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Cloud Computing Changing the Business

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT

How many companies, large and small, do you know that rely on the Internet? Some people may have never heard of the term "Cloud Computing". It refers to "a computation or storage offered as a service supported by a pool of distributed computing resources, also known as utility computing or grid computing".

Backup Your Data Online to Amazon S3

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

CloudBerry Lab has started a beta testing program for CloudBerry Online Backup - an application that allows users to backup their data online to their Amazon S3 accounts.

Is Cloud Computing Like Teenage Sex?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EDT

It was once said back in the early ‘90s that “Client/server computing is a little like teenage sex – everyone talks about it, few actually do it, and even fewer do it right. Nevertheless, many people believe client/server computing is the next major step in the evolution of corporate information systems."

Cloud Computing Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Deadline July 15

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:00 EDT

With an ever-increasing number of companies now buying computing, storage, and networking power as they need it from the cloud, it is hardly surprising that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength.

"RIAs in the Cloud" - Are They Ready for the Cloud?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EDT

"What's fueling the interest in RIA?" asked Regev Yativ, President & CEO of Magic Software Enterprises in the Americas, at the beginning of his session at AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo in NYC last month. The answer is the growth of broadband, Yativ said, which has made the Internet more popular now in the USA than even TV.

Can The Cloud Save The World?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:00 EDT

I'm currently at a wedding, killing time reading various blog feeds. In that task, I just read a generally insightful commentary thanks to particularly ridiculous question in a post by Eric Knipp at Gartner. In the post he asks if The Cloud Will Save The World?

Manage CloudFront Access Log with CloudBerry Explorer Freeware

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:30:00 EDT

CloudBerry Lab has released CloudBerry Explorer v1.5, a freeware application that allows users to manage files in Amazon S3 buckets just as they would on their local computers.

SYS-CON Announces Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Awards

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

With the advent of Cloud Computing, the cost of computation, application hosting and content storage and delivery is plunging fast by several orders of magnitude. Behind all the buzzwords, a basic shift is occurring - the wholesale outsourcing of core business applications. This is why many analysts and industry-watchers believe that Cloud Computing is changing not just the technology landscape but also the entire nature of the business models that underpin successful software and hardware companies.

Europe’s Largest Grid Project Moves Closer to Cloud-style Computing

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:15:00 EDT

The integration of two clans of computation, ‘grid’ and ‘cloud’ computing, is moving closer through collaboration between the projects Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) and Resources and Services Virtualisation without Barriers (RESERVOIR).

Does Cloud Computing Need a Shrink?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EDT

What if "The Cloud" visited a psychiatrist? Does Cloud and Cloud Computing need therapy? Are they suffering from split personality disorder? With so many people giving different definitions of what Cloud Computing is, no wonder The Cloud has an identity crisis. Be a fly on the wall and listen in to the Cloud's therapy session.

Unisys & Cloud Computing: Breaking Through Barriers to Adoption

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:45:00 EDT

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) yesterday moved to overcome CIOs’ concerns about security of data in the cloud, cited by organizations and industry analysts as the top impediment to adopting cloud computing for business needs. Unisys unveiled an innovative cloud computing strategy and solutions portfolio for organizations to move enterprise application workloads securely to tailored cloud environments with greater confidence in maintaining the integrity of critical information. "I believe that cloud computing will revolutionize the way enterprises obtain business and IT services and change the kind of payback they get from their IT investments," said Rich Marcello, president, Unisys Systems and Technology (pictured below), adding:

Rackspace Outage: Enterprise Clouds Need To Be Build Differently

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

On Monday, June 29, Rackspace experienced an outage that completely shut down its hosted sites – apparently due to a problem with its Dallas datacenter. Unfortunately, an outage like the Rackspace one will keep another good set of enterprise customers from hopping on the cloud.

Enterprise-Class Clouds: It's A Perfect Storm

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Anyone familiar with the history of Unisys will not be at all surprised to learn that the company is the latest giant to enter the arena of enterprise cloud computing. Indeed, with its deep experience and rich technological innovation and capabilities in the enterprise server marketplace, as well as its involvement in transaction-intensive, mission-critical environments, it's a natural evolution for the company.

