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Day 2 – Liveblogging from HIMSS ’12!
We’re liveblogging from Las Vegas, site of the 12th Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, bringing together over 30,000 healthcare IT professionals and exhibitors. For more on the conference, visit HIMSSConference.org. For more about Online Tech’s involvement, including more about HIPAA compliant hosting, visit Online … Continue reading
Federal Mobile Strategy: Increasing Access to Mission-Critical Data & Streamlining IT
Last August, I wrote a blog post discussing the federal cloud computing initiative launched by then-U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra and his Cloud-First policy developed to motivate agencies to adopt cloud computing projects and reduce overall spending and energy expenditure. On … Continue reading
Online Tech to Attend IMPACT 2012 Conference on Cloud Computing
Mike Klein, President and COO of Online Tech, will be speaking about cloud computing at IMPACT 2012 on February 7 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Featuring sales, marketing, finance, human resources and public sector experts, IMPACT 2012 is an informative networking conference on … Continue reading
Disaster Recovery for HIPAA Applications – It’s All About Availability of PHI
HIPAA – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act focuses on three key criteria for handling Protected Health Information (PHI): availability, confidentiality and integrity. This blog post focuses on availability as it applies to HIPAA applications and HIPAA data. Availability … Continue reading
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Integrating IT Services: Cloud Computing & Compliance Concerns
To streamline IT service management and assets, the convergence of technology and processes to better meet business objectives is ideal. It also allows in-house IT teams to spend more time on other endeavors and projects for industry-specific, targeted business growth. … Continue reading
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$999/Hour for An Amazon Cloud Server?
Would you pay $999 per hour for a cloud server? Apparently, Amazon’s EC2 cloud servers spiked to $999.99 per hour when their supply was recently constrained. The high bidder paid close to $1000 per hour and others got bumped off … Continue reading
Department of Defense’s Cloud Computing Strategy: Saving Money & Increasing Security
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recently passed by Congress includes a section on data centers and servers, concerning the IT industry and cloud hosting providers (Section 2867). What do the provisions call for? A plan to reduce the … Continue reading
Revenue, Supply & Demand: Effects of the 2011 Hard Drive Shortage
The recent hard drive shortage caused by this year’s extreme Thailand floods is said to continue its major impact through 2013, according to market research firm IDC and reported by ComputerWorld.com. The hard drive shortage is being felt around the … Continue reading
Last Chance to RSVP: PCI, HIPAA & Cloud Presentations
Last Chance: RSVP to attend Online Tech’s New Ann Arbor, Michigan Data Center Open House – Friday (tomorrow) 3-7pm! Aside from ongoing data center tours, refreshments and wine, you’ll get the latest on IT compliance from a Certified HIPAA Practitioner … Continue reading
What’s Your 2012 IT Disaster Recovery Plan?
Do you think you’re ready for a disaster to hit in the upcoming year? Can your business survive the impact, and are you prepared to recover all of your applications and data quickly and accurately? Most businesses just don’t think … Continue reading


