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Doubling of VA's IT budget could tip the market: Doubling of VA's IT budget could tip the marketHow's it going to go... this might be a clueMcKesson is number 3 of the top 100 Recipients of Federal Contract Awards for FY 2008 1Q. (http://tinyurl.com/27sr74)RE: Doubling of VA's IT budget could tip the marketThanks for the report.Good ClueI don't want...; Tags: McKesson, VA IT budget, VA IT, Doubling, IT budget; Discussion threads 2008-02-05

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Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V: In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...; Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-16
AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts: AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cutsFor those that said "Don't Care", you had better!I have a parent going through a serious illness and on Medicare/Medicaid right now.Let me tell you, it's a nightmare folks. The last thing we need is doctors priced into not giving a damn...RE: AMA...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, Medicare, health care, Medicare cut, AMA; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
What putting off health care means: What putting off health care meansPreventionI used to get severe headaches occasionally migraine whenever the weather changed. If a thunderstorm was coming, I would get a bad headache. When the weather was turning nice again, I would get a severe headache. I had a couple of dental...; Tags: Vertical industries, health care, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Microsoft Releases Hyper-V: I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Hyper-V, VM, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-26

Terremark on target with green data center buildout near nation's Capitol: This represents my final post this month about green data center buildouts that have been pitched to me in the past several weeks. I actually first wrote last fall about the facility in question, Terremark Worldwide's new NAP of the Capitol Region in Culpepper, Va. The new information in this...; Tags: Data Center, Terremark Worldwide, Reserve, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-22
Cable: Act, Don't React: Cable: Act, Don't React21-Hour coincidence?Isn't it amazing that the outage "happens" to get fixed just before the 24-hour point? After 24 hours, they would be stuck to give refunds, but it was fixed "just in time."Amazing.I've been through it many times.I dont quite understand what you mean here..."[i]If this household...; Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Charter Cable, cable, phone; Discussion threads 2008-06-13
China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers: The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...; Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-12
Are you underinsured?: Are you underinsured?The problem is costs.Being uninsured is not the problem. It is a symptom. It is the cost of medicine. It is so expensive, that we cannot afford the insurance no matter who handles the policy. The profit margins on all the suppliers of medicine are absurd. A push...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Being Uninsured, Insurance deductible, health care, insurance, national healthcare; Discussion threads 2008-06-11
Viet-era vets support Iraq war PTSD claims: After the Vietnam War it took some veterans decades to get their PTSD acknowledged and treated. (Art by Shaun Mullen of Kikoshouse.) Medication, therapy and even religion can all help, but it's a lifetime condition. The memories last a lifetime. Many Vietnam-era veterans are...; Tags: Veteran, PTSD, VA, Government, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-06
Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?: Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?Why can't you have a five eprson team iplement UK health recordIf you design UK, Canada, or any centralized health system country's health record system, you will have to insure access to tens of millions of persons worth of records on a 24/7 basis...; Tags: Government, E-health, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, bureaucracy, open source; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Can open source help liberate the bureaucracy?: Britain's national plan to bring order and interoperability to the patient records and operations of the national health service was going to cost about £1.2bn and be an enormous business and political success by early 1998. Ten years later it's widely expected to be a continuing £13bn pound...; Tags: Agency, Health Care, Bureaucracy, StarOffice, Open Source, Advertising & Promotion, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-05
How healthy is John McCain?: How healthy is John McCain?Doesn't matter anyway.The question you should ask is how cranky are his policies and the viewpoints of his vice president. After all that person will step in if John keels over. Besides you should have blogged on his viewpoints on tech to make it related.The problem...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, John McCain; Discussion threads 2008-05-30
VA proposal to add emails to sex offender registries: VA proposal to add emails to sex offender registriesemail for sex offendersWon't work. It would probably start a click. Not that a judge should not be restricted from such an action but not recommended as a universal action. Depending on the circumstances emasculation would provide the most assurance and to...; Tags: sex offender registry, sex offender, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
What is the U.S. doing about security?: What is the U.S. doing about security?NateI enjoy your posts and the obvious expertise you bring to them. Even though these cards are a bad security idea, this is but a small piece of the border security pie. The total budgets you are referencing cover a lot more...; Tags: Government, security; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
TechTurn specializes in hand-me-downs with a tech twist: One of my neighbors actually set a television out curbside as garbage a few weeks back, which reminded me that in spite all of the media coverage about green tech over the past year guilty as charged, there's still a big problem with how to handle electronic gadgets at the...; Tags: Life, TechTurn, Capital Structures, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-02
News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Seagate patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!: Seagate patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!Bogus Cat Toy PatentMy favorite is a patented method of using a laser pointer to excercise your cat or any curious animal. Lawyers can turn anything into a pile of cat-box-contents.Title: Method of exercising a catDocument Type and Number: United States Patent...; Tags: laser, Seagate Technology LLC; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Tricare scandal shows value of VA system: Tricare scandal shows value of VA systemDo you suffer with diassociative personality?In the article prior to this one VA health care is the equivelent to being treated like dirt. In this one it is superior to TriCare. How do you justify these two different views in your own...; Tags: TRICARE, Tricare scandal; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Tricare scandal shows value of VA system: Why was the Tricare scandal hushed-up? Did it show the inconvenient truth that the government-run VA health system is more effective than the privately-run military insurance system? Tricare, for those who don't know, is the military's official health insurance system. It pays for routine and...; Tags: Ideology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-25