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Insurance Provider Cuts Costs and Boosts Productivity With Messaging Solution

D.A.S. Osterr. Allg. Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs A.G. (D.A.S. Austria) is a liability insurance provider that processes 40,000 cases annually. The company had outgrown its nearly obsolete IT infrastructure comprised of the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system version 4.0, Novell Netware servers, and a third-party mail solution with no collaboration functionality. The...

Tags: Collaboration, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Liability Insurance, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Insurance, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Hardware

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Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin'

Some of the folks touting hybrid cars--standard fuel plus electric--think their favored technology runs against the plans of T. Boone Pickens. I recently blogged Pickens' pick of CNG as a great new transit fuel for American drivers. Over at Hybridowners they're saying electric hybrids and eventually plug-ins will...

Tags: Car, Hybrid, Folk, Hybridowners Site, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Where WiFi succeeds

Where WiFi succeedsAll Good PointsMost important is your point that the cities' failures result from the failure of their business models. Just because the city council votes it to be true, and then commands, "Make it so", doesn't make it so.Your last point, that WIFI can work well on any...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Dell repair adventure, day 4

Dell repair adventure, day 4Litigation"The expectation is that a person will arrive on site the next day having 1) the skills to diagnose and repair the problem, 2) the parts necessary to repair problem and 3) the tools necessary to do the work."1. Litigate: misleading advertising.2. Where is ZDNET's legal...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidenceSo they are sueing someone with no money. LOLKnow what my insurance company told me when i was hit by a driver with no insurance, no job and was living with relatives.... "to bad for you" I was lucky, my mother insisted...

Tags: E-mail, Insurance, fool, RIAA

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

45.7 mln Americans uninsured in 2007

The US Census Bureau released a report that estimates that 45.7 mln Americans were uninsured in 2007 compared to 47 mln in 2006. The US Census report found that more people were covered by government health insurance programs - increasing from 27% in 2006 to 27.8% in 2007. During this...

Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Payroll Solutions, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.

Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don't.SurprisingI am a little surprised they would even bother to do this. But not very surprised.I have never been tempted to 'taunt' them in the first place. What I have been tempted to do is send them false information, preferably from an automated source,...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Cyberthreats, Middleware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, new credit, ActiveX, virus

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.

Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.Yep, going green allrightIt's called moss growing over all the abandoned homes and industry as Colorado slips into economic depression.The question now becomes how much misery will Americans allow greens to foist upon us until we've finally had...

Tags: serious greening, Microsoft Excel

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

What good are gross hospital statistics?

What good are gross hospital statistics?Patient population is significantAnd forget cheeseburgers. It's partly prior availability and use of medical care. People in some areas are more likely to be sick and more likely to have only emergency room interventions rather than ongoing care when their conditions force them...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Patient population, health care, patient

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Something you're going to want to smack

A magic box from GreenRoad Technologies UK will be installed in 200 military vehicles as part of a six-month trial to determine whether it's possible to detect bad driving and then intervene to improve it. As nearly as I can tell, the boxes have accelerometers (i.e., sensors that measure acceleration)...

Tags: Box, Insurance Company, Needle, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Brightfiler for Business 2008 (exe)

Brightfilter gives businesses the control they need to safely permit employee access to the Internet. Brightfilter reduces the risks posed to employees and computers when surfing the Web. By installing Brightfilter, Organizations can enhance Web security, reduce legal liability, increase productivity and preserve bandwidth for business-related activities. Brightfilter is designed...

Tags: Brightfilter, Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-25

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confront

Video: Five ethical dilemmas IT leaders must confrontGuys- the real pain the Industry is facing is Digital Evidence readinessGuys – years ago as in two the CEO's and CFO's of the world were reeling about SOX's costs and the like, but what they missed was that it wasn’t the SOX...

Tags: Strategy, video, information technology, ethical dilemma, digital evidence, IT leader

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Will the EMR movement become a political divide

Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...

Tags: Vertical industries, E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practical Reality, EMR, EMR movement, political divide, divide, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-22

Worker suspended over loss of data on all English prisoners

An employee at Home Office contractor PA Consulting has been suspended after the loss of a memory stick holding the unencrypted details of every prisoner in England and Wales. A staff member at PA Consulting Group has been suspended after the contractor lost details on all prisoners in England...

Tags: Data Loss, Data, Worker, Spokesperson, Government Department, Government, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, security, UK, memory stick, Home Office

News items 2008-08-22

79 million adults can't pay medical bills

79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...

Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid

Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid...."[B]But - it does show that maybe we're a bit too dependent on our devices and that we can be a bit too caught up in the technology of the day.[/B]"That's part of the lesson and the rest of your post is dead...

Tags: Engineering, MAKE SURE, phone book, Zapped off-the-grid, Third World, phone, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

IDF: Will your device really get to know you?

IDF: Will your device really get to know you?Personal devicesYou will receive a discount on health insurance, or maybe a chance to keep you job, when you wear the device and provide the information to the insurance carrier.RE: IDF: Will your device really get to know you?I'm 50. I joined...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IDF, I.D

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

62.7% of US employees choose PPO plan for their medical insurance

Consumer Driven Health Plans, or CDHPs, increased by 43% from 2007, and now comprise nearly 13% of all plans offered by employers. The%age of employees enrolled in these plans nearly doubled, from six% in 2007 to 11.2% 2008. While preferred provider organizations PPOs continue to dominate the market, representing 54%...

Tags: Employee, Insurance, Plan, HMO, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe.....So what, you lost some electronics and doo dads. You and your's are alive, that's what is important. The electronics can be replaced, repaired and data recovered from back-ups I know you have them. The fact that you consider losing your electronics harmful is...

Tags: Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, security system, lightning strike, electronics, strike

Discussion threads 2008-08-18