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As above, so below: Why the right healthcare IT consulting matters

If you work in healthcare IT, you’re probably feeling under siege from all sides — because the role of IT in healthcare is changing. Fast.

Given the current cost of healthcare in the US, it’s no surprise that IT would play a key part in what’s become a national priority: Create higher value at lower cost.
But that only intensifies the pressure …
Pressure comes from on high, in the form of new CMS rules (CMS, for the uninitiated, runs Medicare/Medicaid and pays some 40% of the nation’s healthcare bills).

Tim Burke

Shopping for Video Conferencing: Where to Begin?

Not long ago, there were few options for organizations interested in a quality video conferencing experience. Happily for today’s shopper, implementation choices range from free(ish) web-based options to dedicated conference room systems to managed cloud-based services. So where — or how — to begin? Some people start with a budget figure, but that can be a pitfall. Most video conferencing projects fail because the user experience is poor. If no one uses it, then no matter what you’ve paid, you’ve

Tim Burke

Desktop Virtualization Services: More Options Than You May Realize

As we watch dreams of mobility coming true around us every day, the appeal of desktop virtualization is obvious. Pile on seemingly perpetual Windows end-of-life concerns, and that appeal only grows.

VDI — virtual desktop infrastructure — enables enterprises to optimize costs by continuing use of legacy systems, while also running the latest applications and remotely publishing them to any device. Managing VDI is complex, however – the acquisition, care, and feeding of its infrastructure is costly and demands expertise many do not have.

Enter desktop virtualization services, which take VDI either wholly or partly into the cloud.

Tim Burke

The evolving benefits of DaaS

The traditional benefits of DaaS — an OpEx advantage trading upfront costs and endless management and maintenance hassles for predictable pay-as-you-go dynamic scalability — are gaining even more clout as DaaS solutions mature.

It’s been shown that desktops in the cloud pay off – and this trend promises to continue:

Tim Burke

Securing your app dev: a cloud + 6 tips

In my last post, I focused on the extent to which today’s cloud app development centers on mobility, IoT (the Internet of Things), and the backend integration of it all.

While you were reading, you may have noticed that I didn’t mention cloud app security. That’s because I believe cloud app security —particularly the security of web, mobility, and IoT apps — deserves its own discussion.

Tim Burke

When app dev reaches the clouds: are you ready?

In many ways, application development in 2015 has left the building. I mean that figuratively of course, because these days, much of app dev is focused on cloud-based applications — and much of cloud application development has shifted offsite.

Tim Burke

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