Recent Articles
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Countering the Dropbox.com Security Menace
To say that IT managers and chief security officers are a little paranoid about anything to do with Dropbox.com these days is more than just an understatement; it also highlights a fundamental IT inability to service a specific end user need. Based on the millions of people using Dropbox on a regular basis, it’s pretty…
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Healthcare Sector Is Finally Ripe for Change
Electronic healthcare records (EHR) are always at the top of the healthcare IT agenda these days. Healthcare organizations of all sizes are trying to figure out how the can qualify for the $19.2 billion the Federal government is making available to fund the development of EHR systems via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).…
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Mobile Application Development Drives New Channel Opportunities
There’s no doubt that mobile computing represents a huge opportunity for the channel in terms of developing applications. The reason for this is that developing these applications requires skillsets that are in short supply, while demand for these applications is skyrocketing. For example, GlobalLogic, a provider of application development services, has built a practice around…
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Tapping into the Apple iPad Channel Opportunity
While there is certainly a lot of buzz these days about anything and everything to do with the Apple iPad, the number of business applications that take real advantage of the Apple tablet has been limited. There are a few business intelligence applications that make use of the Apple iPad touch screen to deliver reports…