FatWire Launches New Releases of Personalization and Analytics Products

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:45:00 EDT

FatWire Software, a web experience management (WEM) provider, has announced new releases of FatWire Engage 7.5 for personalization and FatWire Analytics 2.5 for web content optimization. In conjunction with the FatWire Content Server web content management platform, FatWire Engage and FatWire Analytics deliver targeted and optimized web content with a scale and sophistication that exceeds the needs of the largest global businesses. http://tinyurl.com/m2mswc

ThinkGrid Launches Cloud Storage Service

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EDT

ThinkGrid, provider of business IT on demand, today launches its cloud storage service for organisations that need to retain ever-increasing amounts of data, but lack the capital to invest in high-cost, on-site storage. Customers can now benefit from this enterprise-class data storage solution on a pay-as-you-go basis. The service is based on the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform™ and offers a range of advantages, including back-up and disaster recovery as well as business collaboration.

Good Data Integrates On-Demand Analytics with NetSuite's SuiteCloud

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Good Data, a leading provider of on-demand, collaborative analytic solutions, today announced the integration of its on-demand analytics service with NetSuite, the industry's leading on-demand business management suite. Offered free to NetSuite customers, the analytics service enables NetSuite customers to analyze Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Ecommerce data across the entire business software suite, providing a broad analytical view of the business lifecycle.

Enterprise-Based Applications in the Cloud Are Next

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:45:00 EDT

One thing is pretty clear to me from an investment perspective. I am not going to invest in the next hot cloud computing infrastructure service that will compete against Amazon, Rackspace, Microsoft, and every other large tech vendor in the world. This is suicide and far from capital efficient.

The Five Pillars of Cloud Computing

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:45:00 EDT

Cloud computing requires a dynamic computing infrastructure. The foundation for the dynamic infrastructure is a standardized, scalable, and secure physical infrastructure. There should be levels of redundancy to ensure high levels of availability, but mostly it must be easy to extend as usage growth demands it, without requiring architecture rework.

Cloud Computing as a Euphemism

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:15:00 EDT

I had another random thought, it might be crazy, but I thought I'd share it. I think I may have been completely wrong in describing cloud computing as a metaphor or analogy, or more simply as Internet centric infrastructure.

EMC to Collaborate with MIT Media Lab

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EDT

EMC has set up EMC Research Cambridge, a new research presence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and joined the MIT Media Lab as a consortium sponsor. The company says EMC Research Cambridge leverages and brings into close collaboration RSA Laboratories, EMC Research China and its Santa Clara Incubation Lab.

SSA's Jim Borland on Healthcare Information Technology

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Today, on this week's Federal News Radio Federal Executive Forum webcast, Mr. Jim Borland, Special Advisor for Health IT, Office of the Commissioner, Social Security Administration(SSA), will discuss the value of health care information technology. His comments included the following: Every disability benefit claimant must have their medical records reviewed.

Zander Named to NetSuite Board

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Former Sun president Ed Zander has suddenly resurfaced on the NetSuite board. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison owns most of the on-demand Salesforce.com rival and Oracle is buying Sun. NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson also used to work for Zander at Sun. Zander, who was ousted as CEO of Motorola after leaving Sun, will serve on the board’s compensation committee and its nominating and governance committee.

LiveOffice and Mimosa Forge First Partnership

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

LiveOffice, the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving, email hosting and email continuity solutions, and Mimosa Systems, the leader in next-generation email, file and SharePoint archiving solutions, today announced beta availability of LiveOffice CloudMerge for Mimosa NearPointTM, a software application that seamlessly connects Mimosa’s on-premise archive to LiveOffice’s cloud-based archive. The joint offering leverages the best of both infrastructures to deliver cost-effective, long-term storage and expedited external eDiscovery for on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server environments.

SpringSource Teams with RightScale

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EDT

SpringSource has made its Hyperic HQ web application and infrastructure management software available through RightScale’s Cloud Management Platform. It can be used directly from RightScale’s automated platform to monitor the availability and manage the performance of cloud applications.

BT to Offer International Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Not to be left out or anything, BT is going into the cloud business sometime in the next month or so with a Virtual Data Centre (VDC) service aimed at multinationals and the public sector to start. Initially it will be a virtualized on-demand IT and networking infrastructure platform. The telco intends to roll out data centers in multiple countries in EMEA over time to qualify as an enterprise-class service and offer virtualized servers, storage, networks and security that’s orchestrated and automatically provisioned through its online portal.

SYS-CON White Paper: Managed Hosting Services Checklist

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Do you know what to ask before you buy? The Web Hosting Unleashed Managed Hosting Services Checklist gives you a comprehensive list of questions and a step-by-step approach to evaluating managed-hosting vendors and providers. Be armed with the right questions, market research and criteria to select the right managed-hosting solution for your company.

