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U.S. CTO: Health care needs better billing systems: At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Franicsco, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra talks about IT changes that need to be made to the current health care system. He believes one of the biggest areas of waste is the money spent on billing within the system, with 17 cents of every...; Tags: Billing, CTO, Health Care, Billing System, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-10-22
U.S. CTO: Health care needs better billing systems: At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Franicsco, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra talks about IT changes that need to be made to the current health care system. He believes one of the biggest areas of waste is the money spent on billing within the system, with 17 cents of every...; Tags: Billing, CTO, Health Care, Billing System, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. CTO; Videos 2009-10-21
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra on Net neutrality; innovation, DMCA: Introducing a new series where CNET editors interview tech newsmakers. First up, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra talks DMCA, Net neutrality, innovation, and more. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Innovation, CTO, DMCA, Net Neutrality, Leadership, Digital Media, Strategy, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-09-22
App virtualization meets the mobile device: At VMworld in San Francisco, VMware CTO Stephen Herrod shows a Visa mobile application on a Microsoft Windows CE device that is also running virtually on Google's Android OS. The functionality allows users to run "any app on any device," the VMware executive says.; Tags: Mobile, VMware Inc., Mobile Device, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows CE, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, VMware, CTO; Videos 2009-09-02
Another day at OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld: I'm looking forward to listening to Lew Tucker, CTO of Sun's Cloud program group.Ã‚Â Martin McCarthy, CEO of the 451 Group, and I spoke with him briefly yesterday afternoon. Lew is going to offer some really interesting insights on Cloud Computing. Martin and I also spoke briefly...; Tags: Insight, CTO, Lew, Dirk, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-08-13

Smart people: Harrison Dillon, CTO, Solazyme: Will algae fuel the car of tomorrow? Harrison Dillon, CTO of Solazyme is growing strains of algae to produce various kinds of renewable oils. He hopes that over the next few years, people will start consuming algae derived products like gasoline, household cleaners, and makeup without ever realizing it. ...; Tags: CTO, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-08-12
News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO: 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. Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM...; Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Larry Dignan, CTO, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Ryan Naraine, Twitter, Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2009-08-07
U.S. CTO: Better cybersecurity, better health care: At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., the United States' CTO, Aneesh Chopra, describes his plan to invest in security infrastructure upgrades to help create a more efficient and smarter health care system.; Tags: CTO, Cybersecurity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Aneesh Chopra, President Obama, Health care; Videos 2009-08-06
U.S. CTO outlines nation's IT strategy [video]: At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., United States CTO Aneesh Chopra describes President Obama's plan to spur innovation through investment, align the nation's domestic priorities, and upgrade the government's own operations. [video=328656] by Larry Dignan; Tags: U.S., CTO, Information Technology, Video, Government, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Leadership, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-08-05
U.S. CTO outlines nation's IT strategy: At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., United States CTO Aneesh Chopra describes President Obama's plan to spur innovation through investment, align the nation's domestic priorities, and upgrade the government's own operations.; Tags: U.S., CTO, Information Technology, Government, Strategy, Leadership, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Investment, Management, Finance, Aneesh Chopra, President Obama; Videos 2009-08-05
U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra: Submit questions and watch him on BOL: U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra will appear on CNET's Buzz Out Loud on Tuesday, August 4. BOL host Tom Merritt has opened the door for the tech community to submit questions for Chopra. See how to submit your questions and where to watch the interview. by Jason Hiner; Tags: U.S., CTO, Question, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2009-08-03
Smart People: Raj Vaswani, CTO, Silver Spring Networks: Say goodbye to the utility man coming by your house and reading your meter to calculate your energy usage. Raj Vaswani, CTO of Silver Spring Networks and his team are developing new technologies that will network meters to the grid. The new smart meters allow your utility company to read...; Tags: CTO, Network, Team Management, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-07-27
HP CTO predicts the future of technology: Russ Daniels, CTO of cloud services strategy for Hewlett-Packard, predicts that in the coming years, technology will move towards being customizable for every aspect of our lives. At the Interop Conference in Las Vegas, he discusses with M.R. Rangaswami, co-founder of the Sand Hill Group, what the barriers to this...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., CTO, Technology, Strategy, Management, Russ Daniels, Hewlett-Packard, Interop; Videos 2009-05-26
O'Reilly: Chopra is the Government 2.0 choice for CTO: Is the pick of Aneesh Chopra as the nation's CTO a snub for Silicon Valley? After all, Chopra comes from Virginia state government and CIO Vivek Kundra was most recently in D.C. government. You'll recall in the midst of the speculation about who Obama would pick for these posts, I...; Tags: Job, CTO, Health Care, Government, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2009-04-21
Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?: On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...; Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2009-03-06
Does Kundra have an impossible job as Obama's federal CIO?: On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the CIO of the federal government. Kunda below is a 34 year-old IT leader with a strong reputation in the tech community. He has track record for driving efficiency and transparency, and has shown a penchant for bold actions such...; Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Vivek Kundra, Government Operation, Federal Government, Government, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2009-03-06
Obama names D.C. CTO Kundra as federal CIO: President Obama today named Vivek Kundra, Washington, D.C.'s chief technology officer, to the position of federal chief information officer. Kundra, who previously served as a technology policy adviser for President Obama (and who ZDNet Open Source blogger Dana Blankenhorn considers "Obama's tech daddy"), will be responsible for...; Tags: Washington, Barack Obama, CTO, Vivek Kundra, Government, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-03-05
Ken Silva, CTO, Verisign: Ken Silva, CTO of Verisign, speaks to ZDNet Editor in Chief, Larry Dignan about the biggest security threats facing companies in 2009, and what Verisign is doing to out-innovate the hackers. Silva also discusses the companyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s strategy to expand domain name capacity, secure mobile devices, and his philosophy on the...; Tags: CTO, VeriSign Inc., Domain Name, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Administrator; Blog posts 2009-02-10
Ken Silva, CTO, Verisign: Ken Silva, CTO of Verisign, speaks to ZDNet Editor in Chief, Larry Dignan about the biggest security threats facing companies in 2009, and what Verisign is doing to out-innovate the hackers. Silva also discusses the company's strategy to expand domain name capacity, secure mobile devices, and his philosophy on the...; Tags: CTO, VeriSign Inc., Domain Name, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Ken Silva; Videos 2009-02-10
Verisign CTO: Aligning security and innovation: Ken Silva, CTO of Verisign, says blocking new technologies from coming into your company isn't a smart strategy. Eventually, he says, someone at the top will want to use their iPhone or other mobile device, so planning to do this securely is more savvy.; Tags: Innovation, CTO, VeriSign Inc., Security, iPhone; Videos 2009-02-10