Continue reading »]]> 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 group of geeks sitting in a room staring at screens, trying to improve the speed of the Linux box they were able to get running on that old 386 that they found…to a group of people whose job is to solve business problems.  Unfortunately, most certification programs have not taken this change into account, and still favor the geek in a t-shirt to the technology professional who is comfortable in a suit.

I don’t get into a lot of detail in the podcast, but I do give a quick tutorial of the different levels of various certifications from Cisco and Microsoft, as well as talk about the pros and cons of some of the current certifications that are out there.  A word of warning though, if you are one of the many MCSE’s (Microsoft Certified System Engineers) out there that hasn’t fully embraced the MCITP and the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) programs, you might not like what I have to say.

As always, I invite you to look at the data and make your own decisions.  You can look at the IT professional certifications offered my Microsoft, Cisco and VMWare by clicking the appropriate links.

This podcast is being used for my feature at ADVANCE for Health Information Executives as well.

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Continue reading »]]> Today, we talk about how to keep the CIO position relevant in your organization as information and technology becomes more of a commodity, and for those organizations without a CIO, why that is and how to change it.  While this post is a couple of years old now that it is 2011, much of the information can still hold value for you.

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On our “In the News” Segment, I reference the following articles:

Universal Music Group Sues and Looses

Google has to turn over 12TB of data to Viacom

Microsoft Critical Patches for Server and SQL

New 2009 Joint Commission Standards

The next show will be released July 19, 2008.

Continue reading »]]> Episode 105, released March 1, 2008. In this weeks show, in addition to our typical discussion around current news, we have Rick Hodge, Executive Vice President at InfoLogix on with us to discuss various mobility solutions in healthcare. Also, in addition to our typical upcoming events and news segments, I get on my soapbox and talk about how the involvement of the health plans and vendors across the U.S. are needed to fix the financing needs in health IT.

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In the podcast, I reference numerous articles. Links to those articles are below.

InfoLogix

McAfee – Spammers Exploit OOO Messages

PayPal Executive warns agains Safari Usage

How to Identify Bad CIO’s in their Natural Habitat

Seven Saving Graces for Managers

Top Health IT Concerns for 2008

Microsoft Vista Class Action Lawsuit – 158 Email Messages in PDF format

Microsoft and SAP America Enter into Health IT

Thank you for listening. Please log into http://itpodcast.org and give me your thoughts and comments…let me know what you would like to hear, and if you disagree with any of my comments. The next show will be released on March 15, 2008.