February 2009 - Posts

Things You May Have Missed: Part 2
February 24, 2009 10:43 AM by Bob Mitchell

Several of your CIO colleagues were honored, promoted or took new positions recently. My congratulations go out to Pat Skarulis who was named CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year recently. I haven't had the privilege of working with Pat, but her colleagues at Read More...

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Focusing on Data Center Efficiencies
February 20, 2009 10:11 AM by Bob Mitchell

The next time you're stoking the fire in the furnace of your data center you might want to think about how efficient the data center's operations really are. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently Read More...

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A Few Things You May Have Missed
February 18, 2009 2:50 PM by Bob Mitchell

A few new words that we will either all come to love or hate are recession , depression and where we're at right now -- contraction . According to The American Heritage College Dictionary, contraction is defined as among other things, "a period of decreased Read More...

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We Need Agent Hanratty Now!
February 13, 2009 12:06 PM by Bob Mitchell

I loved the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can , based on the true story of scammer and bank fraud criminal Frank Abignale, Jr., portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. According to Bloomberg News, the rise in economic fraud is causing a strain at Carl Hanratty's Read More...

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Text Messaging Toddlers? What’s Next, Laptops on High Chairs?
February 9, 2009 11:32 AM by Bob Mitchell

"Busy 3-year-olds will love to 'play' like their parents do," LeapFrog wrote about the little personal digital assistant, which will retail for $21.99. According to a report in the New York Daily News , toddlers will soon be able to mimic their obsessively Read More...

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