Yearly Archive: 2010

Apr
18

Analysis of ARRA Funding for Health IT

For today’s podcast, I did some research at http://www.recovery.gov , looking for recipient reports for “Health IT”.  The results were pretty interesting.  In the show, I talk about some of the information that I found, some trends that I saw, and talk about a few of the more humorous projects (like one for the study …

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Mar
17

FCC National Broadband Plan Report Analysis

As many of you are no doubt aware, the Federal Communications Commission released their much anticipated National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  The plan is about 360 pages long and includes a lot of good information about the current state of broadband in the United States, as well as some ideas on what …

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Feb
19

Are IT Certifications Worth Anything?

On this podcast, I talk about various technology certifications and their value to the IT organization.  Everyone wants to know, “what is the best IT certification to get”.  Personally, I think that certifications have lost some of their luster over the years, primarily because the role of the IT organization has changed from being a …

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Jan
18

Tactics versus Strategy – Continued Discussion

Last month’s podcast regarding transitioning from a tactical to strategic organization received a number of emails. However, one email was a from a CIO of a mid-sized, multi-facility institution that recently lost his job, because of all things…he was too focused to strategy. After spending some time writing back and forth, I decided that I …

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