
Technical Considerations When Moving To The Cloud
As promised, I am embarking on a loose series of blog posts that should help organizations plan their process for moving to the cloud. There are so many different things to think about, on so many different levels, that giving IT managers and business people a set of bullet-points and topic areas should help them […]

Google Health Will Not Belly Flop but You Have to Take Charge
A few months ago I blasted both Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault for not being patient-focused – but I am not giving up on them. Later Krish discussed how adding pharmacy chains boost the value Google Health can provide. Just like the pharmacy story, today’s dispute relates to data transfer into these systems. Google Health […]

The Sorry State of Health 2.0 – Google Health & Microsoft HealthVault
Ever since I started actively managing my parents’ health care I’ve been a heavy user of electronic health records and communication systems, and I am immensely frustrated. Frustrated at the paper-based world we’re facing in the 21st century, but also at my peers, reviewers in the media, blogs, when they discuss new developments in the […]

Cloud Computing is Scary – But the FUD Has to Stop
Nevertheless, what I am seeing, and am not surprised by seeing is the standard reaction from some security professionals “no.” It is long past time to continue with the same old tired refrain of “no” and move on to where business is going. Security has been rapidly working on making themselves in a much more […]