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Records Management: E-Health Records in Five Years

By Dick Weisinger

Four years ago George Bush said that the US would adopt a universal electronic health record program by 2014. The Obama administration is targeting the same date, and hopes to target electronic health records as an area that will spur…

SOA: Dead, but Still Serves Up High Satisfaction

By Dick Weisinger

Levels of satisfaction for companies using SOA are soaring.  That’s despite the fact that analysts are delivering obituaries for the technology, and many companies are saying that in this down economy they’re eliminating spending on any new projects like SOA.…

SaaS: Is the Cloud Just Hot Air?

By Dick Weisinger

Many are predicting that Cloud computing is poised to blow away traditional on-premise computing.  There’s a lot of hype and a lot of expectations.  Ten years ago ASP (Application Service Providers) were also riding high on the hype.  SaaS and…

Enterprise Software: Not for Me!

By Dick Weisinger

Forrester Research is recommending that customers ditch any software labeled as ‘enterprise’.  Why?  Software bloat and myriads of features that many customers don’t use.  Not only that, Forrester says that brand-name software from big vendors is often overpriced and overly…

Technology: RFID Tags Modernize Paper-Based Records Management

By Dick Weisinger

While many companies are struggling to modernize their Records Management policies and procedures by going electronic, one company in Malaysian is trying go high-tech with paper.  The company is attaching radio frequency ids (RFIDs) to all of their paper documents. …