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TOP STORIES - August 26, 2009 • Government Offers $1.2 Billion for Electronic Health Records • Remote Patient Monitoring Is Poised for Record Growth • Dell, Lenovo, Acer Offering Low-Cost, End-of-Summer PCs • Veterans Affairs IT Staff Involved in Financial Scandal • Sun StorageTek Tape Platform Earns Federal Encryption Certification SPOTLIGHT Windows 7: Eye Candy Meets Performance Delivering several enhancements and a performance boost, Windows 7 is certainly capable. But is it a compelling upgrade? READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Big Iron vs. x86 Servers: What to Know • Ways Apple Can Fix Google Voice Blunder • IBM Using DNA to Build Next-Gen Chips • Five Trends Changing the Face of BI FEATURED VIDEO Smarter SOA in the Cloud Leverage Cloud-based solutions to achieve better ROI, grow efficiency. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will) • End-of-Summer PCs: Flexibility, Savings • 25 Things You Might Not Know About IBM • 10 Attributes of a Next-Gen IT Manager IN THIS ISSUE Government Offers $1.2 Billion for Electronic Health Records While the national debate about health care reform continues to rage, the federal government is looking to revamp the IT infrastructures of many companies by offering $1.2 billion in grants to convert their health and medical records from paper to electronic files. The grants are part of the federal stimulus package. READ MORE >> Remote Patient Monitoring Is Poised for Record Growth Thanks to new technology, the number of remote sensors to monitor a patient's vital signs and symptoms is growing, which is putting the industry on pace to collect $950 million in revenues during the next five years. In addition to existing sensors, the health care industry is also developing new devices. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Sprint The end of phone tag. Turn your desk and mobile phones into one with Sprint Mobile Integration. One number. One voicemail. Wonderful. Learn More. ADVERTISEMENT Dell, Lenovo, Acer Offering Low-Cost, End-of-Summer PCs For small offices, finding PCs that are not only low-cost, but also save on space are must-have features for businesses looking to save money. Now, Dell, Lenovo and Acer are all offering low-cost desktops and notebooks. Many of these PCs are also designed to save on space and use less power. READ MORE >> Veterans Affairs IT Staff Involved in Financial Scandal In a case of IT management gone wild, members of the IT staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair are in trouble after a report found that several tech employees were involved in instances of financial abuse. The abuses include bonuses for employees who did not qualify for the money. READ MORE >> Sun StorageTek Tape Platform Earns Federal Encryption Certification Sun Microsystems' StorageTek tape platform has earned a prestigious federal security qualification. The tape platform earned a FIPS 140-2 Certification at Security Level 2, which has been designed and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The designation has been used as a federal standard for cryptographic modules. READ MORE >> 10 Ways to Keep Mobile Workers from Slacking Off By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S. is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more of a question of "how" rather than "if": How will you measure, manage and build relationships with increasingly distributed teams and workers? Fortunately, there are many strategies to help managers adapt to developing their mobile teams. And while it requires some tactical changes, management of remote employees can be very rewarding. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Top 10 Tips for Choosing the Right ERP Solution These days, midsized companies looking to implement an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system have more options than ever, as big-name vendors move in to a space previously occupied by smaller vendors. But this does not necessarily mean that going with a big-name vendor will give your business the features it needs at a price that it can afford. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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