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- Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy
- Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Success or failure equals government intervention
- Property Rights...I think the Government is just ignoring the idea of property and sticking thier nose where is doesn't always belong.Take Goldman Sachs - they made a mint this year because the market is very volitile and they are GOOD at their jobs (which is reading market swings and buying...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Recruitment & Selection, Insurance, government intervention, disarray
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Paper-Docs Organizing Solution 3.61 (Windows)
- Paper-Docs Organizing Solution is a slick tool to help you organize all of your hardcopy documents and records. Simply categorize your items, enter keywords, and create file folder labels and lists. The search function allows you to find any document in seconds. Keep track of any document such as bank...
- Tags: Item, Credit Card, Health Care, Microsoft Windows, Velware Solutions, Paper-Docs Organizing Solution, Insurance, Sales Channel, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Financial Services, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Sales, Finance, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2009-10-15
- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Customer, Storage, Workforce Management, Disaster Recovery, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Human Resources, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Personal health information is the next national security problem
- This one's been a problem for a while....Shoot, it's been a problem for so long that Congress has already done "something" about it called HIPPA. See http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/RE: Personal health information is the next national security problemYou make many good points here, but as I try to convey to individuals, read...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, national security problem, personal health information
- Discussion threads 2009-10-10
- Head cracking time on health care reform
- "And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- TD Bank botches IT system consolidation; Customer havoc ensues
- But hey, don't worry... TD's got you covered.As reported in the local news last night, a woman who went to withdraw money from her account to pay her rent found that the ATM would not let her. So after discussing the situation with TD bank employees at her branch,...
- Tags: Financial services, information technology, Regis, TD Bank, bank, IT system consolidation
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Accounting Toolbar Icons 2009.3 (Windows)
- Enhance an accounting package or bookkeeper software with appealing graphics. Accounting Toolbar Icons depict numerous concepts and symbols related to accounting and bookkeeping, including currencies, financial symbols, files, customers, percentage points, and many more. More than a hundred icons are available for instant preview and immediate purchase. Accounting Toolbar Icons...
- Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Accounting Toolbar Icons, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-09-29
- Intuit service shows how little patients count
- OpportunityIf I wanted to make a lot of money spamming people, I'd just send out phony doctor bills.Nobody has any idea how many bills they are supposed to be getting, or how much they are supposed to be. One more for "lab fees" would probably get paid by a...
- Tags: Insurance, Intuit Inc., patient, vet
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Max Baucus' bet on John Castellani
- Socialist careI guess the 'Stimulus' money is going here now to write propaganda for the Obama socialist cause. we don't need big governmentThe health care industry in USA is the best in the world.ObamaCare would make it more expensive and in line with third world countries.We must stand behind the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Government, Max Baucus, health care, Dems, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Will the policy debate narrow or end?
- here we go again!Obama is trying to destroy the best healtcare system in the world and give free care to people who don't deserve it.The solutions for the healt reform are simple and have been enumerated by conservatives like John McCain and others:1.Vouchers to buy insurance2.Tort reform3.Tax cuts in the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Obama, car
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Open source can save your life
- don't mix OSS with socialized medicineOSS is for the all the people, socialized medicine is demanded only by a small minority of craizy liberals.VA health careSince 2001, the VA has had remarkable bipartisan support for just about all the funding they needed or could handle. When the gravy train...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Walter Reed, Walter Reed hospital, open source, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Joe Biden and the dawn of the MediNet
- what a waste, just model VA Hospitalsthey have one of the most efficient medical records on the planet. HIEThese funds are not to develop electronic medical records (your right, the VA's VISTA system is very good - and I am a strong advocate of open source solutions) This is...
- Tags: Government, Insurance, Vertical industries, MediNet, Joe Biden, dawn, medical record, Hie
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Big money to be made in health payment processing
- RE: Rolling Charges to end of yearI like the idea, but hang on. I thought we weren't allowed to solve healthcare problems anymore without government intervention. It's actually refreshing to hear someone propose a healthcare fix that doesn't require ten tons of bureaucracy to manage, and actually...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health payment, BIG MONEY
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Accounting Development Icons 2009.1 (Windows)
- Enhance an accounting package or bookkeeper software with appealing graphics. Accounting Development Icons depict numerous concepts and symbols related to accounting and bookkeeping, including currencies, financial symbols, files, customers, percentage points, and many more. More than a hundred icons are available for instant preview and immediate purchase. Accounting Development Icons...
- Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Accounting Development Icons, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-08-06
- Cash for clunkers: one man's story
- THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...
- Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Ridiculous lawsuit against Amazon
- Ridiculous lawsuit against AmazonRE: a quick read of [the TOS] shows that Amazon absolutely [has] the right your claim is ludicrous. The health insurance industry wants to takeyour money until you get sick-- then you're on your own; the creditcard industry reserves the right to change your lending agreement--...
- Tags: health insurance industry, Amazon.com Inc., lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- SafeCentral 2.0.5 (Windows)
- SafeCentral is a service designed to protect consumers from Identity Theft while banking, shopping, or sharing other sensitive information online. SafeCentral prevents virtually all forms of data interception or compromise by locking down the desktop and creating a direct, encrypted connection to the website of your choice. Unlike credit monitoring...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Authentium, SafeCentral, Identity Theft, Insurance, Financial Planning, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-07-30
- IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone
- IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phoneIRSMore money to spread around.. GREAT WORK IRS..Another fine example of no new taxes for people under $250,000. YEA, what I thought and can you say " I TOLD YOU SO"..You asked for it you got it...In the UKHMRC do consider a work provided...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Tax Code, tax, Internal Revenue Service, phone, mobile phone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- FinKit 2.9.10 (Mac)
- Financial calculator that solves all sorts of problems involving the time value of money. Choose from 51 financial calculations: Assets: capitalized cost - classic and MACRS depreciation Bonds: bond book value, duration, price and yield - zero-coupon bond price and yield Dates: term date - date series - year...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Payment, Financial, Bond, Annuity, ParanzaSoft, Investment, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-06-02
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