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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for nearly 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the Interactive Age Daily for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age's "NetMarketing" supplement, and dozens of other publications over the years.- more about Dana Blankenhorn »
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- How Microsoft uses open source to fight open source
- Microsoft's strategy against open source ties up institutions that are authoritative, creating a benefit for the institution that ties its members to proprietary Microsoft tools. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., British Library, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- The language Google knows best is English
- Google is taking Microsoft down with the tools of journalism. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Is HealthIT getting lost in the weeds?
- The problem is that English is not used until the process is over, and I worry that it won't even be used then. How fast can someone put out "Meaningful Use for Dummies?" by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Weed, Patient, Computer, NPRM, IFR, ARRA/HITECH, EHR, Productivity, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- News to know: Server wars; Windows 7; GMail; China hacker arrests; SAP
- Server wars and a Google announcement top today's headlines by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Server, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Torvalds' Nexus One endorsement may be regretted
- Google is trying to build a competitive ecosystem in Android, and Android is not the only Linux-based system in the mobile space. It's like saying which one of your children you like best. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Linus Torvalds, Torvalds, Mobile Operating Systems, Blogging, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Development Tools, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Internet, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Ellison puts Screven over mySQL
- A start-up subsisting on pizza, even a small open source project, can be discovered by the masses and become world famous within a year. Will there be an easy migration path, or will that path be slammed shut? Ask Edward Screven. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Ellison, Jacobs, Internet Success, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- SharEHR is a cloud-based EHR that uses your current records
- Because SharEHR uses current files, including scanned paper, it takes a staff just a few weeks to learn how to use it by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Patient, Adobe PDF, SharEHR, Eckert, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Hunter pushes CodePlex as a business-oriented foundation
- One primary area we're trying to focus is the commercial software development area, and certainly the east coast is not only a center for software companies but large enterprise IT shops. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Benefit, Foundation, Paula Hunter, CodePlex Foundation, Andy Updegrove, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- HITRUST sends message with Kaiser award
- You can create a complete Electronic Health Record EHR and expose that to the Internet as a Personal Health Record PHR, all the while maintaining full security and compliance with the HIPAA regulations. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Kaiser Permanente, HITRUST, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
- Matt Asay's big break is a big one for open source
- Ubuntu is a wonderful dream, but a prosaic reality. It sells itself as the shining city on the hill, when it's really just a small attractive village. Matt Asay can change that. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Matt Asay, Matt, Food & Beverage, Operational Accounting, Manufacturing, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
- Is the Tea Party open source?
- The Internet lets political movements of all types rise quickly from the bottom-up. This is in contrast to the way government must act, which is from the top-down. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: John Robb, Robb, Tea Party Activist, Netroots, Absorption, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
- Make-or-buy balance still unclear in 2011 Defense and Veteran budgets
- If EHR Way Ahead is using open source components and delivering something DoD and VA employees can manage and extend, it's a good thing. If this is going to be another Windows-Oracle set of promises, created and managed by outside contractors, that's something else entirely. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, U.S. Department Of Defense, VA, Open Source Component, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- Crossing the line to the Internet Generation
- If you look at the Internet's development and compare it to that of TV a generation ago, it's finally the 1960s. This is great news for open source. Its future is secure. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, TV, Torch, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- Did Symbian go open source too late?
- This is the world Symbian's partners, on the whole, ignored as it was coming on. Why should they be trusted to lead now? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Symbian Inc., Symbian Foundation, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- News to know: Amazon; Google-Apple; Comcast Xfinity; Devour; Cisco;
- The launch of Devour Android and Comcast's new Xfinity top today's headlines by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Engineering, Monitors & Displays, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- IBM bets on necessity for health IT security with Initiate
- If data integrity and security are baked into the infrastructure of data transfers, how much will that add to the cost of building the networks and more important in using them? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: IT Security, Information Technology, Initiate Systems Inc., Health Care, IBM Corp., SpendMatters, Data Management, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits And Compensation, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
- Will China grab open source now?
- Once Chinese manufacturers realize that open source can give them independence, not only from Apple but from Google and every other foreign entity, China will embrace open source. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: China, Google Inc., Brand, Chromium, Open Source, Branding, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
- Reformers want meaningful use help for small practices
- If the final rules on meaningful use can certify modules and deliver cash for using them effectively, they can lead small practices forward. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Practice, Electronic Health Record, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
- Google narrowing Apple proprietary gap
- Combine an open source process with Chinese manufacturing, and Apple's best features can be copied, distributed, made and sold almost before Apple itself can get them out the door. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Manufacturing, Marketing Research, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
- News to know: Google Tablet; Mobile OS updates; iPad; Murdoch; Office 2010
- Google Tablet and mobile updates top today's headlines by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Operating System, Microsoft Office, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Tablets, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Data Centers, Digital Photography, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Storage, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
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