Monthly Archives: July 2006
Critical Excel Flaws Remain Unpatched
A day after Microsoft shipped a mega-patch to cover eight Excel vulnerabilities, security researchers warn that at least two critical—and publicly discussed—flaws affecting users...
Cancer Researchers to Use EMR Network
Electronic medical records are often viewed as little more than electronic filing systems, but they are increasingly being used to research the way physicians...
Walloping Gas Prices Making for Weary Workers
Gas prices, nearing an all-time high, are the workplace topic du jour this summer and studies find that employees are turning to job-hunting closer...
VAs EHR System Wins Harvard Award
Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government singled out an electronic health information system for praise this week.
The Veterans Affairs Department was honored for its...
Microsoft: Too Big for the Law?
So, the EU finally let Microsoft have it. European Union regulators fined the boys from Redmond 280.5 million euros—thats 357.3 million American dollars—for defying...
Ballmer Opens Partner Conference
Excerpts from Ballmers keynote:
Part 1. Duration: 14:22
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Part 2. Duration: 11:04
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Supervalu Bags Former Target CIO
Grocery giant Supervalu has hired retail industry veteran Paul Singer as its CIO to assist the company in digesting its recent $17.4 billion acquisition...
Opsware Takes On Storage Management
Opsware on July 11 put the final piece of the data center automation puzzle into place when it announced its intent to acquire storage...
Muglia Weighs in on New Vision
/zimages/4/140307.jpgMicrosoft has a new mantra, the "people-ready business," that it is trying to explain. Bob Muglia, the Redmond, Wash., companys senior vice president for...
Is Wal-Mart Canadas New RFID Strategy a Hint of a Gentler Wal-Mart CIO?
When Wal-Mart corporate wants to change a policy or procedure, its fond of trying it in a small way in an out-of-the-way place to...