Coda & Corefino Pair on Cloud Accounting

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Coda and Corefino, two accounting ISVs, say they have joined forces to give mid-market CFOs a low-cost alternative to the traditional on-premise software offered by the “Big 3” ERP giants. The new three-part accounting service, called Corefino 2go, combines Coda’s 2go SaaS accounting package, built on Saleforce.com’s Force.com cloud computing platform, with Corefino’s Triple-C best practices/workflow framework.

Five Questions You Need to Ask About Load Balancing and the Cloud

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Whether you are aware of it or not, if you’re deploying applications in the cloud or building out your own “enterprise class” cloud, you’re going to be using load balancing. Horizontal scaling of applications is a fairly well understood process that involves (old skool) server virtualization of the network kind: making many servers (instances) look like one to the outside world.

IBM Researcher Solves In-Cloud Data Encryption Puzzle

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:45:00 EDT

Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," or "fully homomorphic encryption," makes possible the deep and unlimited analysis of encrypted information -- data that has been intentionally scrambled -- without sacrificing confidentiality.

The Day the Cloud Died

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:26:00 EDT

Today (June 25th 2009) was one of those rare days that makes you remember why elasticity is so important when architecting your web application stack. In case you don't follow the news or twittersphere, around noon eastern time came news that everyone's favorite Charlies Angel "Farrah Fawcett" had died, which resulted in a minor news flurry. Then later in the afternoon a much more major web storm erupted when news of Michael Jackson's death hit the social web. Unexpedly Twitter had major scaling issues dealing with the sudden influx of hundreds of thousands of tweets as Michael Jackson's death spread. But twitter wasn't alone.

SYS-CON White Paper: Enterprise PBX Buyer's Guide

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Considering an IP PBX or VoIP phone system? Download the VoIP News Buyer's Guide to help you make an informed decision. The IP PBX Buyer's Guide analyzes: key requirements, basic features, vendor offerings, pros & cons, and more. . . Learn what an IP PBX System can do for you and understand what issues you should consider during your decision-making process.

API Group Selects Zscaler Cloud Security Service

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Zscaler, Inc., a provider of cloud-delivered multi-tenant Security as a Service (SaaS), has announced that API Group -- a manufacturer of specialized packaging materials with businesses located in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, USA and Asia-Pacific -- has selected it for powerful Web 2.0 security protection. Zscaler will enforce Internet business policies, manage employee Web usage, and protect API Group globally against online threats and risk.

IBM Researcher Solves Longstanding Cryptographic Challenge

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EDT

An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," or "fully homomorphic encryption," makes possible the deep and unlimited analysis of encrypted information -- data that has been intentionally scrambled -- without sacrificing confidentiality.

Cloud Computing and Utility Software Licensing

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Recently I read an article about a traditional enterprise grid computing company who is attempting to enter the nascent cloud computing market. Without naming names, I will say the technology is probably decent, what they seem to lack is any real insight into the cost advantages that cloud computing enables. What I'm getting at is the ability to scale your resources, hardware and software alike as you need them only paying for what your need, when you need it. This is arguably one of the key advantages of cloud computing, be it a private or public cloud.

Global Multi-tenant Service Provider Clouds

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:13:00 EDT

Multinational companies typically have more complex computing and networking technical support requirements, because their business technology applications can span over numerous locations with very diverse operations. Business and IT leaders are currently exploring managed cloud service options, and they're comparing all new offerings from qualified service providers with international expertise.

Adaptec Introduces Controllers for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data Centers

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:01:00 EDT

Adaptec, a provider of data center hardware and software storage solutions, has announced the availability of the Adaptec Series 5Z Unified Serial(R) (SATA/SAS) RAID controller family. These high-performance controllers integrate an industry first, flash-based Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection module that provides data center managers with a single controller solution for data protection in the event of both power loss and drive failure.

Government Social Media Reputation Management in the Cloud

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

During this morning’s IAC breakfast, discussing “Transparency, Collaboration and Web 2.0”, a panelist made a very interesting point. While the US Federal Government’s use of Internet social media services and cloud-based information-sharing applications is well underway, albeit at the very earliest of stages (mainly due to significant policy, privacy, security and simple “newness” issues), by far one of the major risks lies with accountability.

Accountability in collaboration and information-sharing environments is typically achieved to some degree by association of metadata with the information packages being exchanged, or with the “containers” of online events and the trusted identities of those participating in the dialogue. With social media applications and contexts like Twitter or Facebook, however, there are far too many ways that the “information packages” (i.e. unmanaged conversation bites) get exposed, syndicated and shared – disassociated from what I’ll call the “accountability metadata”. Accountability metadata might be described as one part records management (provenance, chain-of-custody, attribution, etc. of the actual material), one part situational awareness (i.e. the UCORE model; who, what, when, where regarding the actual event context being discussed), and one part “trust in context”, or “reputation” (i.e. popularity index, authority index, security attributes, etc.), and one part semantic accuracy (i.e. the topics and language being used is consistent with the context of discussion within which it’s introduced, for example according to a NIEM namespace).

