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Beware Olympic scammers and other baddies
December 21, 2007 By Peter Wolchak
Categories: Security
'Tis the season for lists: top seven, 10 or 25 compilations detailing everything from songs and celebrity scandals to bad business ideas and best-selling digital gizmos.
Backbone's January issue includes a list of the top eight predictions for 2008. One of these is that computer security is going to...
Cyberchondriac or healthy surfing?
December 20, 2007 By Glen Farrelly
Categories: eHealth Web 2.0
The CBC, my favourite online news source, ran a story three days ago on how people obsessively look up their medical ailments on the Web. The article, while pointing out some legitimate concerns, tended to depict these people as crackpots and hypochondriacs. Indeed, the article was even called...
In praise of old-fashioned lazy entertainment
December 19, 2007 By Peter Wolchak
Categories: Social Networking Web 2.0
From a recent Nokia press release: Up to a quarter of the entertainment consumed by people in five years time will have been created, edited and shared within their peer circle, rather than coming out of traditional media groups. "The trends we are seeing show us that people will have a genuine...
What is Personal eHealth?
December 18, 2007 By Michael Martineau
Categories: eHealth
Despite its imprecise definition, eHealth is a term that is widely used and is gaining growing acceptance within the healthcare community and among senior bureaucrats and politicians. Branham’s 2005 eHealth in Canada study identified two major elements of eHealth initiatives across Canada:
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Dear Online Merchant - What ERP system do you use?
December 17, 2007 By Rebecca Gill
Categories: General
It’s the holiday season, so I’m focused on buying gifts and hopefully spreading some holiday cheer. For some demented reason, this of course, makes the propeller head in me return to ERP software and usage.
Back in the middle part of November I placed an online order at very popular candle...
Moore's Flaw
December 14, 2007 By Charlie Bess
Categories: General
CIO magazine this month had an article on dealing with complexity. It starts out with a term I’ve never heard before: Moore’s Flaw. This concept is something I’ve blogged about before in an entry about Accelerating complexity. The term though seems ideal since all the extra capability from Moore’s...
A Special Report from Canada Health Infoway - Electronic Health Records for Canadians
December 13, 2007 By Alan Brookstone
Categories: eHealth
Read a special report released by Canada Health Infoway discussing Electronic Health Records for Canadians:
Doctor's offices and patients see benefits
When a drug is recalled, informing patients quickly is vital.
Technology overcomes geography
For the many Canadians who live outside of the major...
BDO chooses blogging partner to head up international network
December 12, 2007 By Neil McIntyre
Categories: Social Networking
Jeremy Newman of BDO Stoy Hayward in the UK is a trailblazer as a managing partner who blogs regularly, primarily about the audit market in the UK. He’s recently won the job to be BDO International’s new CEO starting in October 2008.
Jeremy has been emphatic about getting the message out about audit...
Why All the Gloom and Doom During the Holiday Season?
December 11, 2007 By Charlie Bess
Categories: General
I’ve seen a number of reports about Internet collapse and a near term data centre collapse. There’s not been this much concern since the mid 90s. Don’t get me wrong some good will come of it, since the only way to prevent problems like this is to share the symptoms and remedies. It does seem to be...
Is the Focus on “Green” too Narrow??
December 7, 2007 By Charlie Bess
Categories: Green Tech
I was talking with Jim Pierce of GreenIT08 about how narrow the perspective is of many of the people who talk about Green IT. This was driven home to me twice yesterday when I sat through 2 different industry expert’s discussion. They used phrases like:
"Green IT refers to environmentally sound IT....
Hate spam? Apparently we only have ourselves to blame
December 6, 2007 By Peter Wolchak
Categories: General
"Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does a thing about it." So said Mark Twain. People also complain about spam but apparently they are indeed doing something. The wrong thing.
What they are doing is responding to spam e-mails and buying the products advertised, which of course means...
PITO Web Site Launched in British Columbia
December 5, 2007 By Alan Brookstone
Categories: eHealth
The British Columbia PITO (Physician Information Technology Office) web site has just launched providing information about the PITO program, EMR funding, Connectivity and Physician engagement.
Electronic Medical Records - EMRs are one of seven essential elements of British Columbia’s long term...
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