Saugus board wary of liquor license billWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:29AMSAUGUS - Saugus Selectman and state Rep. Donald Wong is co-sponsor of a bill that would give the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission authority to grant off-site catering liquor licenses to restaurants across the commonwealth.
2011 Top Black Book Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Systems Announced for OB GYN PracticesWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:17AMSurveyed EMR users narrowed down an elite group of systems vendors across eighteen probing key performance indicators from a field of over 400 qualified healthcare software firms. As thousands of physician practices still scramble to select and implement records systems, current adopters identify the firms that delivered on implementation success, productivity, outcomes and crucial stimulus fund ...
WSO2 launches Stratos offerings as PaaS for open source cloud middlewareWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:05AMWSO2 today announced the debut of the WSO2 StratosLive platform as a service (PaaS) and the launch of WSO2 Stratos 1.5, the newest release of WSO2’s open-source cloud middleware platform software.
The cost advantage controversy of Cloud computingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:53PMOne of the topics most associated with cloud computing is its cost advantages, or lack thereof. One way the topic gets discussed is "capex vs. opex," a simple formulation, but one fraught with meaning.
Thousands Of Laptops, Smartphones, Left At U.S. Airports In Past YearMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:08PMCredant survey found security checkpoints are the most popular locations for devices to be left behind
IBM Reports 2011 Second-Quarter ResultsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:25PMIBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced second-quarter 2011 diluted earnings of $3.00 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $2.61 per share in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 15 percent.
New Job for Mainframes: Hosting Private CloudsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:30PMMention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he's likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a much-hyped new name for what mainframes have done for years, he'll say.
Mainframes can find new life hosting private cloudsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:05PMMention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he'll likely roll his eyes. Cloud is just a much-hyped new name for what mainframes have done for years, he'll say. "A mainframe is a cloud," contends Jon Toigo, CEO of Toigo Partners International, a data management consultancy in Dunedin, Fla.
Did space exploration sow the seeds of its own demise?Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:01PMSpace exploration has ushered in a number of major technological advancements, including microelectronics that led to today's information-saturated age. Bob Mahoney worries that this space-enabled advance, ironically, may undermine the future of humans in space.