"S-CORE" for "Social Media Core Information"?

As an example, the tweet associated with this blog entry is in fact an “information package”, albeit made up of unstructured data (as far as I can manipulate). Within the Twitter universe, there is an association (or “assertion”) of accountability metadata with this Tweet, so long as you’re a member of the community and can view my profile data, link references and prevalent topical themes. My profile data is associated with an employer and other communities, which themselves provide additional accountability data. But what happens when the Blog Tweet is Twitterfed, gets Tarpiped into Identica, over to Friendfeed, into Facebook and finally its RSS feed repurposed as a discussion item on someone else’s blog widget?

The original metadata isn’t carried along, and therefore some degree of manual intervention may be required to respond to non-attributed, out-of-context or otherwise mis-purposed data. Google searches may return search results containing my tweet language in non-intended contexts, thereby possibly enabling alternative or even incorrect interpretation. A homeland security social media “tweet”, for example, from a first-responder regarding a health-related assessment may be determined by HHS as inaccurate and possibly dangerous as most obviously interpreted by the public. Enter “Online Reputation Management”.

Online reputation management is a significant industry in itself (many local Washington DC Internet Marketing companies provide it), focused on making sure search engine results aren’t creating or promoting a false or unwarranted image – of a person, company, or product – because of overwhelming yet unverified online information posted to the contrary. Back to the HHS example – the erroneous tweet works its way into Google search results via multiple channels (and perhaps aggregate or federated search results), and subsequently becomes “the truth” because it’s on the first page of results. HHS or some other responsible, validating entity must now engage reputation management techniques to deliver more, better or different information into many of the same social media channels, in addition to a couple of its own highly-authoritative channels, to counter the ultimately false search engine results.

This may be part of the reason that Data.gov is so far a producer only of raw data, vs. “information” – since information carries with it expectations and actually delivers a degree of unstructured accountability that’s very hard to define, manage and monitor on the Internet. Structured data is far easier to manage, since it typically isn’t shared via social media (at least with its structure intact), and structured metadata is easily embedded. Citizens can certainly help resolve semantic inconsistencies, can establish some level of “social trust” by using the data, and can prove usefulness (and therefore legitimacy) by creating popular applications – but citizens aren’t really accountable to the rest of the Federal Government’s constituency, and its reputation. Ultimately, organizations will look back to the Government for trust and accountability with respect to information packages (vs. data) they can use in legitimate business ventures involving social media.

However, the Federal Government’s foray into producing information packages for consumption by public social media will likely be constrained for some to come, until industry can come up with a generally accepted standard and technology examples to permanently associate “accountability metadata” to unstructured information payloads released in the wild. This might then be followed by an oversight agency or program that could automate perhaps some of the Federal Reputation Management tasks that would then be necessary – enabling many more useful, unstructured conversations in public social media, moderated by trusted Government sources. Perhaps from the cloud.

MIT Technology Review Names Cloud Computing Players

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EDT

MIT Technology Review has published a series of Cloud Computing articles in the July/August Issue hitting newstands. I had the honor of contributing to several of the articles. I would also like to personaly thank the team at Technology Review for including me in both the Key Players and Private Cloud Companies to Watch. To read the articles please see the following links.

Forget Cloud Computing, Let's Talk About Ed Zander

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Yet I spent too many years writing, publishing, and producing for Sun to let this deal go uncommented upon. The relationship started when we shook hands and signed a deal with Ed Zander to acquire an in-house magazine on the day the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the Bay Area (I was with IDG at the time).

SaaS for IT Gains Solutions Edge

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:17:00 EDT

As interest in cloud computing ramps up, the ability to deliver more aspects of IT lifecycle and quality management, along with broader project and portfolio oversight values, is also ramping up. Yet a missing ingredient for IT innovators has been how to begin and how to organize these sourcing changes effectively.

Grid Experience Comes to Private Cloud Rescue

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Platform ISF leverages Platform’s resource sharing technology, EGO, and its virtual machine orchestrator (VMO), combine to deliver an infrastructure-sharing platform. Platform has also built in additional capabilities for self-service, reporting and billing -- helping to make clouds a bill-as-you-go affair (a fringe benefit of IT shared services). This is also expected to drastically reduce the costs of IT, as resource utilization levels increase thanks to resource sharing.

