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VistA dieing of starvation and neglect: The Veterans Administration VA is starving its world-classÂ VistA medical records software to death. At a time when organizations around the world are switching from proprietary to open source models of support, an agency which created such a model from scratch is going the other way. ...; Tags: Electronic Health Record, Microsoft Windows Vista, U.S. Department Of Defense, Veterans Administration, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-health, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-23
News to know: Yahoo; ToorCon; Microsoft Surface, XP; Apple; Psystar: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft Nathan McFeters: ToorCon Seattle 2008: Nuke plants, non-existent sub domain attacks, muffin diving, and Guitar Hero ToorCon gallery. Mary Jo Foley:...; Tags: Google Inc., Hard Drive, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Veterans Administration, Help Desk, Open Source, It Operations; Blog posts 2008-04-21
A successful Veterans Administration is dangerous: A successful Veterans Administration is dangerousAgreedIt has not always been so. In years past the VA did an outstanding job, and it remains a very cost-effective provider. The question is whether its recent mismanagement is fixable, or endemic to its nature.Do you know any Vets receivingmedical care? I help...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Veterans Administration, medical care; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
Is the VA going proprietary?: The Veterans Administration has chosen a proprietary system from Cerner called PathNet to automate its laboratories. The same system was also chosen by the Department of Defense. This is a big loss for the VA's VistA system, on which WorldVistA is based. This makes it unlikely that...; Tags: Cerner Corp., VA, Veterans Administration, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-12

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Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose: The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...; Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22

WinRemotePC Lite (exe): WinRemotePC is a program that allows you to work on a remote PC as on your local computer. With WinRemotePC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that...; Tags: PC, Remote Desktop, Plug-in, WinSoftMagic, WinRemotePC, WinRemotePC Video Driver Technology, Plug-in Architecture, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Qanexus (msi): Qanexus automates the administration of test cases, test scripts and test results. Unlike Microsoft Word or Excel documents Qanexus maintains all the links between the different items of test documentation and ensures that relevant information is never more than a few clicks away. It's innovative, tag based organization means...; Tags: Florian Heine, Qanexus, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Workforce Management, Office Suites, Software, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja: Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninjaLiberties"Mr. Future President, while you’re at it, could you also do something about all of the civil liberties we’re losing because of the ‘war on terrorism’? That’d be great. Thanks!"that is the point of Cyber Czar - censor what...; Tags: SECURITY, cyber-security measure, comprehensive cyber-security measure, Obama, cybersecurity; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions: Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictionsProxies"By using a proxy, you can bypass any filtering software on the network"Only if they're incompetent. I work for a company that has hardware that a proxy wouldn't get around the rules, even if it's SSL.Your statement about proxies is wrong.If the university simply sets a...; Tags: INTERNET, Workforce management, Untrustworthy student, Untrustworthy; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja: Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...; Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Z-Cron (zip): A time schedule service alias task Scheduler is an important constituent of a system for the regular execution of recurring tasks. Z-Cron is a task planner with whom you have carried out on your PC time controlledly tasks tasks automatically. Z-Cron is a central coordinating point for the time control...; Tags: Andreas Baumann, Z-Cron, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-07-18
New hybrid delivery security architecture: Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...; Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing; News items 2008-07-16
IT Tiger (exe): IT Tiger offers an easy way to track all of your technology assets. It also provides a cost summary and inventory system. All of your company assets can be centralized in IT Tiger allowing for easy access to assets and it provides a sense of security that all IT assets...; Tags: Asset, Information Technology, VALSAL, IT Tiger, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-16
Doremisoft AVI to WAV Converter (exe): Both AVI and WAV are popular audio formats. Sometimes, maybe your device is not compatible AVI but compatible WAV. In this status, free AVI to WAV Converter can do you a favor. DoremiSoft AVI to WAV Converter, this free software is suitable for both newbies and veterans. It has a...; Tags: AVI, WAV, Doremisoft; Software downloads 2008-07-16
Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.: Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...; Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
IT Dojo: How to spoof a MAC address: When you support small offices, home offices, and remote offices, you often run across older wireless equipment. Equipment that's likely secured with MAC filtering and perhaps a hidden SSID and WEP encryption.Most techs would agree that MAC filtering alone isn't going to secure a wireless network and that even WEP...; Tags: MAC, Information Technology, TechRepublic Inc., it dojo, bill detwiler, microsoft windows, security, wi-fi, wireless, wep, mac address, ssid, spoofing; Videos 2008-07-14
Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way: Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor’s interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Yes Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming: At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warmingMaybeGeorgie was confused and thought he was in China, . . the "from" was probably his nod to them, . . . though aren't they just second place? Oh well, pollution control is within each persons' grasp to impact...; Tags: global warming, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Doremisoft AVI to MP3 Converter 1.5 (exe): DoremiSoft AVI to MP3 Converter, this free software is suitable for both novices and veterans. It has a bright UI to operate for beginners. However, it also provides complicated setting parameters for advanced users, including channels, sample rate, MP3 bit rate, and volume. It enables you to add batch AVI...; Tags: MP3, Doremisoft, Conversion Speed, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-07-11
At ease, Americans, your government is resting easy on global warming: It is going to be announced today (Friday, when the news cycle goes into snooze control) that the Environmental Procrastination Agency will take no further action on auto emissions or greenhouse gases during the George W. reign. In fact, they will seek much more comment and public input in...; Tags: President, Government, Greenhouse, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Healthcare, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-10