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Software is Transforming Medicine

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:00:00 +0000

The digital age is alive and well and taking over every corner of the world. What started with a simple desktop computer has now mushroomed into a host of devices that make information, communication, and entertainment more easily accessible. It is also in the process of revolutionizing the way companies conduct business. And all those devices need software or applications in order to make them function. Some would argue that it is the software that is revolutionizing the world, not the hardware.

In the world of medicine, the force of the digital or electronic age is being felt in the form of electronic medical record software . EMRs are patient records that are electronic, rather than paper. This means that doctors offices will soon be without the hundreds of paper folders lining the office walls. Instead, they will have the same amount of data stored on a small hard drive somewhere. Or they may access the electronic record for a patient from a centralized server that is shared with other medical facilities.

The advantages of this software goes far beyond saving storage space. By getting doctors to chart all patient interactions on a computer, the risk of misreading test results or misinterpreting a medical abbreviation are virtually eliminated. Prescriptions, laboratory tests, and any treatment orders can be easily read, since there will be no handwriting involved. Software can also be programmed to run automatic checks against other treatments or prescriptions in order to ensure there are no harmful interactions or other problems.

The result is that doctors offices, clinics, laboratories, and hospitals will be able to work more efficiently, save money, and provide a higher level of care with fewer mistakes — and all because of the power of new software systems.

Software is Transforming Medicine is a post from: The Art of Business

Why Bookmark?

admin — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:10:00 +0000

There are so many things competing for your attention on the web. You can email, chat, play games, read countless pages, blogs, articles and even books. There are social media sites for watching videos, streaming news, and listening to podcasts . You can even spend hours updating your social networking status or maintaining your own blog, site, or online photo album. That doesn’t even begin to consider the time you could spend on research or shopping.

So why should you invest any of your hard won “free time” on a social bookmarking service ?

It just makes sense to have at least one social bookmarking account. If you’re like most people you have at least two computers: home and work. You may have a laptop, smart phone or other device that you use to access the internet. In each of these places you will find useful, entertaining, or inflammatory things that you want to save and share. That’s what bookmark sites are for.

If you rely on just your web browser to store your favorites you’re going to find yourself wondering how to find that site when you switch computers. If you want to share a link that would be useful to a coworker, but you’re on a personal computer with no access to your work email what do you do? Having one spot where you store everything and can share everything makes it so much easier than trying to make sure every device’s browsers have the same bookmarks. Keep one list up-to-date and you’ll never wonder where you stored a link again.

Why Bookmark? is a post from: The Art of Business

The Work of iPad Developers

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:10:00 +0000

With the release of the iPad, many iPhone users expected to have access to the same apps they were used to using on their phones. While the two devices do have the same operating system, making it possible to share apps between them, the larger 9.7″ screen on the iPad calls out for its own slew of apps that fit the newer device.

iPad developers have been busy for much of 2010 adapting iPhone applications to take meet iPad standards. Apple released a software development toolkit that developers have been using to make sure new apps meet the exact specifications for the iPad. Businesses such as Netflix, Epicurious, and even Kindle quickly adapted their own software to work on iPad, reaching thousands of new users in the process.

One important point for iPad developers to keep in mind, whether they are adapting an existing app or creating one from scratch, is the flooded app market. The Apple App Store has hundreds of thousands of applications and it’s easy for even big brands to get lost in the noise. Developers need to have a solid marketing strategy, whether tied to traditional marketing plans or utilizing viral elements such as YouTube and FaceBook. Getting the word out about their apps is the only way they can hope to make money. Of course, there are also plenty of developers who create apps just for the fun of it and aren’t looking to make money. Sometimes those are the most interesting and fun to use apps of all.

The Work of iPad Developers is a post from: The Art of Business

iPad Video Converter Transfers Everything

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:10:00 +0000

It can be a little challenging to incorporate new technology every year. It seems that every year one has to find a new way to get all their electronic gadgets to work together. It is a rather time consuming task to get all of one’s audios, videos and photos loaded into the computer and transferred on to new phones and ipads. However today, there is some amazing new software to go along with the technology trend like the iPad Video Converter which can help you convert all your entertainment from different sources onto your ipad.