The Future of Telecom

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:38:00 EDT

The question has been asked by many. Where is the telecommunication market headed over the next decade? The subject was highlighted last week by visionary technology leader Dr Hossein Eslambolchi, Chairman & CEO of 2020 Ventures , who addressed over 50 telecom heads last week in California at the Next Generation Telecom Summit.

Caringo CAStor 3.0 'Cluster in a Box' Enables Virtual CAStor Cluster

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:40:00 EDT

Caringo Inc., a provider of content storage software enabling clustered storage for active and archive content, today announced volume shipments of its new CAStor(TM) 3.0 "Cluster in a Box" software, which creates easily scalable, self-managing clustered content storage that suits cloud and scalable, file storage infrastructures. Version 3.0 allows a virtual CAStor storage cluster to be implemented in one multi-core server.

Fast Track to Cloud Storage

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

At Mezeo Software, we're pleased with the rapid adoption of our platform in the service provider market across three continents. Our success is validating our strategy that there is a significant margin opportunity in cloud storage, and that service providers will want to provide their own storage services.

The Rise of the Cloud CTO and CIO

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Recently I asked a question on twitter, one I figured would stir up some debate. (Which was the point) The question was "Does the CTO matter any more with the rise of Cloud Computing or is it all about the CIO with data reigning supreme?"

Cloud Computing Expo: Private Cloud Management

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Platform Computing has announced a new software product for managing private cloud environments. Platform ISF is an end-to-end cloud management product for enterprises to build and run their private clouds. It is the centerpiece of Platform's cloud strategy and will be made available for beta in June with general availability planned for the Fall.

TMone Leverages Cloud Computing Solutions from Five9 and Salesforce.com

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Five9 has announced that TMone, a provider of business process outsourcing for the front office, has deployed Five9 Virtual Call Center Suite integrated with on-demand CRM from Salesforce.com across all call center agents to deliver high-quality customer experience on behalf of their large enterprise clients. Moving the call center and CRM infrastructure to cloud computing solutions from Five9 and Salesforce.com resulted in several recent large enterprise client wins for TMone.

NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Integrates with Silverpop’s Engage B2B Platform

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EDT

Silverpop has announced the integration of its Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz) platform with NetSuite. This new integration leverages Silverpop Engage B2B’s fully integrated lead-to-sale reporting to put true financial metrics at marketers’ fingertips, assist in planning more effective marketing strategies, and demonstrate marketing ROI with reporting and analytics that follow leads from first click to revenue won.

FatWire Launches New Global Partner Program

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:41:00 EDT

FatWire Software, the leading Web Experience Management (WEM) provider, today launched the new FatWire Global Partner Program. This enhanced program provides partners with powerful new resources to help FatWire customers succeed, and provides a foundation for continuously expanding FatWire’s reach and capabilities.

Vish Sankaran, HHS, Speaks on Healthcare IT

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:00 EDT

During the pre-recording of this weeks Federal News Radio Federal Executive Forum, Vish Sankaran, Program Director of Federal Health Architecture, discussed the role of information technology in improving the country's health care system. Mr. Sankaran insights on the Obama administration efforts in this area included:

Significant progress has been made in the coordination of efforts between agencies with a health related mission. A clear sign of progress is the coordination between 25 different agencies in establishing the federal health records gateway
Since it's release in February, the federal health records gateway has received over 46,000 unique hits and over 1300 downloads
The biggest opportunity we have in health IT today is enabling information to follow the patient, which helps doctors to make better decisions
Historical challenges around proprietary systems are now being overcome through active participation from the vendor community and the establishment of interoperable open specifications
A key challenge that needs to be addressed is how to rectify the more stringent FISMA requirements (with approximately 170 controls) with the less restrictive HIPPA regulations (with about 70 controls)

The Federal Executive Forum panel participants were:

Vish Sankaran- Program Director, Federal Health Architecture, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Linda Fischetti- RN MS, Health Informatics Architect, Future Health Systems Design and
Usability, Health Information Architecture, Veterans Health Administration
Dr. Leslie Lenert- MD, MS, FACMI , Director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Jim Borland- Special Advisor for Health IT, Office of the Commissioner, Social Security Administration (SSA)
Tom Simmons- Area Vice President for Federal Systems, Citrix Systems
Ken Rubin- Chief Architect, EDS

The complete panel discussion will be available via a Federal News Radio webcast starting Thursday, June 25th at 2pm (http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1692826&nid=50) . There is no charge for this event. To receive an email reminder two hours before the webcast starts, please register.

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