Over the past few years, multiple healthcare experts have been heralding the role big data will come to play in healthcare. With the press for EHR/EMR protocols, healthcare organizations have been digitizing more data than ever before. This massive data collection ultimately will help improve healthcare delivery in quality of care, hospital safety, refining cost […]
Extending Your Data Center into the Cloud
Computerworld ran a thoughtful article about several organizations that have moved some and/or most of their applications into the cloud.[1] These groups have enjoyed tremendous savings, reduced internal workloads, and enjoyed faster deployments. As any company considers expanding to the web, it is important to process the opportunities and challenges associated with such a move. […]
Underestimating the Consequences of a Data Breach
According to a report from the Ponemon Institute, many small to medium businesses (SMBs) fail to prepare for data breach.[1] In the “State of SMB Cyber Security Readiness: US Study,” Ponemon reports that organizations that had suffered a breach had different expectations from organizations that had not suffered a breach. As a result, many SMBs […]
Cyber Attackers Gain Ground Every Day
In the last few years, government and business cybersecurity experts continue doing better and better, while attackers also continue to do better and better. Steven Chabinsky, former chief of the FBI’s Cyber Intelligence Section, challenges the business and government sectors to adapt, adjust, rethink their approach to cybersecurity or slide backwards. Dennis Fisher over at […]
Green Data in a Culture of Consumption
In spite of the image of environmental friendliness among hi-tech companies, it turns out that many of these companies are high level energy wasters. The New York Times has conducted extensive research into the information industry, and the results are dismal at best. James Glanz at NYT writes, “Most data centers, by design, consume vast […]
Towards a Healthcare BI Plan
Healthcare business intelligence can potentially improve patient care and reduce costs when used effectively within a given facility. At the same time, using BI within a healthcare environment comes with a range of challenges due to the critical nature of the environment, the massive amount of complex data that needs accurate interpretation, and the caution […]
Protecting Against SQL Attacks
Businesses have two primary options when building a defense against SQL attacks: prevention and detection. Code can be developed in a way that defeats SQL injection, and developers should take steps when writing code to avoid SQL injection flaws. At the same time, companies use a wide range of 3rd party applications. Avoiding SQL injection […]
Data as a Revenue Generator
Many companies may be sitting on valuable assets that could open dramatic cash flow. Big data is helping organizations uncover patterns in their company, customers and the surrounding culture, but David Newman, research vice president at Gartner, suggests open data may provide the competitive advantage for generating revenue. He explains, “more government agencies are now opening their […]
Planning for Disasters
How prepared is your business for a hurricane, flooding, power outages, a tornado? According to The Institute for Business & Home Safety an estimated 25% of business never reopen after a major disaster. Those who do reopen may still face such surmounting obstacles that they end up closing. 75% of the companies who fail to […]