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Winning war won't secure peace for open source
Insight perspective Opposition to free software may have evaporated, but that does not make behavioral change inevitable, says U.K. open source advocate.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Operating systems, Conference, Open-source Software, health service, Europe, Global Warming, Voice, British Broadcasting Corp.
When IT and healthcare come together
Insight CIO 1-1 SingHealth's Dr. Low Cheng Ooi shares his views on how IT and healthcare are colliding to bring forth the future of medicine for patients and practitioners.
Tags: IT project management, Data Management, Leadership, Technology, Clinician, EMR, globalization, analytics, information technology company, chairman
BT looks toward Asian SMB market
News BT has completed its acquisition of Singapore-based IT systems integrator, Frontline, and says this will bring it closer to the smaller clients in the region.
Tags: Acquisitions, Communications
Aust state bins US$713M broadband network
News The Western Australian state government says its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network is not viable, and could duplicate efforts of Australia's National Broadband Network.
Tags: Business broadband, Personal broadband, health service, treasurer, Spokesperson, Western Australian Government, Australia, Broadband, Government, network
UC Berkeley computers hacked, 160,000 at risk
News Attackers access public health center Web site, then break into secured databases on the same server, stealing some 97,000 Social Security numbers.
Tags: Hacking, University, Database, health service, computer, Server, insurance, health insurance, Web Site, health care
NSW health IT gets US$460M injection
News New South Wales special commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a "one-off injection" to remedy a system bogged down by, among other things, paper and technical inadequacies.
Tags: Web sites, Business broadband, Database management, Privacy, Clinician, E-health, Hospital, electronic health record, Broadband, electronic record
Oz Net center full of beans and teens
News A national initiative aimed at bridging the digital divide for young people has kicked off with the launch of the country's first Beanbag Net Centre in Sydney's outer west.
U.K. NHS to switch to Outlook
News Supplier Cable & Wireless has announced that the National Health Service's mammoth e-mail system will be 'transitioned' to Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Outlook.
Tags: E-mail servers
Tech is key to tackling EU health costs
News Technology will be key to tackling Europe's burgeoning health service spending.
Tags: HIPAA, Directory services, Web services, Business structures
News Corp., Healtheon/WebMD ink $1 billion deal
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Thousands more UK patients' details lost
News Stockport Primary Care Trust has admitted the loss of 4,000 medical and personal details in the latest instance of data loss by the U.K. National Health Service.
Tags: Security
Net retailers least trusted in Australia
News Internet retailers are the least trustworthy organisations when it comes to protecting our private information, according to research conducted on behalf of the Federal Privacy Commissioner in Australia.
BT makes waves in IT services
News The company has won around 1,000 international networking and IT contracts in the past 15 months, and it forecasts its global services revenue will double within three years.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Affinity, Healix to start free U.K. health service
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Police maintain uneasy relations with cybervigilantes
News London-area police are working with certain cybervigilante groups as sources of information in the fight against online fraud.