This software recognizes all types of video formats such as AVI, DivX, MOV, RM, MPEG, WMV, 3GP, ASF and RMVB. No matter where you draw your data from a good converter can change it into the format needed to run it on your new iPad.

Audio formats are also easy to convert. Take AC3, OGG, RA, WMA, MP2 and CDA and convert them to AIFF, AAC, WAV or MP3 with easy. It should be really easy to do but it may take some time to get the bulk of your collection converted. Then all you need to do is add in the new movies, music or photos and books as you go along.

So get the most out of your old DVDs by using a great converter to get them into itunes for enjoyment on your new toy.

iPad Video Converter Transfers Everything is a post from: The Art of Business

Virtual Labs and Seamless Transitions

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:10:00 +0000

It is one of the more interesting benefits of the virtual world, where one can explore and test before putting things into action, in a way that’s almost more accurate than any other laboratory situation. It’s one thing to have a new website, where one makes beta versions and allows limited access before sending it out live. But it’s quite another for a company to have the chance to test out new software and IT technologies before integrating them into the company’s profile.

These kinds of virtual labs allow for an almost seamless transition from one platform to another. The test phase becomes an introduction to the upcoming changes, but it’s also close enough to the real thing that the team members will find it hard to tell the difference.

The same principles can be applied to any new software or program that an organization is considering for their working environment. The test versions that can help team leaders decide what’s right for the team members are very close to the real product. It is a kind of futurist dream, where one can enter into virtual reality, and not be able to tell the difference between that and waking life . Now, with the new technologies, that moment has actually arrived.

Virtual Labs and Seamless Transitions is a post from: The Art of Business

Web Content and Design

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:10:00 +0000

There was a time very recently when, if a company wanted to start making waves in the online world, all they had to do was to start a number of websites simultaneously. These websites could have multiple variations of the same domain names , in order to corner a market, and to pick up any incidental traffic from browsers looking for something similar to what they were offering.

It’s still not a bad way to go when beginning an enterprise, especially if there is time and resources available. Buying a domain on the internet is exactly like buying real estate, only the geography is virtual rather than physical. Having ownership of a space is a bit like planting one’s flag on a series of words that serve as the address.

However, what happens next is much more like architecture and interior design. It’s not simply a matter of maximizing the potential for visitors, but making it so that they want to stay once they do happen by. Artistic and interesting web design can be a key toward keeping these doors open, and helping to make the choice for the consumer. A truly elegant, sleek, or gripping design will keep anyone looking for a few moments, and when the content can back up the image, then the sky really is the limit.

Web Content and Design is a post from: The Art of Business

Second Life

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:54:52 +0000

I was very happy with my Myspace page and my Facebook page when my bookbinder friend Beverly introduced me to the virtual world of Second Life. At first, I was fascinated with creating my own Avatar and getting to fly around from one region to another and actually talking to other Avatars that are from all over the world. I was only spending an hour a night watching my Avatar play around with her looks, by buying her new clothes or changing her ‘skin’ and shape. Finding the perfect hair and eyes. As the weeks continued, I found that I was now spending 4 to 5 hours a night on Second Life. Taking my Avatar, Fluffy, that’s her first name, taking her from one dance club to another. Attending real life lectures on art or spiritual teachings. Then go out on a virtual date with a male Avatar she just meet at one of those dance clubs. Or running into my ‘real-life’ friends Avatars and catching up, at a virtual coffee house, with each other about what we’ve been doing on Second Life.

One time, when I was on Second Life, I looked up and it was morning. I had spent the whole night and morning in this virtual world. As they say in Second Life, your imagination is your limit. Never a truer statement was said. What ever there is here in real life, one can find in Second Life and beyond. I’ve been to the Eiffel Tower in SL that someone built to exact specifications. I’ve been to Manhattan Business Hotels to attend a conference held by real life business but conducting them in the virtual world. I’ve attended a Shakespearean play, an Opera and a live concert done in the virtual world. I’ve also created a wonderful group of friends that live all around the world. Second Life offers what’s called a ‘hud attachment‘ that my Avatar can wear which will translate any language for me when I’m in the presence someone from a different country.

