John Pientka

Cloud observations from HIMSS12

March 6 2012 @10:17 AM
By: John Pientka
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Cloud was just about everywhere at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas last week. Of the 1,100 exhibitors, almost all cited cloud in their offerings in some way. There seemed to be as many cloud definitions as there were vendors—creating significant confusion for the record-setting 37,000+ attendees. More...
Ross Button

Cloud computing enables end user freedom

February 24 2012 @1:27 PM
By: Ross Button
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What does the cloud mean to those who “consume” software and business services within an organization? While cloud computing may not be visible to the end user, it does provide a great deal of freedom—in fact, the same “better, faster and cheaper” benefits often discussed for IT departments, can apply with slightly different perspectives to the end user.Let’s take a closer look at those benefits. More...
Aldona Valicenti

Cloud Commission report offers one-stop cloud resource for states, local governments

February 17 2012 @9:43 AM
By: Aldona Valicenti
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Cloud computing offers state and local governments a real opportunity to meet many technical and budgetary challenges by delivering applications, platforms and infrastructure without ownership or capital investment. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a central place to learn more about the technology, outstanding issues, implementation requirements and real-life, working examples in this sector? Fortunately, now there is. More...

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