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A new industry coalition hopes to accelerate adoption of electronic prescribing. The group, called CafeRx, plans to promote common standards and programs to reward e-prescribing physicians—without favoring one vendors product over anothers. Founding members include Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, NDCHealth, RxHub, and SureScripts. Membership […]

New software helps DB2 administrators to move inactive data from expensive disks to lower-cost storage. Storage Technology Corp. will announce its Lifecycle Director software next week. The software allows DB2 administrators to reduce costs by moving inactive data from expensive disks to lower-cost storage. It also facilitates compliance regulations by moving data to disk or […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. extended its pledge to support the backup format Digital Audio Tape (DAT) in conjunction with partner Certance LLC. The companies announced an extended roadmap to support DAT for the data protection needs of some 6 million small and medium businesses. Also, HPs Global Investments B.V. subsidiary acquired business availability firm Synstar for an […]

Nanotechnology will deliver a 3.5 inch disk that holds 100TB, according to Michael E. Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corp. Thomas invented and patented the worlds first and only concept for non-contact UV photon induced electric field poling of ferroelectric non-linear photonic bandgap crystals, which offers the possibility of controlling and manipulating light within a […]

Fibre Channel switch revenues will grow 17 percent and Fibre Channel HBAs 11 percent over five years, according to DellOro Group. On a per-port basis, shipments will grow more than 40 percent by next year. John Carvell, DellOros principal SAN research analyst, said iSCSI is not a threat to the Fibre Channel market. “Companies are […]

Circuit City Stores and IBM are launching a technology transformation of Circuit Citys more than 600 stores, designed to update Circuit Citys point-of-sale (POS) systems and other in-store technology. “This new technology initiative, a vital part of our store revitalization effort, will move our store systems from customized, proprietary systems to a system based on […]

Metro Group has installed an NCR self-checkout package that reads RFID tags as well as bar codes, in the newly opened METRO Group RFID Innovation Center. METRO Group has targeted November 2004 for the introduction of RFID into the logistics operations of Metro Cash & Carry, Real, and Kaufhof stores, and plans to be the […]

While Microsoft has been urging consumers and businesses to down the security update offering, they draw the line at their own CRM package. Turns out there is a conflict between the two applications that shuts down certain features of the customer-service system. Most antivirus companies have expected glitches to occur with the rollout of the […]

Speaking to several hundred of its suppliers in Minneapolis, Target said it would begin RFID testing at one Texas distribution center and 10 stories in the Dallas-Forth Worth area. The half-day meeting, near Targets Minneapolis headquarters, was called so the retailer could discuss the project with its suppliers and spell out requirements for its RFID […]

Since Microsoft Corp. began its staged rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) late last week, there have been a few bumps—but, at least so far, no major potholes—on the road to deployment. Microsoft has characterized SP2 as a “critical” must-have update. The companys overriding message is that all Windows XP users should deploy […]

America Online Inc. last week said it acquired anti-spam company Mailblocks Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mailblocks develops technology that blocks unsolicited e-mails by requiring senders to participate in an authentication process. Read the full story at CIO Today

Harvard fellow Rebecca Mercuri at the recent Black Hat Security Conference called on hackers to analyze election system code and expose the flaws. There was even a $10,000 reward promised to anyone who could successfully circumvent a system and reveal the holes. Many computer experts are frustrated by their inability to look at closed code […]