Health care bill, networking and security

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	Health care bill, networking and security In 2009, the Federal government passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). The HITECH act invests $17 billion in information technology infrastructure and Medicare and Medicaid incentives to encourage doctors to adopt technologies for Electronic Health Records (EHR) and then elextronically share health data. The act also strengthens Federal privacy and... Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More! In this Issue The crooks in the cloud Online prankster David Thorne The battle for Internet freedom US agencies hot on predicting climate change A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com Security for mobile devices on the corporate network As health data goes digital, security risks grow Managing Those Forgotten Mechanical Keys German government urges users to scrap Firefox 3.6 Why to Quit Facebook And One Reason to Stay On FBI Fights Cybercrime in E. Europe Pa. school spy case sparks fight over money WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Peace Corp: Creating a worldwide unified network Learn how the Peace Corp made its unified network a reality after selecting and deploying cost-effective WAN optimization gear. One of the key factors was selecting a platform that integrated with its existing network spanning 70 countries. The result is dramatically improved performance and significant cost savings. Learn More The crooks in the cloud Who's got the biggest cloud in the tech universe? Google? Pretty big, but no. Amazon? Lots and lots of servers, but not even close. Microsoft? They're just getting started. Read More Online prankster David Thorne David Thorne doesn't believe in sacred cows. But as a marketing designer, there are lines to be toed and defined boundaries of creativity. So he created the virtual playground 27b/6, where nothing and nobody is safe; co-workers, landlords, police officers and his son and his school's "fat-headed" chancellor are sufficient comedic fodder. He blends merciless wit with shock humour and has won a bet that he can make a viral blog at a drop of a hat. He also has the word 'SHEEP' tattooed on his bicep. Read More The battle for Internet freedom What are we permitted to post legally on the Internet? Who is responsible for the content of materials posted on Web sites? Two recent legal cases have highlighted the ongoing battles over control of information being posted on the Internet. Read More US agencies hot on predicting climate change The US government is intent on getting into predicting the effects of climate change in a big way. Read More DOWNLOAD: RIM Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. A case of mistaken identity involving Snopes.com People tend to get lost on the Internet and I do not mean lost in thought or mindless drivel, though these things are true, too. I mean lost as in they don't know where the heck they are. Read More Security for mobile devices on the corporate network WatchGuard Technologies recently published its "2010 Security Predictions." As a follow-up to this paper, we interviewed Corey Nachreiner, WatchGuard Senior Security Analyst, with some follow-up questions to the paper. Read More As health data goes digital, security risks grow The amount of online private medical information is expected to grow from terabytes today to petabytes over the next four years, exposing electronic health records to ever more serious data breach threats. Read More Managing Those Forgotten Mechanical Keys Keeping track of mechanical keys is an security necessity sometimes overlooked in an access card-oriented workplace. Here are practical ideas for key management. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom The Art of Teleworking Does teleworking really work? How can a teleworker be as productive as an employee in the office? This white paper covers the advances in technology that make teleworking successful— and provides solutions for challenges teleworkers may face. Learn More German government urges users to scrap Firefox 3.6 Germany's federal computer security agency has recommended that users dump Mozilla's newest Firefox browser until the company patches a critical vulnerability later this month. Read More Why to Quit Facebook And One Reason to Stay On Last year, Baby Boomers quit Facebook at a faster pace than they joined. Read More FBI Fights Cybercrime in E. Europe The FBI is embedding agents in Estonia and Ukraine to help local authorities crack international cybercrime cases. Read More Pa. school spy case sparks fight over money Parents representing about a quarter of the high school students in the suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on teenagers using their laptops' cameras said they're "outraged" by a lawsuit seeking monetary damages. Read More
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