Monthly Archives: April 2006
Health IT Czar Successor Likely to Build Program, Not Set Vision
Dr. David Brailer, who resigned April 19 as national coordinator of health IT, told reporters that the next coordinators job will not be to...
MySQL Opens Storage Engine API to the Community
Any lingering doubts about MySQLs ability to cook up its own darn storage engines in the wake of Oracles having bought two out from...
Outgoing Health IT Czar Worries About Information Silos
The outgoing health IT czar, David Brailer, said April 24, in Washington, that making sure health care information follows patients as they receive care...
Freespire Combines Linux, Proprietary Programs
Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony on April 24 unveiled Freespire, a no-cost version of Linspires Linux distribution, in his keynote address at the Desktop Linux...
Wages Climb and Climb for Skilled Tech Workers
Hourly wages for highly skilled technology professionals notably increased in the first quarter of 2006, following record levels in the last quarter of 2005,...
Siemens Adds SOA to Telephony
Siemens Communications Enterprise, the communications subsidiary of Siemens AG, has begun enabling SOA in some of its major telephony applications.
More applications will be enabled...
Microsofts Team Tools Leader Leaving the Fold
Rick LaPlante, the man who championed Microsofts push into the enterprise tools business, is hanging up his guns and heading for the ranch.
LaPlante, who...
Readers Respond: eWEEK Labs Apple Birthday Bash
Regarding Jason Brooks April 3 article "eWEEK Labs Apple Birthday Bash": While I dont disagree that Apples secrecy keeps us in the dark as...
Readers Respond: Storing Up My Disappointment
Reading Peter Coffees April 3 Epicenters column, with its reference to Microsofts Cairo ("Storing Up My Disappointment,"), reminded me of February 1993: I had...
Cisco and Microsoft Update VOIP, CRM Integration
Cisco Systems and Microsoft are teaming up to help small and midsize businesses to overcome the obstacles of customer relationship management deployments with the...