My family worries that I have become a Second Life addict, and they would be correct. They want me to spend less time in the virtual world and more time in the real world. But, when they voice their concerns, I turn to them and ask them how much time do they spend watching television or spend on line? And when was the last time they attended a lecture or gone to the Opera or been invited to an Art Gallery Opening? This, apparently, makes my point and they now leave me alone to play in my virtual never ending limitless world.

Second Life is a post from: The Art of Business

Data Backup Company Carbonite Offers Free Trial, Great Rate on Data Protection

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:16:52 +0000

Carbonite, the data backup client offering data protection with a 15 Petabyte storage capacity , provides internet and computer users an indispensable service, at a winning rate of only pennies a day. They offer a 15-day free trial, to introduce you to their services.

Carbonite, a company offering secure data storage and backup, will, for mere pennies a day, store your important files, documents, photos, emails, etc. All of them. To the tune of 1.5 petabytes of total data storage capacity.

The Carbonite client is then always looking for new data on your PC. When you add or modify files, Carbonite starts backing them up immediately. It backs up about 2GB per day over broadband. Carbonite’s backup solution works by placing colored dots on your files and folders. Different colors represent different “file states”: 1) If the file has been backed up, 2) will be backed up or 3) will not be backed up.

Once Carbonite is setup, it requires little ongoing work on behalf of the user, and reads and stores your data as long as you’re on the internet. Users can also log on to the Carbonite site and access their files.

The question on their web site, How much stuff can I back up? is answered:

There are no limits on backup storage capacity. Carbonite will back up all the supported files on your internal hard drive whether you have 1GB, 10GB or more. However, users should be aware that the speed of today’s DSL and cable Internet services will make it very slow to back up more than, say, a few dozen GB of data.

Data Backup Company Carbonite Offers Free Trial, Great Rate on Data Protection is a post from: The Art of Business

Love Affair of the Brooklyn Bridge

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:13:29 +0000

Emily Warren met Washington Roebling at a dance and when they got married in 1865, neither knew that together they would make history. And not just history for the state of New York, but they made world history by together created and building the suspension bridge that out-stretched any other at that time, by double. Washington took over the construction of the building after his father suffered an accident three days into it, his legs were crushed and he suffered and infection from which he soon died. Washington had been working previously as his assistant . He was only 32 years old at the time. And this was the most prestigious, innovative and anticipated project for the country. He designed cages that would allow workers to go underwater to work on the construction. The were airtight and pressurized. Washington worked in the ‘caissons’ as well. Most men, including Washington soon were experiencing the ‘bends’ a condition that is caused by the pressure changes and either kills them or leaves those affected by it incapacitated. Washington became an invalid.

This is when Emily took over the building of the bridge. She met with trustees at the five star hotels of New York, she spoke with engineers, and she consulted with her husband and interpreted and conveyed his plans and ideas. She dealt with the politicians, and the engineers. She did this for the eleven years it took to complete the bridge. In the late 1,800′s it was a rarity for a woman to be so bold, so equal. And here she was, building the Brooklyn Bridge. She supported and defending her husband when the trustees wanted to remove him of the title of chief engineer. And although she considered him in charge, at the ceremony for the opening of the bridge, and to this day, many consider her to be the chief engineer. Once the bridge was completed, Emily attained a law degree and focused on the advancement and the protection of womens rights.

Love Affair of the Brooklyn Bridge is a post from: The Art of Business

Fortified Holdings’ Business Unit to Exhibit at State-of-the-Art Technology Conference; “West 2008″

Trevor — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:42:57 +0000

Fortified Holdings Corp. (“Fortified” or the “Company”) communications division, Fortified DataCom, will be exhibiting at the largest state-of-the-art defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast at the San Diego Convention Center, February 5-7.

Fortified Holdings’ Business Unit to Exhibit at State-of-the-Art Technology Conference; “West 2008″ is a post from: The Art of Business