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Happy 50th Anniversary, DARPA
April 11, 2008 9:41 AM by Bob Mitchell
You may have missed the celebration this week, but 50 years ago then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in response to Russia's surprise launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik. At the Read More...
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Waiting on a Recession
February 21, 2008 9:46 AM by Bob Mitchell
We're standing in the back of the church on Sunday morning handing out bulletins for the morning's worship service. I ask Tom, one of my fellow congregants, how the job search is going. "If my kids only ate every other day or so, we'd be fine," Tom says, Read More...
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Eight Days and Your Organization Could be Out of Business
February 8, 2008 11:09 AM by Bob Mitchell
Eight is the magic number. Eight days. That's all it could take for your organization to be out of business. Eight days. According to a recent Gartner survey of 359 information security and risk management professionals from the United States, United Read More...
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Large Donation for Children’s Hospital
January 18, 2008 12:06 PM by Bob Mitchell
Aetna recently donated a $500,000 grant to a telemedicine program at UC Davis Children's Hospital. That's a boatload of money. And, why did the folks at this California hospital get all of the money? According to Gerald Bishop, MD, Aetna's senior medical Read More...
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Meeting the Likes of Brian and Douglas
January 3, 2008 10:20 AM by Bob Mitchell
While I relaxed with my family over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, I had a chance to catch up on some reading. I really enjoy reading the articles in Men’s Health magazine and one article caught my attention. It’s a story about 37-year-old Douglas Read More...
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Super-Sizing the Business
December 20, 2007 8:23 AM by Bob Mitchell
When I worked at a pizzeria supporting my income during college, we were often encouraged to suggestive-sell to the customer. "Would you like extra cheese on your pizza?" "Would you like a large soda?" I thought of this recently as I read about how IT Read More...
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Critical Mass
December 10, 2007 12:35 PM by Jim Boyle
I can sort of see the merit of Facebook's initial Beacon program, in a "capitalism, yay!" perspective. As ubiquitous as the Internet has become, it's still pretty difficult to turn a profit on the Web, minus a multi-billion sale to a major corporation. Read More...
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Subprime’s Meltdown and its Impact on Health Care
December 5, 2007 9:40 AM by Bob Mitchell
The meltdown in the subprime lending market is hitting home. Health care organizations that carry Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance and Errors & Omissions (E&O) coverage are being snagged into the subprime mortgage market meltdown. Read More...
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We're Only Human
November 13, 2007 11:56 AM by Jim Boyle
My four year-old son recently discovered that we own a computer. In just a few short weeks, he has learned how to operate a mouse and play online games on his own. He’s so confident that once I set up the Web site, he orders me to leave so he can play Read More...
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Sitting at the Table Working Together
November 6, 2007 8:48 AM by Bob Mitchell
In the November cover story, I interviewed Leo Gilmore, senior vice president and CIO at Lancaster General health system in Lancaster, Pa., and Madeline Weiss, president of Weiss Associates, about the use of organizational agility. The topic was fascinating Read More...
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