platinumTry out the following More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.California is the nation's number one dairy state.California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.California's leading export crop is almonds.Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include almonds,...

Tags: Climate Change, Grape

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Commonwealth Fund makes big push for health IT

Commonwealth Fund makes big push for health ITWe would like a grant for this!!!We need money right now.. we are trying to deploy an EHR. So far the bill is close to 1.4 million.You might get itI believe the plan is to offer both carrots and sticks -- incentives...

Tags: Commonwealth Fund, health-IT

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Gartner CIO advice: The good, the bad and the plain odd

Gartner CIO advice: The good, the bad and the plain oddWith the exception of ....teleconferencing and HOME GROWN cloud, it is time to get back to the basics. Computers were meant to do three things - take data input, manipulate that data, and then output the results. Forcing them to...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

The Gupta choice

The Gupta choiceWe are doomed.Why stop at an obesity tax? Why not a risky sex tax? You know, all those questions they ask you when you give blood? (Have you ever, even once, had sex with another man?)We could have a risky behavior tax. Do you...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, thought police, tax, cigarette, obesity tax, fatty, risk

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Snowman Skiing 1.2.2 (Windows)

In this game you need to control a skiing snowman. You should pick up pine cones, carrots and branches to form the eyes, noses and arms of the snowman. The faster you finish the snowman, the higher the score you get. If you hit a tree, all the parts of...

Tags: Tree, Novel Games, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-01-02

Dapper incentivises structuring of web data with MashupAds

Amit Kumar, the 'father of SearchMonkey' when he was Director for Product Management at Yahoo! Search, is now VP for Product Management at Dapper and clearly he is still finding the carrots with which to entice content owners to semantically structure their data. Dapper announced MashupAds today,...

Tags: Web, Data, Channel Management, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Microsoft's search perks gambit eyes 22% of market up for grabs

Microsoft will pay and perk you to death to get you to use its search and the move may not be so silly. Why? Roughly 22 percent of the search market is up for grabs so you might as well buy some loyalty. That 22 percent figure...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Regulations, Marketing Research, Internet, Government, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Eat, Bunny, Eat! 1.0 (Mobile)

Tilt your iPhone or iPod Touch to move the bunny and catch the falling carrots. However, beware of the falling cans. This simple, cute, and addictive game is suitable for all ages.

Tags: Mobile, Apple iPod Touch, Lima Sky, Games, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-22

eBay: Did listings change make a difference?

EBay on Wednesday reports its first quarter results and there are many loose ends to tie up. Did the company's changes to listing fees make a difference? Can eBay weather an economic downturn? Can the auction giant get growth going again? Those are some big questions and...

Tags: eBay Inc., Youssef Squali, Donahoe, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-16

How hard is it to violate the GPL?

I screwed up yesterday. (Picture from Boycott Novell.) After re-reading my piece, your comments, and the terms of both GPL licenses carefully, it's clear to me I underestimated how easy it is for enterprises to violate its terms. But it's not impossible. Far from...

Tags: GPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-19

eBay outlines fee overhaul; Is it smoke and mirrors?

Updated with more information on listing fees: eBay on Tuesday said that it is cutting listing fees, boosting selling standards and dangling carrots in front of sellers to move more volume. The effort is new CEO John Donahoe's first move in an effort to boost eBay's growth. ...

Tags: Fee, Goal, Seller, Safety, eBay Inc., Quality, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-29

eBay outlines overhaul; hopes for more growth

eBay outlines overhaul; hopes for more growthPlanned failure...Hmm, lower the listing fees but charge more if you sell the item. Yeah, that will make a huge difference. NOT! eBay seems to be oblivious to the fact they have competition and that competition is starting to kick their...

Tags: Sales force management, eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

2008 will be the year of web health marketing

The launch of Resolutions 2.0 by Revolution Health is the first shot in what will be a drumbeat of news releases from commercial health sites in 2008. A combination of technology, marketing, and corporate ambition should cause Revolution, and such rivals as Healthline and Healthcare.com, to break out...

Tags: Web, Marketing, Goal, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-31