Information Technology (IT)

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EMR Market Over $20 Billion: Report

Press Release | Kalorama Information | April 18, 2013

New York, April 18, 2013 -- Driven by hospital IT upgrades and the lure of government incentives, the market for electronic medical records (EMR) exceeded 20 billion dollars in 2012, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research publisher says vendors should see robust sales this year and next as vendors try to avoid U.S. Read More »

Enterprise Adoption Of Open Source Is On The Rise

Alan Ho | ZDNet | November 18, 2014

Enterprises are moving into open source - and for good reason...Open source software, which uses an open development process, is proliferating across the globe given the advantages it offers over traditional forms of software. Open source solutions can be modified and adapted to fit the needs of various companies - something that's often not possible with proprietary software.

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Enterprises See Growing Open Source Cloud Appeal

Jamie Yap | ZDNet | August 27, 2012

The maturing of open source software (OSS) and increasing support from mainstream IT vendors mean that cloud architectures built using OSS tools will grow on companies looking to avoid vendor lock-in, but they will need to assess whether they have the internal know-how to manage such deployments. Read More »

ESN To Assist Booz Allen Hamilton In Information Technology Enhancements For The Department Of Veterans Affairs

Press Release | Engineering Services Network, Inc. | December 12, 2014

Engineering Services Network, Inc. (ESN), a leading engineering and IT solutions company, announced today that it will be a subcontractor on a project to enhance the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Information & Technology Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Program...

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EU's Anti-Terrorist Internet Guidelines A Waste Of Money, Says Group

Jennifer Baker | Computerworld | January 22, 2013

An EU project to draw up guidelines to reduce terrorist use of the Internet has been described as a total waste of money by independent watchdog EDRi (European Digital Rights). Read More »

European Nanotechnology Project Compiled Open-Access Nanotoxicology Database

Staff Writer | Nanowerk News | October 7, 2013

Nanotechnology has led to advances in many diverse areas, including medicine and health care, information technology (IT), energy, household and consumer products. An EU-funded project has set up a web-based information system to provide information on impact of nanoparticles on health, safety and the environment. Read More »

Expect IT Consolidation, Cost Cutting During Obama’s Second Term

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | November 14, 2012

Expanding the Office of Management and Budget’s PortfolioStat process for reviewing agencies’ informational technology spending will be one focus of the second Obama term, Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer Lisa Schlosser said Wednesday. Read More »

Experts Suggest NHS And US Health Care Systems Learn From Each Other

Staff Writer | TheInformationDaily.com | October 12, 2012

Medical experts from the USA and the UK have suggested in their Health Policy paper that the health care systems of both countries should share ideas. Read More »

Fed Agency IT Collaboration Stumbles

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | November 13, 2013

With the federal government spending some $82 billion on IT in the 2014 fiscal year, the Obama Administration’s Office of Management and Budget has been trying to get more bang for those bucks by promoting smarter, shared IT, but there are some roadblocks to the plan, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Read More »

Federal CIO Outlines Next Steps

J. Nicholas Hoover | InformationWeek | February 21, 2013

With Obama's first term in the rearview mirror, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel is looking for ways to continue to improve federal IT even in the face of looming budget cuts. Read More »

Federal CIO Outlines Second-Term IT Priorities

Patience Wait | InformationWeek | January 24, 2013

Amid continued cost cutting, the White House will seek to drive innovation, ROI and cybersecurity. Read More »

Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel Confirmed As Keynote For FOSE 2013

Press Release | FOSE | April 30, 2013

FOSE 2013 today announced that Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Steven VanRoekel will deliver the featured keynote at this year’s event. The second CIO of the United States, appointed by President Obama on August 5, 2011, Mr. VanRoekel will provide insight on the fiscal 2014 budget and beyond... Read More »

Federal CIOs Launch Shared Services Catalog

Patience Wait | InformationWeek | April 19, 2013

New resources offer step-by-step road map for agencies looking to cut costs by sharing information technology and other services. Read More »

Federal IT Budget To Increase In 2014

Patience Wait | InformationWeek | April 11, 2013

Federal IT spending will increase nearly 2%, to $82 billion, in the fiscal 2014 budget submitted by the White House on Wednesday. It's the first significant increase in federal IT spending in four years. Read More »

Federal Records Must Go Digital, But Managers Say They Can't Do It Without More Resources

Joseph Marks | Nextgov | December 19, 2013

Nearly half of federal records managers believe the Obama administration’s goals for making all new records digital and electronically searchable by 2019 is unrealistic, a new study has found. Read More »