Sunday, December 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 06/12/2009



Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured?
Federal regulators are crafting rules that would unlock the benefits of electronic medical records while protecting Americans from privacy risks.
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Google Chrome OS Previewed
Google's Chrome operating system is about a year away, but a tour of Chromium OS -- Chrome's publicly available open source incarnation -- reveals a lot.
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GM's IT Strategy
CIO's priorities include CRM, financials, and collaboration software. And the automaker is keeping a close eye on Apple and Google.
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Analytics Brief: 5 Key Steps To Cybersecurity
Technologies like DLP, crypto, and strong access controls help lock down data.
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Air Pressure: Why IT Must Sort Out App Mobilization Challenges
Equipping mobile employees with the feature-rich applications and highly functional devices they need to maximize productivity has never been easy. But if you wait for market forces to impose a clearer road map, you risk falling behind competitors.
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What Goes Mobile?
Companies are going far past standard smartphone apps, with tools to tackle specific business problems
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The Point-Of-Sale Problem
Retailers must take sensible steps to protect POS systems or face the consequences.
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Practical Analysis: Pundits, Facts, And Competing Goals
There's no silver bullet when it comes to building a technically competent enterprise content management strategy.
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Polycom Gives You Videoconferencing On A Budget
We tested three video communications systems for small and midsize businesses.
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CIO Profiles: Patti Reilly White, Senior VP And CIO Of Darden Restaurants
This CIO wishes she'd taken advantage of the opportunity to try on different roles within the company.
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Windows 7 Sensor API
Building context-aware apps looks easier with the new operating system
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Oracle Denies Change In Stance On MySQL
The database giant denies that it offered to create a separate entity for MySQL once the Sun acquisition is completed.
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Google Buys AppJet To Power Wave
The start-up's collaborative technology will be adapted to improve the way Google Wave handles group editing.
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Bill Targets Mobile Phone Service Providers
Legislation introduced by four U.S. senators seeks to limit early termination fees leveled by wireless carriers.
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Meeting Regulatory and Compliance Requirements Top 2010 Priority in Insurance: DTCC Study
Respondents say compliance depends on operational standardization and automation.
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Nokia To Trim Smartphone Offerings
The company will pare down its smartphone portfolio in order to better compete against companies such as Apple, Research In Motion, and Palm.
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VA Eyes Sweeping Tech Initiative
Veterans Affairs is seeking input on a proposed IT contract that would cover the "entire spectrum" of systems and applications.
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Cloud, Mobile To Drive IT Growth In 2010
An analyst firm believes consumers and businesses will spend 3.2% more on telecom, hardware, software and services than in 2009.
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CIGNA Launches Healthcare Podcasts
The audio podcasts, available on the iTunes store, are designed to help Americans take care of themselves while on business overseas.
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Effort May Push Congress Members to Use Public Health Option
Two Republicans said they would renew efforts to force Congress members to use any public option health plan in any bill reforming the U.S. healthcare system.
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Google Updates Android SDK
The refreshed software developer's kit comes as the operating system is beginning to pick up steam with wireless carriers and handset makers.
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Bing Back After Outage
Microsoft is investigating what happened in an effort to prevent future downtime.
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Great Southern Bank Selects Image Processing Platform
Great Southern Bank has selected the Summit.NET image processing platform for its item processing services.
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Cisco Snags Shares To Acquire Tandberg
Now the U.S. Justice Department will step up its review of Cisco's pending acquisition of the Norwegian videoconferencing firm.
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FirstBest and Overland Solutions Partner to Simplify Underwriting Process
They will streamline the underwriting process by electronically incorporating premium audit, loss control and inspection reports and delivering them in real-time directly to the underwriter's desktop.
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