June 30, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The “Cloud” has started to look a lot more inviting in recent months, but before signing up to use one of these services, there are some key pieces of information you’ll want to gather.
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Tags: cloud computing, gather, information, questions, selection, vendors
June 14, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
A year ago, I bought a 1TB drive for my desktop that I paid an amazing $100 for and figured I wouldn’t need more space for years to come. Today, I’m pondering a 2TB drive for the same price.
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Tags: 2TB, cost, disk, drive
January 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
That much-touted marketing tool called “buzz” doesn’t seem to have helped cloud providers get businesses to adopt the technology as their storage solution.
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Tags: adoption, cloud computing, Forrester Research, storage
November 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Here’s the question of the week: Should the U.S. government shell out the $19 billion that’s earmarked for electronic health records (EHR) if computerization doesn’t improve health care quality, reduce costs or boost administrative efficiency?
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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, doctors, electronic health records, healthcare, hospitals, Software
November 12, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Keeping servers from overheating means a lot to data center admins, but the folks at Google have some lessons in how cool they should be that may sound counter-intuitive to folks who manage server arrays.
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Tags: fail, Google, research, server, temperature
November 2, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
First the General Accountability Office sounded the alarm about a flu pandemic and its potential to cripple the Internet, and now one of the IT industry’s preeminent analyst groups is adding its voice to the alarm.
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Tags: flu, Gartner, General Accountability Office, Pandemic, swine flu, telecommuting, work at home
October 13, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
PHOENIX — Confused about “Cloud Computing” and whether or not it’s right for your organization? Help could be on the way (emphasis on “could”.)
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Tags: CDMI, cloud computing, Cloud Storage Initiative, CSI, Dloud Data Management Interface standard, SNIA, Storage Networking Industry Association
September 18, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
As hurricane and flu season kick into high gear, small businesses are being warned to take a look at their disaster planning.
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Tags: disaster, planning, small business
September 11, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Small business bean counters may talk a good game about belt tightening, but they seem to be ignoring one simple way to cut their energy bill: desktop power management.
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Tags: cost, desktop power management, going green, green initiatives, savings
August 25, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Seems like you’ve gotta spend money to make money — at least in the world of electronic health care records.
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Tags: electronic records, federal grants, health care, obama, stimulus legislation
